I broke down and ordered a bunch of books last night. Here’s what I got:
Heresies: Heresy and Orthodoxy in the History of the Church — Harold O. J. Brown
Aspects of Rabbinic Theology: Major Concepts of the Talmud – Solomon Schechter
Invitation to Dogmatic Theology: A Canonical Approach – Paul C. McGlasson
Biblical Theology: A Proposal – Brevard S. Childs
Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus – Brad H. Young
Unfolding the Deuteronomistic History: Origins, Upgrades, Present Text – Mark A. O’Brien
Can’t wait!
B”H
I am interested to hear about the Brevard Childs book.
By: Will on August 28, 2008
at 11:51 am
Nick, I particularly find those by Schechter and Young inviting.
By: tc robinson on August 28, 2008
at 1:09 pm
Will: I’m interested to read it.
TC: Someone recommended Schechter’s book to me a few years back and I’ve had it on my wish list for a long time, so I finally said it’s time to pull the trigger.
By: Nick Norelli on August 28, 2008
at 1:17 pm
Young used to be one of my professors. He was one of Flusser’s students–in fact, Flusser wanted Young to take over for him at Hebrew University.
Here you’ll get a very different view of rabbinic literature from what you’ll get from Neusner (and that’s a good thing, by the way).
By: John C. Poirier on August 28, 2008
at 2:27 pm
John: Good to know, thanks. I’ve also got my eyes on a couple of other Young books (Paul the Jewish Theologian & Jesus the Jewish Theologian).
By: Nick Norelli on August 28, 2008
at 2:32 pm
The Paul C. McGlasson looks kind of interesting.
I saw Child’s “Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments” at Half Price Books the other day and almost got it when I noticed some highlighting in it.
Getting more into Rabbinic studies lately?
Did you get any of these used or for cheap?
Bryan
By: Bryan L on August 28, 2008
at 8:02 pm
As I noted in my Necrology 2007, Harold O. J. Brown’s Heresies was nothing short of a turning point in my intellectual history. I do hope you enjoy it!
Also, I’d be very interested to hear your thoughts on McGlasson.
By: Esteban Vázquez on August 28, 2008
at 8:05 pm
Bryan: Yeah, Richard’s comment on TC’s blog reminded me that I needed to get back into Rabbinic literature. Plus I’ve had my eye on this book for a long time. The Brad Young book has also been in my shopping cart for a while as well. And I got them all pretty cheap.
Esteban: Yes, I seem to remember that. I’m sure that I’ll love it since I’m a budding heresiologist. ;) And I’ll be very interested to share my thoughts on McGlasson with you. :)
By: Nick Norelli on August 28, 2008
at 8:10 pm
I’m curious to hear what you think of Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus. It sounds kind of intriguing.
By: Shaun Tabatt on August 29, 2008
at 9:14 pm
Shaun: I’ll be sure to blog some of my thoughts on it.
By: Nick Norelli on August 29, 2008
at 10:25 pm