How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples: Parables, Rabbinic Narratives, Rabbis' Biographies, Rabbis' Disputes, Volume One [Paperback]

InHow Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples, Jacob Neusner presents a collection of essays and book reviews that identify the wrong way of conducting the academic study of Judaism. Pointing readers toward the right way to pursue the academic study of Judaism, Nuesner's focus is on the study of the literature of Judaism and the culture of the Jewish community.Jacob Neusneris Research Professor of Religion and Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He also is a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2How Not to Study Parables and How to Study Them: Information without Knowledge: Clemens Thoma on the Parable; The Parable: The Documentary Approach
Chapter 3How Not to Study Rabbinic Narratives and How to Study Them: Aimless Anthologizing: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein on Narrative; Folklore in Rabbinic Theological Context: Hasan-Rokem on Folk Narratives ; Rabbinic Narrative: Documentary Perspectives on the Mi
Chapter 4How Not to Study Rabbis' Biographies and How to Study Them: Can We Write a Talmudic Rabbi's Life? Goshen-Gottstein's Yes and No; Biography in Rabbinic Judaism
Chapter 5How Not to Represent Rabbis' Disputes and How to Represent Them: Representing the Talmuds: Keith Hopkins on Rabbinic Disputes, Seth Schwartz on Yerushalmi Translation; Disputes in Rabbinic Judaism
Chapter 6 Debates in Rabbinic Judaism
Chapter 7 Halakhic Dialectics