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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461507403321

Autore

Sacchi Paolo

Titolo

The history of the Second Temple period [[electronic resource] /] / Paolo Sacchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, 2004

ISBN

1-283-19212-8

9786613192127

0-567-01886-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (534 p.)

Collana

Academic

Disciplina

296.09014

Soggetti

Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D

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

Translation of: Storia del secondo templo.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-516) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the English Edition; Translator's Note; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: THE AGE OF EXILE; PART II: THE ZADOKITE PERIOD; PART III: PALESTINE FROM THE ADVENT OF SELEUCID DOMINATION TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE; PART IV: THE THEMES OF MIDDLE JUDAISM; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book represents the fruit of a long process of study and reflection, a powerful but subtle synthesis, by one of the most eminent scholars of Second-Temple Judaism. Far from a conventional narrative history, it is organized around themes and seeks to uncover the essence of Hebraic/Jewish religious thinking while confronting the phenomenon of its division into several 'parties' and traditions. Drawing also on recent studies of Christianity as a 'Judaism', Sacchi provides a stimulating perspective on the nature of ancient Oriental and Occidental thought and the intellectual and spiritual her