Buy this book on-line (Jt) Neusner, Jacob : JUDAISM IN THE AMERICAN HUMANITIES: ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONSChico, Calif. ; Scholars Press, 1981
Softbound. 8vo. XVIII, 161 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Contents: Defining the humanities: clearing away some debris - Defining the humanities: from many, one? - Stranger at home: toward a theory of the humanistic study of religion - NEH occasions: who chooses? - NEH occasions: open meetings - NEH occasions: the humanities, public policy, and organized Jewry - Contexts and constituencies: the diverse responsibilities of higher Jewish learning - Contexts and curricula: introducing Judaism in the humanities: the first course and its problems -- Contexts and classrooms: modes of academic advocacy: the case of Judaism - Toward a theory of comparison: alike and not alike: a grid for comparison and differentiation - Toward a theory of category-formation: shaping useful categories: the problem of "Judaism, " "Christianity, " and "Hellenism" - Toward a theory of Talmudic "lives": the present state of rabbinic biography - Some consequences of theory: religion and society in ancient Judaism with special reference to the second and third centuries - Judaic studies as the humanities of the Jewish heritage. Brown Judaic studies no. 28. Subjects: Judaism - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States. Jews - History - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States. Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425 - Historiography. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-49) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of (Jt) Neusner, Jacob : JUDAISM IN THE AMERICAN HUMANITIES: ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, out-of-print books, first editions, fine bindings and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |