TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,John J.
AU  - Harlow,Daniel C.
TI  - Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview
SN  - 9781467437394
AV  - BM176.E275 2010 
U1  - 296.09/01 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Grand Rapids
PB  - Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
KW  - Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- Illustrations -- Early Judaism in Modern Scholarship -- The Recovery of the Pseudepigrapha -- The Relevance of Rabbinic Writings -- The Place of the Pseudepigrapha -- The Place of Apocalypticism -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- Judaism and Hellenism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Jewish History from Alexander to Hadrian -- From Alexander to Pompey -- Before Alexander -- Alexander and the Diadochoi -- The Third Century -- Antiochus III -- Antiochus IV -- The Maccabean Revolt -- The Oniads in Egypt -- The Hasmonean Dynasty -- From Pompey to Hadrian -- The End of Hasmonean Rule and the Rise of the Antipatrids -- Herod, King of Judea and Client of Rome -- Herod's Sons and Successors -- Judea under Roman Rule (6-41 C.E.) -- Herod Agrippa I -- The Road to Revolution (44-66 C.E.) -- The First Jewish Revolt -- The Jewish Diaspora from Pompey to 70 C.E. -- Judea between the Revolts -- The Diaspora between the Revolts -- The Bar Kokhba Revolt -- Bibliography -- Judaism in the Land of Israel -- The Land of Israel -- The Temple -- Festivals -- Institutions -- Groups -- Literature -- History -- Stories -- Legal Texts -- Wisdom Literature -- Scriptural Interpretation -- Apocalypses -- Poetic and Liturgical Works -- Commonalities -- Monotheism -- Covenant -- Bibliography -- Judaism in the Diaspora -- The Extent of the Jewish Diaspora -- The Jewish Conception of Diaspora -- Synagogues in the Diaspora -- The Jews' Participation in Social and Political Life -- The Jews' Participation in Cultural and Intellectual Life -- Maintaining Jewish Identity -- Gentile Attraction to Judaism -- Relations with the Homeland -- Bibliography -- The Jewish Scriptures: Texts, Versions, Canons -- The Composition of the Scriptural Texts; The Texts in the Early Second Temple Period -- Recognition of the Literature as Scripture -- Early Translations: Aramaic and Greek -- The Value of the Early Versions -- Surprising Texts from the Late Second Temple Period -- Exodus -- Numbers -- Joshua -- Judges -- Samuel -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Psalms -- The (Reworked?) Pentateuch -- Similar Examples from the MT, SP, and OG -- Lessons from the Biblical Scrolls -- Orthography -- Individual Textual Variants -- Isolated Insertions -- New and Expanded Editions of Biblical Books -- The Nature of the Biblical Text -- From Collection of Scriptures to the Canon of Scripture -- Terminological Distinctions -- The Evidence from Qumran for the Process toward Canon -- Shifts in the Process toward Canon -- Bibliography -- Early Jewish Biblical Interpretation -- The Rise of the Bible -- The Mode of Restoration -- The Laws of the Pentateuch -- The Rise of Biblical Interpreters -- Interpretation inside the Bible -- Interpretations outside the Bible -- The Four Assumptions -- How Interpretation Worked -- Words and Verses -- The Wisdom Connection -- Bibliography -- Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- Apocrypha -- Apocrypha during and since the Reformation and Counter-Reformation -- Apocrypha in Orthodox Traditions -- Apocrypha in Greek Codices of the Bible -- "Apocrypha" in Antiquity -- Recent Use of "Apocrypha" as a Title for Ancient Documents -- Coherence of the "Old Testament Apocrypha" -- The "Outside Books" in Jewish Tradition -- Apocryphal Collections in Medieval Jewish Manuscripts -- Pseudepigrapha -- The Problematic Term "Pseudepigrapha" -- Why "Pseudepigraphal" Writings? -- Pseudepigrapha since the Enlightenment and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- The Contours of the Corpus -- Scholarly Categorizations Old and New -- The Texts and Early Judaism; Authoritative Scriptures and the Formation of the Bible -- Extending Scriptures by Interpretative Rewriting -- Expanding Scripture by Ascribing Traditions to Foundational Figures -- Expounding Scripture in Commentaries and Pesharim -- Interpreting the Law in Legal Works -- Harmonizing Times and Festivals: Calendrical Documents and Annals -- Performing Scripture: Liturgical and Poetical Manuscripts -- Understanding All There Is: Sapiential Texts -- Envisioning the End: Apocalypses and Other Eschatological Texts -- Returning to the Law: Community Rules and Related Texts -- The Nature and Significance of the Corpus -- Bibliography -- Early Jewish Literature Written in Greek -- The Nature of the Corpus -- The Use of Biblical Traditions -- Writings Based on Genesis -- Writings Based on Exodus -- Writings Based on Other