The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective: Part Two (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik) (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East) (Pt. 2)

Alan J. Avery-Peck (Editor), Jacob Neusner (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9004152202 / ISBN 13: 9789004152205

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective: Part Two (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik) (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East) (Pt. 2)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004152202
• ISBN 13: 9789004152205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This second volume of a two-part project on the Mishnah displays a broad selection of approaches to the study of the Mishnah in the contemporary academy. The work derives from Israel, North America, and Europe and shows the intellectual vitality of scholarship in all three centers of learning. What these articles show in diverse ways is that the Mishnah forms a critical focus of the study of Judaism. The authors of these studies represent the best of contemporary scholarship on the Mishnah. Because of the many viewpoints included here, this is the most representative selection of contemporary Mishnah-study available in any collection in a Western language.

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Alan J. Avery-Peck is Raft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies in the Religious Studies Department at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.