Performing Israel's Faith

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. Neusner''s careful and thorough examination of several key issues within rabbinic Judaism--the nations, id...