Jacob Neusner
Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism
and
Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504
Telephone: 845 758 7389
Mail: 39 Kalina Drive, Rhinebeck, New York 12572
Telephone: 845 876 7320. Fax: 845 876 7320
E-Mail: JNeusner@Frontiernet.net
Personal Facts
Born July 28, 1932, in Hartford, Connecticut
Married March 15,1964, to Suzanne Richter
Children April 30.1965, Samuel Aaron
February 9, 1967, Eli Ephraim
December 18, 1969, Noam Mordecai Menahem
February 10, 1973, Margalit Leah Berakhah
Education
1947-1950: William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut.
1950-1953: Harvard College (Class of 1954).
1953-1954: Lincoln College, Oxford University.
1954-1957, 1958-1960: Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
1957-1958: Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1958-1960: Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. Joint Program in Religion.
Earned Degrees
1953: Harvard College: A. B., Magna Cum Laude, History.
1960: Jewish Theological Seminary: Master of Hebrew Letters.
1960: Columbia University: Ph.D., Religion.
Honorary Degrees, Medals, Prizes and Other Awards
1951 Harvard College, Detur Book Award
1952 Harvard College, Phi Beta Kappa [elected in the senior sixteen, November, 1952]
1960 Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The Abraham Berliner Prize in Jewish History Awarded to A Life of Yohanan ben Zakkai.
1969 Brown University. A.M. Ad Eundem
1974 Columbia University. University Medal for Excellence
1974 The Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, IL. The Rabbi Solomon Goldman Creativity Award
1977 University of Tübingen. Medal in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the University of Tübingen. In connection with three lectures in honor of that occasion.
1978 University of Chicago. Doctor of Humane Letters (L. H. D.)
1979 University of Cologne. Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa (Ph.D., h.c.)
1981 Von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn. Von Humboldt Prize.
1983 Ohio State University. Distinguished Humanitarian Award, Melton Center for Jewish Studies
1988 University of Bologna. Dottore ad Honorem in Scienze Politiche (indirizzo storico-politico). Conferred in the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the University.
1988 Bible Review. Fellner Prize for the best article published in 1987.
1989 University of Rochester. Doctor of Humane Letters (L. H. D.).
1990 Collège de France. Medal of Collège de France. On the occasion of a lecture at Collège de France.
1990 Regione di Campania, Italy. Medal of la Regione di Campania. On the occasion of a lecture at the University of Naples.
1992 Xavier University, Cincinnati. The Ecumenical Medal.
1993 Tulane University, New Orleans. Doctor of Humane Letters (L. H. D.)
1993 St. Louis University. St. Louis, Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
1993 Archdiocese of Milano, Italy: Commemorative Medal of the Cardinal of Milano. On the occasion of lectures at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, in connection with the Seventh International Meeting for Peace organized by Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni.
1994 University of South Florida. The Medal of the Honors Program.
1994 National Endowment for the Arts. Ambassador for the Arts (designated by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts)
1996 University of South Florida. Bachelor of Science Honoris Causa (B.S., h.c.) of the Honors Program
1996 Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland. The Queen Christina of Sweden Medal.
1997 Dowling College, Oakdale, NY. Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
Endowments
2006 The Jacob Neusner Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism, Bard College
2008 The Jacob Neusner Lecture in Comparative Religion, Bard College
Professional Positions
1960-1961: Columbia University. Instructor in Religion
1961-1962: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Assistant Professor of Hebrew.
1962-1964: Brandeis University. Lown Institute Research Associate.
1964-1968: Dartmouth College. 1964-1966: Assistant Professor of Religion. 1966-1968: Associate Professor of Religion.
1968-1990: Brown University. 1968-1975: Professor of Religious Studies. 1975-1982: University Professor, Professor of Religious Studies, and Ungerleider Distinguished Scholar of Judaic Studies. 1982-1990: University Professor and Ungerleider Distinguished Scholar of Judaic Studies.
1989- : Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ). Member. (In residence: 1989-1990). School of Historical Studies.
1990-2000 University of South Florida. Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies.
1992- Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Life Member. (In residence: 1992)
1994- Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. 1994-1999: Professor of Religion. From 2000 -2006: Research Professor of Religion and Theology. Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Theology. 2006- Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism
Visiting Professorships
1976: Iliff School of Theology (Denver, CO). Visiting Professor (summer).
1977: Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York City). Visiting Professor (summer).
1978-1979: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul). Hill Visiting Professor (Semester I).
1990-1991 University of Frankfurt. Martin Buber Professor of Judaic Studies. Summer term. Also: Von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn. Von Humboldt Prize Fellow.
1992: Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Visiting Fellow. Summer term. 1992- : Life Member.
1993: Institutum Judaicum Åboense, Åbo Akademi, and Stiftelsens för Åbo Akademi Forskningsinstitut, Åbo [Turku], Finland. Visiting Research Professor. Summer term.
1994: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Canterbury Visiting Fellow. Summer Term.
1995: University of Göttingen, Germany: Von Humboldt Research Professor. Summer term.
1996: Uppsala University, Sweden. Visiting Professor of Theology. Minicourse, spring semester, 1996.
2006-2007: University of Bologna. Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study.
Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards, and Research Grants
1950-1953: Harvard College Scholarships
1953-1954: Henry Fellow, Oxford University
1954-1957: Jewish Theological Seminary of America Fellowships
1957-1958: Fulbright Scholar, Hebrew University
1958-1960: Fellow of Special Program in Talmud, Jewish Theological Seminary
1959-1960: University Scholar, Columbia University
1957-1960: Kent Fellow, National Council for Religion in Higher Education
1962: National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship in Persian, Harvard Summer School
1962-1964: Lown Fellow, Brandeis University
1965, 1967: Research Grants, American Philosophical Society
1966-1967: Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
1970-1971: Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
1970: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University
1968, 1969, 1970, 1972: Summer Research Stipends, Brown University
1973-1974: Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1974: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University
1979-1980: Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1980: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University
1985: National Endowment for the Humanities [Education Program]. Summer Institute for College Teachers
1986-1990: Reduced teaching assignment to facilitate research, Brown University
1988: National Endowment for the Humanities. Summer Research Seminar for College Teachers [Fellowships Program].
1989-1990: National Endowment for the Humanities. Senior Research Fellowship.
1989-1990: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University.
1989-1990: Residence, Institute for Advanced Study.
1990-2000: Annual Research Grants, University of South Florida.
1991: Von Humboldt Research Fellow and Buber Professorship, University of Frankfurt.
1993: Research Professorship, The Research Institute of the Åbo Academy Foundation.
1994: Canterbury Visiting Fellowship, University of Canterbury.
1994- Annual Research Grants, Bard College.
1995: Von Humboldt Research Fellow and Professorship, University of Göttingen.
1998: Professorial Excellence Program Award, University of South Florida
2006-2007: Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Bologna
2006-2007; National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Program Grant for a study conference on religious resources of toleration.
Offices, Editorships, Projects Organized and Other Public Service
(Selected list)
1961-1990: American Association of University Professors. Member, 1981-1987: Committee on College and University Teaching, Research and Publication (Committee C) (two terms).
1967- American Academy of Religion. 1967-1968: Vice President and Program Chairman. 1968-1969: President. 1969-1974: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Member, Editorial Board. 1979-1984: Chairman, Section on the History of Judaism. 1985-1988: History of Religion Book Prize Committee. 1985-1995: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Member, Editorial board.
1968-1980: Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society
1968-1973 Association for Jewish Studies. Member, Founding committee, and Board of Directors.
1968-1969 Council on the Study of Religion. Member, Founding Committee. Delegate: American Academy of Religion.
1969- Max Richter Foundation. Founder and president.
1972-1987 American Academy for Jewish Research. 1972: Elected Fellow. 1976-1981: Member, Executive Committee.
l973-1989 Trinity University Monograph Series in Religion. Board of Editors.
1972-1982: Organizer and Chairman, The Max Richter Foundation Conferences on the History of Judaism. Brown University. Ten annual conferences.
1973-1991 Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity. Monograph series, E. J. Brill. Founder and Editor.
1975-1991 Studies in Judaism in Modern Times. Monograph series, E. J. Brill. Founder and Editor.
1974-1992 Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook. Annual article: Judaism in the year just passed. [From 1993: Noam M. M. Neusner.]
1975-1989 Library of Judaic Learning. Textbook series, Ktav Publishing House. Founder and Editor.
1976-1990 Brown Judaic Studies. Monograph series. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1978-1984 National Endowment for the Humanities. Member: National Council on the Humanities. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter. 1978-1980: Committee on Planning and Special Programs. 1980-1984: Committee on Research Projects. Various other committees (Budget, Jefferson Lectures).
1980-1988 Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Scholarly monograph series, University of Chicago Press. Founder and Editor.
1980- 1992 The Second Century. Member, editorial board.
1980-1981 European Association for Jewish Studies. Organizer, founding meetings: Oxford, May,1981, July 1982.
1983-1990 The Reconstructionist. Contributing Editor.
1983-1989 National Jewish Post and Opinion. Weekly column.
1984-1991 Classics of Judaic Learning. Scholarly reprint series, University Press of America. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1984-1990 Translation and Reprint Series, Scholars Press. Member, Advisory Board.
1984-1990 National Endowment for the Arts. Member: National Council on the Arts. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan. Committee service: 1986: Long range Enhancement Committee. Advancement III Committee. 1987, 1988: National Arts Medal Committee. 1987, 1988: NCA/NASAA/NALAA Joint Policy Committee (state and local arts agencies).
1985-1992 Religious Studies and Theology/ Member, Editorial Board.
1985-1990 Brown Studies on Jews and their Societies. Scholars Press. Founder and Editor.
1986-1990 Studies in Judaism. University Press of America. Founder and Editor.
1986-1988 Hebrew Studies. Editorial board
1987-1990 Oral Traditions. Editorial board
1987- 1990 New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. Series (University Press of America)
1988-1995 Harper's Dictionary of Religion. Editor (for Judaism)
1988-1990 Brown Studies in Religion, Scholars Press. Founder and senior editor
1989- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
1989-1999: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. Founder and chair, Editorial Board
1989-1994: People and Religions (Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni, Rome). Advisory Board for International Meetings for Peace.
1990- Religion and Public Life [formerly: This World ]. Editorial Board.
1990- The Rockford Institute. The Main Street Committee
1990-1999 South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1990-1995: Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period. In two volumes, 1 m. words. Organizer and Editor-in-chief.
1990-1994: Jewish Spectator. Contributing Editor.
1991-1999: South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies on Religion and the Social Order. Founder and Senior Editor
1991-1996: The Religion Factor: An Introduction to How Religion Matters. Louisville, 1996: Westminster/John Knox. [Edited with William Scott Green.] Organizer and Editor.
1991- Advisory Council, Salvatori Center for Academic Leadership, The Heritage Foundation. 1992, 1993-1998: Member of the Salvatori Prizes Selection Committee.
1992-2001: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik Volumes One through Five. (E. J. Brill). Organizer and Editor.
1993- Humanitas. A Publication of the National Humanities Institute. Member, Editorial Board. Member, Academic Board, National Humanities Institute.
1993-1999: Founder and senior editor: International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism. Scholars Press
1993-1994: Conference Organizer and Chairman: Religion and the Social Order: What Kind of Lessons Does History Teach? University of South Florida.
1994-1999: USF Academic Commentary Series. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1994-1999: Organizer and Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Three volumes, 1,200,000 words. Published in 1999 by E. J. Brill.
1995-1996: Conference Organizer and Chairman: Religion and the Political Order The Ideal Politics of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. University of South Florida.
1995-2000: Organizer and Editor: The Pilgrim Library of World Religions. Five volumes.
1996 Conference co-organizer and co-chairman: The Judaeo-Christian Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century. Bard College
1996-2000: Organizer and Editor, The Companion to Judaism. And A Blackwell Reader in Judaism. Blackwells.
1996- National Humanities Institute. Board of Directors
1996-2002: Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Synoptic Gospels in their Judaic Contexts: Commentary from Rabbinic Literature and the Scrolls of Qumran, E. J. Brill
1997 Conference co-organizer and co-chairman: The Synoptic Gospels in Rabbinic Contexts. Bard College
1997-1999: Editor for Judaism, The Merriam-Webster Encyclopaedia of Religions [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
1998-2000: Founder, chairman of the Editorial Council, The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism, Ancient, Medieval, and Modern (Brill). Volumes I-III. Replaced by Review of Rabbinic Judaism, below.
1998-1999: Conference organizer and chairman: Religious Belief and Economic Behavior. University of South Florida
1997-2001: Organizer and Editor, Comparing Religious Traditions. Three volumes. Wadsworth Publishing Co.
1999 Conference co-organizer and co-chairman: Religious Belief and Economic Behavior. Bard College.
1999 Board of Advisors, The Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society
1999-2005: Founder and Editor, The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. From 2006: Member of the Editorial Council.
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Academic Studies in the History of Judaism. Global Publications (Binghamton University).
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Academic Studies in Religion and the Social Order. Global Publications (Binghamton University
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism. Global Publications (Binghamton University).
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Classics of Judaism. Reprint Series. Global Publications (Binghamton University).
1999- Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Studies in Judaism. Rowman & Littlefield/University Press of America.
2000-2003: Organizer and Editor: The Midrash: An Encyclopaedia of Bible-Interpretation in Formative Judaism. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. In two volumes.
2000-2004: Organizer and Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Supplements One, Two, Three.. Leiden, 2002, 2003, 2004, respectively: E. J. Brill.
2001-2005: Organizer and chairman of the Editorial Council, Review of Rabbinic Judaism, Ancient, Medieval, and Modern. Three-times a year journal. Leiden, E. J. Brill. Succeeds, from Volume IV forward, the Annual of Rabbinic Judaism. From Volume VIII forward: one volume annually. From 2006: Member of the Editorial Council.
2001-2007: Organizer and Editor in Chief. Editor: Encyclopaedia of Religious and Philosophical Writings in Late Antiquity. Leiden, 2007: E. J. Brill.
2001- International Advisory Board, the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University/Templeton Foundation
2002-2004: Organizer and chairman, Seminar on Altruism in the Religions of the World, Bard College. Held: November, 2004.
2003- General Editor, Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts. Monograph series, Leiden, E. J. Brill.
2003-2007: Organizer and chairman, International Conferences on the Religious Resources of Toleration and Tolerance, held in 2007-2008 at American University of Cairo, University of Bologna, and Bard College. Held: January 2007 at Bologna, April 2007 at Bard College.
2004- Editor in Chief, UPA Studies on Religion and the Social Order.
2007=2008 Organizer and chairman, conference on The Golden Rule in world religions, Bard College. Held: April 2008.
2008-2010 Organizer and chairman, conference on The Social Vision of Formative Christianity and Judaism. Held April 3020.
Lectures
(Named lectures, plenary and principal conference addresses,
and international presentations only)
1967 Conference Address, Princeton University
1968 Morron Lecture, Hamilton College
1969 B. G. Rudolph Lecture in Judaic Studies, Syracuse University
1971 Lown Lecture, Brandeis University
1971 Lecture tour: Uppsala University, Lund University, Sweden; University of Copenhagen; Institute for Judaic Studies and Institute for Iranian Studies, Free University, Berlin; University of Cologne; University of Vienna; University of Oxford.
1972 Rosenstiel Lectures, Notre Dame University
1973 Haskell Lectures, Oberlin College
1974 Edgar Magnin Lecture, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
1974 Edgar J. Goodspeed Lecture, Denison University
1974 Conference Lecture, University of Iowa
1975 Merrick Lectures, Ohio Wesleyan University
1975 Seventh Annual Religious Studies Lecture, University of Minnesota
1975 Minicourse. University of Utah.
1976 Bernstein Conference Lecture, University of Rochester
1976 Lecture tour: Keynote address, national congress, South African Jewish Board of Deputies, Johannesburg. Lectures Jewish communities of Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Durban, Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University, Witswatersrand University, University of Cape Town. Oxford University; Haifa University; Bar Ilan University
1977 Four lectures. Brigham Young University
1977 Inaugural Lecture, Cohen Chair of Judaic Studies, Emory University
1977 Two Plenary Lectures for the inauguration of Howard Swearer as President of Brown University. Dean of the College's colloquium. Graduate School colloquium.
1977 Conference address, University of Chicago Divinity School
1977 Invited Public Lecturer, American Academy for Jewish Research
1977 Lecture tour: Academic congress in honor of the 500th anniversary of Tübingen University. Lectures: University of Cologne; Free University of Berlin; Evangelische Hochschule, Berlin; King's College, London; Oxford University; University of Manchester.
1978 Convocation lecture, University of Chicago. In connection with receiving honorary L.H.D.
1978 Invited Plenary Lecture, Tenth Annual Meeting, Association for Jewish Studies
1978 Invited Plenary Lecture, American Academy for Jewish Research
1979 Samuel Friedland Lecture, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
1979 Invited Plenary Lecture, Society of Biblical Literature. Annual meeting
1979 Inaugural lecture, Department of Religious Studies, Arizona State University
1979 Opening ceremony, building dedication. School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University
1980 Phi Beta Kappa Address, 150th anniversary, Alpha of Rhode Island. Brown University
1980 Lecture tour: Tübingen University; University of Strasbourg, University of Cologne, Dutch Society for Judaic Studies at Utrecht University; University of Groningen; Oxford University; London conference of Tel Aviv University; University College, London
1980 Spindel Memorial Lecture, Bowdoin College
1980 Principal Lecture, Midwest Scholars Dialogue, University of Dayton
1980 Charles Merrill Lecture, Florida State University
1981 Sacks Lecture, Oxford University. Lecture: University of Edinburgh. Seminar: Cambridge University
1981 Conference address, Bar Ilan University
1981 Keynote address, New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Annual meeting, Boston
1981 Catholic Academy of Bavaria (Munich). Conference address
1982 Wayne State University. Conference keynote address
1982 The Richard Lectures, University of Virginia
1983 Ohio State University. Distinguished Humanitarian Lecture.
1983 Lecture tour: University of Sydney; Macquarie University, Sydney; University of Melbourne; Canterbury University, Christchurch; Auckland University; New Zealand Baptist Theological College
1984 Associazione Italiana per lo studio del Giudaismo, annual meeting, San Miniato, Italy. Plenary address.
1984 Simon Rawidovitch Memorial Lecture, Brandeis University
1984 Third Annual Plenary Address: “How My Mind Has Changed.” Society of Biblical Literature, national meeting, Chicago
1984 Inaugural lecture, Smart Chair, Duke University
1984 The Gale Lecture, University of Texas
1985 Lecture tour: University of Iceland, University of Bergen, University of Trondheim, University of Oslo, University of Helsinki, Åbo Academy, Åbo/Turku.
