Judaic religion in the Second Temple period : belief and practice from the Exile to Yavneh /
Lester L. Grabbe.
- 1 online resource (xix, 424 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-386) and indexes.
Religion Judaic Second Temple period Apologia pro historia mea Some technical matters Chronological survey Persian period (539-333 BCE) Major sources Books of Ezra and Nehemiah Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi Joel Jonah Isaiah 56-66 Books of Chronicles Proverbs Job Esther Ruth Song of Songs P Document Archaeology, papyri, and coins Synthesis Early Greek period (333-200 BCE) Hecateus of Abdera Zenon papyri Story of the Tobiads Ethiopic Enoch (1 Enoch) and the Book of Giants Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) Tobit Edicts of Antiochus III Demetrius the Chronographer Septuagint translation of the Bible Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) Synthesis Later Greek period and Hasmoneans (200-63 BCE) Major sources 1 and 2 Maccabees Daniel 1 Enoch 83-105 Book of Jubilees Sibylline Oracles 3-5 Judith 1 Baruch Qumran scrolls Fragmentary Jewish Writers in Greek Pseudo-Hecateus Testament of Moses (Assumption of Moses) Letter of (Pseudo- ) Aristeas Synthesis Under Roman rule (63 BCE-70 CE) Major sources Psalms of Solomon 3 Maccabees Wisdom of Solomon Pseudo-Phocylides Philo of Alexandria Josephus Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (Pseudo-Philo) Adam and Eve literature Similitudes (Parables) of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) Sibylline Oracles Slavonic Enoch (2 Enoch) 4 Maccabees Testament of Moses Testament of Abraham Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs Testament of Job Joseph and Asenath Judean Desert manuscripts, inscriptions, and archaeology Transition to rabbinic Judaism: Yavneh Major sources Rabbinic literature Apocalypses of Ezra, Baruch, Abraham, and John Sibylline Oracles Reconstruction at Yavneh Temple and priesthood Theological basis of the cult Temple and cult Physical temple Cultic personnel Financial support for the temple Cultic rituals Women and the cult Cultic year: sabbath and annual festivals Music and singing High priest and "the Sanhedrin" Scripture, prayer, and synagogue Scribes and literacy Scripture and canon Main texts Conclusions about canonization Development of the text Summary about textual developments Scriptural interpretation Conclusions about scriptural interpretation Prayer and the rise of the synagogue "Popular religion" Sects and movements Beginnings of sectarianism Sadducees and Pharisees Josephus New Testament Rabbinic literature 4QMMT and the Temple Scroll (11QT) Essenes Question of Qumran Some tentative conclusions Other sects and groups Synthesis Concepts of the Deity and the spirit world Developing views about God Ancient Israel Innovations during the Second Temple period Question of monotheism Spirit world Main texts Summary on angelic beings Figure of Wisdom and the Logos Main texts Summary of the figure of Wisdom Logos tradition Prophecy, apocalypticism, the esoteric arts, and predicting the future Problems of definition Did prophecy cease in the Second Temple period? Main texts Esoteric arts and their use Astrology Dreams Textualg interpretation Chronography Magic, mysticism, and controlling the spirits Prophetic and charismatic individuals Synthesis Eschatologies and ideas of salvation Main texts Personal eschatology: ideas about life after death Heavens and hells Cosmic eschatology: expectations about the end of the world Messiahs Main texts Hebrew Bible Ben Sira Qumran scrolls Psalms of Solomon Similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) Philo Josephus 4 Ezra/2 Baruch Sibylline Oracles New Testament Rabbinic literature "Son of Man" Sicarii, Zealots, and other "revolutionary" groups "Fourth Philosophy" and the Sicarii Zealots Synthesis Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic world How they saw themselves Jewish identity and conversion Ideology of the land and the concept of exile Gender and sexuality How others saw them Philo-Judaism and anti-Judaism Religious tolerance Synthesis Judaism in the Second Temple period: a holistic perspective 3 -- 5 -- 5 -- 6 -- 9 -- Part I 11 -- 2 13 -- 13 -- 13 -- 15 -- 17 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 21 -- 22 -- 23 -- 25 -- 25 -- 26 -- 28 -- 29 -- 3 37 -- 37 -- 39 -- 40 -- 41 -- 42 -- 44 -- 46 -- 48 -- 49 -- 50 -- 52 -- 4 59 -- 59 -- 59 -- 60 -- 62 -- 63 -- 64 -- 65 -- 66 -- 67 -- 70 -- 73 -- 74 -- 75 -- 76 -- 5 84 -- 84 -- 84 -- 86 -- 86 -- 88 -- 89 -- 92 -- 94 -- 95 -- 97 -- 97 -- 98 -- 99 -- 100 -- 100 -- 101 -- 104 -- 105 -- 106 -- 6 116 -- 116 -- 116 -- 117 -- 120 -- 120 -- 7 129 -- 129 -- 132 -- 134 -- 135 -- 137 -- 138 -- 140 -- 141 -- 143 -- 144 -- 8 150 -- 150 -- 152 -- 153 -- 156 -- 158 -- 164 -- 165 -- 169 -- 170 -- 175 -- 9 183 -- 183 -- 185 -- 187 -- 192 -- 194 -- 196 -- 199 -- 201 -- 205 -- 206 -- 206 -- 10 210 -- 210 -- 212 -- 215 -- 216 -- 219 -- 220 -- 224 -- 225 -- 225 -- 227 -- 228 -- 11 232 -- 232 -- 236 -- 237 -- 241 -- 241 -- 243 -- 245 -- 246 -- 248 -- 251 -- 254 -- 12 257 -- 257 -- 267 -- 268 -- 269 -- 13 271 -- 271 -- 271 -- 273 -- 273 -- 276 -- 276 -- 276 -- 278 -- 279 -- 280 -- 280 -- 281 -- 282 -- 283 -- 285 -- 287 -- 288 -- 14 292 -- 292 -- 292 -- 297 -- 300 -- 305 -- 305 -- 308 -- 310 -- 15 315.
This text focuses on a holistic interpretation of the Second Temple period (c.550 BC - 100 AD) and its importance for the nature of Jewish religion in later centuries. Topics examined include views on God, the temple and priesthood and messianism.
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