Book Details
Orange Code:95626
Paperback:1264 pages
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1. The archaeology of Palestine2. The Herodian Temple3. Recent archaeology in Palestine: achievements and future goals4. The contribution of Jewish inscriptions to the study of Judaism5. The social, economic and political history of Palestine6. The Diaspora in the Roman period before ce707. The Gentiles in Judaism8. Gentiles as seen by Jews after CE 709. The synagogue10. The Temple and the synagogue11. The early liturgy of the synagogue12. Women in the synagogue13. The Pharisees14. The Sadducees – their history and doctrines15. The Essenes16. The baptist sects17. The troublemakers18. The Samaritans and their sects19. Galilean Judaism and Judaean Judaism20. Jesus: from the Jewish point of view21. Paul: from the Jewish point of view22. Jewish Christianity23. Apocalyptic: the disclosure of heavenly knowledge24. The Qumran sectarian writings25. The Dead Sea Scrolls and pre-Tannaitic Judaism26. Prayer in the Qumran texts27. Philo of Alexandria28. Josephus29. The rabbi in second-century Jewish society30. The Hellenistic–Roman Diaspora : the archaeological evidence31. The legacy of Egypt in Judaism32. Jewish elements in gnosticism and magic
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This volume covers the history of Judaism in the Roman period. Political history is treated from Pompey to Vespasian, but many chapters on Jewish life and thought go beyond the period of the Flavian emperors to present themes and evidence of importance for Judaism up to the 3rd century CE. The approach has concentrated on the study of institutions and schools of thought through consideration of archaeological finds and inscriptions. Jewish-Gentile relations, temple and synagogue, groups and schools of thought - Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Baptist sects, the 'fourth philosophy' and similar groups, Samaritans and the Christian movement - are examined. An unusual feature of the volume is its historical treatment of Christianity within the context of ancient Judaism. The Qumran texts, Philo and Josephus receive attention as does Jewish society in Judaea and Galilee.
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