1985 Conference addresses, International Association for the History of Religions, University of Sydney; University of Queensland, Brisbane.
1985 Scholars Press Lecturer, American Academy of Religion-Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Anaheim.
1985 University of Toronto. Religion in the Modern World Series.
1985 Cambridge Forum. Lecture [broadcast, National Public Radio].
1986 Liss Lecture, University of Notre Dame
1986 The Inaugural Bokser Memorial Lecture, Queens College. Published address.
1986 Coser Lecture in Jewish Social Science, Hunter College. Published address.
1986 Bucknell University. Special Humanities Lecture
1986 Lecture tour: Irish Biblical Association; Trinity College, Dublin; The Queen's University, Belfast
1986 Colloquium Address, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1987 Keynote address, National Foundation for Jewish Culture conference: “Art, Civilization, and Group Identity,” Los Angeles
1987 Keynote address, Council of Jewish Federations Conference, “The Jewish Community and the Arts,” Washington D.C.
1987 Conference address, Brown University
1987 Tulane University. Published address.
1988 National Association of College and University Chaplains. National conference plenary address.
1988 The First Saul Reinfeld Lecture in Judaic Studies, Connecticut College. Published address.
1988 University of Bologna, Italy. Seminar in honor of the 900th anniversary of the University in connection with receiving honorary degree. Plenary address on the same occasion.
1988 National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies. Tenth Anniversary Conference, Washington, D.C. Address.
1988 Seminar lecture, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil. (In Portuguese).
1988 University of Bologna, Italy. Paper for international conference on planning joint research in the study of religion.
1989 Lecture tour of Italian universities. Rome/Vatican: Pontifical Lateran University; Pontifical Anselm University; University of Bologna; Fondazione Collegio San Carlo, University of Modena; Turin Jewish Community; University of Florence.
1989 O. C. Tanner Lecture in the Humanities, Utah State University, Logan. Lecture: Brigham Young University.
1989 Panel address, Midwest Association of Graduate Schools
1989 Farrnbacher-Kahn Lecture, B'nai Israel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1989 Commencement Address, University of Rochester
1989 National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Brasília. Also: São Paulo Commission on Jewish-Christian Relations. (in Portuguese)
1989 Conference address, Uomini e religioni conference, Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of World War II
1989 President's Lecture Series, “Year of the Liberal Arts.” University of South Florida
1989 Conference address, Seton Hall University
1990 Address to the staff of the United States Information Agency. Critical issues series.
1990 Lecture, Collège de France, Paris. Lecture, University of Paris (Sorbonne) under the auspices of Société des études juives, Paris. Lecture, Consistoire Synagogue (in French).
1990 Beaven Lecture, University of Rochester
1990 Robbins Lecture, University of Redlands
1990 Principal addresses, Communità di S Egidio conferences in Rome, Bari, Naples, Genoa, Novara (in Italian)
1990 Address, Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C.
1990 Conference address, Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni conference on World Peace, University of Bari, Italy.
1990 Conference address: L’Université de Tours.
1990 Presidential Lecture, Hope College
1990 Lecture, University of Central Florida
1990 Director’s Lecture, Tampa Art Museum
1990 Lecture, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1991 Lecture, Barry University, Miami Beach
1991 “Amateurs” Lecture, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg
1991 Provost’s Lecture Series, University of South Florida
1991 Seminar for Jewish inmates, Sumter Correctional Institution, Bushnell, FL.
1991 Keynote address, Heritage Foundation conference, Washington D.C.
1991 Aristides de Sousa Mendes Memorial Lecture, Millersville University. Keynote address: Tenth Annual Conference on the Holocaust.
1991 Five conference addresses, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Filologia, Madrid. (In Spanish)
1991 Ten public lectures, University of Frankfurt, Germany. (In German)
1991 Lecture, Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel, Bielefeld (In German)
1991 Lecture, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Würzburg
1991 Lecture, Hochschule für jüdische Studien, Heidelberg
1991 Lecture, Institute for Judaic Studies, University of Vienna. (In German)
1991 Lecture, Martin Buber Institute for Judaic Studies, University of Cologne (In German)
1991 Lecture, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Bonn
1991 Lecture, Institute for the Study of Christianity, University of Tübingen
1991 Lecture, Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Göttingen (In German)
1991 Lecture, Institute for Judaic Studies, Free University of Berlin
1991 Keynote address: First International Conference on the Sociology of Sacred Texts, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
1991 Lecture, New Testament Seminar, University of Durham
1991 Convocation Address, Elizabethtown College
1991 Address, Florida Society of Religion Editors
1991 Judaic Studies Series address, University of Florida
1991 Two conference addresses, Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni conference on World Peace, Malta.
1991 Lecture, Colgate University
1991 International Conference, Berlin, “Addressing the Cycle of Pain,” in commemoration of Kristalnacht. Two conference addresses.
1991 King Lecture, Washburn University of Topeka
1991 Seminar; thirty-minute video for class room use, University of California at Santa Barbara
1992 Faculty seminar on methods in the study of religion, Washington University of St. Louis
1992 Ecumenical Chair Lecture, Xavier University
1992 Commencement Address, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
1992 President’s Seminar, Centre for the Study of Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations. Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham (U. K.)
1992 Conference address, international symposium. Jahr mit der Bibel (German Bible Society) at Thomas-Morus Akademie, Cologne. In German.
1992 Conference addresses, Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni Conference on World Peace, Brussels
1993 Two public lectures, Institutum Judaicum Åboense. Åbo Akademi, Finland. One in English, one in Swedish.
1993 Eight seminars, Theological Faculty, Åbo Akademi. In celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Åbo Akademi.
1993 Day-long seminar, Theological Faculty, Helsinki University and Åbo Akademi (held in Åbo). In celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Åbo Akademi.
1993 Conference Lecture (Högtidstal), Scandinavian Congress for Jewish Studies, Lund. In Swedish.
1993 Lecture, Theological Faculty, University of Lund.
1993 Two public lectures, Jewish Community of Helsinki.
1993 Two public lectures, two seminars, Jewish Community of Stockholm. One in Swedish, the rest in English. Public lecture, Judaism Community, Uppsala. In Swedish.
1993 Seminar, Svenska Studieförbundet, Vasa, Finland.
1993 Chicago Theological Seminary. Forum as part of the celebration of the centenary of the 1893 World Parliament of Religions.
1993 University of South Carolina and PBS: Firing Line. Two hour debate on national TV.
1993 Two conference addresses, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuori, Milano, at the Seventh International Meeting for Peace organized by Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni.
1993 Bellarmine Lecture. Faculty Seminar. St. Louis University.
1993 Georgetown University. Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Colloquium: Judaism, Christianity, Islam.
1994 William L. Rossner Visiting Scholar Lecture in Theology, Rockhurst College.
1994 Western Civilization Lecture, University of Kansas
1994 Lecture, Uppsala University. Seminar on the Study of Judaism in the Theological Faculty. Also: Presentation in a Symposium on the same subject.
1994 Public Lecture Series as Canterbury Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. On the same occasion: four seminars.
1994 Public lecture, seminar, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
1994 Public lecture, seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
1994 Conference address at the Eighth International Meeting for Peace, at Assisi, Italy, organized by Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni.
1994 Lecture, Illinois Association of Scholars (at University of Illinois-Chicago)
1995 Keynote address, Den judaistiska dagen, Åbo Akademi.
1995 Conference address, Calvin College
1995 Faculty colloquium, four seminars, a public lecture, Theology Faculty, University of Göttingen
1995 Lecture, Judaic Studies Institute, University of Cologne
1995 Lecture, Sint-Egidiusgemeenschap, Antwerpen
1995 Lecture, Theological Faculty, University of Utrecht
1995 Convocation Address, Dowling College
1995 Symposium address, “The Uses of Rabbinic Literature in New Testament Studies.” Society of Biblical Literature national meeting, Philadelphia
1996 Medieval Studies Committee Lecture Series, Inaugural lecture, Trinity University
1996 Three public lectures, Theological Faculty, Uppsala University
1996 Public Lectures, Finnish Society for the Study of Religion and Åbo Akademi, Åbo/Turku. Lecture, Helsinki Jewish Community
1996 Lecture, Brigham Young University
1996 Conference address, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
1996 Distinguished Visiting Lecture, Legal Studies Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba. Scholar in Residence, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Winnipeg.
1996 Two conference lectures, Bard College
1996 Conference keynote address, Mediterraneum, University of Bologna. In Bertinoro, Italy. And University lecture, University of Bologna, on the Italian edition of Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah
1997 Conference keynote address, “The Religious Sources of Toleration,” Tel Aviv University. Lecture, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
1997 Conference lecture, Palm Beach Atlantic College
1997 Lecture, Theological and Philosophical Faculties, Charles University, Prague, the Jan Hus Theological Seminary, at the Jewish Museum of Prague
1997 Plenary Address, World Congress of Families, Prague
1997 University Lecture, University of Wyoming
1997 Keynote address, Central Florida Community College
1997 Commencement Address, Dowling College
1997 Keynote address, Conference on the Freshman Year, Southwest Texas State University. Address for the Philosophy Club. Price Lecture of the Campus Christian Community.
1997 Conference lecture, Bard College
1998 Interfaith Conference Address, Boca Raton
1998 Symposium, Florida Atlantic University
1998 Conference address, Theology Faculty, Åbo Akademi. Lecture, Turku University. Address: The Jewish Community of Helsinki. Lectures: Russian Academy of Science. The Jewish University of Moscow. The Moscow Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization (“Sefer”). Lecture, University College, Worcester, England, under the auspices of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester.
1998 Keynote address. Text and Academy Authors national meeting. University of South Florida
1998 Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology. Conference paper, in connection with Society of Biblical Literature meeting, Orlando
1999 Conference Address, University of South Florida. Published lecture.
1999 The Hiram College Lectures in Religion. Published lecture.
1999 Conference Address, Bard College. Published lecture.
1999 Chizuk Amuno Synagogue, Baltimore. Published lecture.
1999 Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology. Conference paper, in connection with the Society of Biblical Literature meeting, Boston
2000 The Schusterman Lecture in Jewish History and Tradition, Oklahoma Baptist University. Lectures at Tulsa synagogues under the same auspices.
2001 Conference Lecture, Georgetown University Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Published lecture.
2000 Inaugural Lecture, Research Professorship in Religion and Theology, Bard College. Published lecture.
2000 Henry Kohn Lecture, Yale University. Published lecture.
2000 Efron Lecture, Temple Beth-El, Poughkeepsie
2000 Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology. Conference paper, in connection with the Society of Biblical Literature meeting, Nashville
2001 Conference address, University of South Florida. Published lecture.
2001 Spring Lecturer, Earl Hall, Columbia University
2001 First On-Line Scholar in the On-Line Scholars Series, CCAR/HUC-JIR Joint Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education
2001 Seminar Address. SNTS (Society for New Testament Studies). Annual Meeting, Montreal.
2001 Conference address. Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology. Concluding James-Project session
2001 Mathers Lecture, Queen’s University. And Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar.
2002 Lecture, Global Publications/Bard College Conference, Union Theological Seminary, NYC
2002 Brigitte Freudenberg Memorial Lecture, Congregation Mishkan Israel, Philadelphia.
2002 Conference address. Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology
2003 Lecture, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester
2003 Lecture, Second annual conference on conflict resolution, Foundation for Inter-religious Diplomacy, NYC
2003 Keynote address, conference on Yavneh, University of Hartford.
2004 Conference address, Jerusalem before 70. Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology
2004 Address: House of the Redeemer, New York City Under the sponsorship of Auburn Theological Seminary and the Ecumenical Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New York
2004 Conference address, Altruism in World Religions, Bard College
2004 The Bokser Memorial Lecture, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
2004 Faculty Seminar, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
2005 Stern Memorial Lecture, Ohr Kodesh Synagogue, Chevy Chase, MD
2005 Symposium, Center for Jewish History/Fordham University, NYC
2005 Keynote address, Karl-Johan Illman memorial conference, Åbo Akademi University
2005 Public address, Theology Faculty, Åbo Akademi University
2006 Conference on the Nature of Historical Knowledge in Antiquity, Bard College
2007 Conference address, Religious Resources of Toleration and Tolerance. University of Bologna
2007 Seminar, Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2007 Lecture, Ahad HaAm Society, Venice
2007 Lecture, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
2007 Conference address, Religious Resources of Toleration and Tolerance. Bard College
2007 Womack Lectures in Religion, Methodist College, Fayetteville NC
2007 Conference address, The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, Altruism, Compassion, Service, Philadelphia
2008 Conference address, The Golden Rule in World Religions, Bard College
2008 Address, Bar Ilan University Conference on Talmud as a Historical Source
2008 Seminar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2009 Jack Chester Memorial Lecture, Miller Center for Contemporary Jewish Studies, University of Miami
2009 Consultation on the Unity of God, Yale Divinity School.
2009 Schusterman Lecture, Oklahoma Baptist University
2010 Conference address, Imagining the Social Order, Bard College
BOOKS
1. The pre-critical stage.
A Life of Yohanan ben Zakkai. Leiden, 1962: Brill. Awarded the Abraham Berliner Prize in Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1962. Second edition, completely revised, 1970.
French: Vie de Yohanan ben Zakkai. Paris, 2000: Clio.
Italian: Ferrara, 2008: Gallio Editori.
Japanese: Tokyo, 2008: Lithon Publishing House
A History of the Jews in Babylonia. Leiden: Brill, 1965-1970. I-V. Reprinted: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham, MD: University Press of America.. Reprinted Eugene OR 2008: Wipfs & Stock.
I. A History of the Jews in Babylonia. The Parthian Period. 1965. Second printing, revised, 1969. Third printing: Chico, 1984: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
II. A History of the Jews in Babylonia. The Early Sasanian Period. 1966.
III. A History of the Jews in Babylonia. From Shapur I to Shapur II. 1968.
IV. A History of the Jews in Babylonia. The Age of Shapur II. 1969.
V. A History of the Jews in Babylonia. Later Sasanian Times. 1970.
French: Histoire des Juifs de Babylonie. Tome I. L’epoque parthe. Paris, 1997: Clio
French: Histoire des Juifs de Babylonie. II-V. Planned by Centre Clio/Centre d’Études Juives/École des Hautes Études, Paris. Paris, 2007: Editions du Cerf.
Aphrahat and Judaism. The Christian Jewish Argument in Fourth Century Iran. Leiden, 1971: Brill. Reprint: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
2. The beginning of the critical enterprise.
Development of a Legend. Studies on the Traditions Concerning Yohanan ben Zakkai. Leiden, 1970: Brill. Reprinted: Binghamton, 2002: Global Publications. Classics of Judaic series.
The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70. Leiden, 1971: Brill. I-III. Second printing: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Third printing: Eugene, OR 2005: Wipf and Stock. Dove Studies in Bible, Language, History series.
I. The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70. The Masters.
II. The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70. The Houses.
III. The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70. Conclusions.
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus. The Tradition and the Man. Leiden, 1973: Brill. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
I. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus. The Tradition and the Man. The Tradition.
II. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus. The Tradition and the Man. The Man.
3. Literature
Describing the Canon, Document by Document.
The Stage of Translation, Form-Analysis, and Exegesis
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities. Leiden, 1974-1977: Brill. I-XXII. Reprinted: Eugene OR 2007: Wipf & Stock
I. Kelim. Chapters One through Eleven. 1974/2006
II. Kelim. Chapters Twelve through Thirty. 1974/2006
III. Kelim. Literary and Historical Problems. 1974/2006
IV. Ohalot. Commentary. 1975/2006
V. Ohalot. Literary and Historical Problems. 1975/2006
VI. Negaim. Mishnah-Tosefta. 1975.2006
VII. Negaim. Sifra. 1975.
VIII. Negaim. Literary and Historical Problems. 1975.
IX. Parah. Commentary. 1976.
X. Parah. Literary and Historical Problems. 1976.
XI. Tohorot. Commentary, 1976.
XII. Tohorot. Literary and Historical Problems. 1976.
XIII. Miqvaot. Commentary. 1976.
XIV, Miqvaot. Literary and Historical Problems. 1976.
XV. Niddah. Commentary. 1976.
XVI. Niddah. Literary and Historical Problems. 1976.
XVII. Makhshirin. 1977.
XVIII. Zabim. 1977.
XIX. Tebul Yom. Yadayim. 1977.
XX. Uqsin. Cumulative Index, Parts I-XX. 1977.
XXI. The Redaction and Formulation of the Order of Purities in the Mishnah and Tosefta.
XXII. The Mishnaic System of Uncleanness. Its Context and History.
The Judaic Law of Baptism. Tractate Miqvaot in the Mishnah and the Tosefta. A Form-Analytical Translation and Commentary, and a Legal and Religious History. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Second Printing of A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities. Volumes XIII and XIV.
The Tosefta: Its Structure and its Sources. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprise of pertinent results in Purities I-XXI.
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things. Leiden, Brill: 1979. I-VI. Reprinted: Eugene OR 2007: Wipf & Stock
I. Zebahim. Translation and Explanation.
II. Menahot. Translation and Explanation.
III. Hullin, Bekhorot. Translation and Explanation.
IV. Arakhin, Temurah. Translation and Explanation.
V. Keritot, Meilah, Tamid, Middot, Qinnim. Translation and Explanation.
VI. The Mishnaic System of Sacrifice and Sanctuary.
Form Analysis and Exegesis: A Fresh Approach to the Interpretation of Mishnah. Minneapolis, 1980: University of Minnesota Press.
