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The Conundrum of Historical Consciousness

Jacob Neusner

From Text to Context: The Turn to History in Modern Judaism By Ismar Schorsch  University Press of New England, 403 pages, $39.95 In this collection of twenty-one free-standing essays,...

The Banality of Sin

Jacob Neusner

The Seven Deadly Sins: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on Human Nature by solomon schimmel free press, 298 pages, $22.95 Professor of Jewish Education and Psychology at the Hebrew...