Judaism in late antiquity. / 3, : Volume 3 : Where we stand : issues and debates in ancient Judaism. / / edited by Jacob Neusner.

• Superior document: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 53. Bd.
• TeilnehmendeR: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-; Avery-Peck, Alan J. 1953-; Chilton, Bruce.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 2000.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 53.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (191 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Pt. 3, volume 4 edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner.; Pt. 5, volume 1-2 edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Jacob Neusner and Bruce D. Chilton.

What, in Judaism - a religion so concerned with social norms and public policy - can we possibly mean by \'law\'? That is the thoroughly fresh perspective with which this work commences. It proceeds with two chapters on Second Temple Judaism, and two on the special subject of the Dead Sea...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary material / Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner
• WHO WERE THE PHARISEES? / Ellis Rivkin
• THE PHARISEES: A RESPONSE TO STEVE MASON / Lester L. Grabbe
• PHILO AND PHILOSOPHY / Robert M. Berchman
• JUDAISM AND PARTICUlARISM: A REPLY TO JAMES DUNN / William Scott Green
• DAVID WEISS HALIVNI’S SOURCES AND TRADITIONS REVISITED / Jacob Neusner
• THREE OF ADIN STEINSALTZ'S MISCONSTRUCTIONS OF THE TALMUD / Jacob Neusner
• GENERAL INDEX / Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner
• INDEX OF BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, AND ANCIENT REFERENCES / Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner.