American Jews live off the capital of Israeli culture…(They) look forward to ever more romantic adventures…rather than the colorful times of peace. American Jews want to take their vacations among heroes,… Those in the land identify with normal peoples. Those abroad see in the land what it means to be extraordinary.
Jacob Neusner Quotes
As Arthur Hertzberg trenchantly argues in the Zionist idea, Zionism actually represented not merely a secular and political ideology, but the transvaluation of Jewish values... Herein lies the ambiguity of Zionism. It was supposedly a secular movement, yet in reinterpreting the classic mythic structures of Judaism, it compromised its secularity and exposed its fundamental unity with the classic mythic being of Judaism.
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| Birth: | 28th July, 1932 |
| Death: | 8th October, 2016 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Professor, Rabbi |
About
Jacob Neusner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was an American academic scholar of Judaism. He was named as one of the most published authors in history, having written or edited more than 900 books. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 1953 and then studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, and at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1960, he was awarded a master’s degree in Hebrew letters by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a doctorate in religion by Columbia University. He taught at Dartmouth College from 1964–68, Brown University from 1968–90, and Bard College from 1994–2014. He wrote several books include: A history of the Jews in Babylonia, The way of Torah, Formative Judaism, Judaism, What is Midrash?, A short history of Judaism, rabbi talks with Jesus, World Religions in America, Judaism when Christianity began, and The Babylonian Talmud.
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