Description
Book SynopsisThe period of Early Judaism beginning with the return from the Babylonian Exile in 538 B.C.E. to the destruction of the second temple in 70 C.E. is an enigma to many students of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. This era has often been overlooked as unimportant or been the victim of strongly confessional overgeneralizations.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 List of Abbreviations Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 The Second Temple Period: Terminology and Misconceptions Chapter 5 History of the Second Temple Period: Chapter 6 Judaism Under Persian Sovereignty Chapter 7 Alexander and the Rise of Hellenism Chapter 8 The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Dynasty Chapter 9 The Roman Domination of Judea Chapter 10 Bibliography: History of the Second Temple Period Chapter 11 Pluralism and the Jewish Communities: Chapter 12 The Breakdown of Consensus: Protosectarianism and the Babylonian Returnees Chapter 13 Issues that Divided the Jewish Communities Chapter 14 Schisms and Heterogeneity: Judaisms of the Second Temple Period Chapter 15 Hillel and Jesus: Forerunners to Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity Chapter 16 Bibliography: Pluralism and Jewish Communities Chapter 17 From Religious Literature to Sacred Text: Chapter 18 Scripture and Canon Chapter 19 Developments in the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture Chapter 20 Theological Innovation in the Second Temple Period Chapter 21 Bibliography: From Religious Literature to Sacred Text Chapter 22 Index
