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Title: Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism (Textual Sources for the Study of Religion) by Philip S. Alexander ISBN: 0226012972 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: December, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00

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Summary: A classic introduction to Jewish studies from the master
Comment: Philip Alexander, Professor of Post-Biblical Jewish Literature at Manchester University and Co-Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies, external examiner for Oxford and Cambridge and consultant to Tel Aviv,is probably the greatest non-Jewish scholar of Jewish history and literature since the time of Wycliffe and other classical christian Hebraists. His encyclopaedic knowledge of the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Targum, Mishna, Kabbalah, later rabbinic commentaries and modern history is truly awe inspiring. Recognised as a supreme scholar by everyone from Roshei Yeshivot to radical contemporaries, Prof. Alexander's innate modesty and kindness have prevented him from enjoying the international recognition he deserves. He has translated some important Dead Sea Scrolls and is about to produce a new edition of one of the most esoteric books of the Bible. Undergraduates on any course in theology and religions can do no better than to read Alexander on Judaism. This book is a classic of how it should be done but seldom is.