Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism: Message, Context, and Significance 0801049873, 9780801049873

This book introduces readers to a much-neglected and misunderstood assortment of Jewish writings from around the time of

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Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism: Message, Context, and Significance
0801049873, 9780801049873

Study Hebrews in its Second Temple Context Following the proven model established in Reading Romans in Context, Reading

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This collection of essays originates from the 2014 Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity conference hoste

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In the framework of a larger research project into 'New Perspectives on Paul and the Jews', eight scholars fro

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This exploration of the Judean priesthoods role in agricultural cultivation demonstrates that the institutional reach of

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This exploration of the Judean priesthoods role in agricultural cultivation demonstrates that the institutional reach of

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The mythical story of fallen angels preserved in 1 Enoch and related literature was influential during the Second Temple

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The first full-length study of the evolution of self and agency in ancient Israelite anthropology Conceptions of “the

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In this book, Molly Zahn investigates how early Jewish scribes rewrote their authoritative traditions in the course of t

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Despite the impressive strides made in the past century in the understanding of Second Temple Jewish history and the str

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Despite the impressive strides made in the past century in the understanding of Second Temple Jewish history and the str

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