Christianity Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults Part 3: Judaism Before 70 (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity)

The editor hopes that these papers on themes of interest to Morton Smith will contribute to the critical discussion of some problems of concern to him. Since Smith is one of the great scholarly masters of this generation it is through scholarship and not through encomia that the editor and his colleagues choose to pay their tribute. The facts about the man his writings his critical judgment intelligence erudition and wit his labor as selfless teacher and objective profound critic speak for themselves and require no embellishment.... I hope that the quality of what follows will impress my teacher Professor Morton Smith and those scholars who care to read these volumes as having been worth the immense efforts of all concerned. From the Foreword by Jacob Neusner