(+) Jewish Religious Life after the Exile (1898 Cheyne), book
Jewish Religious Life after the Exile (1898) is a book by Thomas Kelley Cheyne.
Abstract
This work traces key themes which develop within Jewish thought during the post-exilic period, including: 1) messianic hope, (2) divine personified wisdom, (3) why the righteous suffer, 4) resurrection and immortality, 5) and the effects of canonization, by assigning late dates to several Old Testament texts (Isaiah, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ezra, Nehemiah, Ruth, and Jonah) and interpreting their content within the Persian or Greek Periods. Cheyne highlights, in particular, the influence of Zoroastrianism and Hellenism on the development of Jewish thought. An early contribution to the critical study of the Old Testament, the work ends with an invitation to the reader to consider afresh the origin and nature of 'essential Judaism' and 'essential Christianity.' -- Deborah Forger, University of Michigan
Editions and translations
Published in New York and London [England]: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898). Reprinted several times in New York and London (G.P. Putnam's Sons), between 1900-1983).
Translations
Table of contents
- 1. Religious Life in Judaea Before the Arrival of Nehemiah
- 2. Nehemiah, Ezra, and Manasseh; or, the Reconstitution of the Jewish and the Samaritan Communities
- 3. Jewish Religious Ideals; Hindrances to Their Perfect Development
- 4. Jewish Wisdom; Its Meaning, Object, and Varieties
- 5. Orthodox and Heretical Wisdom; Contemporary Levitical Piety
- 6. Judaism: Its Power of Attracting Foreigners; Its Higher Theology; Its Relation to Greece, Persia, and Babylon