(+) An Introduction to First Century Judaism (1996 Grabbe), book
An Introduction to First Century Judaism: Jewish Religion and History in the Second Temple Period (1996) is a book by Lester L. Grabbe.
Abstract
"A comprehensive and readable introduction to the Judaism of the Second Temple period ... An internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies. This introduction, by a world leader in the field, provides the perfect guide to the Second Temple Period, its history, literature, and religious setting. Lester Grabbe magisterially guides the reader through the period providing a careful overview of the most studied sources, the history surrounding them and the various currents within Judaism at the time. This book will be a core text for courses on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, as well as Qumran, Intertestamental Literature and Early Judaism."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Edinburgh, Scotland: T&T Clark, 1996). Reprinted (2003). New Ed. An introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and religion of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel and Jesus ( London : T & T Clark, 2010).
Table of contents
- Introduction: Background and Sources
- Textual Judaism: The priestly and Scribal current
- Revolutionary Judaism: The Political and 'Messianic' Current
- Eschatological Judaism: The Apocalyptic Current
- Inverted Judaism: The Gnostic Current