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Middle Judaism: Jewish Thought, 300 BCE to 200 CE (1991) is a book by Gabriele Boccaccini.

Abstract

A methodological introduction to the writing of a history of Second Temple Jewish Thought.

Editions

First published in Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1991.

Translations

• Il medio giudaismo = Middle Judaism (1993 @1991 Boccaccini), book (Italian ed.)

Table of contents

• Foreword, by James H. Charlesworth
• Introduction. Writing a History of Jewish Thought: Reasons and Challenges
  • Part I - Methodological Lines
• 1. Middle Judaism: Judaism beween the Third Century BCE and the Second Century CE as a Historiographical Unit
• 2. Toward a Bibliography of Middle Judaism: An Annotated Survey from Josephus to 1990
  • Part II - A Cross-Section: The Second Century BCE
• 3. Ben Sira, Qohelet, and Apocalyptic: A Turning Point in the History of Jewish Thought
• 4. Daniel and Dream Visions: The Genre of Apocalyptic and the Apocalyptic Tradition
• 5. The Letter of Aristeas: A dialogical Judaism Facing Greek Paideia
  • Part III - Some Preparatory Sketches
• 6. Philo of Alexandria: A Judaism in Philosophical Categories
• 7. James, Paul (and Jesus): Early Christianity and Early Christianities
• 8. "Do This in Rememberance of Me": The Memorial Value of Worship n Middle Judaism
• 9. Flavius Josephus: The Betrayed Memory
• 10. Boundless Salvation: Jews and Gentiles in Middle Judaism
  • Indexes

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