Early Judaism : A Comprehensive Overview.

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.

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