The five volumes are broken into two divisions: the first division containing two volumes, the second, three. The First Division covers, "Political History of Palestine, from B.C. 175 to A.D. 135"; the Second Division covers, "The Internal Condition of Palestine, and of the Jewish People, in the Time of Jesus Christ."
NOTE: All errata noted in the printed edition have been fixed in the Logos edition, so the errata sections have been removed.
Additional Information
- Title: A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ: Being a Second and Revised Edition of a "Manual of the History of New Testament Times
- Author: Emil Schürer; translated by Sophia Taylor and Rev. Peter Christie
- 2,060 pages
- Published 1891
Praise for the Print Edition
Schuerer's history is a classic in the field of the development of Judaism from the intertestamental period to the first century AD, esp. as it developed with the emerging Christian Church. His work is not, strictly speaking, a piece of church history; rather, it is a broad analysis of the religious, political, social, and economic dynamics that shaped both Judaism and Christianity.
—Rev. Travis D. Stolz
About the Author
(Excerpted from Who's Who in Christian History)
SCHÜRER, EMIL (1844–1910)
German New Testament scholar
After studying at Erlangen, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Leipzig, Schürer lectured at Leipzig (1896–1878), Giessen (1878–1890), Kiel (1890–1895), and Göttingen (1895–1910). In 1876 he founded the journal Theologische Literaturzeitung and edited it for twenty–six years. He devoted his life to the study of Judaism around the beginning of the Christian era. Over the years he gradually expanded his handbook of New Testament history (1874) into a famous, massive, and standard five–volume treatise entitled A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Christ (1886–1890; English translation, 1890–1891). This monumental work covers the period from … 175 B.C.–A.D. 135 … from the political, social, religious, and literary viewpoints…
N.Hillyer
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