Description
Book SynopsisSeder Olam is the basic text on which all historical understanding of Jewish tradition in the Talmud is based. This book is a translation with commentary of this classical text, making Seder Olam: The Rabbinic View of Biblical Chronology available to the English speaking public for the first time. The extensive commentary, by highly regarded scholar Heinrich W. Guggenheimer, explains the detailed arguments that derive a complete and consistent chronology from biblical anecdotal remarks. The text also addresses a number of secondary topics, such as the status of the book of Daniel and negating the value of Daniel for messianic predictions. The commentary shows that in its present form, Seder Olam is a product of the early Babylonian talmudic academics, edited in the first half of the third century C.E.Since some part of the Seder Olam deals with calendar problems, Dr. Guggenheimer offers an appendix that gives complete instruction for the computation of the Jewish calendar and the conve
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Pentateuch 1 Creation to Jacob 2 Jacob 3 Covenant and Slavery 4 The Flood 5 Thornbush to Sinai 6 At Sinai 7 Consecration of the Tabernacle 8 Book of Numbers 9 The Fortieth Year 10 Death of Moses Part II Anterior Prophets 11 Joshua 12 Judges 13 Samuel, Saul, and David 14 David 15 Solomon 16 Rehabeam to Asa 17 Asa to Ahaziah 18 Joash 19 Jehu to Uziah 20 The Prophets Part III Prophets to End of Second Temple 21 Prophets (Continued) 22 Destruction of Samaria 23 Hezekiah 24 Manasseh to Jehoiakim 25 Jehoiakim to Zedekiah 26 Ezechiel 27 Fall of Jerusalem 28 Daniel 29 Ezra and Esther 30 Nehemiah to End of Second Temple Appendix The Jewish Calendar Introduction Calendar Data Computation of the Year Conversion of Jewish and Gregorian Dates Indexes Index of Biblical Verses Index of Talmudic References Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem Talmud Mishnah and Tosephtah Midrashim and Targumim General Index