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women. Leiden, Brill: 1979-1980. I-V. Reprinted: Eugene OR 2007: Wipf & Stock
I. Yebamot. Translation and Explanation.
II. Ketubot. Translation and Explanation.
III. Nedarim, Nazir. Translation and Explanation.
IV. Sotah, Gittin, Qiddushin. Translation and Explanation.
V. The Mishnaic System of Women.
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times. Leiden, Brill: 1981-1983. I-V. Reprinted: Eugene OR 2007: Wipf & Stock
I. Shabbat. Translation and Explanation.
II. Erubin, Pesahim. Translation and Explanation.
III. Sheqalim, Yoma, Sukkah. Translation and Explanation.
IV. Besah, Rosh Hashanah, Taanit, Megillah, Moed Qatan, Hagigah. Translation and Explanation.
V. The Mishnaic System of Appointed Times.
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Damages. Leiden, Brill: 1983-1985. I-V. Reprinted: Eugene OR 2007: Wipf & Stock
I. Baba Qamma. Translation and Explanation.
II. Baba Mesia. Translation and Explanation.
III. Baba Batra, Sanhedrin, Makkot. Translation and Explanation.
IV. Shebuot, Eduyyot, Abodah Zarah, Abot, Horayyot. Translation and Explanation.
V. The Mishnaic System of Damages.
The Mishnah. A New Translation. New Haven and London, 1987: Yale University Press. Choice Outstanding Academic Book List, 1989. Second printing: 1990. Paperbound edition: 1991. CD Rom edition: Logos, 1996. CD Rom/Web edition: OakTree Software, Inc. Altamonte Springs, FL.
Editor: The Law of Agriculture in the Mishnah and the Tosefta. Leiden, 2005: E. J. Brill.
I. A History of the Mishnaic Law of Agriculture. Berakhot, Peah.
II. Demai, Kilayim., Shebiit
III. Terumot, Maaserot, Maaser Sheni, Hallah, Orlah, Bikkurim
The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. N.Y., 1977-l980: Ktav. II-VI.
I. Editor: The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. I. The First Division Zeraim. N.Y., 1985: Ktav.
II. The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. The Second Division. Moed. Second printing: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
III. The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. The Third Division. Nashim. Second printing: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
IV. The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. The Fourth Division. Neziqin. Second printing: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
V. The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. The Fifth Division. Qodoshim. Second printing: Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
VI. The Tosefta. Translated from the Hebrew. The Sixth Division. Tohorot. Second printing: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. With a new preface.
Reprint: The Tosefta in English. I. Zeraim, Moed, and Nashim. Peabody, 2003: Hendrickson Publications. With a new introduction.
Reprint: The Tosefta in English. II. Neziqin, Qodoshim, and Toharot. Peabody, 2003: Hendrickson Publications.
Reprint: The Tosefta in English. I. Zeraim, Moed, and Nashim. Eugene OR., 2008: Wipf and Stock.
Reprint: The Tosefta in English. II. Neziqin, Qodoshim, and Toharot. . Eugene OR., 2008: Wipf and Stock.
The Talmud of the Land of Israel. A Preliminary Translation and Explanation. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press: 1982-1993. IX-XII, XIV-XV, XVII-XXXV.
IX. Hallah. 1991
X. Orlah. Bikkurim. 1991.
XI. Shabbat. 1991.
XII. Erubin. 1990.
XIV. Yoma. 1990.
XV. Sheqalim. 1990.
XVII. Sukkah. 1988.
XVIII. Besah. Taanit. 1987.
XIX. Megillah. 1987.
XX. Hagigah. Moed Qatan. 1986.
XXI. Yebamot. 1986.
XXII. Ketubot. 1985.
XXIII. Nedarim 1985.
XXIV. Nazir. 1985.
XXV. Gittin. 1985
XXVI. Qiddushin. 1984.
XXVII. Sotah. 1984.
XXVIII Baba Qamma. 1984.
XXIX. Baba Mesia. 1984.
XXX. Baba Batra. 1984.
XXXI. Sanhedrin. Makkot. 1984.
XXXII. Shebuot. 1983.
XXXIII Abodah Zarah. 1982.
XXXIV Horayot. Niddah. 1982
XXXV. Introduction. Taxonomy.
The Talmud of the Land of Israel. Peabody, 2008: Hendrickson
Peah
Demai
Kilayim
Shebiit
Terumot
Maaserot
Maaser Sheni
Hallah
Orlah
Bikkurim
Edited: In the Margins of the Yerushalmi. Notes on the English Translation. Chico, 1983: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Torah from Our Sages: Pirke Avot. A New American Translation and Explanation. Chappaqua, 1983: Rossel. Paperback edition: 1987. In print: S. Orange, 2005: Behrman House.
Law as Literature. Chico, 1983: Scholars Press. = Semeia. An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism Volume 27. Co-edited with William Scott Green. Second printing: Eugene OR, 2006: Wipf & Stock
The Talmud of Babylonia. An American Translation. Chico, then Atlanta: 1984-1995: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
I. Tractate Berakhot
II.A. Tractate Shabbat. Chapters One and Two.
II.B. Tractate Shabbat Chapters Three through Six
II.C Tractate Shabbat Chapters Seven through Ten
II.D Tractate Shabbat Chapters Eleven through Seventeen
II.E Tractate Shabbat Chapters Eighteen through Twenty-Four
III.A. Tractate Erubin. Chapters One and Two
III.B. Tractate Erubin, Chapters Three and Four
III.C. Tractate Erubin, Chapters Five and Six
III.D. Tractate Erubin, Chapters Seven through Ten
IV.A Tractate Pesahim. Chapter One
IV.B Tractate Pesahim. Chapters Two and Three
IV.C Tractate Pesahim. Chapters Four through Six
IV.D Tractate Pesahim. Chapters Seven and Eight
IV.E Tractate Pesahim. Chapters Nine and Ten
V.A Tractate Yoma. Chapters One and Two
V.B Tractate Yoma. Chapters Three through Five
V.C Tractate Yoma. Chapters Six through Eight
VI. Tractate Sukkah
XI. Tractate Moed Qatan
XII. Tractate Hagigah
XIII.A. Tractate Yebamot. Chapters One through Three
XIII.B. Tractate Yebamot. Chapters Four through Six
XIII.C. Tractate Yebamot. Chapters Seven through Nine
XIII.D Tractate Yebamot. Chapters Ten through Sixteen
XIV.A. Tractate Ketubot. Chapters One through Three
XIV.B. Tractate Ketubot. Chapters Four through Seven
XIV.C. Tractate Ketubot. Chapters Eight through Thirteen
XV.A. Tractate Nedarim. Chapters One through Four
XV.B. Tractate Nedarim. Chapters Five through Eleven
XVII. Tractate Sotah
XVIII.A. Tractate Gittin. Chapters One through Three
XVIII.B. Tractate Gittin. Chapters Four and Five
XVIII.C. Tractate Gittin. Chapters Six through Nine
XIX.A. Tractate Qiddushin. Chapter One
XIX.B. Tractate Qiddushin. Chapters Two through Four
XX.A. Tractate Baba Qamma. Chapters One through Three
XX.B. Tractate Baba Qamma. Chapters Four through Seven
XX.C Tractate Baba Qamma. Chapters Eight through Ten
XXI.A. Tractate Baba Mesia. Introduction. Chapters One and Two
XXI.B. Tractate Baba Mesia. Chapters Three and Four
XXI.C. Tractate Baba Mesia. Chapters Five and Six
XXI.D. Tractate Baba Mesia. Chapters Seven through Ten
XXII.A. Tractate Baba Batra. Chapters One and Two
XXII.B. Tractate Baba Batra. Chapter Three
XXII.C. Tractate Baba Batra. Chapters Four through Six
XXII.D Tractate Baba Batra. Chapters Seven and Eight
XXII. Tractate Baba Batra. Chapters Nine and Ten
XXII.A Tractate Sanhedrin. Chapters One through Three
XXII.B Tractate Sanhedrin Chapters Four through Eight
XXII.C Tractate Sanhedrin Chapters Nine through Eleven
XXIV. Tractate Makkot
XXV.A. Tractate Abodah Zarah. Chapters One and Two
XXV.B. Tractate Abodah Zarah. Chapters Three, Four, and Five
XXVII.A Tractate Shebuot. Chapters One through Three
XXVII.B Tractate Shebuot. Chapters Four through Eight
XXVIII.A. Tractate Zebahim. Chapters One through Three
XXVIII.B. Tractate Zebahim. Chapters Four through Eight
XXVIII.C. Tractate Zebahim. Chapters Nine through Fourteen
XXIX.A. Tractate Menahot. Chapters One through Three
XXIX.B. Tractate Menahot. Chapters Four through Seven
XXIX.C. Tractate Menahot. Chapters Eight through Thirteen
XXXI.A. Tractate Bekhorot. Chapters One through Four
XXXI.B. Tractate Bekhorot. Chapters Five through Nine
XXXII. Tractate Arakhin
XXXIII. Tractate Temurah
XXXIV. Tractate Keritot
XXXVI.A Tractate Niddah. Chapters One through Three
XXXVI.B Tractate Niddah. Chapters Four through Ten
For Leviticus Rabbah, see below, Judaism and Scripture: The Evidence of Leviticus Rabbah
Genesis Rabbah. The Judaic Commentary on Genesis. A New American Translation. Atlanta, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. I. Genesis Rabbah. The Judaic Commentary on Genesis. A New American Translation. Parashiyyot One through Thirty-Three. Genesis 1:1-8:14.
Genesis Rabbah. The Judaic Commentary on Genesis. A New American Translation. Atlanta, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. II. Genesis Rabbah. The Judaic Commentary on Genesis. A New American Translation. Parashiyyot Thirty-Four through Sixty-Seven. Genesis 8:15-28:9.
Genesis Rabbah. The Judaic Commentary on Genesis. A New American Translation. Atlanta, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. III. Genesis Rabbah. The Judaic Commentary on Genesis. A New American Translation. Parashiyyot Sixty-Eight through One Hundred. Genesis 28:10-50:26.
Sifra. The Judaic Commentary on Leviticus. A New Translation. The Leper. Leviticus 13:1-14:57. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. [With a section by Roger Brooks.] Based on A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities. VI. Negaim. Sifra.
Sifré to Numbers. An American Translation. I. 1-58. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Sifré to Numbers. An American Translation. II. 59-115. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. The translation of Parashiyyot 116-161 is given in The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. XII. Sifré to Numbers.
The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. An Analytical Translation and Explanation. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Pesiqta deRab Kahana. An Analytical Translation and Explanation. I. 1-14. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Pesiqta deRab Kahana. An Analytical Translation and Explanation. II. 15-28. With an Introduction to Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
For Pesiqta Rabbati, see below, From Tradition to Imitation. The Plan and Program of Pesiqta deRab Kahana and Pesiqta Rabbati.
Sifré to Deuteronomy. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. I. Pisqaot One through One Hundred Forty-Three. Debarim, Waethanan, Eqeb, Re'eh.
Sifré to Deuteronomy. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. ii. Pisqaot One Hundred Forty-Four through Three Hundred Fifty-Seven. Shofetim, Ki Tese, Ki Tabo, Nesabim, Ha'azinu, Zot Habberakhah.
Sifra. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. I. Introduction and Vayyiqra Dibura Denedabah and Vayiqqra Dibura Dehobah.
Sifra. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. II. Sav, Shemini, Tazria, Negaim, Mesora, and Zabim
Sifra. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. III. Aharé Mot, Qedoshim, Emor, Behar, and Behuqotai.
Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. I. Pisha, Beshallah, Shirata, and Vayassa.
Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. II. Amalek, Bahodesh, Neziqin, Kaspa and Shabbata
Translating the Classics of Judaism. In Theory and in Practice. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Lamentations Rabbah. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Esther Rabbah I. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Ruth Rabbah. An Analytical Translation. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Song of Songs Rabbah. An Analytical Translation. Volume One. Song of Songs Rabbah to Song Chapters One through Three. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Song of Songs Rabbah. An Analytical Translation. Volume Two. Song of Songs Rabbah to Song Chapters Four through Eight. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
Texts without Boundaries. Protocols of Non-Documentary Writing in the Rabbinic Canon, Lanham MD, 2002: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series. Volume One. The Mishnah, Tractate Abot, and the Tosefta
Texts without Boundaries. Protocols of Non-Documentary Writing in the Rabbinic Canon, Lanham MD, 2002: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series. Volume Two. Sifra and Sifré to Numbers.
Texts without Boundaries. Protocols of Non-Documentary Writing in the Rabbinic Canon, Lanham MD, 2002: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series. Volume Three. Sifré to Deuteronomy and Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael
Texts without Boundaries. Protocols of Non-Documentary Writing in the Rabbinic Canon, Lanham MD, 2002: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series. Volume Four. Leviticus Rabbah
Rabbinic Narrative: A Documentary Perspective. Volume One. Forms, Types, and Distribution of Narratives in the Mishnah, Tractate Abot, and the Tosefta. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism
Rabbinic Narrative: A Documentary Perspective. Volume Two. Forms, Types, and Distribution of Narratives in Sifra, Sifré to Numbers, and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism
Rabbinic Narrative: A Documentary Perspective. Volume Three. Forms, Types, and Distribution of Narratives in Song of Songs Rabbah and Lamentations Rabbah. And a Reprise of Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan Text A. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism
Rabbinic Narrative. A Documentary Perspective. Volume Four. The Precedent and the Parable in Diachronic View. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism
Sifre Zutta to Numbers. Lanham, 2009: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
Comparative Midrash: Sifre to Numbers and Sifre Zutta to Numbers. I. Forms, Lanham, 2009: University Press of America.
Comparative Midrash: Sifre to Numbers and Sifre Zutta to Numbers. II. Exegesis. Lanham, 2009: University Press of America.
Editor: The Documentary Hypothesis and its recent interpreters. Lanham 2010. University Press of America
4. History of Ideas, Law, and Literature
Introducing the Documents, Comparing and Contrasting the
Documentary Components of the Canon of Formative Judaism
Invitation to the Talmud. A Teaching Book. N.Y., 1973: Harper & Row. Second printing, 1974. Paperback edition, 1975. Reprinted: 1982. Second edition, completely revised, San Francisco, 1984: Harper & Row. Paperback edition: 1988. Second printing, in paperback, of the second edition: Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Third printing of the second edition: Binghamton, 2001: Global Publications. Fourth printing of the second edition: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, Publishers.
The Mishnah before 70. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. [Reprise of pertinent results of A History of the Mishnah Law of Purities Volumes. III, V, VIII, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVII, and XVIII.]
The Integrity of Leviticus Rabbah. The Problem of the Autonomy of a Rabbinic Document. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Comparative Midrash: The Plan and Program of Genesis Rabbah and Leviticus Rabbah. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham: University Press of America.
From Tradition to Imitation. The Plan and Program of Pesiqta deRab Kahana and Pesiqta Rabbati. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. [With a fresh translation of Pesiqta Rabbati Pisqaot 1-5, 15.]
Canon and Connection: Intertextuality in Judaism. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
Midrash as Literature: The Primacy of Documentary Discourse. Lanham, 1987: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
The Bavli and its Sources: The Question of Tradition in the Case of Tractate Sukkah. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Invitation to Midrash: The Working of Rabbinic Bible Interpretation. A Teaching Book. San Francisco, 1988: Harper & Row. Second printing, in paperback: Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
What Is Midrash? Philadelphia,1987: Fortress Press. Second printing: Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press.
Sifré to Deuteronomy. An Introduction to the Rhetorical, Logical, and Topical Program. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Uniting the Dual Torah: Sifra and the Problem of the Mishnah. Cambridge and New York, 1989: Cambridge University Press.
Sifra in Perspective: The Documentary Comparison of the Midrashim of Ancient Judaism Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael. An Introduction to Judaism's First Scriptural Encyclopaedia. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Midrash Compilations of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries. An Introduction to the Rhetorical Logical, and Topical Program. I. Lamentations Rabbah. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies
The Midrash Compilations of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries: An Introduction to the Rhetorical Logical, and Topical Program. II. Esther Rabbah I. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies
The Midrash Compilations of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries: An Introduction to the Rhetorical Logical, and Topical Program. III. Ruth Rabbah. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies
The Midrash Compilations of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries: An Introduction to the Rhetorical Logical, and Topical Program. IV. Song of Songs Rabbah. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies
A Midrash Reader. Minneapolis, 1990: Augsburg-Fortress. Second printing: Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press.
Making the Classics in Judaism: The Three Stages of Literary Formation. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Mishnah. An Introduction. Northvale, N.J., 1989: Jason Aronson, Inc. Paperback edition: 1994. Reprinted 2004: Rowman and Littlefield.
