The Jewish Encyclopedia, the monumental ten-volume resource on all aspects of Judaism, was originally published at the turn of the twentieth century. Introduced and compiled by Jacob Neusner, this book selects every entry from the Jewish Encyclopdia devoted to the rabbis of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmuds. Today's scholars, students, clergy, laity will find this a valuable companion volume to Judaism's classical texts.
Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He has published more than eight hundred books and innumerable articles, and he is editor of The Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Judaism. He has also served as President of the American Academy of Religion, and was appointed as Member of the National Council on the Humanities and the National Council on the Arts.
