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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459125403321

Autore

Grabbe Lester L

Titolo

An introduction to Second Temple Judaism [[electronic resource] ] : history and religion of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel and Jesus / / Lester L. Grabbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2010

ISBN

1-282-86849-7

9786612868498

0-567-45501-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

296/.09/014

Soggetti

Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: historical overview and sources -- 2. Textual Judaism: the priestly and scribal current -- 3. Revolutionary Judaism: the political and 'messianic' current -- 4. Eschatological Judaism: the apocalyptic current -- 5. Inverted Judaism: the gnostic current -- 6. Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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.