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From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism--a span of over six hundred years--the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. But line by line, scroll by scroll, it represents the history and theology, the hopes and prayers of a living and diverse Judaism. It is an engrossing subject in and of itself, but for students of the New Testament it offers an invaluable context for understanding the words and actions of Jesus as well as the conversion and thinking of Paul. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period is an introduction to this literature and places it within its historical context. Riding the explosive growth of knowledge of this period, Larry R. Helyer guides students to the heart of the matter. What were the pressures and realities, the questions and dreams that nurtured and provoked these written expressions? And how does this literature throw light on the text of the New Testament and origins of Christianity?
From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism--a span of over six hundred years--the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. But line by line, scroll by scroll, it represents the history and theology, the hopes and prayers of a living and diverse Judaism. It is an engrossing subject in and of itself, but for students of the New Testament it offers an invaluable context for understanding the words and actions of Jesus as well as the conversion and thinking of Paul. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period is an introduction to this literature and places it within its historical context. Riding the explosive growth of knowledge of this period, Larry R. Helyer guides students to the heart of the matter. What were the pressures and realities, the questions and dreams that nurtured and provoked these written expressions? And how does this literature throw light on the text of the New Testament and origins of Christianity?
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In our introduction we surveyed the landmark events that shaped the era of the Second Temple. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dead Sea Scrolls, New York, Grand Rapids, Jesus Christ, Exploring Jewish Literature, Van Gorcum, Bar Kokhba, Jewish Writings of the Second, Hebrew Bible, Garden City, New Testament, Period Apocrypha, Scholars Press, Clarendon Press, Jesus of Nazareth, Antiochus Epiphanes, Assumption of Moses, Herod the Great, Downers Grove, Garcia Martinez, Psalms of Solomon, Pss Sol, Study Bible, John the Baptist, Damascus Document New!
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- An Introduction to the Apocrypha by Bruce M. Metzger on 25 pages
- The Jewish War: Revised Edition (The Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus on 18 pages
- Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum Ad Novum Testamentum) by Michael E. Stone on 16 pages
- An Introduction to Early Judaism by James C. Vanderkam on 12 pages
- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments by James H. Charlesworth on 11 pages
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- Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis by Darrell L. Bock on page 176
- Judaism Before Jesus: The Ideas and Events That Shaped the New Testament World by Anthony J. Tomasino on page 46
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