An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism
An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus by Lester L. Grabbe
English | August 12, 2010 | ISBN: 0567051617, 0567552489 | EPUB | 176 pages | 1.3 MB
English | August 12, 2010 | ISBN: 0567051617, 0567552489 | EPUB | 176 pages | 1.3 MB
An internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies. 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.