Jacob Neusner on Religion

Aaron W. Hughes holds the Philip S. Bernstein Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Rochester. He has taught at McMaster University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Calgary, and the University at Buffalo. He is the author of over 50 articles and 10 books, in addition to being the editor or co-editor of 18 books.

• Preface. Introduction. Biographical Sketch. Chapter One: Biography. Chapter Two: History. Chapter Three: Literature. Chapter Four: Religion. Chapter Five: Theology. Chapter Six: Assessment. Glossary. Summary of Major Intellectual Accomplishments. Summary of Major Criticisms. Annotated Bibliography. References. Subject Index. Name Index.

"This is a masterful analysis of a very important topic that can still illumine the path of religious studies scholars who grapple with the problem of the universal and the particular, the shared and the singular."Elliot Wolfson, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA"Aaron Hughes is to be commended for his thoughtful analysis of Jacob Neusner’s significant contributions to the academic study and teaching of religious traditions in today’s secular universities. Hughes examines central themes in Neusner’s prodigious body of scholarship on rabbinic Judaism and details his development of text-based methodologies that consider historical and cultural context and modes of literary expression, as well as the spiritual motivations that produced these documents."Judith R. Baskin, University of Oregon, USA