The destruction of the First Temple (586 B.C.E.), destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.), and the defeat of the Bar Kokhba (132-135 C.E.) are discussed in great detail in the covenantal theology of the Torah and Scripture. In this new work, Jacob Neusner uses extensive textual evidence to explore the importance of the second temple's destruction and the aforementioned events in the creation of Rabbinic Judaism. Neusner ultimately proposes that the destruction of the second temple merely reinforced the existing theological system, which posed the following choice: keep the Torah and prosper, or rebel against the Torah and suffer God's wrath. This detailed analysis is an important new exploration into the foundations of Rabbinic Judaism.
ISBN: | 9780761833413 |
Publication date: | 10th November 2005 |
Author: | Jacob Neusner |
Publisher: | University Press of America |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 310 pages |
Series: | Studies in Judaism |
Genres: |
Religion and beliefs Rabbinic literature Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings Judaism |