A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, Second Division, Vol. I
Overview
With this text you gain a window into the world in which Jesus lived. This volume answers fundamental questions on the political environment of the Jews in the first century. Few resources can match this book in terms of precision and quality of information.
NOTE: All errata noted in the printed edition have been fixed in the Logos edition, so the errata sections have been removed.
Top Highlights
“The Sanhedrim of the Roman period then would thus seem to have been made up of two factors: that of the priestly nobility, with its Sadducaean sympathies on the one hand, and that of the Pharisaic doctors on the other.” (Volume 3, Page 174)
“The members of the court sat in a semicircle (כַּחֲצִי גּוֹרֶן עֲגוּלָה, literally, like the half of a circular threshing-floor), in order that they might be able to see each other.” (Volume 3, Page 193)
“These heathen lands were far more deeply penetrated by Hellenism, than the country of the Jews” (Volume 3, Page 11)
“Here for the first time, as frequently afterwards, the council of Jerusalem was designated by the term συνέδριον.” (Volume 3, Page 169)
“Herod when a youth was required to appear before the συνέδριον at Jerusalem to answer for his doings in Galilee” (Volume 3, Page 169)
Product Details
- Author: Emil Schürer; translated by Sophia Taylor and Rev. Peter Christie
- Publication Date: 1890