Neusner, Jacob - First Principles of Systematic Analysis: The Case of Judaism Within the History of Religion

Lanham, University Press of America, (1987). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xiv,158 pp. Minor rubbing, a small ink mark to top page-edge,VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: First Principles of Systematic Analysis; Defining a Religious System & a Judaism; The Ecology of Judaism; The System & Its Social Entity: Defining an "Israel"; A Judaic System & Its History; The System & Its World-View: Systemic Analysis of the Woman; Comparing Judaisms: Beginings & Endings; Comparing "Israels": Social Metaphors in Systemic Contexts; Comparing Contemporary Judaisms; At Stake in Systemic Analysis: Is Judaism a Traditional Religion?