Death and Birth of Judaism: The Impact of Christianity, Secularism, and the Holocaust on Jewish Faith

by Jacob Neusner

Book by Neusner, Jacob

380 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1987

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

[gideon · Rating 2 out of 5]

there were some interesting and thoughtful ideas here but it's very dated, confusing, and repetitive. hell to read, i kept putting it down for months. and sometimes neusner just makes stuff up. my favorite assertion is that zionism has been dead since it was fulfilled in the creation of the state of israel.. lol