This groundbreaking work continues Jacob Neusner's multi-volume examination of the main texts of Judaism in its formative years. The first two parts of the project—'Judaism: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi'—examined the Mishnah and the Talmud of the Land of Israel and placed them in the social, intellectual, and religious contexts of their time. In 'Judaism and Scripture' Neusner moves from the study of ancient Judaism in society at large to an analysis of Rabbinic Judaism in relation to Scripture itself. Neusner accomplishes this both through close analysis and through the first English translation of the critical text of the Leviticus Rabbah.

Tracing the relationship between the actual Book of Leviticus and its rabbinic commentary, Neusner asks how the rabbis who stand behind the text make use of Leviticus and how, through their comments on it, they make intelligible and comprehensible statements of their own. In answering these two questions Neusner shows, through a prime example, exactly how Scripture enters Judaism and how rabbis of the formative age of Judaism chose and taught the lessons they deemed critical to the life of Israel, the Jewish people.

Author - Jacob Neusner

"Neusner's work is original, in fact, strikingly so. He applies to Leviticus Rabbah a methodology and series of questions which are in many ways unique in the study of this literature. In his analysis, he places Leviticus Rabbah within the corpus of Rabbinic literature, shows it as a new type of creation, relates it to its historical context, and, most important, discusses its utilization of and relation to Scripture. His technique is to isolate the various discrete units of meaning, to define and describe the ways scriptural verses are used, to list nonscriptural passages in the collection, and to categorize the major themes and interests which the collection exhibits. His analysis is exceedingly interesting and provocative, and he successfully martials the evidence to argue his case."

Lewis Bath, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles

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