The Midrash. An Introduction. Northvale, 1990: Jason Aronson, Inc. Paperback edition: 1994. . Reprinted 2005: Rowman and Littlefield
The Yerushalmi. The Talmud of the Land of Israel. An Introduction. Northvale, 1992: Jason Aronson, Inc. . Reprinted 2004: Rowman and Littlefield
The Tosefta. An Introduction. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham, University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
The Bavli. The Talmud of Babylonia. An Introduction. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Canonical History of Ideas. The Place of the So-called Tannaite Midrashim, Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael, Sifra, Sifré to Numbers, and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Talmud: Close Encounters. Minneapolis, 1991: Fortress Press. Second printing, 1996. Reprint: Eugene OR 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Tradition as Selectivity: Scripture, Mishnah, Tosefta, and Midrash in the Talmud of Babylonia. The Case of Tractate Arakhin. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Language as Taxonomy. The Rules for Using Hebrew and Aramaic in the Babylonian Talmud. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli That Might Have Been: The Tosefta’s Theory of Mishnah-Commentary Compared with That of the Babylonian Talmud. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Rules of Composition of the Talmud of Babylonia. The Cogency of the Bavli’s Composite. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s One Voice: Types and Forms of Analytical Discourse and their Fixed Order of Appearance. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
The Bavli’s One Statement. The Metapropositional Program of Babylonian Talmud Tractate Zebahim Chapters One and Five. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
How the Bavli Shaped Rabbinic Discourse. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Massive Miscellanies. The Problem of Agglutinative Discourse in the Talmud of Babylonia. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Sources and Traditions. Types of Composition in the Talmud of Babylonia. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Law Behind the Laws. The Bavli’s Essential Discourse. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Primary Discourse. Mishnah Commentary, its Rhetorical Paradigms and their Theological Implications in the Talmud of Babylonia Tractate Moed Qatan. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Discourse of the Bavli: Language, Literature, and Symbolism. Five Recent Findings. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
How to Study the Bavli: The Languages, Literatures, and Lessons of the Talmud of Babylonia. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Form-Analytical Comparison in Rabbinic Judaism. Structure and Form in The Fathers and The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Intellectual Character. The Generative Problematic in Bavli Baba Qamma Chapter One and Bavli Shabbat Chapter One. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Decoding the Talmud’s Exegetical Program: From Detail to Principle in the Bavli’s Quest for Generalization. Tractate Shabbat. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Principal Parts of the Bavli’s Discourse: A Final Taxonomy. Mishnah-Commentary, Sources, Traditions, and Agglutinative Miscellanies. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Torah in the Talmud. A Taxonomy of the Uses of Scripture in the Talmuds. Tractate Qiddushin in the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. I. Bavli Qiddushin Chapter One. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Torah in the Talmud. A Taxonomy of the Uses of Scripture in the Talmuds. Tractate Qiddushin in the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. II. Yerushalmi Qiddushin Chapter One. And a Comparison of the Uses of Scripture by the Two Talmuds. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. A Systematic Comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. Volume One. Bavli and Yerushalmi Qiddushin Chapter One Compared and Contrasted. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. A Systematic Comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. Volume Two. Yerushalmi’s, Bavli’s, and Other Canonical Documents’ Treatment of the Program of Mishnah-Tractate Sukkah Chapters One, Two, and Four Compared and Contrasted. A Reprise and Revision of The Bavli and its Sources. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. A Systematic Comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. Volume Three. Bavli and Yerushalmi to Selected Mishnah-Chapters in the Division of Moed. Erubin Chapter One, and Moed Qatan Chapter Three. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. A Systematic Comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. Volume Four. Bavli and Yerushalmi to Selected Mishnah-Chapters in the Division of Nashim. Gittin Chapter Five and Nedarim Chapter One. And Niddah Chapter One. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. A Systematic Comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. Volume Five. Bavli and Yerushalmi to Selected Mishnah-Chapters in the Division of Neziqin. Baba Mesia Chapter One and Makkot Chapters One and Two. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. A Systematic Comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. Volume Six. Bavli and Yerushalmi to a Miscellany of Mishnah-Chapters. Gittin Chapter One, Qiddushin Chapter Two, and Hagigah Chapter Three. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Bavli’s Unique Voice. Volume Seven. What Is Unique about the Bavli in Context? An Answer Based on Inductive Description, Analysis, and Comparison. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
From Text to Historical Context in Rabbinic Judaism: Historical Facts in Systemic Documents. I. The Mishnah, Tosefta, Abot, Sifra, Sifré to Numbers, and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
From Text to Historical Context in Rabbinic Judaism: Historical Facts in Systemic Documents. II. The Later Midrash-Compilations: Genesis Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbah, Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
From Text to Historical Context in Rabbinic Judaism: Historical Facts in Systemic Documents. III. The Latest Midrash-Compilations: Song of Songs Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, Esther Rabbah I, and Lamentations Rabbah. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature. N.Y., 1994: Doubleday. The Doubleday Anchor Reference Library. Religious Book Club Selection, 1994. Paperback edition: 1999. Now: Yale University Press.
Where the Talmud Comes From: A Talmudic Phenomenology. Identifying the Free-Standing Building Blocks of Talmudic Discourse. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Initial Phases of the Talmud’s Judaism. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. i. Exegesis of Scripture.
The Initial Phases of the Talmud’s Judaism. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. ii. Exemplary Virtue.
The Initial Phases of the Talmud’s Judaism. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. iii. Social Ethics.
The Initial Phases of the Talmud’s Judaism. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. iv. Theology.
Talmudic Dialectics: Types and Forms. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. I. Introduction. Tractate Berakhot and the Divisions of Appointed Times and Women.
Talmudic Dialectics: Types and Forms. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. II. The Divisions of Damages and Holy Things and Tractate Niddah.
Rationality and Structure: The Bavli’s Anomalous Juxtapositions. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham,, MD.: University Press of America.
The Modes of Thought of Rabbinic Judaism. I. Types of Analysis. Binghamton 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism Series.
The Modes of Thought of Rabbinic Judaism. II. Types of Argumentation. Binghamton 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism Series.
Second printing, condensed and revised; under the title, Analysis and Argumentation in Rabbinic Judaism. Lanham, 2003: University Press of America.
Extra- and Non-Documentary Writing in the Canon of Formative Judaism. I. The Pointless Parallel: Hans-Jürgen Becker and the Myth of the Autonomous Tradition in Rabbinic Documents. Binghamton 2001: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism Series.
Extra- and Non-Documentary Writing in the Canon of Formative Judaism. II. Paltry Parallels. The Negligible Proportion and Peripheral Role of Free-Standing Compositions in Rabbinic Documents. Binghamton 2001: Global PublicationsAcademic Studies in the History of Judaism Series
Extra- and Non-Documentary Writing in the Canon of Formative Judaism. III. Peripatetic Parallels. Binghamton, 2001: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism Series. Second edition, revised, of The Peripatetic Saying: The Problem of the Thrice-Told Tale in Talmudic Literature. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
How the Halakhah Unfolds: I. Moed Qatan in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli. Lanham 2006: University Press of America.
How the Halakhah Unfolds: II. Nazir in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli. Lanham 2006: University Press of America. Part A. Mishnah Tractate Nazir. Tosefta Tractate Nazir. Yerushalmi Tractate Nazir.
How the Halakhah Unfolds: II. Nazir in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli. Lanham 2006: University Press of America. Part B. Bavli Tractate Nazir. Yerushalmi-Bavli Nazir Systematically Compared. Nazir Viewed Whole.
How the Halakhah Unfolds. III. Abodah Zarah in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli. Lanham 2006: University Press of America. Part A. Mishnah Tractate Abodah Zarah. Tosefta Tractate Abodah Zarah. Yerushalmi Tractate Abodah Zarah.
How the Halakhah Unfolds. III. Abodah Zarah in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli. Lanham 2006: University Press of America. Part B. Bavli Tractate Abodah Zarah. Yerushalmi-Bavli Abodah Zarah Systematically Compared. Abodah Zarah Viewed Whole.
How the Halakhah Unfolds: IV. Hagigah in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli. Lanham 2009L University Press of America.
The Construction of the Bavli: What Is Primary and What is Secondary in the Talmud of Babylonia. Lanham 2009 University Press of America.
The Program of the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. The ‘ Forms. . Lanham 2009. University Press of America.
Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon I. From the Mishnah to the Talmuds . . Lanham 2009. University Press of America.
Editor: The Documentary Hypothesis and its recent interpreters. Lanham 2009. University Press of America.
Planned
Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon. II. The Talmuds. Lanham 2009. University Press of America.
5. Religion
Reconstructing and Interpreting
the History of the Formation of Judaism
From Politics to Piety. The Emergence of Pharisaic Judaism. Englewood Cliffs, 1973: Prentice-Hall. Second printing, N.Y., 1978: Ktav. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Japanese translation: Parisai Ha towa Nanika. Seifi Kara Keiken e. Tokyo, 1988: Kyo Bun Kwan.
The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism. The Haskell Lectures, 1972-1973. Leiden, 1973: E. J. Brill. Second printing: Eugene OR, 2006: Wipf & Stock.
Judaism. The Evidence of the Mishnah. Chicago, 1981: University of Chicago Press. Choice, “Outstanding academic book list” 1982-3. Paperback edition: 1984. Second printing, 1985. Third printing, 1986. Second edition, augmented: Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Hayyahadut le'edut hammishnah. Hebrew translation of Judaism. The Evidence of the Mishnah. Tel Aviv, 1987: Sifriat Poalim.
Il Giudaismo nella testimonianza della Mishnah. Italian translation by Giorgio Volpe. Bologna, 1995: Centro editoriale Dehoniane.
Judaism without Christianity. An Introduction to the Religious System of the Mishnah in Historical Context. Hoboken, 1991: Ktav Publishing House. Abbreviated version of Judaism : The Evidence of the Mishnah.
Judaism in Society: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi. Toward the Natural History of a Religion. Chicago, 1983: The University of Chicago Press. Choice, “Outstanding Academic Book List, 1984-1985.” Second printing, with a new preface: Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Judaism and Scripture: The Evidence of Leviticus Rabbah. Chicago, 1986: The University of Chicago Press. [Fresh translation of Margulies' text and systematic analysis of problems of composition and redaction.] Jewish Book Club Selection, 1986. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Judaism: The Classical Statement. The Evidence of the Bavli. Chicago, 1986: University of Chicago Press. Choice, “Outstanding Academic Book List, 1987.” Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Judaism and Story: The Evidence of The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. Chicago, 1992: University of Chicago Press. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Ancient Israel after Catastrophe. The Religious World-View of the Mishnah. The Richard Lectures for 1982. Charlottesville, 1983: The University Press of Virginia.
The Foundations of Judaism. Method, Teleology, Doctrine. Philadelphia, 1983-5: Fortress Press. I-III. I. Midrash in Context. Exegesis in Formative Judaism. Second printing: Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Foundations of Judaism. Method, Teleology, Doctrine. Philadelphia, 1983-5: Fortress Press. I-III. II. Messiah in Context. Israel's History and Destiny in Formative Judaism. Second printing: Lanham, 1988: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Foundations of Judaism. Method, Teleology, Doctrine. Philadelphia, 1983-5: Fortress Press. I-III. III. Torah: From Scroll to Symbol in Formative Judaism. Second printing: Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Foundations of Judaism. Philadelphia, 1988: Fortress. Abridged edition of the foregoing trilogy. Second printing: Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Grondslagen van het Jodendom: Tora, Misjna, Messias. Translated by Liesbeth Mok and Klaas A. D. Smelik. Boxtel and Leuven, 1991: Katholieke Bijbelstichting and Vlaamse Bijbelstichting.
Italian translation: I fondamenti del giudaismo. Translated by Piero Stefani. Firenze, 1992: Editrice la Giuntina.
From Description to Conviction. Essays on the History and Theology of Judaism. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Oral Torah. The Sacred Books of Judaism. An Introduction. San Francisco, 1985: Harper & Row. Paperback: 1987. Bnai Brith Jewish Book Club Selection, 1986. Second printing: Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Scriptures of the Oral Torah. Sanctification and Salvation in the Sacred Books of Judaism. San Francisco, 1987: Harper & Row. Jewish Book Club Selection, 1988. Second printing: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Vanquished Nation, Broken Spirit. The Virtues of the Heart in Formative Judaism. New York, 1987: Cambridge University Press. Jewish Book Club selection, 1987.
Editor: “To See Ourselves as Others See Us.” Jews, Christians, "“Others” in Late Antiquity. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press. Studies in the Humanities.
Editor: Judaic Perspectives on Ancient Israel. Philadelphia, 1987: Fortress Press. Reprint: Eugene, OR, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Editor: Judaisms and their Messiahs in the Beginning of Christianity. New York, 1987: Cambridge University Press. [Edited with William Scott Green]
Editor: Goodenough's Jewish Symbols. An Abridged Edition. Princeton, 1988: Princeton University Press. Paperback edition: 1992.
Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity. Philadelphia, 1983: Fortress. British edition, London, 1984: SPCK. Second US printing, 1988. Third printing, 1990. Fifth US printing,1994.
French translation: Le judaisme a l'aube du christianisme. Paris, 1986: Editions du Cerf.
German translation: Judentum in frühchristlicher Zeit. Stuttgart, 1988: Calwerverlag.
Dutch translation: De Joodse wieg van het Christendom. Kampen, 1987: J. H. Kok.
Norwegian translation: Jødedommen i den første kristne tid. Trondheim, 1987: Tapir Publishers, University of Trondheim. Translated by Johan B. Hygen.
Italian translation: Il Giudaismo nei primi secoli del Christianismo. Brescia, 1989: Morcelliano.
Japanese translation: Iesu Jidai No Yudayakyo. Tokyo, 1992: Kyo Bun Kwan.
Judaism in the Matrix of Christianity. Philadelphia, 1986: Fortress Press. British edition, Edinburgh, 1988, T. & T. Collins. Second printing, with a new introduction: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Judaism and Christianity in the Age of Constantine. Issues of the Initial Confrontation. Chicago, 1987: University of Chicago Press.
Paperback edition: 2007.
Death and Birth of Judaism. The Impact of Christianity, Secularism, and the Holocaust on Jewish Faith, New York, 1987: Basic Books. Second printing: Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham MD, 2000: University Press of America.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Exile and Return in the History of Judaism. Boston, 1987: Beacon Press. Second printing: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. With a new introduction. Now: Lanham, Md.: University Press of America.
Editor: Goodenough on History of Religion and on Judaism. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Editor: Science, Magic, and Religion in Concert and in Conflict. Judaic, Christian, Philosophical, and Social Scientific Perspectives. New York, 1988: Oxford University Press. Paperback edition: 1993.
The Enchantments of Judaism. Rites of Transformation from Birth through Death. New York, 1987: Basic Books. Judaic Book Club selection, September, 1987. Jewish Book Club selection, October, 1987. Second printing: Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for University of South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham: University Press of America. Edition on tape: Princeton, 1992: Recording for the Blind. Third printing: Lanham, 2005: University Press of America.
Judaism and its Social Metaphors. Israel in the History of Jewish Thought. N.Y., 1988: Cambridge University Press.
The Incarnation of God: The Character of Divinity in Formative Judaism. Philadelphia, 1988: Fortress Press. Reprinted: Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Reprinted: Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Classics of Judaic series.
Writing with Scripture: The Authority and Uses of the Hebrew Bible in the Torah of Formative Judaism. Philadelphia, 1989: Fortress Press. Second printing: Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
The Making of the Mind of Judaism. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Reprint, revised: Rabbinic Judaism’s Generative Logic. I. The Making of the Mind of Judaism. Binghamton, 2002: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism series.
The Formation of the Jewish Intellect. Making Connections and Drawing Conclusions in the Traditional System of Judaism. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Reprint, revised: Rabbinic Judaism’s Generative Logic. II. The Formation of the Jewish Intellect. Binghamton, 2002: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism series.
The Economics of the Mishnah. Chicago, 1989: The University of Chicago Press. Reprint: Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Rabbinic Political Theory: Religion and Politics in the Mishnah. Chicago, 1991: The University of Chicago Press.
The Philosophical Mishnah. Volume I. The Initial Probe. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham MD: University Press of America.
The Philosophical Mishnah. Volume II. The Tractates' Agenda. From Abodah Zarah to Moed Qatan. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. . Now: Lanham MD: University Press of America.
The Philosophical Mishnah. Volume III. The Tractates' Agenda. From Nazir to Zebahim. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. . Now: Lanham MD: University Press of America.
The Philosophical Mishnah. Volume IV. The Repertoire. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham MD: University Press of America.
Judaism as Philosophy. The Method and Message of the Mishnah. Columbia, 1991: University of South Carolina Press.
Paperback edition: Baltimore, 1999: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted: Eugene, OR, 2004: Wipf & Stock.
Torah through the Ages. A Short History of Judaism. New York and London, 1990: Trinity Press International and SCM. Reprinted, Eugene OR, 2004: Wipf & Stock
From Literature to Theology in Formative Judaism. Three Preliminary Studies. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Edited: The Christian and Judaic Invention of History. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for American Academy of Religion. Studies in Religion series.
Edited: Essays in Jewish Historiography [=History and Theory Beiheft 27, edited by Ada Rapoport-Albert]. With a new Introduction and an Appendix. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Symbol and Theology in Early Judaism. Minneapolis, 1991: Fortress Press.
Reprint: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Transformation of Judaism. From Philosophy to Religion. Champaign, 1992: University of Illinois Press.
Paperback edition: Baltimore, 1999: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted: Eugene, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Talmudic Thinking: Language, Logic, and Law. Columbia, 1992: University of South Carolina Press.
The Emergence of Judaism. Jewish Religion in Response to the Critical issues of the First Six Centuries. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
German translation: Die Gestaltwerdung des Judentums. Die jüdische Religion als Antwort auf die kritischen Herausforderungen der ersten sechs Jahrhunderte der christlichen Ära. Frankfurt-am-Main, Bern and N.Y., 1994: Verlag Peter Lang. Judentum und Umwelt. Translated and edited by Johann Maier.
Judaism and Zoroastrianism at the Dusk of Late Antiquity. How Two Ancient Faiths Wrote Down Their Great Traditions. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham, University Press of America.
Purity in Rabbinic Judaism. A Systematic Account of the Sources, Media, Effects, and Removal of Uncleanness. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament. What We Cannot Show, We Do Not Know. Philadelphia, 1993: Trinity Press International. Reprint, Eugene, OR 2004: Wipf & Stock.
Judaismo Rabinico. [Five lectures in Spanish, given in Madrid in 1991.], Madrid, 1991: El Olivo. Documentacion y estudios para el dialogo entre Judios y Cristianos.
Androgynous Judaism. Masculine and Feminine in the Dual Torah. Macon, 1993: Mercer University Press. Jewish Book Club Selection. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Judaism States its Theology: The Talmudic Re-Presentation. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. I. The Mishnah. A. The Division of Agriculture. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. I. The Mishnah. B. The Divisions of Appointed Times, Women, and Damages (through Sanhedrin). Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. I. The Mishnah. C. The Divisions of Damages (from Makkot), Holy Things and Purities. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. II. The Tosefta, Tractate Abot, and the Earlier Midrash-Compilations: Sifra, Sifré to Numbers, and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Atlanta, 1993.: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. III. The Later Midrash-Compilations: Genesis Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbah and Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. IV. The Latest Midrash-Compilations: Song of Songs Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, Esther Rabbah I, and Lamentations Rabbati. And The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism Behind the Texts. The Generative Premises of Rabbinic Literature. V. The Talmuds of the Land of Israel and Babylonia. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Judaism the Rabbis Take for Granted. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Rabbinic Judaism. The Documentary History of the Formative Age. Bethesda, 1994: CDL Press.
Judaism’s Theological Voice: The Melody of the Talmud. Chicago, 1995: The University of Chicago Press.
Rabbinic Judaism. Structure and System. Minneapolis, 1996: Fortress Press.
Reprint: Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Presence of the Past, the Pastness of the Present. History, Time, and Paradigm in Rabbinic Judaism. Bethesda, 1996: CDL Press.
Second edition, revised and augmented by six new chapters: The Idea of History in Rabbinic Judaism. Leiden, 2004: E. J. Brill.
Jerusalem and Athens: The Congruity of Talmudic and Classical Philosophy. Leiden, 1997: E. J. Brill. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism.
Italian: Ferrara, 2005: Gallio Editori.
The Theology of Rabbinic Judaism. A Prolegomenon. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies on the History of Judaism.
The Halakhah of the Oral Torah. A Religious Commentary. Introduction. And Volume One. Part One. Between Israel and God. Faith, Thanksgiving: Tractate Berakhot. Enlandisement. Tractates Kilayim, Shebi‘it, and ‘Orlah. Atlanta, 1997. Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. [The remainder of this project, originally planned for twenty-four volumes, was recast as The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism.]
