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(1932-2016) Historian. Jacob Neusner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Rhinebeck, New York.

Full Name

Jacob Neusner

Locations

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Author's Timeline


1932

BIRTH

Jacob Neusner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 28, 1932.

1960

OTHER

Professor Neusner studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and received a master's degree in Hebrew letters in 1960.

1960

OTHER

Professor Neusner received a doctorate in religion from Columbia University in 1960.

1962

LITWORK

A Life of Yohanan ben Zakkai
E. J. Brill

Biography.

1970

LITWORK

The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism
Wadsworth Publishing (7thedition April 17, 2003)
0534516033 / 978-0534516031
Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah
University of Chicago Press
0226576175 / 978-0226576176
Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

Strangers at Home: The 'Holocaust,' Zionism,' and American Judaism
University of Chicago Press
0226576280 / 978-0226576282
Nonfiction.

1989

LITWORK

Translating the Classics of Judaism: In Theory and in Practice
University of South Florida
1555403530 / 978-1555403539
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

The Bible and Us: A Priest and a Rabbi Read Scripture Together
Warner Books
0446515221 / 978-0446515221
Nonfiction written with Andrew M. Greeley.

1993

LITWORK

A Rabbi Talks With Jesus
Doubleday
0385424663 / 978-0385424660
Nonfiction.

1994

OTHER

Professor Neusner taught at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, for 20 years beginning in 1994.

1994

LITWORK

Why There Never Was a 'Talmud of Caesarea': Saul Lieberman's Mistakes
University of South Florida
0788500473 / 978-0788500473
Nonfiction.

2002

LITWORK

Judaism: An Introduction
Penguin Books
0141008490 / 978-0141008493
Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

Judaism: The Basics
Routledge
0415401755 / 978-0415401753
Nonfiction.

2016

DEATH

Jacob Neusner died at his home in Rhinebeck, New York, on October 8, 2016.

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