Lester L. Grabbe

Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period (eBook, ePUB)

Belief and Practice from the Exile to Yavneh

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The developments in Judaism which occurred during the Second Temple period (c. 550 BC to 100 AD) were of great importance for the nature of Jewish religion in later centuries, yet few studies have examined the era in full. Now Lester L. Grabbe's lucid and accessible volume provides a much-needed encyclopedic study and holistic interpretation of the period.
Topics examined include:
* views about God and the spirit world
* the temple and priesthood
* scripture and synagogue
* the main religious sects and revolutionary movements
* eschatology and messianism
* magic and predicting the future
* religion in the Jewish diaspora
* converts and 'Godfearers'.
With an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, plus numerous helpful cross-references, summaries and syntheses, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of the history of Jewish religion. It will also be of great value as a reference tool.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134615612
• Artikelnr.: 47887835

Autorenporträt

Lester L. Grabbe

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
PART I. Chronological survey
2. Persian period (539-333 BCE)
3. Early Greek period (333-200 BCE)
4. Later Greek period and Hasmoneans (200-63 BCE)
5. Under Roman rule (63 BCE-70 CE)
6. Transition to rabbinic Judaism: Yavneh
PART II. Special topics
7. Temple and priesthood
8. Scripture
prayer
and synagogue
9. Sects and movements
10. Concepts of the Deity and the spirit world
11. Prophecy
apocalypticism
the esoteric arts
and predicting the future
12. Eschatologies and ideas of salvation
13. Messiahs
14. Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic world
PART III. Conclusion
15. Judaism in the Second Temple period: a holistic perspective
Bibliography
Indexes