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  • Cover; THE JEWISH WORLD IN THE TIME OF JESUS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY; Judaism about the time of Jesus; Bibliographical note; BOOK I THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF PALESTINE; I. THE COUNTRIES OF PALESTINE; I. Palestine; II. Galilee; II. THE SOURCES; I. Late Judaism; II. The Remains of the Historical Literature; III. The Strictly Religious Documents; III. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE DURING THE PERIOD PRECEDING THE BIRTH OF JESUS; I. The Exile and the Return.
  • II. The Revolt of the Maccabees and the Hasmonæan DynastyIII. The Rule of the Roman Procurators; IV. RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS; I. The Exilic Prophets; II. The Return; V. THE POWER OF THE PRIESTHOOD; I. The Sanhedrin; II. The Temple; III. The Temple Worship; VI. THE LAW. THE SCRIBES. THE SYNAGOGUES; I. The Torah; II. The Scribes, Doctors of the Law; III. The Synagogue; IV. Israel, the People of the Torah; BOOK II INNOVATIONS AND FOREIGN INFLUENCES; I. THE ORIGIN OF INNOVATIONS. GOD AND HIS HYPOSTASES; I. The Origin of Innovations; II. God and his Hypostases; II. ANGELS AND DEMONS; I. Angels.
  • II. DemonsIII. THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN; I. The Nature of Man; II. Man's Destiny; III. The Resurrection; IV. ESCHATOLOGY AND MESSIANISM; I. The Foundations of Jewish Eschatology; II. The New Covenant after the Day of Jahweh; III. Predominance of Eschatology about the Time of Jesus; IV. Character of the Messiah; V. The Place of Messianism in Jewish Life; V. THE PROBLEM OF UNIVERSALISM. THE RESULT OF THE INNOVATIONS; I. The Subjects of the Kingdom; II. The Importance of the Innovations; BOOK III THE REAL NATURE OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS LIFE IN PALESTINE.
  • I. THE MAIN CURRENTS OF ORTHODOX RELIGION: THE SADDUCEES, THE PHARISEES, THE ZEALOTSI. The Sadducees; II. The Pharisees; III. The Zealots; II. THE ESSENES; I. What we Know of Them. The Name; II. Origin of the Sect; III. The Essene Community. Its Mode of Life; IV. Doctrines; III. THE SECTS. THE PEOPLE; I. Actual Existence of Sects. Sources of Information; II. Samaria and Samaritan Doctrines; III. Distinctively Jewish Sects; IV. Judaism as a Syncretistic Religion; V. The People; BOOK IV HELLENISTIC JUDAISM; I. THE DIASPORA; I. Origin and Distribution; II. The Jewish Communities of the Diaspora.
  • III. The Status of the Jews in the EmpireIV. Influence of the Greek Environment; V. Jewish Propaganda; its Causes; VI. Methods and Success of Jewish Propaganda; II. JUDÆO-PAGAN SYNCRETISM; I. The Reciprocal Influence of Judaism and Paganism. Primary Aspects; II. Syncretistic Conceptions of God; III. The Syncretistic Gnosis; IV. The Jewish Sects; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.