Performing Israel's Faith <subTitle>Narrative and law in rabbinic theology</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Neusner, Jacob</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1932-2016)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">Texas, U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baylor University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>230tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>If law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In Performing Israel's Faith, Jacob Neusner shows how Jewish Halakhah (law) and Aggadah (narrative) fit together to form a robust and coherent covenant theology - one directly concerned about this world.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jacob Neusner</note> <subject> <topic>Atonement (Judaism)</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Gentiles in rabbinical literature</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">296.3</classification> <classification authority="ddc">J15-N50</classification> <identifier type="isbn">1932792252</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2021/12/23/1084.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2021/12/23/1084.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2021-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070432.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>