Jacob Neusner
Jacob Neusner | |
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| Born | July 28, 1932 |
| Died | October 8, 2016 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupations | Scholar of Judaism, educator, translator |
| Known for | Over 900 published books on Rabbinic Judaism |
| Title | Distinguished Research Professor (University of South Florida) |
Board member of | National Endowment for the Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts |
| Awards | Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Columbia University |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Thesis | (1960) |
Academic advisors | Saul Lieberman, Harry Austryn Wolfson |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th-21st century |
| Discipline | Religious studies, Jewish studies |
Sub-discipline | Rabbinic Judaism, Talmudic studies |
School or tradition | Form-critical and literary approaches to rabbinic literature |
| Institutions | Dartmouth College; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Brandeis University; Brown University; University of South Florida; Bard College |
Doctoral students | William Scott Green |
Main interests | Mishnah, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, Jewish-Christian dialogue |
Notable works | A History of the Jews in Babylonia (5 volumes); A Rabbi Talks with Jesus; translations of rabbinic texts |
Notable ideas | Treating rabbinic literature as historical and non-religious texts accessible within secular academia |
| Influenced | Bruce Chilton; academic field of comparative religion |
| Notes | |
Co-founder, Institute of Advanced Theology, Bard College (1994) | |
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alma_mater which should be merged into education.Jacob Neusner (July 28, 1932 – October 8, 2016) was an American academic scholar of Judaism. He was named as one of the most published authors in history, having written or edited more than 900 books.
Neusner's application of form criticism—a methodology derived from scholars of the New Testament—to Rabbinic texts was influential, but subject to criticism. Neusner's grasp of Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic has been challenged within academia.