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''' Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea''' (2007) is a book by [[Richard A. Horsley]]. 

==Abstract==

"Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, we must first understand the history and society of these imperial cultures. In these formative years, wisdom and apocalyptic traditions flourished as two significant religious forms. In Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea, distinguished New Testament scholar Richard A. Horsley analyzes the function and meaning of these religious movements within their social context, providing essential background for the development of early Judaism and early Christianity. It is an ideal textbook for classes on the rise of Judaism or the Second Temple period, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls and Apocrypha."--Publisher description.

==Editions ==

Published in Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.

==Contents==

Origins of the Judean Temple-State under the Persian Empire -- The Judean Temple-State under the Hellenistic empires -- Ben Sira and the sociology of Judea -- Scribes and sages: administrators and intellectuals -- Orality, writing, and the cultivation of texts -- The cultural repertoire of the Judean scribes -- The wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira -- 1 Enoch -- Daniel -- Understanding texts in contexts

==External links==
*[ Google Books]


	
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