An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus> |
Contents
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND SOURCES | 1 |
THE PRIESTLY AND SCRIBAL CURRENT | 40 |
THE POLITICAL AND MESSIANIC CURRENT | 66 |
THE APOCALYPTIC CURRENT | 87 |
THE GNOSTIC CURRENT | 109 |
6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | 128 |
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