Editing Jacob Neusner (section)

{{Short description|American academic scholar of Judaism}}
{{Infobox academic
| name               = Jacob Neusner
| image              = File:Jacobneusner.jpeg
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1932|07|28}}
| birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2016|10|8|1932|7|28}} 
| death_place = [[Rhinebeck, New York]]
| nationality = American
| known_for          = Scholarship on Rabbinic Judaism, and over 900 published books
}}

'''Jacob Neusner''' (July 28, 1932 – October 8, 2016)<ref name=":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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/take-jacob-neusner-seriously|title=Is It Time to Take the Most Published Man in Human History Seriously? Reassessing Jacob Neusner.|last=Magid|first=Shaul|date=2016-08-23|newspaper=Tablet Magazine|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1625183,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527144905/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1625183,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2007 |title=The Pope's Favorite Rabbi|first=David |last=Van Biema |date=May 24, 2007|access-date=January 8, 2013 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/us/jacob-neusner-judaic-scholar-who-forged-interfaith-bonds-dies-at-84.html|title=Jacob Neusner, Judaic Scholar Who Forged Interfaith Bonds, Dies at 84|last=Grimes|first=William|date=2016-10-10|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

Neusner's application of [[form criticism]]—a methodology derived from scholars of the [[New Testament]]—to [[Rabbinic texts]] was influential, but subject to criticism. Neusner's grasp of Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic has been challenged within academia.