Biblical Books -- Writings with Little or No Basis in Biblical Tradition -- The Literary Genres Represented -- Prose Works Dealing with the Past -- Sapiential and Parenetic Works -- Philosophy -- Apology -- Autobiography -- Epic Poetry and Drama -- The Influence and Reshaping of Greek Ideas -- Some Important Themes -- Jews and Foreign Rulers -- Jews and Non-Jews -- Judaism's Superiority over Paganism -- The Mutual Faithfulness of God and Israel -- Ideological Features -- Significance -- Bibliography -- Philo -- Overview of His Life -- Overview of His Writings -- Questions and Answers on Genesis and Exodus -- Text and Versions -- Contents -- Method of Interpretation -- Exegetical Origins, Affinities, and Context -- Influence -- Allegorical Commentary -- Exegetical Approach -- Place in Philo's Corpus -- The Allegory of the Law as a Representative Treatise -- Other Treatises -- Exposition of the Law -- On the Creation of the World (De opificio mundi) -- On Abraham (De Abrahamo) and On Joseph (De Iosepho); On the Decalogue (De decalogo), On the Special Law (De specialibus legibus), On the Virtue (De virtutibus), On Rewards and Punishments (De praemiis et poenis) -- Philosophical Works -- On the Eternity of the World (De aeternitate mundi) -- That Every Good Man Is Free (Quod omnis probus liber sit) -- On Providence 1 and 2 (De providentia) -- Whether Animals Have Reason (De animalibus) -- Apologetic Treatises -- Setting -- The Hypothetica -- On the Contemplative Life (De vita contemplativa) -- On the Virtues (De virtutibus) -- Against Flaccus (In Flaccum) and Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) -- Achievement -- Bibliography -- Josephus -- The Vita -- Jewish War -- Date -- Contents -- Setting, Audience, and Purpose -- Reception and Significance -- Jewish Antiquities -- Occasion and Date -- Purpose -- Intended Audience -- Scholarship -- Structure -- An Illustrative Theme: The Judean Constitution -- Against Apion -- Contents -- Genre -- Setting, Audience, and Purpose -- Impact and Significance -- Josephus's Reception and Interpretation -- New Approaches -- Bibliography -- Archaeology, Papyri, and Inscriptions -- Palestine in the Hellenistic Period (ca. 320-164 B.C.E.) -- The Coastal Plain -- The Transjordan Plateau -- Jerusalem -- Samaria -- The Galilee -- Perea -- The Early Hellenistic Diaspora -- Palestine in the Hasmonean Period (164-40 B.C.E.) -- Palace Architecture -- Architecture in Rural Contexts -- Burial Practices -- Pottery -- Coins -- Stepped, Plastered Pools -- The Late Hellenistic Diaspora -- Alexandria -- Leontopolis -- Other Sites in Egypt -- Greece -- Asia Minor -- Palestine in the Herodian Period (40 B.C.E.-39 C.E.) -- Herod's Building Style -- Settlement Activity -- Qumran -- 'Ein Feshka -- Synagogues -- Stone Vessels -- Ossuaries -- Menorahs -- Glassware -- Coins and Weights -- Inscriptions and Funerary Epitaphs; The Diaspora in the Early Roman Period -- Inscriptions -- Synagogues -- Palestine before the First Revolt (ca. 6-66 C.E.) -- The First Revolt (66-73/4 C.E.) -- Palestine between the Two Revolts (73/74-132 C.E.) -- The Diaspora between the Revolts -- The Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 C.E.) -- Textual Discoveries from Palestine -- Qumran -- Wadi Murabba'at -- Nahal David -- Nahal Hever -- Nahal Mishmar -- Masada -- Jewish Papyri from Egypt -- Ostraca -- Bibliography -- Jews among Greeks and Romans -- The Jews under Hellenistic Rule -- The Legal Status of Jews under the Ptolemies and Seleucids -- Cultural Antagonism between Jews and Greeks in Egypt -- Jewish Engagement with Hellenism -- The Jews under Roman Rule -- Religious Freedom -- The Jews in Rome -- Jews and Greeks in the Eastern Mediterranean Diaspora -- A Problem of Sources -- Social and Economic Integration -- Controversies between Jews and Greeks -- Mesopotamia -- Syria -- Asia Minor -- Libya -- Egypt -- Assessment -- Jews, Greeks, and Roman Policy -- Bibliography -- Early Judaism and Early Christianity -- Jesus within Judaism -- The Early Jesus Movement(s) -- Paul -- Other New Testament Perspectives on Jews and Judaism -- The General Epistles and Revelation -- The Gospels and Acts -- The Parting of the Ways -- Bibliography -- Early Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism -- Indirect Influences and Continuities -- Rabbinic Engagement with Second Temple Issues -- Jewish Law -- Phylacteries, Mezuzot, and "Bibles" -- Biblical Exegesis -- Sectarian versus Rabbinic Theology -- Prayer and Poetry -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature -- Hebrew Bible/Old Testament -- New Testament -- Apocrypha -- Old Testament Pseudepigrapha -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Hellenistic Jewish Authors -- Rabbinic Literature -- Greek And Roman Literature; Early Christian Literature
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