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Virtual Judaism of the Mishnah (Jacob Neusner & Gilles Deleuze)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by zjb

Reading Neusner’s classic Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah at long last and past midcareer. I am unsure if earlier I would have ever appreciated the book enough or at all or I would have been able to conceive the … Continue reading →

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Pagan Rabbis of the Mishnah (Jacob Neusner)

Posted on July 5, 2017 by zjb

Against history and messianic end-times, Jewish philosophy might want to take note that at the conclusion of a discussion of the Order of Appointed Seasons (Seder Moed) of the Mishnah, Jacob Neusner describes these pagan rabbis. Their world picture is … Continue reading →

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