Category:Literature

Literature & Second Temple Judaism (Home Page)

Literature is a category of fictional works, that includes novels, poems, etc. The page lists (in chronological order) more than 1,400 works of Literature on Second Temple Judaism (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins), from the 15th century to the present.

Genres : Children's novels -- Librettos -- Novels -- Plays -- Poetry

Characters : Bar Kokhba -- Jesus of Nazareth -- John the Baptist -- Mary of Nazareth -- Mary Magdalene -- Paulus of Tarsus -- Peter -- Salome -- Spartacus

Interpreters : Librettists -- Novelists -- Playwrights -- Poets

Timeline : 2010s -- 2000s -- 1990s -- 1980s -- 1970s -- 1960s -- 1950s -- 1940s -- 1930s -- 1920s -- 1910s -- 1900s -- 1850s -- 1800s -- 1700s -- 1600s -- 1500s -- 1450s -- Home

Cognate Fields : Fiction -- Art -- Cinema -- Dance -- Music

Highlights

L'umanità di Cristo (The Humanity of Christ / 1535 Aretino), novel

Great Lion of God (1970 Caldwell), novel

The Da Vinci Code (2003 Brown), novel

Overview

Second Temple Judaism offered the Literature a number of interesting subjects from both Jewish history and Christian origins. All major characters and events of Second Temple Judaism have received some fictional treatment in Literature. There are, first of all, numerous works of literature that deal with Jesus of Nazareth--his Life, Nativity or Passion. Other characters associated with Jesus have also received a great deal of attention (such as Mary of Nazareth, Mary Magdalene, Judas Iscariot, Caiaphas, Pilate, Barabbas, Peter, Paul of Tarsus). The same is true about other Second Temple Jewish characters (Maccabees, Ben-Hur, Salome, Bar-Kochbah) or events of the time (Jewish War, Siege of Masada). There are many plays or novels dealing with the development of the early Christian movement after the death of Jesus (The Last Days of Pompeii, Quo Vadis?, The Sign of the Cross, The Robe, The Silver Chalice).