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Discovering Second Temple Literature : The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism /

Xploring the world of the Second Temple period (539 BCE-70 CE), in particular the vastly diverse stories, commentaries, and other documents written by Jews during the last three centuries of this period, the author takes us to Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, to the Jewish sectarians and the Roma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Simkovich, Malka Z. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: in search of the Second Temple era
  • Timeline. Part 1 The modern recovery of Second Temple literature : The Cairo genizah
  • Manuscripts and monasteries
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls. Part 2 Jewish life in the Second Temple period : Jerusalem
  • Alexandria
  • Antioch. Part 3 The worldviews of Second Temple writers : The wisdom seekers
  • The sectarians
  • Interpreters of Israelite history
  • Josephus Flavius. Part 4 The holy texts of Second Temple Judaism : The codified Bible
  • Rewriting the Bible
  • The expanded Bible
  • Conclusion. Glossary of key names, places, and books
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • General index
  • Index by passage.