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

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2010

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.

Features

This is a completely reworked version of an extremely sucessful introduction, bringing it up to date with the last 13 years of scholarship since the book was first published.
This will be the best available introduction to the area, by the most well known and respected scholar.
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Contents

Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the volume
1.2 The Sources

Section II: Overview of Second Temple History
Chapter 2. History

Section III: Various Currents within Judaism
Chapters 3-6
Section IV: Conclusion
Chapter 7. Conclusion

Praise for An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism

'The chapters on currents within Second Temple Judaism achieve the purpose of introducing non-specialists to this period of Jewish history. They help the reader to understand the varieties of Jewish experience within history contexts.'-Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology

Concise, authoritative and well written introduction, based on Grabbe's earlier work An Introduction of First Century Judaism.

Product Details

• Title: An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus
• Author: Lester L. Grabbe
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780567296665, 9780567552488, 0567552489, 0567296660
• Resource ID: LLS:9780567296665
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-12T03:31:46Z

About Lester L. Grabbe

Lester Grabbe (Ph.D. Claremont) is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is the author of Wisdom of Solomon in this series, Good Kings and Bad Kings and A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Vol. 1 (included in the Second Temple Period Collection) and Can a “History of Israel” be Written? (included in the Studies in Old Testament Themes).