A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, First Division, Vol. I
Overview
This classic text has been a trusted source of Jewish history for over 100 years. This volume begins nearly 2 centuries before the birth of Christ, and helps lay the framework for the world that Jesus would be born into.
All errata noted in the printed edition have been fixed in the Logos edition, so the errata sections have been removed.
This resource is also available as part of A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (5 vols) collection.
Top Highlights
“Zeal for the law and the Messianic hope are therefore the two centres around which the life of the Israelite moves.” (Volume 1, Page 5)
“But just then a powerful reaction set in, brought about by the attempt of an unintelligent despot, Antiochus Epiphanes, prematurely and with rude violence to force upon them Hellenic institutions. The Jewish worship was to be completely abolished, purely Greek rites were to be introduced, all Jewish ceremonies were all at once to be forbidden. It was just the extreme and radical character of this attempt that saved Judaism. For now not only the strict party of Chasidim, but the whole mass of the people, was roused to do battle for the old faith. And the further development of events led to the complete expulsion of Hellenism from Jewish soil, at least in matters of religion.” (Volume 1, Page 198)
“It had been the fond dream of Alexander to found a universal empire, which would be held together not merely by the unity of the government, but also by the unity of language, customs, and civilisation. All the Oriental races were to be saturated with Hellenic culture, and to be bound together into one great whole by means of this intellectual. force.” (Volume 1, Pages 194–195)
“Within the circle of the Jewish people itself there now arose two antagonistic parties: the party friendly to the Greeks and the party of ‘the pious’ (חֲסִידִים, Ἀσιδαῖοι, 1 Macc. 2:42, 7:13), who held stoutly by the strict ideal of the scribes.” (Volume 1, Page 198)
“Antiochus strove to overthrow the superstition of the Jews and to introduce among them Greek customs, but was prevented by the war with the Parthians ‘from improving the condition of this most detestable race.’” (Volume 1, Pages 201–202)
Product Details
- 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
- Translators: Sophia Taylor and Rev. Peter Christie
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Publication Date: 1890