An Introduction to Early Judaism
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. The Time of the Second Temple -- The Persian Period (538-332 BCE) -- Beginnings -- Events in Judah (Yehud) -- The Work of Ezra and Nehemiah -- Jaddua and Alexander the Great -- Events...
| Résumé: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. The Time of the Second Temple -- The Persian Period (538-332 BCE) -- Beginnings -- Events in Judah (Yehud) -- The Work of Ezra and Nehemiah -- Jaddua and Alexander the Great -- Events in Egypt -- Events in Babylon and Persia -- The Hellenistic Age (323-63 BCE) -- Ptolemaic Control of Egypt and Judea (ca. 305-198 BCE) -- Ptolemy I and Judea -- Ptolemy II and the Greek Translation of the Torah -- The Tobiad Romance -- Seleucid Control/Influence in Judea (198-63 BCE) -- Antiochus III (223-187 BCE) -- Antiochus IV, High Priests, and Hellenism -- The Hasmonean State (ca. 140-63 BCE) -- Simon (142-134 BCE) -- John Hyrcanus (134-104 BCE) -- Aristobulus I (104-103 BCE) and Kingship -- Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE) -- Salome Alexandra (76-67 BCE) -- Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II (67-63 BCE) -- The Roman Period (63 BCE and Beyond) -- The Early Years (63-37 BCE) -- Herod (37-4 BCE) and Archelaus (4 BCE-6 CE) -- Direct Roman Rule (6-66 CE) -- The First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-73 CE) -- The Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 CE) -- Appendix on Egyptian Judaism -- 2. Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period -- Second Temple Texts in the Hebrew Bible -- The Classification of Second Temple Literature -- Apocrypha -- The Catholic Deuterocanonical Books -- Works in Greek Bibles but Not in the Hebrew Bible -- Pseudepigrapha -- Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period -- Narrative Works -- Histories -- (1) 1 Esdras -- (2) 1 Maccabees -- (3) 2 Maccabees -- Tales -- (1) Tobit -- (2) Judith -- (3) Susanna -- (4) 3 Maccabees -- (5) Letter of Aristeas -- (6) The Greek Esther -- (7) Joseph and Aseneth -- Rewritten Scripture -- 1 Enoch -- (1) The Astronomical Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 72-82) -- (2) The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36). |
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| ISBN: | 1467464058 |