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If law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In Performing Israels Faith, Jacob Neusner shows how Jewish Halakhah (law) and Aggadah (narrative) fit together to form a robust and coherent covenantMoreIf law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In Performing Israels Faith, Jacob Neusner shows how Jewish Halakhah (law) and Aggadah (narrative) fit together to form a robust and coherent covenant theology-one directly concerned about this world. Neusners careful and thorough examination of several key issues within rabbinic Judaism-the nations, idolatry, sin, repentance, and atonement- demonstrates that neither Halakhah nor Aggadah can be fully and rightly understood when the two are isolated from each other. Performing Israels Faith thus effectively reveals that rabbinic Judaisms true pattern of religion was constituted by a covenant theology comprised by both law and story- a covenant theology whose aim was to restore the sanctification of Gods original creation. Performing Israels Faith: Narrative and Law in Rabbinic Theology by Jacob Neusner
