Transformations in ancient judaism textual evidence for creative responses to crisis. - Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016 (Peabody Hendrickson, 2004)
Exile and return and the response of the Torah -- The loss of the Jerusalem Temple and the response of the Mishnah -- Asymmetries : gaps in the Pentateuchal-Mishnaic system -- Rabbinic Judaism and the emergence of the Christian empire -- Symmetries : history and Messiah in the Talmudic-Midrashic system -- Stability and the next turning point.
Keywords: Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425; Judaism -- Relations&delete& -- Christianity; Judaism -- Sacred books