Jacob Neusner has—in over sixty scholarly works, fourteen textbooks, and thirteen collections of essays—laid the foundation and completed the structure for a new understanding of the history of Judaism. The present volume is the capstone effort to date in this endeavor.

Neusner reconstructs and interprets the Mishnah's intellectual history, presenting a picture of the beginnings and first major expression of Judaism. "What makes this account distinctively historical," writes Neusner in his Introduction, "will be our sustained effort to relate the unfolding of the ideas of the Mishnah to the historical setting of the philosophers of the document, to compare context and concept, to ask about the interplay between idea and social, material reality."

Neusner succeeds in this specific task and in the greater task of providing a work with methodological significance for the entire field of the history of religions.

Author - Jacob Neusner

"The mishnaic system, once impenetrable to all those who did not know the system from within, is now accessible and intelligible to the serious student. Neusner's conclusion is both profound and logically drawn from the evidence. This is destined to be a classic of modern Jewish scholarship."

'Choice'


"'Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah' demonstrates the worth of academic inquiry into the meaning of one multiform religion. . . . The results are of the highest value to the entire discipline of religious studies, both in themselves and because the approach is of the highest potential transferability within the discipline."

William A. Clebsch, 'Religious Studies Review'


"This is a magisterial achievement, a work of immense learning, methodically self-conscious, and philosophically illuminating. It inaugurates with distinction a new series of studies in tthe history of Judaism."

'The Key Reporter'


"[This] promises to be one of the most important and exciting books in the field of religious studies in decades. It is a classic, . . . a revolutionary work."

Jonathan Smith, University of Chicago

A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 7
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 4
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part 4
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part 5
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 5
First Century Judaism in Crisis by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 3
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 15
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 21
Confronting Creation by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Damages, Part 3
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Damages, Part 2
There We Sat Down by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 3
Introduction to American Judaism by Jacob Neusner
The Transformation of Judaism by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 1
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 19
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 6
The Rabbinic Traditions About the Pharisees Before 70, Part III by Jacob Neusner
Writing with Scripture by Jacob Neusner, William S. Green
Judaism: The Classical Statement by Jacob Neusner
Religions in Antiquity
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 16
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 2
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 2
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Damages, Part 5
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 17
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 12
Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults, Part 3
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 5
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 18
The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism by Jacob Neusner
Between Time and Eternity by Jacob Neusner
Judaism and Story by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Damages, Part 4
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 1
Judaism as Philosophy by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 4
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 3
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 1
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 10
The Talmud by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 20
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 13
Midrash as Literature by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 2
Trading Places Sourcebook
Judaism and Scripture by Jacob Neusner
Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults, Part 4
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part 3
Fellowship in Judaism by Jacob Neusner
Sacred Texts and Authority
Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament by Jacob Neusner
Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults, Part 2
God in the World by Jacob Neusner, Dr. Bruce D. Chilton
Jews and Christians by Jacob Neusner
Soviet Views of Talmudic Judaism by Yu. A. Solodukho
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 4
New Humanities and Academic Disciplines
Children of the Flesh, Children of the Promise by Jacob Neusner
Judaism in Society by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 9
The Rabbinic Traditions About the Pharisees Before 70, Part I by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 22
Androgynous Judaism by Jacob Neusner
How To Grade Your Professors by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 11
The Rabbinic Traditions About the Pharisees Before 70, 3 Volumes by Jacob Neusner
The Modern Study of the Mishnah
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part 1
A History of the Jews in Babylonia, Part IV by Jacob Neusner
Social Foundations of Judaism by Jacob Neusner, Calvin Goldscheider
Law as Literature by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part 2
Telling Tales by Jacob Neusner
The Rabbinic Traditions About the Pharisees Before 70, Part II by Jacob Neusner
Women and Families
From Politics to Piety by Jacob Neusner
Eliezer Ben Hyrcanus by Jacob Neusner
Stranger at Home by Jacob Neusner
Torah Through the Ages by Jacob Neusner
Trading Places by Dr. Bruce D. Chilton, Jacob Neusner
Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults, Part 1
Revelation by Jacob Neusner, Dr. Bruce D. Chilton
The Mishnah by Jacob Neusner
Take Judaism, for Example
Understanding Rabbinic Judaism
Evil and Suffering
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part 6
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 8
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 5
Judaic Perspectives on Ancient Israel
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud
Invitation to the Talmud by Jacob Neusner
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Damages, Part 1
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 14