Herbert Basser

Herbert W. Basser is a Canadian Scholar of Religion and Jewish theologian known for his work "Studies in Exegesis: Christian Critiques of Jewish Law" (Boston, 2000). [ [http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Exegesis-Christian-Critiques-Responses/dp/9004118489 Amazon.com: Studies in Exegesis: Christian Critiques of Jewish Law and Rabbinic Responses, 70-300 C.E (Brill Reference Library of Judaism) (Brill Reference Library of Judaism)... ] ]

Biography

In 1963 he graduated from Yeshiva University with a Bachelor of Arts in French literature. [http://rels.queensu.ca/fac.hb.php Herb Basser | Religious Studies | Queen's University | Canada ] ] After several years as a Math teacher, he continued his studies at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada earning his (M.A. in 1979, Ph.D. in 1983).

Basser has held the Harvard Starr Fellowship at Harvard University, taught at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Toronto, and the University of California, Berkeley. [ [http://www.theservices.org/chilton.htm "Chilton ] ] He has been teaching Religious Studies at Queen's University in Canada since 1980.

Thought

Basser is perhaps best known for his view that scholars of early Christianity have not given sufficient study to rabbinic writings of the time, therefore resulting in a limited understanding how Christianity developed from the Jewish religious tradition..

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