Babylonian Talmud, Rabbinic Literature “…studying Talmud…connects the (presumably) pluralistic ideas of the learner with the very activity in which they are engaged” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 April 2021 Even as the Shoah and the State of Israel were essential drivers of Greenberg...
Scholarship “Neusner moved the study of Judaism from Near Eastern Language or History departments into Religious Studies” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 February 2019 As both a scholar and an academic politician, Neusner moved the study of Judaism...
Scholarship “Neusner was a rabbinic historian. He can be credited with reinventing rabbinic historiography in the modern period” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 February 2019 Neusner was a rabbinic historian. He can be credited with reinventing rabbinic historiography in...
Scholarship ” If subjective opinion makes its way as fact, it is because of the political power of a given professor, not because of the power of persuasion of reasoned and systematic arguments…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 November 2016 The “Herr Professor” who passes his opinion without fearing any public laughter will tell...