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This textbook provides an introduction to the Second Temple period (520 B.C.E. 70 C.E.), the formative era of early Judaism and the milieu of Jesus and of the earliest Christians....
Appropriate for courses in Judaism and Western Religion. This book introduces the complex reality of Judaism in ancient times using an approach grounded in the interdisciplinary framework of the comparative...
Jewish writings from the period of Second Temple present a rich and complex variety of first-hand materials.
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...
This volume puts familiar aspects of Judaism in a new light, exposing readers to the most current understanding of the origins of normative Judaism. This book is a must for anyone interested in the study of Judaism and its formation.