An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-567-05161-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grabbe, Lester L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Apokryphen, Pseudepigraphen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lester L. Grabbe, Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?
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