Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period : Belief and Practice from the Exile to Yavneh

ISBN-13: 9780415642392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 448 str.

Lester L. Grabbe

Opis

This text focuses on a holistic interpretation of the Second Temple period (c.550 BC - 100 AD) and its importance for the nature of Jewish religion in later centuries. Topics examined include views on God, the temple and priesthood and messianism.

Spis treści

Preface, List of abbreviations, 1. Introduction, PART I. Chronological survey, 2. Persian period (539–333 BCE), 3. Early Greek period (333–200 BCE), 4. Later Greek period and Hasmoneans (200–63 BCE), 5. Under Roman rule (63 BCE–70 CE), 6. Transition to rabbinic Judaism: Yavneh, PART II. Special topics, 7. Temple and priesthood, 8. Scripture, prayer, and synagogue, 9. Sects and movements, 10. Concepts of the Deity and the spirit world, 11. Prophecy, apocalypticism, the esoteric arts, and predicting the future, 12. Eschatologies and ideas of salvation, 13. Messiahs, 14. Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic world, PART III. Conclusion, 15. Judaism in the Second Temple period: a holistic perspective, Bibliography, Indexes

O autorze

Lester L. Grabbe