How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples: Parables, Rabbinic Narratives, Rabbis' Biographies, Rabbis' DisputesIn How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples, Jacob Neusner presents a collection of essays and book reviews that identify the wrong way of conducting the academic study of Judaism. Pointing readers toward the right way to pursue the academic study of Judaism, Nuesner's focus is on the study of the literature of Judaism and the culture of the Jewish community. |
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