Jacob Neusner: An American Jewish Iconoclast
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1479885851 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ben Rothke said Fascinating biography of one of the most influential and divisive scholars of Jewish studies in recent memory. Schrödinger's cat is a well-known thought experiment by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. Using quantum mechanics, Schrödinger showed how this cat could paradoxically be simultaneously alive and dead. If there could be a term such as Schrödinger scholar; it would apply to Jacob Neusner. Rarely has there been an academic who has been
Hughes holds the Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Rochester. . Aaron W
Levitt,Temple University"In this respectfully balanced biography, Hughes explores the life of Jacob Neusner, a renowned scholar of Judaism and a controversial figure in the American academyThe author presents an interesting and widely accessible life story that should appeal to readers interested in American Judaism, Jewish studies, or the academy itself."-Kirkus Reviews. Hughes has given his readers a captivating intellectual biography to savor!"-David Ellenson,Chancellor Emeritus and former President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion"Not only is Jacob Neusner a much needed, long awaited biography of perhaps the most important American Jewish thinker of the mid to late twentieth century, but it offers a window into the creation of Jewish studies in the American
Neusner’s life reflects the story of what happened as Jews migrated to the suburbs in the late 1940s, daring to imagine new lives for themselves as they successfully integrated into the fabric of American society. It is also the story of how American Jews tried to make sense of the world in the aftermath of the extermination of European Jewry and the subsequent creation of the State of Israel in 1948, and how they sought to define what it meant to be an American Jew. He was pivotal in transforming the study of Judaism from an insular project only conducted by—and of interest to—religious adherents to one which now flourishes in the secular setting of the universi