A Legacy of Learning: Essays in Honor of Jacob Neusner (Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 43) PDF
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A Legacy of Learning The Brill Reference Library of Judaism Editors Alan J. Avery-Peck (College of the Holy Cross) William Scott Green (University of Miami) Editorial Board Herbert Basser (Queen’s University) Bruce D. Chilton (Bard College) José Faur (Netanya College) Neil Gillman (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Mayer I. Gruber (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Ithamar Gruenweld (Tel Aviv University) Arkady Kovelman (Moscow State University) David Kraemer (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Baruch A. Levine (New York University) Jacob Neusner (Bard College) Maren Niehoff (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Gary G. Porton (University of Illinois) Aviezer Ravitzky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Dov Schwartz (Bar Ilan University) Günter Stemberger (University of Vienna) Michael E. Stone (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Elliot Wolfson (New York University) VOLUME 43 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/brlj Photo: Emily Darrow. A Legacy of Learning Essays in Honor of Jacob Neusner Edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Bruce Chilton, William Scott Green, and Gary G. Porton LEIDEN | BOSTON Cover Ilustration: Suzanne Neusner, Garden Huppah (photo: Andy Wainwright). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A legacy of learning : essays in honor of Jacob Neusner / edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Bruce Chilton, William Scott Green, and Gary G. Porton. pages cm. — (The Brill reference library of Judaism ; 43) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-28427-2 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-28428-9 (e-book) 1. Rabbinical literature—History and criticism. 2. Talmud—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Talmud—Evidences, authority, etc. 4. Judaism—History—Talmudic period, 10-425. 5. Neusner, Jacob, 1932– 6. Festschriften. I. Neusner, Jacob, 1932– honouree. II. Avery-Peck, Alan J. (Alan Jeffery), 1953– editor. BM496.6.L44 2014 296.1’206—dc23 2014032280 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1571-5000 isbn 978-90-04-28427-2 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-28428-9 (e-book) Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Preface ix Contributors xi Introduction Jacob Neusner’s Legacy of Learning 3 William Scott Green, Alan J. Avery-Peck, Bruce Chilton and Gary G. Porton Ancient and Rabbinic Judaism The Amoraic Agenda in Bavli Rosh Hashanah: A Generational Analysis 13 Alan J. Avery-Peck Women and Gender in Jacob Neusner’s Writings 33 Judith R. Baskin “It Is Time to Act for the Lord”: In Appreciation of Midrash Samuel 48 Craig A. Evans Tent of Meeting as Bet Ulpana: Temple as Torah in the Targums of Israel 64 Paul V.M. Flesher Talmudic Stories about Angry and Annoyed Rabbis 82 Joel Gereboff Judaism Evolving: An Experimental Preliminary Translation 110 William Scott Green “The Weaver of Midrash in Performance”: Notes to an Oral-Performative Translation of Sifre Devarim 142 Martin S. Jaffee vi contents The “Neusnerian Turn” in Method and the End of the Wissenschaft as We Knew It 162 Peter J. Haas Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Epigraphy: The Inscriptions from Kuntillet ‘Ajrud 171 Baruch A. Levine How the Rabbis Imagined Sarah: A Preliminary Study of the Feminine in Genesis Rabbah 192 Gary G. Porton Varieties of Religious Visualizations 210 Tzvee Zahavy Judaism and Christianity Vayavo Ya’acov Shalem 231 Herbert Basser The Platform of Mark’s Gospel, Its Aramaic Sources and Mark’s Achievement 242 Bruce Chilton Embodied Judaism, Emplaced Judaism 265 David Kraemer Jesus Talks Back 282 Amy-Jill Levine Parting of the Ways that Never Parted: Judaism and Christianity in the Work of Jacob Neusner 299 Elliot R. Wolfson contents vii American Judaism The American Jewish Holocaust “Myth” and “Negative Judaism”: Jacob Neusner’s Contribution to American Judaism 321 Shaul Magid World Religions and Philosophy Intentionality and Meaning 341 Robert M. Berchman Another Prophetic Paradigm: Moses in Sufi Verse 360 Th. Emil Homerin The Formative Period of Islam and the Documentary Approach: A Prolegomenon 372 Aaron W. Hughes The Academy Transcendent Education: Immortality and the Liberal Arts 389 Roger Brooks Index of Biblical and Post-Biblical References 401 Index of Cited Authors 410 Index of Subjects 416
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