03169nam 22006731 450 991078473650332120230207224357.01-281-39678-8978661139678790-474-0835-710.1163/9789047408352(CKB)1000000000404983(OCoLC)235929636(CaPaEBR)ebrary10234772(SSID)ssj0000229801(PQKBManifestationID)11236145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229801(PQKBWorkID)10173053(PQKB)10944800(MiAaPQ)EBC3004077(Au-PeEL)EBL3004077(CaPaEBR)ebr10234772(CaONFJC)MIL139678(OCoLC)923613178(nllekb)BRILL9789047408352(EXLCZ)99100000000040498320210731d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrProximity to Power and Jewish Sectarian Groups of the Ancient Period A Review of Lifestyle, Values, and Halakha in the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Qumran /Hillel NewmanLeiden; Boston :BRILL,2006.1 online resource (352 p.) The Brill Reference Library of Judaism ;25Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph90-04-14699-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book deals with the values, lifestyle and code of law of four Jewish sectarian groups in the Hellenistic and Roman (Second Temple) period, in the land of Israel. It reviews the groups according to their proximity to power, highlighting the fact that political involvement has a decisive impact on the life and development of these social groups. The groups under review, the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Qumran, receive a new historical description, from the viewpoint of their proximity to power. The issue of what determines the course of a social group, whether normative or sectarian, is discussed, and the traditional terminology is re-examined. Original terminology is established. The first part of the book deals with the question of terminology, the available sources and the presentation of the different groups.The Brill Reference Library of Judaism ;25.A Review of Lifestyle, Values, and Halakha in the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and QumranJewsHistory168 B.C.-135 A.DJewsPolitics and governmentTo 70 A.DJewsSocial conditionsPower (Social sciences)PalestineHistoryTo 1500JewsHistoryJewsPolitics and governmentJewsSocial conditions.Power (Social sciences)History933/.04Newman Hillel1557453Ludlam Ruth M1557454NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910784736503321Proximity to Power and Jewish Sectarian Groups of the Ancient Period3820961UNINA