Paradigms in Passage

by Jacob Neusner

Over the past three decades, "Torah study," previously conducted exclusively by Judaic religious people as an act of worship of God, found itself in a new placeóthe secular university. One result has been a lively debate over Torah study and the academic method. In this volume, Neusner explores the evolution of Torah study and the battles that have erupted between leaders of the new and older paradigms. Co-published with Studies in Judaism.

218 pages, Hardcover

First published February 24, 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.