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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 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£31.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0567552489 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780567552488 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
3 June, 2010 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
A guide to the Second Temple Period, its history, literature, and religious setting. It provides an overview of the most studied sources, the history surrounding them and the various currents within Judaism at the time. It is suitable for courses on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, as well as Qumran, Intertestamental Literature and Early Judaism. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
T.& T.Clark Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |