The Encyclopedia of Judaism, Vol. 5: Supplement II - Hardcover

9780826415806: The Encyclopedia of Judaism, Vol. 5: Supplement II

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ISBN 10: 0826415806 ISBN 13: 9780826415806

Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2003

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About the Author:

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, and a Member of the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.

Alan J. Avery-Peck is Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies in the Religious Studies Department of the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. Alongside his many publications on Rabbinic Judaism, he is editor of Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern (Brill).

William Scott Green is Professor of Religion, Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies, and Dean of the College at the University of Rochester. He is author or editor of several books on ancient Judaism and also has written broadly on religion and higher education. He served two terms as editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and is editor of Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism.

Review:

"Collaboratively compiled and knowledgeably edited, [this book] is the fifth volume of an academically respected and seminal reference series..." -- Paul T. Vogel, The Midwest Book Review, July 2004

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