Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, we must first understand the history and society of these imperial cultures. In these formative years, wisdom and apocalyptic traditions flourished as two significant religious forms. In Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea, distinguished New Testament scholar Richard A. Horsley analyzes the function and meaning of these religious movements within their social context, providing essential background for the development of early Judaism and early Christianity. It is an ideal textbook for classes on the rise of Judaism or the Second Temple period, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls and Apocrypha.
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Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is a prolific author with twenty New Testament studies to his credit, including Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea, published by WJK.
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Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, one must first understand the history and society of these imperial cultures. In these formative years, wisdom and apocalyptic traditions flourished as two significant religious forms. In this book, the author, a distinguished New Testament scholar, analyzes the function and meaning of these religious movements within their social context, providing essential background for the development of early Judaism and early Christianity.
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animal vision, fledgling scribes, scribal producers, instructional wisdom, cosmological wisdom, covenantal teaching, prophetic repertoire, mantic wisdom, instructional speeches, wise scribes, creative scribes, dominant imperial culture, covenantal commandments, scribal circles, scribal learning, wealthy sinners, scribal training, astronomical wisdom, priestly aristocrats, priestly factions, prophetic woes, priestly aristocracy, reflective wisdom, court legends, motive clause Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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