Early Judaism: Religious Worlds of the First Judaic Millennium

Early Judaism: Religious Worlds of the First Judaic Millennium
ISBN-10
1883053935
ISBN-13
9781883053932
Series
Early Judaism
Category
Religion / Judaism / History
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
University Press of Maryland
Author
Martin S. Jaffee

Description

An analysis of the world view, the various religious and cultural ideas, rituals, and customs in Judea that gave rise to Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, the Therapeutae, and the Essenes. This book introduces the complex reality of Judaism in ancient times using an approach grounded in the interdisciplinary framework of the comparative study of religions. The aim of the book is to immerse students in theoretical problems regarding the interpretation of religious life as they master the diverse details of the forms of Judaic religion that thrived in antiquity.

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