The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. Binghamton, 1999: Dowling College Press/Global Publications of Binghamton University [SUNY]. I. Vocabulary: Native Categories. Epitomized in Handbook of Rabbinic Theology, below.
The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. Binghamton, 1999: Dowling College Press/Global Publications of Binghamton University [SUNY]. II. Syntax: Connections and Constructions. Epitomized in Handbook of Rabbinic Theology, below.
The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. Binghamton, 1999: Dowling College Press/Global Publications of Binghamton University [SUNY]. iii. Semantics: Models of Analysis, Explanation and Anticipation. Epitomized in Handbook of Rabbinic Theology, below.
Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism. Lanham, MD 2005: University Press of America. Second edition, revised, of The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. I. Principal Theological Categories.
Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism. Lanham, MD 2005: University Press of America. Second edition, revised, of The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. II. Making Connections and Building Constructions.
Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism. Lanham, MD 2005: University Press of America. Second edition, revised, of The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. III. Models of Analysis, Explanation, and Anticipation.
The Theology of the Oral Torah. Revealing the Justice of God. Kingston and Montreal, 1999: McGill-Queen’s University Press and Ithaca, 1999: Cornell University Press. Epitomized in Handbook of Rabbinic Theology, below.
Rabbinic Judaism: Theological System. Boston and Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. Condensation of The Theology of the Oral Torah.
The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism. Volume I. Between Israel and God. Part A. Faith, Thanksgiving, Enlandisement: Possession and Partnership. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism. Volume II. Between Israel and God. Part B. Transcendent Transactions: Where Heaven and Earth Intersect. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism. Volume III. Within Israel’s Social Order. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism
The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism. Volume IV. Inside the Walls of the Israelite Household. Part A. At the Meeting of Time and Space. Sanctification in the Here and Now: The Table and the Bed. Sanctification and the Marital Bond. The Desacralization of the Household: The Bed. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism. Volume V. Inside the Walls of the Israelite Household. Part B. The Desacralization of the Household: The Table. Foci, Sources, and Dissemination of Uncleanness. Purification from the Pollution of Death. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Theology of the Halakhah. Leiden, 2001: E. J. Brill. Brill Reference Library of Ancient Judaism. Epitomized in Handbook of Rabbinic Theology, below.
Scripture and the Generative Premises of the Halakhah. A Systematic Inquiry. I. Halakhah Based Principally on Scripture and Halakhic Categories Autonomous of Scripture. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
Scripture and the Generative Premises of the Halakhah. A Systematic Inquiry. II. Scripture’s Topics Derivatively Amplified in the Halakhah. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
Scripture and the Generative Premises of the Halakhah. A Systematic Inquiry. III. Scripture’s Topics Independently Developed in the Halakhah. From the Babas through Miqvaot. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
Scripture and the Generative Premises of the Halakhah. A Systematic Inquiry. IV. Scripture’s Topics Independently Developed in the Halakhah. From Moed Qatan through Zebahim. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
Second printing, revised and condensed: under the title, The Torah and the Halakhah: The Four Relationships. Lanham, 2003: University Press of America.
The Four Stages of Rabbinic Judaism. London, 2000: Routledge. E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
How the Rabbis Liberated Women. Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
From Scripture to 70. The Pre-Rabbinic Beginnings of the Halakhah. Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
What, Exactly, Did the Rabbinic Sages Mean by “the Oral Torah”? An Inductive Answer to the Question of Rabbinic Judaism. Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Now: Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
The Halakhah and the Aggadah: Theological Perspectives. Atlanta, 2000: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Mishnah: Social Perspectives. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Paperback reprint: 2002.
The Mishnah: Religious Perspectives. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill Paperback reprint: 2002.
The Messiah in Ancient Judaism [With William Scott Green.] Leiden, 2005: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
Recovering Judaism: The Universal Dimension of Jewish Religion. Minneapolis, 2000: Fortress Press
How Judaism Reads the Bible. Baltimore, 1999: Chizuk Amuno Congregation. Published lecture.
The Unity of Rabbinic Discourse. Volume One. Aggadah in the Halakhah. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Unity of Rabbinic Discourse. Volume Two. Halakhah in the Aggadah. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Unity of Rabbinic Discourse. Volume Three. Halakhah and Aggadah in Concert. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
Dual Discourse, Single Judaism. The Category-Formations of the Halakhah and of the Aggadah Defined, Compared, and Contrasted. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
Judaism’s Story of Creation: Scripture, Halakhah, Aggadah. Leiden, 2000: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Aggadic Role in Halakhic Discourse. Volume One. An Initial Probe: Three Tractates: Moed Qatan, Nazir, and Horayot. The Mishnah and the Tosefta: The Division of Purities. The Mishnah, the Tosefta, and the Yerushalmi:. The Division of Agriculture. The Mishnah-Tosefta-Bavli: The Division of Holy Things. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
The Aggadic Role in Halakhic Discourse. Volume Two. The Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli to Tractate Berakhot, the Division of Appointed Times and the Division of Women. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
The Aggadic Role in Halakhic Discourse. Volume Three. The. Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli to the Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah. Sifra and the two Sifrés. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
The Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism. I. Corporate Israel and the Individual Israelite. Leiden, 2001: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism. II. Between Israelites. Leiden, 2001: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
The Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism. III. God’s Presence in Israel. Leiden, 2001: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: I. Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: II. Genesis Rabbah. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: III. Song of Songs Rabbah. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash. IV. Leviticus Rabbah. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: V. Lamentations Rabbati. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash. VI. Ruth Rabbah and Esther Rabbah I. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash. VII. Sifra. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash, VIII. Sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash. IX. Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series
The Theological Foundations of Rabbinic Midrash. Lanham, 2006: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series.
Editor: The Mishnah in Contemporary Study. Volume One. Leiden, 2002: E. J. Brill. [Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck.]
Handbook of Rabbinic Theology: Language, System, Structure. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. Epitomization of Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah, Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of God, and Theology of the Halakhah.
The Perfect Torah. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill, Leiden.
Making God’s Word Work: Guide to the Mishnah. N.Y., 2004: Continuum.
Rabbinic Categories: Construction and Comparison. Leiden, 2005: E. J. Brill
Editor: The Encyclopaedia of Midrash: Bible-Interpretation in Formative Judaism. Leiden, 2004: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. [Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck.] In three volumes. Volume One.
Editor: The Encyclopaedia of Midrash: Bible-Interpretation in Formative Judaism. Leiden, 2004: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. [Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck.] In three volumes. Volume Two.
Editor: The Mishnah in Contemporary Study. Volume Two. Leiden, 2006: E. J. Brill. [Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck.]
The Religious Meaning of History, Cincinnati, 2004: Central Conference of American Rabbis-Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Joint Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education. Series: Scholars of the 21st Century.
Performing Israel's Faith: Narrative and Law in Rabbinic Theology. Waco, 2005: Baylor University Press. ≈
Contours of Coherence in Rabbinic Judaism. Leiden, 2005: E. J. Brill.
Is Scripture the Origin of the Halakhah? Lanham, 2005: University Press of America.
The Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination: The Mishnah against the Bible and Qumran. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America
How Important Was the Destruction of the Second Temple in the Formation of Rabbinic Judaism? Lanham, 2005: University Press of America.
Praxis and Parable: The Divergent Discourses of Rabbinic Judaism. How Halakhic and Aggadic Documents Treat the Bestiary Common to Them Both. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America
The Implicit Norms of Rabbinic Judaism. The Bedrock of a Classical Religion. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America
Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism Current Questions and Enduring Answers Lanham, 2006: University Press of America.
Halakhic Theology: A Sourcebook. Lanham 2005: University Press of America.
Jeremiah in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham, 2006: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Rabbi Jeremiah. . Lanham, 2006: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Amos in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Hosea in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Micah and Joel in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Habakkuk, Jonah, Nahum, and Obadiah in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Ezekiel in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Isaiah in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. A. Mishnah, Tosefta, Tannaite Midrash-Compilations, Yerushalmi and Associated Midrash-Compilations. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
Isaiah in Talmud and Midrash. A Source Book. B. The Later Midrash-Compilations and the Bavli. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
The Rabbis, the Law, and the Prophets, Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series
Rabbinic Theology and Israelite Prophecy. Primacy of the Torah, Narrative of the World to Come, Doctrine of Repentance and Atonement, and the Systematization of Theology in the Rabbis’ Reading of the Prophets Lanham, 2007: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
Torah Revealed, Torah Fulfilled: Scriptural Laws in Formative Judaism and Earliest Christianity. With Baruch A. Levine and Bruce D. Chilton. N.Y. Continuum and and Edinbrough: T. & T. Clark
The Rabbinic Utopia. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America
In the Aftermath of Catastrophe: Founding Judaism. 70 to 640. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Persia and Rome in Classical Judaism. Lanham 2008: University Press of America
Theological and Philosophical Premises of Judaism. New York, 2008: Academic Studies Press
Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism Current Questions and Enduring Answers. Second Series. Lanham, 2009. University Press of America.
Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism. Third series Historical Theology, the canon, Constructive Theology and other problems. Lanham, 2009. University Press of America.
Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism. Fourth series. Form-Historical Studies and the Documentary Hypothesis/ Lanham, 2010: University Press of America
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The Founders
6. Talmudic Hermeneutics
The Talmud of Babylonia. An Academic Commentary. Atlanta, 1994-1996, 1999: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. Now: Lanham, MD. University Press of America
I. Bavli Tractate Berakhot
II.A Bavli Tractate Shabbat. Chapters One through Twelve
II.B Bavli Tractate Shabbat. Chapters Thirteen through Twenty-Four
III.A Bavli Tractate Erubin. Chapters One through Five
III.B Bavli Tractate Erubin. Chapters Six through Eleven
IV.A Bavli Tractate Pesahim. Chapters One through Seven.
IV.B Bavli Tractate Pesahim. Chapters Eight through Eleven.
V. Bavli Tractate Yoma
VI. Bavli Tractate Sukkah
VII. Bavli Tractate Besah
VIII. Bavli Tractate Rosh Hashanah
IX. Bavli Tractate Taanit [1999]
X. Bavli Tractate Megillah
XI. Bavli Tractate Moed Qatan
XII. Bavli Tractate Hagigah
XIII.A Bavli Tractate Yebamot. Chapters One through Eight
XIII.B Bavli Tractate Yebamot. Chapters Nine through Seventeen
XIV.A Bavli Tractate Ketubot. Chapters One through Six
XIV.B Bavli Tractate Ketubot. Chapters Seven through Fourteen
XV. Bavli Tractate Nedarim
XVI. Bavli Tractate Nazir [1999]
XVII. Bavli Tractate Sotah
XVIII. Bavli Tractate Gittin
XIX. Bavli Tractate Qiddushin
XX. Bavli Tractate Baba Qamma
XXI.A Bavli Tractate Baba Mesia. Chapters One through Six
XXI.B Bavli Tractate Baba Mesia. Chapters Seven through Eleven
XXII.A Bavli Tractate Baba Batra. Chapters One through Six
XXII.B Bavli Tractate Baba Batra. Chapters Seven through Eleven
XXIII.A Bavli Tractate Sanhedrin. Chapters One through Seven
XXIII.B Bavli Tractate Sanhedrin. Chapters Eight through Twelve
XXIV. Bavli Tractate Makkot
XXV. Bavli Tractate Abodah Zarah
XXVI. Bavli Tractate Horayot
XXVII. Bavli Tractate Shebuot
XXVIII.A Bavli Tractate Zebahim. Chapters One through Seven
XXVIII.B Bavli Tractate Zebahim. Chapters Eight through Fifteen
XXIX.A Bavli Tractate Menahot. Chapters One through Six
XXIX.B Bavli Tractate Menahot. Chapters Seven through Fourteen
XXX. Bavli Tractate Hullin
XXXI. Bavli Tractate Bekhorot
XXXII. Bavli Tractate Arakhin
XXXIII Bavli Tractate Temurah
XXXIV. Bavli Tractate Keritot
XXXV. Bavli Tractate Meilah and Tamid
XXXVI. Bavli Tractate Niddah
The Babylonian Talmud. Translation and Commentary. Peabody, 2005: Hendrickson Publishing Co. Second printing of The Talmud of Babylonia. An Academic Commentary. Also published as a CD.
i. Berakhot
ii. Shabbat
iii. Erubin
iv. Pesahim
v. Yoma-Sukkah
vi. Taanit-Megillah-Moed Qatan-Hagigah
vii. Besah-Rosh Hashanah
viii. Yebamot
ix. Ketubot
x. Nedarim-Nazir
xi. Sotah-Gittin
xii. Qiddushin
xiii. Baba Qamma
xiv. Baba Mesia
xv. Baba Batra
xvi. Sanhedrin
xvii. Makkot-Abodah Zarah-Horayot
xviii. Shebuot-Zebahim
xix. Menahot
xx. Hullin
xxi. Bekhorot-Arakhin-Temurah
xxii. Keritot-Meilah-Tamid-Niddah
The Talmud of Babylonia. A Complete Outline. Atlanta, 1995-6: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. Now: Lanham, MD. University Press of America
I.A Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times. Berakhot, Shabbat, and Erubin.
I.B Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times. Pesahim through Hagigah.
II.A. The Division of Women. Yebamot through Ketubot
II.B. The Division of Women. Nedarim through Qiddushin
III.A The Division of Damages. Baba Qamma through Baba Batra
III.B The Division of Damages. Sanhedrin through Horayot
IV.A The Division of Holy Things and Tractate Niddah. Zebahim through Hullin
IV.B The Division of Holy Things and Tractate Niddah. Bekhorot through Niddah
The Talmud of the Land of Israel. An Academic Commentary to the Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions. Atlanta, 1998-1999: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. Now: Lanham, MD. University Press of America.
I. Yerushalmi Tractate Berakhot
II.A Yerushalmi Tractate Shabbat. Chapters One through Ten
II.B Yerushalmi Tractate Shabbat. Chapters Eleven through Twenty-Four. And the Structure of Yerushalmi Shabbat
III. Yerushalmi Tractate Erubin
IV. Yerushalmi Tractate Yoma
V.A Yerushalmi Tractate Pesahim. Chapters One through Six.
V.B Yerushalmi Tractate Pesahim. Chapters Seven through Ten. And the Structure of Yerushalmi Pesahim
VI. Yerushalmi Tractate Sukkah
VII. Yerushalmi Tractate Besah
VIII. Yerushalmi Tractate Taanit
IX. Yerushalmi Tractate Megillah
X. Yerushalmi Tractate Rosh Hashanah
XI. Yerushalmi Tractate Hagigah
XII. Yerushalmi Tractate Moed Qatan
XIII.A. Yerushalmi Tractate Yebamot. Chapters One through Ten
XIII.B Yerushalmi Tractate Yebamot. Chapters Eleven through Seventeen. And the Structure of Yerushalmi Yebamot
XIV. Yerushalmi Tractate Ketubot
XV. Yerushalmi Tractate Nedarim
XVI. Yerushalmi Tractate Nazir
XVII. Yerushalmi Tractate Gittin
XVIII. Yerushalmi Tractate Qiddushin
XIX. Yerushalmi Tractate Sotah
XX. Yerushalmi Tractate Baba Qamma
XXI. Yerushalmi Tractate Baba Mesia
XXII. Yerushalmi Tractate Baba Batra
XXIII. Yerushalmi Tractate Sanhedrin
XXIV. Yerushalmi Tractate Makkot
XXV. Yerushalmi Tractate Shebuot
XXVI. Yerushalmi Tractate Abodah Zarah
XXVII. Yerushalmi Tractate Horayot
XXVIII. Yerushalmi Tractate Niddah
The Talmud of the Land of Israel. Translation and Commentary. The Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions. Peabody, 2007: Hendrickson Publishing Co. Second printing of The Talmud of the Land of Israel. An Academic Commentary. Also published as a CD.
i. Berakhot and Shabbat
ii. Erubin and Yoma
iii. Pesahim and Sukkah
iv. Besah, Taanit, Megillah, Rosh Hashanah
v. Hagigah, Moed Qatan, Yebamot
vi. Ketubot, Nedarim
vii. Nazir, Gittin, Qiddushin
viii. Sotah, Baba Qamma, Baba Mesia
ix. Baba Batra, Sanhedrin, Makkot
x. Shebuot , Abodah Zarah, Horayot, Niddah
The Talmud of The Land of Israel. An Outline of the Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions. Atlanta, 1995-6: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. Now: Lanham, MD. University Press of America
I.A Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times. Berakhot and Shabbat
I.B Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times. Erubin, Yoma, and Besah
I.C Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times. Pesahim and Sukkah
I.D Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times. Taanit, Megillah, Rosh Hashanah, Hagigah, and Moed Qatan
II.A. The Division of Women. Yebamot to Nedarim
II.B. The Division of Women. Nazir to Sotah
III.A The Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah. Baba Qamma, Baba Mesia, Baba Batra, Horayot, and Niddah
III.B The Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah. Sanhedrin, Makkot, Shebuot, and Abodah Zarah
The Two Talmuds Compared. Atlanta, 1995-6: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. The Talmud of the Land of Israel. An Academic Commentary to the Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions. Atlanta, 1998-1999: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. Now: Lanham, MD. University Press of America.
I.A Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Yerushalmi Tractate Berakhot
I.B Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractate Shabbat.
I.C Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractate Erubin
I.D Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Yoma and Sukkah
I.E Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractate Pesahim
I.F Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Besah, Taanit, and Megillah
I.G Tractate Berakhot and the Division of Appointed Times in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Rosh Hashanah, Hagigah, and Moed Qatan
II.A The Division of Women in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Yebamot and Ketubot.
II.B The Division of Women in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Nedarim, Nazir, and Sotah.
II.C The Division of Women in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Qiddushin and Gittin.
III.A The Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Tractates Baba Qamma and Baba Mesia
III.B The Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah in the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the Talmud of Babylonia. Baba Batra and Niddah.
III.C The Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah. Sanhedrin and Makkot.
III.D The Division of Damages and Tractate Niddah. Shebuot, Abodah Zarah, and Horayot.
