Jerusalem and Athens: The Congruity of Talmudic and Classical Philosophy
Jacob Neusner
1997
The Talmud is one of the great, classical writings of human civilization—enduring, influential, nourishing. It claims its place among the most successful pieces of writing in the history of humanity, along with the Bible, Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics, the Qur’an, and a very few other writings. What those books have in common is the power…
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