Customs and controversies
Subtitle: intertestamental Jewish backgrounds of the New Testament
By: J. Julius Scott, Jr.
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
Subjects: Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Description: When the New Testament authors wrote their inspired documents, they assumed that their readers were familiar with the customs and controversies of the Jewish tradition. Modern-day readers, however, do not have the luxury of intuitively knowing what the original readers knew. In Customs and Controversies Julius Scott adeptly surveys this body of knowledge.

Scott makes readily available what scholarly research and recent archaeology have to tell us about Intertestamental Judaism. He presents up-to-date information on the efforts to reconstruct Old Testament institutions, the scribal traditions, the religious sects (including the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the community of Qumran), as well as Judaism's thinking on such matters as the final age, the kingdom of God, the messianic hope, and the Gentiles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-386) and indexes.