08260nam a2200673Ki 4500 ocn892911022 OCoLC 20200709055537.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141014s2000 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781134615629 electronic bk. 1134615620 electronic bk. 0415212502 9780415212502 (OCoLC)892911022 459911 (N$T) BM176 .G68 2000eb REL 040000 bisacsh 296/.09/014 22 11.24 bcl N$TA Grabbe, Lester L. Judaic religion in the Second Temple period : belief and practice from the Exile to Yavneh / Lester L. Grabbe. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. 1 online resource (xix, 424 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-386) and indexes. Religion 3 -- Judaic 5 -- Second Temple period 5 -- Apologia pro historia mea 6 -- Some technical matters 9 -- Part I Chronological survey 11 -- 2 Persian period (539-333 BCE) 13 -- Major sources 13 -- Books of Ezra and Nehemiah 13 -- Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi 15 -- Joel 17 -- Jonah 17 -- Isaiah 56-66 18 -- Books of Chronicles 19 -- Proverbs 21 -- Job 22 -- Esther 23 -- Ruth 25 -- Song of Songs 25 -- P Document 26 -- Archaeology, papyri, and coins 28 -- Synthesis 29 -- 3 Early Greek period (333-200 BCE) 37 -- Hecateus of Abdera 37 -- Zenon papyri 39 -- Story of the Tobiads 40 -- Ethiopic Enoch (1 Enoch) and the Book of Giants 41 -- Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) 42 -- Tobit 44 -- Edicts of Antiochus III 46 -- Demetrius the Chronographer 48 -- Septuagint translation of the Bible 49 -- Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) 50 -- Synthesis 52 -- 4 Later Greek period and Hasmoneans (200-63 BCE) 59 -- Major sources 59 -- 1 and 2 Maccabees 59 -- Daniel 60 -- 1 Enoch 83-105 62 -- Book of Jubilees 63 -- Sibylline Oracles 3-5 64 -- Judith 65 -- 1 Baruch 66 -- Qumran scrolls 67 -- Fragmentary Jewish Writers in Greek 70 -- Pseudo-Hecateus 73 -- Testament of Moses (Assumption of Moses) 74 -- Letter of (Pseudo- ) Aristeas 75 -- Synthesis 76 -- 5 Under Roman rule (63 BCE-70 CE) 84 -- Major sources 84 -- Psalms of Solomon 84 -- 3 Maccabees 86 -- Wisdom of Solomon 86 -- Pseudo-Phocylides 88 -- Philo of Alexandria 89 -- Josephus 92 -- Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (Pseudo-Philo) 94 -- Adam and Eve literature 95 -- Similitudes (Parables) of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) 97 -- Sibylline Oracles 97 -- Slavonic Enoch (2 Enoch) 98 -- 4 Maccabees 99 -- Testament of Moses 100 -- Testament of Abraham 100 -- Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 101 -- Testament of Job 104 -- Joseph and Asenath 105 -- Judean Desert manuscripts, inscriptions, and archaeology 106 -- 6 Transition to rabbinic Judaism: Yavneh 116 -- Major sources 116 -- Rabbinic literature 116 -- Apocalypses of Ezra, Baruch, Abraham, and John 117 -- Sibylline Oracles 120 -- Reconstruction at Yavneh 120 -- 7 Temple and priesthood 129 -- Theological basis of the cult 129 -- Temple and cult 132 -- Physical temple 134 -- Cultic personnel 135 -- Financial support for the temple 137 -- Cultic rituals 138 -- Women and the cult 140 -- Cultic year: sabbath and annual festivals 141 -- Music and singing 143 -- High priest and "the Sanhedrin" 144 -- 8 Scripture, prayer, and synagogue 150 -- Scribes and literacy 150 -- Scripture and canon 152 -- Main texts 153 -- Conclusions about canonization 156 -- Development of the text 158 -- Summary about textual developments 164 -- Scriptural interpretation 165 -- Conclusions about scriptural interpretation 169 -- Prayer and the rise of the synagogue 170 -- "Popular religion" 175 -- 9 Sects and movements 183 -- Beginnings of sectarianism 183 -- Sadducees and Pharisees 185 -- Josephus 187 -- New Testament 192 -- Rabbinic literature 194 -- 4QMMT and the Temple Scroll (11QT) 196 -- Essenes 199 -- Question of Qumran 201 -- Some tentative conclusions 205 -- Other sects and groups 206 -- Synthesis 206 -- 10 Concepts of the Deity and the spirit world 210 -- Developing views about God 210 -- Ancient Israel 212 -- Innovations during the Second Temple period 215 -- Question of monotheism 216 -- Spirit world 219 -- Main texts 220 -- Summary on angelic beings 224 -- Figure of Wisdom and the Logos 225 -- Main texts 225 -- Summary of the figure of Wisdom 227 -- Logos tradition 228 -- 11 Prophecy, apocalypticism, the esoteric arts, and predicting the future 232 -- Problems of definition 232 -- Did prophecy cease in the Second Temple period? 236 -- Main texts 237 -- Esoteric arts and their use 241 -- Astrology 241 -- Dreams 243 -- Textualg interpretation 245 -- Chronography 246 -- Magic, mysticism, and controlling the spirits 248 -- Prophetic and charismatic individuals 251 -- Synthesis 254 -- 12 Eschatologies and ideas of salvation 257 -- Main texts 257 -- Personal eschatology: ideas about life after death 267 -- Heavens and hells 268 -- Cosmic eschatology: expectations about the end of the world 269 -- 13 Messiahs 271 -- Main texts 271 -- Hebrew Bible 271 -- Ben Sira 273 -- Qumran scrolls 273 -- Psalms of Solomon 276 -- Similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) 276 -- Philo 276 -- Josephus 278 -- 4 Ezra/2 Baruch 279 -- Sibylline Oracles 280 -- New Testament 280 -- Rabbinic literature 281 -- "Son of Man" 282 -- Sicarii, Zealots, and other "revolutionary" groups 283 -- "Fourth Philosophy" and the Sicarii 285 -- Zealots 287 -- Synthesis 288 -- 14 Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic world 292 -- How they saw themselves 292 -- Jewish identity and conversion 292 -- Ideology of the land and the concept of exile 297 -- Gender and sexuality 300 -- How others saw them 305 -- Philo-Judaism and anti-Judaism 305 -- Religious tolerance 308 -- Synthesis 310 -- 15 Judaism in the Second Temple period: a holistic perspective 315. 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