Scribes, visionaries, and the politics of Second Temple Judea - Horsley, Richard A. (Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)
Origins of the Judean Temple-State under the Persian Empire -- The Judean Temple-State under the Hellenistic empires -- Ben Sira and the sociology of Judea -- Scribes and sages: administrators and intellectuals -- Orality, writing, and the cultivation of texts -- The cultural repertoire of the Judean scribes -- The wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira -- 1 Enoch -- Daniel -- Understanding texts in contexts.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Dead Sea scrolls; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.; Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.