An introduction to Second Temple Judaism
Subtitle: history and religion of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel and Jesus
By: Lester L. Grabbe
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780567051615; 9780567552488
Other titles: Second Temple Judaism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: historical overview and sources; title: 2. Textual Judaism: the priestly and scribal current; title: 3. Revolutionary Judaism: the political and 'messianic' current; title: 4. Eschatological Judaism: the apocalyptic current; title: 5. Inverted Judaism: the gnostic current; title: 6. Summary and conclusions.