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. I. Sifra. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
Part i. Introduction. And Parts One through Three, Chapters One through Ninety-Eight
Part ii. Parts Four through Nine. Chapters Ninety-Nine through One Hundred Ninety-Four
Part iii. Parts Ten through Thirteen. Chapters One Hundred Ninety-Five through Two Hundred Seventy-Seven
Part iv. A Topical and Methodical Outline of Sifra
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. II. Esther Rabbah I. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. III. Ruth Rabbah. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. IV. Lamentations Rabbati. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. V. Song of Songs Rabbah. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
Part i. Introduction. And Parashiyyot One through Four
Part ii. Parashiyyot Five through Eight. And a Topical and Methodical Outline of Song of Songs Rabbah
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. VI. The Fathers Attributed to Rabbi Nathan. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. VII. Sifré to Deuteronomy. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
Part i. Introduction. And Parts One through Four
Part ii. Parts Five through Ten
Part iii. A Topical and Methodical Outline of Sifré to Deuteronomy
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. VIII. Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series
Part i. Introduction. Pisha, Beshallah and Shirata
Part ii Vayassa, Amalek, Bahodesh, Neziqin, Kaspa and Shabbata
Part iii. A Topical and Methodical Outline of Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael.
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. IX. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series. Now: Lanham, University Press of America.
Part i. Introduction. Genesis Rabbah Chapters One through Twenty-One
Part ii. Genesis Rabbah Chapters Twenty-Two through Forty-Eight
Part iii. Genesis Rabbah Chapters Forty-Nine through Seventy-Three
Part iv. Genesis Rabbah Chapters Seventy-Four through One Hundred
Part v. A Topical and Methodical Outline of Genesis Rabbah. Bereshit through Vaere, Chapters One through Fifty-Seven
Part vi. A Topical and Methodical Outline of Genesis Rabbah. Hayye Sarah through Miqqes. Chapters Fifty-Eight through One Hundred
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. X. Leviticus Rabbah. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
Part i. Introduction. Leviticus Rabbah Parashiyyot One through Seventeen
Part ii. Leviticus Rabbah Parashiyyot Eighteen through Thirty-Seven
Part iii. Leviticus Rabbah. A Topical and Methodical Outline
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. XI. Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
Part i. Introduction. Pesiqta deRab Kahana Pisqaot One through Eleven
Part ii. Pesiqta deRab Kahana Pisqaot Twelve through Twenty-Eight
Part iii. Pesiqta deRab Kahana. A Topical and Methodical Outline
The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts. XII. Sifré to Numbers. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
Part i. Introduction. Pisqaot One through Eighty-Four
Part ii Pisqaot Eighty-Five through One Hundred Twenty-Two
Part iii Pisqaot One Hundred Twenty-Three through One Hundred Sixty-One
Part iv Sifré to Numbers. A Topical and Methodical Outline
The Rabbinic Midrash. Peabody, scheduled for 2008: Hendrickson Publishing Co. Second printing, in twelve volumes, of The Components of the Rabbinic Documents: From the Whole to the Parts.
Judaism and the Interpretation of Scripture: Introduction to The Rabbinic Midrash. Peabody, 2005: Hendrickson.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. I. The Documentary Forms of the Mishnah. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature II. The Aggadic Sector: Tractate Abot, Abot deRabbi Natan, Sifra, Sifré to Numbers, and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature III. The Aggadic Sector: Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael and Genesis Rabbah. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature IV. The Aggadic Sector: Leviticus Rabbah, and Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature V. The Aggadic Sector: Song of Songs Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, Lamentations Rabbati, and Esther Rabbah I. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VI. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of the Land of Israel. A. Berakhot and Shabbat through Taanit. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VI. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of the Land of Israel. B. Megillah through Qiddushin. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VI. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of the Land of Israel. C. Sotah through Horayot and Niddah. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VII. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of Babylonia. A. Tractates Berakhot and Shabbat through Pesahim. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VII. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of Babylonia. B. Tractates Yoma through Ketubot. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VII. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of Babylonia. C. Tractates Nedarim through Baba Mesia. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VII. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of Babylonia. D. Tractates Baba Batra through Horayot. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VII. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of Babylonia. E. Tractates Zebahim through Bekhorot. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Documentary Form-History of Rabbinic Literature. VII. The Halakhic Sector. The Talmud of Babylonia. F. Tractates Arakhin through Niddah. And Conclusions. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for USF Academic Commentary Series.
The Native Category-Formations of the Aggadah. I. The Later Midrash-Compilations. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
The Native Category-Formations of the Aggadah. II. The Earlier Midrash-Compilations. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
The Hermeneutics of the Rabbinic Category-Formations: An Introduction. Lanham, 2000: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume One. Introduction. Berakhot and Seder Mo‘ed. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Two. Seder Nashim. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Three. Seder Neziqin. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Four. Seder Qodoshim. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Five. Seder Tohorot. Part Kelim through Parah. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Six. Seder Tohorot. Tohorot through Uqsin. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Seven The Generic Hermeneutics of the Halakhah. A Handbook. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
Volumes One through Seven: Second printing, condensed, under the title, Halakhic Hermeneutics, Lanham, 2003: University Press of America.
The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Eight. Why This, Not That? Ways Not Taken in the Halakhic Category-Formations of the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in Ancient Judaism series.
Second printing, revised; under the title, Why This, Not That? Ways Not Taken in the Halakhic Category-Formations of the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli. Lanham, 2003: University Press of America.
Intellectual Templates of the Law of Judaism. Lanham, 2006: University Press of America.
Analytical Templates of the Bavli. Lanham, 2006: University Press of America.
Analytical Templates of the Yerushalmi. Lanham, 2008: University Press of America.
7. Constructive and Comparative Theology
From Description to Conviction
Fellowship in Judaism. The First Century and Today. London, 1963: Valentine, Mitchell. Reprint, Eugene,, OR, 2005: Wipf and Stock. NYC 2006: On line edition: Center for Online Judaic Studies: www.cojs.org
History and Torah. Essays on Jewish Learning. London, 1965: Valentine, Mitchell. N.Y., 1964: Schocken Books. Paperback, N.Y., 1967: Schocken.
Judaism in the Secular Age. Essays on Fellowship, Community, and Freedom. London, 1970: Valentine Mitchell. N.Y., 1970: Ktav.
Editor: Contemporary Judaic Fellowship. In Theory and in Practice. N.Y., 1972: Ktav.
Editor: Understanding Jewish Theology. Classical Themes and Modern Perspectives. N.Y., 1973: Ktav. Fifth printing: 1992. Sixth printing: Binghamton 2001: Global Publications/SUNY. In Classics in Judaic Studies.
The Glory of God Is Intelligence. Four Lectures on the Role of Intellect in Judaism. Provo, 1978: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University. Religious Studies Monograph Series Volume III. Introduction by S. Kent Brown.
The Jewish War against the Jews. Reflections on Golah, Shoah, and Torah. N.Y., 1984: Ktav.
Stranger at Home. Zionism, “The Holocaust,” and American Judaism. Chicago, 1980: University of Chicago Press. Paperback edition, 1985. Second printing, 1985. Third printing, 1988. Paperback reprint: Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies on Religion and the Social Order. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Tzedakah. Can Jewish Philanthropy Buy Jewish Survival? Chappaqua, 1982: Rossel. Second printing, 1983. Fourth printing, 1988. Fifth printing: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Sixth printing, 1997: Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Israel in America. A Too-Comfortable Exile? Boston, 1985: Beacon. Paperback edition, 1986. Second printing: Lanham, 1990: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series. Third printing: 1994.
Edited: To Grow in Wisdom. An Anthology of Abraham Joshua Heschel. New York, 1989: Madison Books. [With Noam M. M. Neusner]
Who, Where, and What Is “Israel”? Zionist Perspectives on Israeli and American Judaism. Lanham, 1989: University Press of America Studies in Judaism.
The Religious World of Contemporary Judaism: Observations and Convictions. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Bible and Us. A Priest and a Rabbi Read the Scriptures Together. With Andrew M. Greeley. N.Y., 1990: Warner Books. Trade paperback edition: 1991. Jewish Book Club alternative selection.
Portuguese translation: A Bíblia e Nós. Um padre e um rabino interpretam as Sagradas Escrituras. São Paulo, 1994: Editora Siciliano.
Spanish translation: La Biblia y Nosotros. Madrid, 1995: Editora Planeta
Common Ground. A Priest and a Rabbi Read the Scriptures Together. Second edition, revised of the foregoing title. Cleveland, 1996: Pilgrim Press. Reprint: Eugene, OR 2005: Wipf and Stock. Reprint: Montreal and Kingston, 2008: McGill-Queens University Press. Paper bound reprint: Montreal and Kingston, 2008: McGill-Queens University Press.
Jews and Christians: The Myth of a Common Tradition. New York and London, 1990: Trinity Press International and SCM Press. Reprint: Binghamton, 2001: Global Publications. Reprint: Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock, Publishers.
Italia translation: edizini Cantagalli, Sienna, 2010
The Foundations of the Theology of Judaism. An Anthology. I. God. Northvale, 1990: Jason Aronson, Inc. A main selection of the Jewish Book Club. . Reprinted 2004: Rowman and Littlefield
The Foundations of the Theology of Judaism. An Anthology. II. Torah Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Foundations of the Theology of Judaism. An Anthology. III. Israel. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Telling Tales: Making Sense of llllllland Judaic Nonsense. The Urgency and Basis for Judaeo-Christian Dialogue. Louisville, 1993: Westminster-John Knox Press. Reprint: Eugene OR, 2007: Wipf and Stock.
A Rabbi Talks with Jesus. An Intermillennial, Interfaith Exchange. N.Y., 1993: Doubleday. Jewish Book Club Main Selection, February, 1993. Paperback edition: N.Y., 1994: Image Books.
A Rabbi Talks with Jesus. Second edition Montreal and Kingston, 2000: McGill-Queen’s University Press. And Ithaca, 2000: Cornell University Press. Second printing, 2001. Book of the Month Club selection, 2002.
Italian translation: Disputa immaginaria tra un rabbino e Gesus: Quale maestro seguire? Casale Monferrato, 1996: Redizioni Piemme. Reprint: 2007.
Italian translation of the second edition: Un Rabbino Parla con Gesu. Milano 2007: Edizioni San Paolo.
Swedish translation: En rabbin medtalar med Jesus. Stockholm, 1996: Verbum
German translation: Ein Rabbi Spricht mit Jesus. Ein jüdisch-christlicher Dialogue. Munich, 1997: Claudius Verlag. Second printing: 2007. Herder and Herder, Freiburg. Third printing: 2007.
Polish translation: Cracow, 2007: Wydawnictwo M Publishers
Spanish translation: Un rabino habla con Jesús. Edición revisada y aumentada con un epilogo. Introducción de José Miguel Garcia. Madrid, 2009: Ediciones Encuentro.
Russian translation: Rabbi beseduet s Yisusom. Moskva, Mosty Kul’tury, 2007. Translated by Boris Dynin. Moscow, 2006: Gesher Publishing Co.
French translation: Un Rabbin parle avec Jesus. Paris 2008: Editions du Cerf
Hungarian translation: Budapest, 2008: Szent Istvan Tarsulat, Budapest, 2008.
Czech translation: Rabin mluvi s Jezisem. Brno, 2008: Barrister & Principal.
Croatian translation: RŠĆANSKA SADAŠNJOST d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia
Editor Judaism Transcends Catastrophe: God, Torah, and Israel beyond the Holocaust. Macon, GA, 1994: Mercer University Press. I. Faith Renewed: The Judaic Affirmation beyond the Holocaust
Editor Judaism Transcends Catastrophe: God, Torah, and Israel beyond the Holocaust. Macon, GA, 1995: Mercer University Press. II. God Commands.
Editor Judaism Transcends Catastrophe: God, Torah, and Israel beyond the Holocaust. Macon, GA, 1996: Mercer University Press. III. The Torah Teaches.
Editor Judaism Transcends Catastrophe: God, Torah, and Israel beyond the Holocaust. Macon, GA, 1997: Mercer University Press. IV. Eternal Israel Endures.
Editor Judaism Transcends Catastrophe: God, Torah, and Israel beyond the Holocaust. Macon, GA, 1997: Mercer University Press. V. Faith Seeking Understanding: The Tasks of Theology in Twenty-First Century Judaism
Jewish and Christian Doctrines: The Classics Compared. With Bruce D. Chilton. London, 1999: Routledge. E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
Judaism in the New Testament. Practices and Beliefs. London, 1995: Routledge [With Bruce D. Chilton]. E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism. Institutional, Charismatic, and Intellectual. With Bruce D. Chilton. London, 1999: Routledge. E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse: The Philosophy of Religious Argument. London, 1997: Routledge. [With Bruce D. Chilton.] .E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
Christianity and Judaism: The Formative Categories. With Bruce D. Chilton. I. Revelation. The Torah and the Bible. Philadelphia, 1995: Trinity Press International. Reprint: Eugene, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Christianity and Judaism: The Formative Categories. With Bruce D. Chilton. II. The Body of Faith: Israel and Church. Philadelphia, 1997: Trinity Press International. Reprint: Eugene, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Christianity and Judaism: The Formative Categories. With Bruce D. Chilton. III. God in the World. Philadelphia, 1997: Trinity Press International. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2004:Wipf and Stock.
Judaeo-Christian Debates. God, Kingdom, Messiah. With Bruce D. Chilton. Minneapolis, 1998: Fortress Press. Choice List of Fifty Best Academic Books of 1998.
Children of the Flesh, Children of the Promise. An Argument with Paul about Judaism as an Ethnic Religion. Cleveland, 1995: Pilgrim Press. Second printing: Eugene OR, 2005: Wipf and Stock.
Editor: Forging a Common Future: Catholic, Judaic, and Protestant Relations for a New Millennium. Cleveland, 1997: Pilgrim Press.
Virtues and Vices: Stories of the Moral Life. With Andrew M. Greeley and Mary G. Durkin. Louisville, 1999: Westminster/John Knox Press. Catholic Book Club Selection, 1999.
Comparing Spiritualities: Formative Christianity and Judaism on Finding Life and Meeting Death. [With Bruce D. Chilton] Harrisburg, 2000: Trinity Press International
Editor: The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament. Leiden & Boston, 2003: E. J. Brill. Edited with Craig Evans and Bruce D. Chilton
Editor: The Brother of Jesus. James the Just and his Mission. Louisville, 2001: Westminster/John Knox Press. [With Bruce D. Chilton.]
Talmud Torah: Ways to God’s Presence through Learning. Lanham, MD 2002: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series.
Classical Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: Comparing Theologies. With Bruce D. Chilton. And Baruch A. Levine. London and N. Y. Continuum and T. & T. Clark.
Theology of Normative Judaism: A Source Book. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America.
Judaism in Monologue and Dialogue. . Lanham, 2005: University Press of America.
Judaism and Christianity: New Directions for Dialogue and Understanding. Leiden, 2009: E. J. Brill
Underway
Law and Gospel. I. Mark. Leiden, 2006: E. J. Brill. Edited with Bruce D. Chilton.
8. Exposition of Problems of Method and
Auseinandersetzungen with Other Viewpoints
Editor: The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud. Studies on the Achievements of Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Historical and Literary-Critical Research. Leiden, 1970: Brill. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Editor: The Modern Study of the Mishnah. Leiden, 1973: Brill. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Editor: Soviet Views of Talmudic Judaism. Five Papers by Yu. A. Solodukho. Leiden, 1973: Brill. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
From Mishnah to Scripture. The Problem of the Unattributed Saying. Chico, 1984: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprise and reworking of materials in A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities.
In Search of Talmudic Biography. The Problem of the Attributed Saying. Chico, 1984: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprise and reworking of materials in Eliezer ben Hyrcanus. The Tradition and the Man.
The Peripatetic Saying: The Problem of the Thrice-Told Tale in Talmudic Literature. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprise and reworking of materials in Development of a Legend; Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 I-III. For the second edition, see above, Peripatetic Parallels.
The Memorized Torah. The Mnemonic System of the Mishnah. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprise and reworking of materials in Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 I and III, and A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities XXI.
Oral Tradition in Judaism: The Case of the Mishnah. N.Y., 1987: Garland Publishing Co. Albert Bates Lord Monograph Series of the journal, Oral Tradition. Restatement of results in various works on the Mishnah together with a fresh account of the problem.
Editor: The Study of Ancient Judaism. N.Y., 1981: Ktav. Second printing: Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
I. The Study of Ancient Judaism: Mishnah, Midrash, Siddur.
II. The Study of Ancient Judaism: The Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds.
Editor: Take Judaism, for Example. Studies toward the Comparison of Religions. Chicago, 1983: University of Chicago Press. Second printing: Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Reprint: Binghamton, 2001: Global Publications, Classics in Judaic Studies series. Reprint, Eugene, OR, 2003: Wipf and Stock.
Method and Meaning in Ancient Judaism. Missoula, 1979: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Second printing, 1983.
Method and Meaning in Ancient Judaism. Second Series. Chico, 1980: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Method and Meaning in Ancient Judaism. Third Series. Chico, 1980: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Method and Meaning in Ancient Judaism. Fourth Series. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Ancient Judaism. Debates and Disputes. Chico, 1984: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Ancient Judaism. Debates and Disputes. Second Series. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Ancient Judaism. Debates and Disputes. Third Series. Essays on the Formation of Judaism, Dating Sayings, Method in the History of Judaism, the Historical Jesus, Publishing Too Much, and Other Current Issues. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Ancient Judaism. Debates and Disputes. Fourth Series. Historical, Literary, Theological, and Religious Issues. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Public Side of Learning. The Political Consequences of Scholarship in the Context of Judaism. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for the American Academy of Religion Studies in Religion Series.
Reading and Believing: Ancient Judaism and Contemporary Gullibility. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham, University Press of America.
Ancient Judaism and Modern Category-Formation. “Judaism,””Midrash,” “Messianism,” and Canon in the Past Quarter-Century. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
Struggle for the Jewish Mind. Debates and Disputes on Judaism Then and Now. Lanham, 1987: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
First Principles of Systemic Analysis. The Case of Judaism in the History of Religion. Lanham, 1988: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Systemic Analysis of Judaism. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Why No Gospels in Talmudic Judaism? Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham MD, 2001: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series.
Paradigms in Passage: Patterns of Change in the Contemporary Study of Judaism. Lanham, 1988: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
Wrong Ways and Right Ways in the Study of Formative Judaism. Critical Method and Literature, History, and the History of Religion. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Ecology of Religion: From Writing to Religion in the Study of Judaism. Nashville, 1989: Abingdon. Paperback edition: Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Social Study of Judaism. Essays and Reflections. Volume I. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Social Study of Judaism. Essays and Reflections. Volume II. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Edited: The Social Foundations of Judaism. Edited with Calvin Goldscheider. Englewood Cliffs, 1989: Prentice Hall. Reprint: Eugene, OR, 2004: Wipf & Stock.
