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Internal Diversification Of Second Temple Judaism » (1st Edition)

Authors: Jeff S. Anderson
ISBN-13: 9780761823278, ISBN-10: 0761823271
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of America
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

	List of Tables
	List of Abbreviations
	Preface
Ch. 1	The Second Temple Period: Terminology and Misconceptions	1
Pt. 1	History of the Second Temple Period	9
Ch. 2	Judaism Under Persian Sovereignty	11
Ch. 3	Alexander and the Rise of Hellenism	27
Ch. 4	The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Dynasty	37
Ch. 5	The Roman Domination of Judea	47
	Bibliography: History of the Second Temple Period	61
Pt. 2	Pluralism and the Jewish Communities	63
Ch. 6	The Breakdown of Consensus: Protosectarianism and the Babylonian Returnees	65
Ch. 7	Issues that Divided the Jewish Communities	79
Ch. 8	Schisms and Heterogeneity: Judaisms of the Second Temple Period	97
Ch. 9	Hillel and Jesus: Forerunners to Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity	119
	Bibliography: Pluralism and the Jewish Communities	135
Pt. 3	From Religious Literature to Sacred Text	137
Ch. 10	Scripture and Canon	139
Ch. 11	Developments in the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture	161
Ch. 12	Theological Innovation in the Second Temple Period	183
	Bibliography: From Religious Literature to Sacred Text	203
	Index	205