Chapters in the formative history of Judaism - Neusner, Jacob 1932-2016 (Univ. Press of America, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references
Halakhic theory. The Halakhic category formations of normative Judaism : why this, not that, in the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli? -- Religious jurisprudence in Judaism ; the Halakhic theology seen whole : actualizing the Torah's story -- Judiac religion. The religious meaning of the Torah -- Is Judaism a traditional religion? -- The golden rule in classical Judaism -- Divine love in classical Judaism -- Talmudic history. Why no science in Judaism? -- Is scripture the origin of the Halakhah? -- Rabbinic literature. Testing the results of Richard Kalmin : a null hypothesis examined in the setting of Mishnah and Bavli tractate Moed Qatan -- Is the Yerushalmi constructed in accord with analytical templates? -- Book reviews. Gabriele Boccaccini, Roots of rabbinic Judaism : an intellectual history, from Ezekiel to Daniel -- Bruce Chilton, Abraham's curse : child sacrifice in the legacies of the West -- Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner, Abraham Joshua Heschel : prophetic witness ; Edward Kaplan, Spiritual radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972 -- Jonathan Sacks, The home we build together : recreating society -- Jonathan Cohen, Philosophers and scholars : Wolfson, Guttmann and Strauss on the history of Jewish philosophy