Edited: Religious Writings and Religious Systems. Systemic Analysis of Holy Books in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Greco-Roman Religions, Ancient Israel, and Judaism (Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Studies in Religion). Volume I. Islam, Buddhism, Greco-Roman Religions, Ancient Israel, and Judaism.
Edited: Religious Writings and Religious Systems. Systemic Analysis of Holy Books in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Greco-Roman Religions, Ancient Israel, and Judaism (Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Studies in Religion). Volume II. Christianity.
Studying Classical Judaism: A Primer. Louisville, 1991: Westminster/John Knox Press.
Judaic Law from Jesus to the Mishnah. A Systematic Reply to Professor E. P. Sanders. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Are There Really Tannaitic Parallels to the Gospels? A Refutation of Morton Smith. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Why There Never Was a “Talmud of Caesarea.” Saul Lieberman’s Mistakes. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Documentary Foundation of Rabbinic Culture. Mopping Up after Debates with Gerald L. Bruns, S. J. D. Cohen, Arnold Maria Goldberg, Susan Handelman, Christine Hayes, James Kugel, Peter Schaefer, Eliezer Segal, E. P. Sanders, and Lawrence H. Schiffman. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Religion and the Social Order. What Kinds of Lessons Does History Teach? Papers at the Conference on the Historical Study of Religion and Society. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida-St. Louis-Rochester Studies in Religion and the Social Order.
Editor: Religion and the Political Order: The Ideal Politics of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida-St. Louis-Rochester Studies in Religion and the Social Order.
Are the Talmuds Interchangeable? Christine Hayes’s Blunder. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies on the History of Judaism.
The Place of the Tosefta in the Halakhah of Formative Judaism. What Alberdina Houtman Didn’t Notice. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume One. Literary and Archaeological Sources. In the series Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1995: E. J. Brill. Volume XVI.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Two. Historical Syntheses. In the series Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1995: E. J. Brill. Volume XVII.
Volumes One and Two: Single-volume Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Three. Where We Stand: Issues and Debates. Part One. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Three. Where We Stand: Issues and Debates. Part Two. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Three. Where We Stand: Issues and Debates. Part Three. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 2000: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Three. Where We Stand: Issues and Debates. Part Four. The Problem of the Synagogue. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 2000: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Volume three parts one through four: Single-volume Paperback edition: Boston 2002, E. K. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Four. Death, Life-after-Death, Resurrection, and the World to Come in the Judaisms of Antiquity. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Five. Judaism at Qumran. Part One. Theory of Israel, Way of Life. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Volume Five. Judaism at Qumran. Part Two World View. In the series, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck. Paperback edition: Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Volumes Four and Five: Single-volume Paperback edition: Boston 2002, E. J. Brill.
How Adin Steinsaltz Misrepresents the Talmud. Four False Propositions from his “Reference Guide.” Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Religious Belief and Economic Behavior. Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Religion and Economics: New Perspectives. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies of Religion and the Social Order. With Bruce D. Chilton.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Part Five. The Judaism of Qumran:. A Systemic Reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Volume One. Way of Life. LEIDEN, 2000: E. J. Brill. Handbuch der Orientalistik.
Editor: Judaism in Late Antiquity. Part Five. The Judaism of Qumran. A Systemic Reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Volume Two. World View and Theory of Israel. LEIDEN, 2000: E. J. Brill. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck and Bruce D. Chilton
Contemporary Views of Ancient Judaism: Disputes and Debates. Binghamton, 2001: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism series.
Editor: Religious Texts and Material Contexts. Lanham, 2001: University Press of America. Studies in Formative Judaism series. Edited with James F. Strange.
The Three Questions of Formative Judaism: History, Literature, and Religion. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism.
Building Blocks of Rabbinic Tradition The Documentary Approach to the Study of Formative Judaism. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism Series.
9. Restatement of Results
Systematic Haute Vulgarisation for the wider scholarly world
Early Rabbinic Judaism. Historical Studies in Religion, Literature, and Art. Leiden, 1975: Brill.
The Academic Study of Judaism. Essays and Reflections. N.Y., 1975: Ktav Publishing House. Second printing, Chico, 1982: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Academic Study of Judaism. Second Series. N.Y., 1977: Ktav Publishing House.
The Academic Study of Judaism. Third Series. Three Contexts of Jewish Learning. N.Y., 1980: Ktav Publishing House.
Talmudic Judaism in Sasanian Babylonia. Essays and Studies. Leiden, 1976: Brill.
Judaism in the American Humanities. Chico, 1981: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Judaism in the American Humanities. Second Series. Jewish Learning and the New Humanities. Chico, 1983: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Das pharisäische und talmudische Judentum. Tübingen, 1984: J.C.B.Mohr (Paul Siebeck). Edited by Hermann Lichtenberger. Foreword by Martin Hengel.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. First Series. Chico, 1982: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. Second Series. Chico, 1983: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. Third Series. Torah, Pharisees, and Rabbis. Chico, 1983: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. Fourth Series. Problems of Classification and Composition. Chico, 1984: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. Fifth Series. Revisioning the Written Records of a Nascent Religion. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. Sixth Series. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Formative Judaism. Religious, Historical, and Literary Studies. Seventh Series. The Formation of Judaism, Intentionality, Feminization of Judaism, and Other Current Results. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Major Trends in Formative Judaism. First Series. Society and Symbol in Political Crisis. Chico, 1983: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham, University Press of America.
Major Trends in Formative Judaism. Second Series. Texts, Contents, and Contexts. Chico, 1984: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham, University Press of America.
Major Trends in Formative Judaism. Third Series. The Three Stages in the Formation of Judaism. Chico, 1985: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Now: Lanham, University Press of America.
Major Trends in Formative Judaism. Fourth Series Category-Formation, Literature, and Philosophy. Lanham, 2002: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series.
Major Trends in Formative Judaism. Fifth Series. Comparisons, History, Religion. Reviews Lanham, 2002: University Press of America Studies in Judaism series.
The Religious Study of Judaism. Description, Analysis, Interpretation. Volume One. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
The Religious Study of Judaism. Description, Analysis, Interpretation. Volume Two. The Centrality of Context. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
The Religious Study of Judaism. Description, Analysis, Interpretation. Volume Three. Context, Text, and Circumstance. Lanham, 1987: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
The Religious Study of Judaism. Description, Analysis, Interpretation. Volume Four. Ideas of History, Ethics, Ontology, and Religion in Formative Judaism. Lanham, 1988: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series.
Understanding Seeking Faith. Essays on the Case of Judaism. Volume One. Debates on Method, Reports of Results. Atlanta, 1986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Understanding Seeking Faith. Essays on the Case of Judaism. Volume Two. Literature, Religion, and the Social Study of Judaism. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Understanding Seeking Faith. Essays on the Case of Judaism. Volume Three. Society, History, and the Political and Philosophical Uses of Judaism. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
The Pharisees. Rabbinic Perspectives. N.Y., 1985: Ktav Publishing House. Reprise of Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70. I-III.
Israel and Iran in Talmudic Times. A Political History. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series. Reprise of materials in A History of the Jews in Babylonia II-V, parts of chapter one of each volume. Jewish Book Club selection, 1988.
Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism in Talmudic Babylonia. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series. Reprise of materials in A History of the Jews in Babylonia II-V, parts of chapter one of each volume and of Aphrahat and Judaism. Reprinted: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Israel's Politics in Sasanian Iran. Jewish Self-Government in Talmudic Times. Lanham, 1986: University Press of America Studies in Judaism Series. Reprise of materials in A History of the Jews in Babylonia II-V, parts of chapter two of each volume.
The Wonder-Working Lawyers of Talmudic Babylonia. The Theory and Practice of Judaism in its Formative Age. Lanham, 1987: University Press of America Studies in Judaism. Reprise of materials in A History of the Jews in Babylonia II-V.
School, Court, Public Administration: Judaism and its Institutions in Talmudic Babylonia. Atlanta, 1987: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. Reprise of materials in A History of the Jews in Babylonia III-V.
A Religion of Pots and Pans? Modes of Philosophical and Theological Discourse in Ancient Judaism. Essays and a Program. Atlanta, 1988: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Medium and Message in Judaism. First Series. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Lectures on Judaism in the Academy and in the Humanities. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Lectures on Judaism in the History of Religion. Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Formation of Judaism in Retrospect and Prospect. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Twentieth Century Construction of “Judaism.” Essays on the Religion of Torah in the History of Religion. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The City of God in Judaism. And Other Methodological and Comparative Studies. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Åbo Addresses. And Other Recent Essays on Judaism in Time and Eternity. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Rabbinic Judaism in the Formative Age: Disputes and Debates. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Judaism after the Death of “the Death of God.” The Canterbury Addresses and Other Essays on the Renaissance of Judaism in Contemporary Jewry. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Understanding Seeking Faith. Essays on the Case of Judaism. Volume Four. Judaism Then and Now. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Formative Judaism. New Series. Current Issues and Arguments. Volume One. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Religion and Law: How through Halakhah Judaism Sets Forth its Theology and Philosophy. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Uppsala Addresses. And Other Recent Essays and Reviews on Judaism Then and Now. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Formative Judaism. New Series. Current Issues and Arguments. Volume Two. Chapters on Form-History, Documentary Description, and the Social, Religious, and Theological Study of Judaism. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Mind of Classical Judaism. I. The Philosophy and Political Economy of Formative Judaism. The Mishnah’s System of the Social Order. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Mind of Classical Judaism. II. Modes of Thought: Making Connections and Drawing Conclusions. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Mind of Classical Judaism. III. From Philosophy to Religion. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Mind of Classical Judaism. iV. What is “Israel”? Social Thought in the Formative Age. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Messages to Moscow. And Other Current Lectures on Learning and Community in Judaism. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism
Jewish Law from Moses to the Mishnah. The Hiram College Lectures on Religion for 1999 and Other Papers. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
A Reader’s Guide to the Talmud. Leiden, 2001: E. J. Brill.
How the Talmud Works. Leiden, 2002: E. J. Brill.
The Halakhah. Religious and Historical Perspectives. Leiden, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Formative Judaism: History, Hermeneutics, Law and Religion. Ten Recent Essays. Binghamton, 2000: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism Series.
Bologna Addresses and Other Recent Papers. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America
10. Toward the Creation of a New Academy:
i. Scholarly Books Organized and Edited
Editor: Report of the 1965-1966 Seminar on Religions in Antiquity. Hanover, 1966: Dartmouth College Comparative Studies Center. Reprinted, 1984.
Editor: Religions in Antiquity. Essays in Memory of Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough. Leiden, 1968: Brill. Supplements to Numen. Vol. XIV. Second printing, 1970; third printing, 1972. Reprint: Eugene OR, 2004: Wipf and Stock
Editor: Christianity, Judaism, and Other Greco-Roman Cults. Studies for Morton Smith at Sixty. Leiden, 1975: Brill. Reprint: Eugene OR 2004: Wipf and Stock.
I. New Testament
II. Early Christianity.
III. Judaism before 70.
IV. Judaism after 70. Other Greco-Roman Cults.
Editor: Essays in Honor of Yigael Yadin. [Edited with Geza Vermes]. Special issue of Journal of Jewish Studies, 1982.
Editor: The New Humanities and Academic Disciplines. The Case of Jewish Studies. Madison, 1984: University of Wisconsin Press. On graduate education in Judaic studies. Second printing: Eugene, OR: 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Editor: New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. I. Contents and Contexts in Judaic and Christian Interpretation. Formative Judaism. Lanham, 1987: University Press Studies in Judaism series. [Essays in honor of Howard Clark Kee.] Second printing: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Editor: New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. II. Contents and Contexts in Judaic and Christian Interpretation. Ancient Israel. Formative Christianity. Lanham, 1987: University Press Studies in Judaism series. [Essays in honor of Howard Clark Kee.]
Editor: New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. III. Judaic and Christian Interpretation of Texts: Contents and Contexts. Lanham, 1987: University Press Studies in Judaism series.
Editor: The Social World of Formative Christianity and Judaism. Essays in Honor of Howard Clark Kee. Philadelphia, 1988: Fortress Press. [Edited with Peder Borgen, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Richard Horsley].
Editor: From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism. Intellect in Quest of Understanding. Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies. I-IV.
I. What Is at Stake in the Judaic Quest for Understanding? Judaic Learning and the Locus of Education. Ancient Israel. Formative Christianity. Judaism in the Formative Age: Religion.
II. Judaism in the Formative Age: Theology and Literature. Judaism in the Middle Ages: The Encounter with Christianity. The Encounter with Scripture. Philosophy and Theology.
III. Judaism in the Middle Ages: Philosophers. Hasidism. Messianism in Modern Times. The Modern Age: Philosophy.
IV. The Modern Age: Theology, Literature, History.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. Volume Six. Studies in the Ethnography and Literature of Judaism. Atlanta, 1989: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume One. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Two. Atlanta, 1991: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Three. Historical and Literary Studies. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Four. Religious and Theological Studies. Atlanta, 1993: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: The Origins of Judaism. Religion, History, and Literature in Late Antiquity. With William Scott Green. New York, 1991: Garland Press. Twenty volumes of reprinted scholarly essays, with introductions.
i Normative Judaism
ii Normative Judaism
iii. Normative Judaism
iv The Pharisees and Other Sects
v. The Pharisees and Other Sects
vi Judaism and Christianity in the First Century
vii. Judaism and Christianity in the First Century
viii. Controversies in the Study of Judaic Religion and Theology
ix History of the Jews in the Second and First Centuries B.C.
x. History of the Jews in the Second and First Centuries B.C.
xi. History of the Jews in the First Century of the Common Era
xii. History of the Jews in the Second Century of the Common Era
xiii History of the Jews in the Second through Seventh Centuries of the Common Era
xiv. History of the Jews in the Second through Seventh Centuries of the Common Era
xv. The Literature of Formative Judaism: The Mishnah and the Tosefta
xvi. The Literature of Formative Judaism: The Talmuds
xvii The Literature of Formative Judaism: The Midrash-Compilations
xviii The Literature of Formative Judaism: The Midrash-Compilations
xix. The Literature of Formative Judaism: The Targumim and Other Jewish Writings in Late Antiquity
xx. The Literature of Formative Judaism: Controversies on the Literature of Formative Judaism
Editor: Judaism in Cold War America: 1945-1990. New York, 1993: Garland Press. Ten volumes of reprinted scholarly essays, with introductions.
i. The Challenge of America: Can Judaism Survive in Freedom?
ii. In the Aftermath of the Holocaust
iii. Israel and Zion in American Judaism: The Zionist Fulfillment
iv. Judaism and Christianity: The New Relationship
v. The Religious Renewal of Jewry
vi. The Reformation of Reform Judaism
vii. Conserving Conservative Judaism
viii. The Alteration of Orthodoxy
ix. The Academy and Traditions of Jewish Learning
x. The Rabbinate in America: Reshaping an Ancient Calling
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Seven. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Eight. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Nine. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Ancient Judaism: Religious and Theological Perspectives. First Series. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Ten. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Eleven. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Twelve. Atlanta, 1997: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Thirteen. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 1998: E. J. Brill. Volume I.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Fourteen. Atlanta, 1998: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Fifteen. Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill. Volume II.
Editor: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. New Series. Volume Sixteen. Atlanta, 1999: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 2000: E. J. Brill. Volume III.
Editor: Marvin Fox: Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism. Binghamton 2001: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism series.
I. Greek Philosophy, Maimonides
II. Some Philosophers
III. Ethics, Reflections
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 2001: E. J. Brill. Volume IV, Nos. 1-2.
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 2002: E. J. Brill. Volume V, Nos. 1-3.
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. Volume VI, Nos. 1-3.
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 2004: E. J. Brill. Volume VII
Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Leiden, 2005: E. J. Brill. Volume VIII
Editor: George W. E. Nickelsburg in Perspective: An On-Going Dialogue of Learning. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck] Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplements. Volume One
Editor: George W. E. Nickelsburg in Perspective: An On-Going Dialogue of Learning. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplements. Volume Two
Editor: When Judaism and Christianity Began: Essays in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini. [With Daniel Harrington, Alan J. Avery-Peck]. Leiden & Boston, 2003: E. J. Brill Supplements to Journal for the Study of Judaism. Volume One.
Editor: When Judaism and Christianity Began: Essays in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini. [With Daniel Harrington, Alan J. Avery-Peck]. Leiden & Boston, 2003: E. J. Brill Supplements to Journal for the Study of Judaism. Volume Two.
How Not to Study Judaism: Examples and Counter-examples. Lanham, 2004: University Press of America. I. Parables, Rabbinic Narratives, Rabbis’ Biographies, Rabbis’ Disputes
How Not to Study Judaism: Examples and Counter-examples. Lanham, 2004: University Press of America. II. Ethnicity and Identity versus Culture and Religion, How Not to Write A Book on Judaism. Point and Counterpoint
Parsing the Torah. Surveying the History, Literature, Religion, and Theology of Formative Judaism. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America.
Italian translation: Analizzando la Torah. Capitoli di autobiografia intellettuale Brescia, 2006: Editrice Morcelliana.
Editor: Ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity in Contemporary Perspective. Essays in memory of Karl-Johan Illman. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America. Edited with Alan J. Avery-Peck, Antti Laato, Risto Nurmela, and Karl-Gustav Sandelin.
11. Toward the Creation of the New Academy:
(ii). Providing Textbooks for Undergraduate Instruction
and Trade Books for the Public at Large.
The Way of Torah. An Introduction to Judaism. Encino, 1970: Dickenson Publishing Co. In Living Religion of Man Series, edited by Frederick Streng. Second printing, 1971. Third printing, 1971. Second edition, revised, 1973. Third printing, 1976. Third edition, thoroughly revised, Belmont: 1979: Wadsworth Publishing Co. Third printing, l980. Fourth printing, 1982. Fifth printing, 1983. Sixth printing, 1985. Seventh printing, 1986. Fourth edition, completely revised and rewritten: 1988. Second printing: 1988. Third printing, 1990. Fourth printing: 1991. Fifth edition, revised and augmented: 1992. Sixth edition: in Living Religion of Man Series, edited by Charles Hallisey. Belmont, 1997:Wadsworth/Thompson International. Seventh Edition: Belmont, 2003: Wadsworth/Thompson International.
