Midrashan Introduction

by Jacob Neusner

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234 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Neusner was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (where he received rabbinic ordination), the University of Oxford, and Columbia University.

Neusner is often celebrated as one of the most published authors in history (he has written or edited more than 950 books.)Since 1994, he taught at Bard College. He also taught at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of South Florida.

Neusner was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He is the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also received scores of academic awards, honorific and otherwise.

Reviews

[Abigail G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely more of a study on Midrash than I was expecting. It went into the literary styles and historical records of the writers and the collectors of the Midrash. I enjoyed reading full passages of the writings themselves and seeing how they used other scripture to come to conclusions on the verse being discussed.