An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus

ISBN-13: 9780567552488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 176 str.

Lester L. Grabbe

Opis

An internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies. This introduction, by a world leader in the field, provides the perfect guide to the Second Temple Period, its history, literature, and religious setting. Lester Grabbe magisterially guides the reader through the period providing a careful overview of the most studied sources, the history surrounding them and the various currents within Judaism at the time. This book will be a core text for courses on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, as well as Qumran, Intertestamental Literature and Early Judaism.

Spis treści

Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the volume
1.2 The Sources

Section II: Overview of Second Temple History
Chapter 2. History

Section III: Various Currents within Judaism
Chapters 3-6
Section IV: Conclusion
Chapter 7. Conclusion