Editor: Life of Torah. Readings in the Jewish Religious Experience. Encino, 1974: Dickenson Publishing Co. Third printing, Belmont, l980: Wadsworth. Sixth printing, 1984. Seventh printing, 1987.
Editor: Signposts on the Way of Torah. A Reader for The Way of Torah. In Living Religion of Man Series, edited by Charles Hallisey. Belmont, 1998: Wadsworth/Thompson International.
There We Sat Down. Talmudic Judaism in the Making. Nashville, 1972: Abingdon. Second printing, N.Y., 1978: Ktav. . Reprint: Eugene OR 2006: Wipf and Stock Publishers
American Judaism. Adventure in Modernity. Englewood Cliffs, 1972: Prentice-Hall. Second printing, 1973. Third printing, 1976. Fourth printing, N.Y., 1978: Ktav.
Editor: Understanding Rabbinic Judaism. From Talmudic to Modern Times. N.Y., 1974: Ktav. Second printing, 1977. Fourth printing, 1985. Reprint: Binghamton 2001: Global Publications/SUNY. In Academic Classics of Judaism Series. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
First Century Judaism in Crisis. Yohanan ben Zakkai and the Renaissance of Torah. Nashville, 1975: Abingdon. Second printing, N.Y., 1981: Ktav. Third printing: Eugene OR, 2006: Wipf & Stock
Between Time and Eternity. The Essentials of Judaism. Encino, 1976: Dickenson Publishing Co. Fifth printing, Belmont, 1983: Wadsworth. Sixth printing, 1987. Reprint: Eugene OR, 2005: Wipf and Stock.
Editor: Understanding American Judaism. Toward the Description of a Modern Religion. N.Y., 1975: Ktav. I-II. Reprint: Eugene OR 2003: Wipf and Stock Publishers
I. Understanding American Judaism. Toward the Description of a Modern Religion. The Synagogue and the Rabbi.
II. Understanding American Judaism. Toward the Description of a Modern Religion. The Sectors of American Judaism: Reform, Orthodoxy, Conservatism, and Reconstructionism.
Our Sages, God, and Israel. An Anthology of the Yerushalmi. Chappaqua, 1984: Rossel. 1985 selection, Jewish Book Club.
How To Grade Your Professors and Other Unexpected Advice. Boston, l984: Beacon. Second printing: 1984. Third printing: Eugene OR 2006: Wipf & Stock.
Genesis and Judaism: The Perspective of Genesis Rabbah. An Analytical Anthology. Atlanta, l986: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Christian Faith and the Bible of Judaism. Grand Rapids, 1987: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Second printing: Atlanta, 1990: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies.
Confronting Creation: How Judaism Reads Genesis. An Anthology of Genesis Rabbah. Columbia, 1991: University of South Carolina Press. Reprint: Eugene, OR, 2005: Wipf & Stock.
From Testament to Torah: An Introduction to Judaism in its Formative Age. Englewood Cliffs, 1987: Prentice Hall.
An Introduction to Judaism. Textbook and Anthology. Louisville, 1992: Westminster/John Knox Press. Second printing: 1999.
A Short History of Judaism. Three Meals, Three Epochs. Minneapolis, 1992: Fortress Press.
Editor: World Religions in America. An Introduction. Louisville, 1994: Westminster/John Knox Press. Library Guild Selection, Methodist Church Libraries, 1994. Jewish Book Club Selection for July 1995. Third printing: 1996. Fourth printing, 1998. Second edition: 1999. Reprinted annually. Third edition: 2003. Fourth printing of the third edition: 2004. Fifth printing of the third edition: 2005. Seventh printing of the third edition: 2007. Fourth edition: planned for 2008 .
Bulgarian translation. Svetovnite religii v Amerika: vuvedenie,Sustavitel Dzheikub Nyuznur. Treto izdanie Izdatelstvo Kritika i humanizum, Sofia 2007
Sources of the Transformation of Judaism: From Philosophy to Religion in the Classics of Judaism. A Reader. Atlanta, 1992: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
Fortress Introduction to American Judaism: What the Books Say, What the People Do Minneapolis, 1993: Fortress Press. Reprinted: Eugene, OR 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Israel’s Love Affair with God: Song of Songs. Philadelphia, 1993: Trinity Press International. The Bible of Judaism Library.
“Your People Will be My People:” The Mother of the Messiah in Judaism. How the Rabbis Read the Book of Ruth. An Anthology of Ruth Rabbah. Philadelphia, 1994: Trinity Press International. The Bible of Judaism Library.
The Woman Who Saved Israel: How the Rabbis Read the Book of Esther. An Anthology of Esther Rabbah. Philadelphia, 1994: Trinity Press International. The Bible of Judaism Library.
The Classics of Judaism. An Introduction to Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash. Louisville, 1995: Westminster/John Knox Press.
Classical Judaism: Torah, Learning, Virtue. An Anthology of the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash. I. Torah. Essen and New York, 1993: Peter Lang.
Classical Judaism: Torah, Learning, Virtue. An Anthology of the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash. II. Learning. Essen and New York, 1993: Peter Lang.
Classical Judaism: Torah, Learning, Virtue. An Anthology of the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash. III. Virtue. Essen and New York, 1993: Peter Lang.
How Judaism Reads the Torah. I. How Judaism Reads the Ten Commandments. An Anthology of the Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael. Essen and New York, 1994: Peter Lang.
How Judaism Reads the Torah. II. “You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself:” How Judaism Defines the Covenant to Be a Holy People. An Anthology of Sifra to Leviticus. Essen and New York, 1994: Peter Lang.
How Judaism Reads the Torah. III. Wayward Women in the Wilderness. An Anthology of Sifré to Numbers. Essen and New York, 1994: Peter Lang.
How Judaism Reads the Torah. IV. “I Deal Death and I Give Life.” How Classical Judaism Confronts Holocaust. An Anthology of Sifré to Deuteronomy. Essen and New York, 1994: Peter Lang.
Conservative, American, and Jewish — I Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way Lafayette, 1993: Huntington House. Selection, Jewish Book Club, March, 1994.
Scripture and Midrash in Judaism. [1] Exegesis An Anthology of Sifra and the two Sifrés. Frankfurt and New York, 1994: Peter Lang.
Scripture and Midrash in Judaism. [2] Proposition. An Anthology of Genesis Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbah, Pesiqta deRab Kahana. Frankfurt and New York, 1995: Peter Lang.
Scripture and Midrash in Judaism. [3] Theology. An Anthology of Lamentations Rabbati, Song of Songs Rabbah, Esther Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah. Frankfurt and New York, 1995: Peter Lang
The Talmudic Anthology: I. Torah: Issues of Ethics. Frankfurt and New York, 1995: Verlag Peter Lang.
The Talmudic Anthology: II. God: Issues of Theology. Frankfurt and New York, 1995: Verlag Peter Lang.
The Talmud Anthology: III. Israel: Issues of Public Policy. Frankfurt and New York, 1995: Verlag Peter Lang.
Editor The Religion Factor: An Introduction to How Religion Matters. Louisville, 1996: Westminster/John Knox. [Edited with William Scott Green.]
Judaism in Modern Times. An Introduction and Reader. Oxford 1995: Blackwell.
Iudaismul in Timpurile moderne. Colectia Judaica. Translation into Romanian. Bucharest, 2004: Editura Hasefer
Beyond Catastrophe: The Rabbis’ Reading of Isaiah’s Vision. Israelite Messiah-Prophecies in Formative Judaism. An Anthology of Pesiqta deRab Kahana for the Seven Sabbaths after the Ninth of Ab. Atlanta, 1996: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism.
The Price of Excellence. Universities in Conflict during the Cold War Era. New York, 1995: Continuum. [With Noam M. M. Neusner]. Second printing: Lanham 2004: University Press of America.
Trading Places: The Intersecting Histories of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. Cleveland, 1997: Pilgrim Press. [With Bruce D. Chilton]. Reprint: Eugene, OR, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
Trading Places. A Reader and Sourcebook on the Intersecting Histories of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. Cleveland, 1997: Pilgrim Press. [With Bruce D. Chilton] Reprint: Eugene, OR, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
The Mishnah. Introduction and Reader. An Anthology. Philadelphia, 1992: Trinity Press International. Library of Rabbinic Literature. Reprinted Eugene, OR, 2004: Wipf and Stock.
The Talmud. Introduction and Reader. Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism
Understanding the Talmud: A Dialogic Approach. Hoboken, 2004: Ktav Publishing House. [Reissue of the foregoing, revised.]
Editor: Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period, from 450 B.C. to 600 A.D. N.Y., 1995: MacMillan Publishing Co. Two volumes.
One volume reprint: N.Y., 1999: Hendrickson Publishing Co.
The Book of Jewish Wisdom. The Talmud of the Well-Considered Life. N.Y., 1996: Continuum. [With Noam M. M. Neusner]. Reprint: Binghamton, 2001: Global Publications, Classics in Judaic Studies series.
Reaffirming Higher Education. New Brunswick, 2000: Transaction Publishers. [With Noam M. M. Neusner]
Editor: The Pilgrim Library of World Religions. I. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism on God. Cleveland, 1997: Pilgrim Press.
Editor: The Pilgrim Library of World Religions. II. Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity on Sacred Texts and Authority. Cleveland, 1998: Pilgrim Press. Second printing: Eugene Or, 2006: Wipf & Stock.
Editor: The Pilgrim Library of World Religions. III. Buddhism, Hinduism Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, on Evil and Suffering. Cleveland, 1999: Pilgrim Press. Second printing: Eugene Or, 2006: Wipf & Stock. . Third printing: Eugene Or, 2007: Wipf & Stock.
Editor The Pilgrim Library of World Religions. IV. Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Judaism on Woman and the Family. Cleveland, 1999: Pilgrim Press. Second printing: Eugene Or, 2006: Wipf & Stock.
Editor The Pilgim Library of World Religions. V. Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism on the Afterlife. Cleveland, 2000: Pilgrim Press.
Comparing Religions Through Law: Judaism and Islam. [With Tamara Sonn] London, 1999: Routledge. E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
Judaism and Islam in Practice. A Source Book of the Classical Age. [With Tamara Sonn & Jonathan Brockopp] London, 2000: Routledge. E-book edition, London, 2001: Taylor and Francis.
Editor: Comparing Religious Traditions. I. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism on the Ethics of Family Life: What Do We Owe One Another? Belmont, 2000: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Editor: Comparing Religious Traditions. II. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism on Making an Honest Living: What Do We Owe the Community? Belmont, 2000: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Editor: Comparing Religious Traditions. III. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism on Virtue: What Do We Owe Ourselves? Belmont, 2000: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. [With William Scott Green and Alan J. Avery-Peck] In three volumes. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill & NYC, 1999: Continuum. Under the Auspices of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Volume I. CD Edition: Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill, covering Volumes I-III and Supplements I-II.
Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. [With William Scott Green and Alan J. Avery-Peck] In three volumes. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill & NYC, 1999: Continuum. Under the Auspices of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Volume II. CD Edition: Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill, covering Volumes I-III and Supplements I-II.
Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. [With William Scott Green and Alan J. Avery-Peck] ] In three volumes. Leiden, 1999: E. J. Brill & NYC, 1999: Continuum. Under the Auspices of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Volume III. CD Edition: Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill, covering Volumes I-III and Supplements I-II.
Award: “Book of the Year” Citation, Choice, 2000.
Award: American Libraries (American Library Association): Outstanding Reference Sources 2001, selected by Reference Users’ Service Association of ALA.
Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Supplement One. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green] Leiden, 2002: E. J. Brill & NYC, 2002: Continuum. CD Edition: Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill, covering Volumes I-III and Supplements I-II.
Editor-in-Chief: Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Supplement Two. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green] Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill & NYC, 2003: Continuum.
CD Edition: Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill, covering Volumes I-III and Supplements I-II.
Editor-in-chief: Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Second Edition. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green.] Leiden and Boston, 2005: Brill, Volume One. A-E
Editor-in-chief: Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Second Edition. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green.] Leiden and Boston, 2005: Brill, Volume Two. F-K
Editor-in-chief: Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Second Edition [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green.] Leiden and Boston, 2005: Brill, Volume III. L-Ra
Editor-in-chief: Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Second Edition.. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green.] Leiden and Boston, 2005: Brill, Volume IV. Re-Z.
Editor: The Companion to Judaism. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck] Oxford, 2000: Blackwells. Paperback edition: 2003.
Editor: The Blackwell Reader in Judaism. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck] Oxford, 2000: Blackwells. Paperback edition: 2003. Second printing: 2005.
Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice. Louisville 2003: Westminster/John Knox Press.
Transformations in Ancient Judaism: Textual Evidence for Creative Responses to Crisis. Peabody, 2004: Hendrickson.
Judaism. An Introduction. London and New York, 2002: Penguin. In the Religion series edited by John Hinells. Second printing: 2003.
Portuguese translation: Introdução ao Judaismo. Rio de Janeiro, 2004: Imago.
Japanese translation: Tokyo, 2005: Khobunkwan.
Edited: The 2002 Mathers Lecture, the 2001 Rosen Lecture, and Other Queen’s University Essays in the Study of Judaism. Binghamton, 2002: Global Publications. Academic Studies in the History of Judaism series.
Editor: Judaism from to Muhammad. An Interpretation. Turning Points and Focal Points. Leiden, 2005: E. J. Brill [Edited with William Scott Green.]
Editor: Faith, Truth, and Freedom: The Expulsion of Professor Gerd Luedemann from the Theology Faculty of Goettingen University. Symposium and Documents. Binghamton, 2002: Global Publications. Academic Studies on Religion and the Social Order series.
Three Faiths, One God. The Formative Faith and Practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [With Bruce D. Chilton & William A. Graham.] Leiden and Boston, 2002: E. J. Brill.
Edited: Judaism: Major Traits. Theology, Philosophy, Practice. Articles selected from The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Boston and Leiden, 2006: E. J. Brill. [With Alan J. Avery-Peck and William Scott Green]
Editor: God’s Rule: The Politics of World Religions. Washington DC, 2003: Georgetown University Press. Nominated for 2003 Christopher Award.
Questions and Answers: Intellectual Foundations of Judaism for the Non-Jew. Peabody, 2005: Hendrickson.
Neusner on Judaism. Aldershott, 2004: Ashgate Publishers. Ashgate Contemporary Thinkers on Religion. Collected Works, General Editor: John Hinnells. Volume One. History.
Neusner on Judaism. Aldershott, 2005: Ashgate Publishers. Ashgate Contemporary Thinkers on Religion. Collected Works, General Editor: John Hinnells. Volume Two: Literature.
Neusner on Judaism. Aldershott, 2006: Ashgate Publishers. Ashgate Contemporary Thinkers on Religion. Collected Works, General Editor: John Hinnells. Volume Three, Religion and Theology
The Dictionary of Judaism. London and New York, 2003: Routledge. With Alan J. Avery-Peck.
Editor: Dictionary of Ancient Rabbis. Selections from the Jewish Encyclopaedia. Peabody, 2003: Hendrickson.
Emergence of Judaism. Louisville, 2004: Westminster/John Knox Press.
Rabbinic Literature. An Essential Guide. Nashville, 2005: Abingdon.
Theology in Action. How the Rabbis of Formative Judaism Present Theology (Aggadah) in the Medium of Law (Halakhah). An Anthology. Lanham, 2006: University Press of America.
The Talmud: Law, Theology, Narrative. A Reader. Lanham, 2005: University Press of America
Religious Foundations of Western Civilization. Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Nashville, 2005: Abingdon.
Judaism in Contemporary Context. London, 2006: Valentine, Mitchell.
Editor: Altruism in World Religions. Washington, 2005: Georgetown University Press.
Reading Scripture with the Rabbis. The Five Books of Moses. An Anthology. Lanham, 2007: University Press of America
The Talmud. What It Is and What It Says. Lanham, 2006: Rowman and Littlefield.
Italian translation: San Paolo press. 2008.
Judaism. The Basics. London and New York, 2006: Routledge
Editor: In Quest of the Historical Pharisees. Edited with Bruce D. Chilton. Waco, 2006: Baylor University Press.
Editor: Historical Knowledge in Biblical Antiquity. Blandford Forum, 2006: Deo Publishing. Edited with Bruce D. Chilton and William Scott Green.
Editor-in-chief: Encyclopaedia of Religious and Philosophical Writings in Late Antiquity. Pagan, Judaic, Christian. Leiden, 2007: E. J. Brill.
Editor: Toleration in World Religions. Philadelphia, 2008: Templeton Foundation Press.
The Treasury of Judaism. A New Collection and Translation of Essential Texts of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume One. The Calendar. Lanham, 2008: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Treasury of Judaism. A New Collection and Translation of Essential Texts of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Two. The Life Cycle. Lanham, 2008: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
The Treasury of Judaism. A New Collection and Translation of Essential Texts of Rabbinic Judaism. Volume Three. Theology. Lanham, 2008: University Press of America. Studies in Judaism series.
Editor: The Golden Rule: The Ethics of Reciprocity in World Religions N. Y. 2008: Continuum.
Editor: Analyzing the Golden Rule Lanham, 2008: University Press of America. Studies in Religion series
Understanding Judaism. 21 talks on 7 audio CDs. Bethesda, 2008: Now You Know Media.
In press
Visions of The Social Order How Religions Concur Describing, analyzing and Comparing Judaic and Christian Systems of the Formative Age.Leiden , 2011:Brill
12. Toward the Creation of the New Academy
(iii) Facing the Future. Children's Textbooks
Learn Mishnah. S. Orange NJ, 1978: Behrman. Reprinted many times since.
Italian translation: Come si studia la Mishna. Rome, 1983: Unione delle Communità Israelitiche Italiane.
Learn Talmud. S. Orange NJ, 1979: Behrman. Reprinted many times since.
Meet Our Sages. S. Orange NJ, 1980: Behrman. Reprinted many times since.
Mitzvah. Chappaqua, 1981: Rossel. Subsequently: S. Orange NJ, 1980: Behrman. Reprinted: 1983. Third printing: 1985. Reprinted many times since.
13. Bound Articles, Archival Collection
Neusner Papers. Collected articles. Harvard College Library VJUD 4750.284 Volumes 1-223 to date.
Neusner File. Collected papers. American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45220.
One copy of each book listed here has been deposited in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America,