Jacob Neusner, who shaped American Jewish studies, dies

Jacob Neusner at his home in 2008

NEW YORK (AP) ” Jacob Neusner, who transformed the study of American Judaism, becoming one of the most influential 20th-century scholars of the religion, has died. He was 84.

Neusner died at his home in Rhinebeck, New York, on Saturday, according to Bard College, where he had taught since 1994. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease.

“He pretty much single-handedly created the field of Jewish studies in this country,” said Aaron Hughes, a University of Rochester professor and author of “Jacob Neusner, An American Jewish Iconoclast.”

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Source: LA Times, 10 Oct 2016.

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