Jacob Neusner (July 28, 1932 – October 8, 2016) [1] was an American academic scholar of Judaism. He was named as one of the most published authors in history, having written or edited more than 900 books.

Oct 9, 2016 · Neusner, an ordained Conservative rabbi and scholar, was one of the most prolific writers in history, author of almost 1,000 books and countless articles, op-eds and other writings. He...

Dec 25, 2016 · During the turmoil of the election campaign, the death of Jacob Neusner, one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the past century, received relatively little attention.

Oct 1, 2017 · Professor Jacob Neusner was without a doubt the most prolific academic scholar of Jewish studies in the 20th century. He authored or edited over 1,000 books. In 2005, an article about Neusner in the New York Times was entitled “Scholar of …

Oct 8, 2016 · Jacob Neusner (1932-2016), one of the world’s premier scholars of Jewish rabbinical texts, died earlier this month, on October 8, 2016.

Oct 13, 2016 · (JTA/Ledger staff) – Jacob Neusner, one of the most influential voices in American Jewish intellectual life in the past half-century, whose father co-founded the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, died...

Oct 11, 2016 · Jacob Neusner, a religious historian of enormous breadth and productivity and one of the world’s foremost scholars of Jewish rabbinical texts, died on Saturday at his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y.

Oct 9, 2016 · (JTA) — Jacob Neusner, one of the most influential voices in American Jewish intellectual life in the past half-century, has died. Neusner, one of the most published authors in history, having...

Jacob Neusner, 1932-2016, was one of the world’s foremost scholars of Jewish rabbinical texts. He taught at Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of South Florida, and Bard College.

Jacob Neusner was born to Samuel and Lee Neusner on July 12, 1932, in West Hartford, Connecticut. His father owned the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, a Jewish weekly that continues to serve the Connecticut region and western Massachusetts. The young Neusner received his first typewriter at age twelve and, by his…