Confronting Creation: How Judaism Reads Genesis : An Anthology of Genesis Rabbah

by Jacob Neusner

Book Overview

By setting forth the book of Genesis as it is represented in the rabbinic statement Genesis Rabbah, Neusner demonstrates the way in which Judaism confronted creation and the Genesis story. In Confronting Creation, the author presents a new, analytical translation of Genesis Rabbah, a document that came to closure around 400 CE. What made that particular time crucial in the life of Israel and the Jewish people is an event that also helped shape the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872497321
• ISBN13: 9780872497320
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"