Performing Israel's faith : narrative and law in rabbinic theology /
If law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In Performing Israel's Faith, Jacob Neusner shows how Jewish Halakhah (law) and Aggadah (narrative) fit together to form a robust and coherent covenant theology-one directly concerned about this world. Neus...
| Основен автор: | Neusner, Jacob, 1932- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
℗♭2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=141081 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Performing Israel's faith. |
| Резюме: |
If law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In Performing Israel's Faith, Jacob Neusner shows how Jewish Halakhah (law) and Aggadah (narrative) fit together to form a robust and coherent covenant theology-one directly concerned about this world. Neusner's careful and thorough examination of several key issues within rabbinic Judaism-the nations, idolatry, sin, repentance, and atonement- demonstrates that neither Halakhah nor Aggadah can be fully and rightly understood when the two are isolated from each other. Performing Israel's Faith thus effectiv. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
1423729609 9781423729600 1433709252 9781433709258 1280266562 9781280266560 9781602581173 1602581177 9781932792256 1932792252 |