Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part Two: Historical Syntheses (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)

Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part Two: Historical Syntheses (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)

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These two volumes introduce the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, ancient history of Classical Antiquity, earliest Christianity, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. Here, in two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources -- written and in material culture -- that inform us about that religion? The second is, how do we understand those sources in the reconstruction of the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible for non-specialists, the facts the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, we also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, those dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.

Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part Two: Historical Syntheses (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik),Jacob Neusner,Brill Academic Publishers,9004101306,Christianity - History - General,History,History Of Judaism,Interior Design - General,Judaism,Judaism - History,Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-2,Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.,Religion,Religion - Judaism,Sources,World history: BCE to c 500 CE

Book Contents:

1. Le Magasin De L'Univers - The Dutch Republic As the Centre of the European Book Trade (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
2. Les Universites Francaises Au Moyen Age (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vol 7)
3. Making the Most of Living Rooms
4. Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages. PIATS 2000: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, 2)
5. Narrative in Drama: The Art of the Euripidean Messenger-Speech (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
6. Nationalism, Zionism and Ethnic Mobilization of the Jews in 1900 and Beyond (Ijs Studies in Judaica, V. 2)
7. Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance (History of Warfare, V. 23)
8. New Qumran Texts and Studies: Proceedings of the First Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Paris 1992 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)
9. Ostraka Varia: Tax Receipts and Legal Documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, Chiefly of the Early Ptolemaic Period, from Various Co (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava)
10. Outdoor Paint Effects

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