Performing Israel's Faith - Narrative and Law in Rabbinic Theology (Paperback)

If law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In Performing Israel's Faith, Jacob Neusner shows how Jewish Halakhah (law) and Aggadah (narrative) fit together to form a robust and coherent covenant theology - one directly concerned about this world. Neusner's careful and thorough examination of several key issues within rabbinic Judaism - the nations, idolatry, sin, repentance, and atonement - demonstrates that neither Halakhah nor Aggadah can be fully and rightly understood when the two are isolated from each other. Performing Israel's Faith thus effectively reveals that rabbinic Judaism's true pattern of religion was constituted by a covenant theology comprised by both law and story - a covenant theology whose aim was to restore the sanctification of God's original creation.

General

Imprint:	Baylor University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	June 2005
Authors:	Jacob Neusner (Research Professor of Religion and Theology)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-932792-25-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
LSN:	1-932792-25-2
Barcode:	9781932792256

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