The background of the gospels
Subtitle: or, Judaism in the period between the Old and New Testaments
By: the twentieth series of the Cunningham lectures, by William Fairweather
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: T. & T. Clark
Published: 1911
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Judaism; Jews; History; History of contemporary events; Bible
Other titles: Cunningham lectures.
Notes: "Chapters VI. and VIII. are additional to those which formed the subject of lectures in Edinburgh in February and March 1907."--Pref.

Bibliography: p. 425-437.
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: Literary sources (p. [1]-8); title: The fundamental characteristics of Judaism.; title: Palestinian Judaism: Pre-Maccabæan.; title: The Maccabæan struggle.; title: Palestinian Judaism: Post-Maccabæan.; title: The Herodian age.; title: The apocalyptic movement and literature, pt. I-II.; title: Hellenistic Judaism.