Lester L. Grabbe (M / United States, Britain, 1945), scholar

Lester L. Grabbe (b.1945) is an American scholar, at the University of Hull, England.

Biography

Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, Religion and Theology, University of Hull.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Etymology in Early Jewish Interpretation: The Hebrew Names in Philo (1988 Grabbe), book

• Judaism from Cyrus to Hadrian (1992 Grabbe), book

• Priests, Prophets, Diviners, Sages (1995 Grabbe), book

• An Introduction to First Century Judaism (1996 Grabbe), book

• Can A `History of Israel' Be Written? (1997 Grabbe), book

• Wisdom of Solomon (1997 Grabbe), book

• Ezra-Nehemiah (1998 Grabbe), book

• Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period (2000 Grabbe), book

• A History of Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Vol. 1: Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah (2004 Grabbe), book

• A History of Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Vol. 2: The Coming of the Greeks: The Early Hellenistic Period (2008 Grabbe), book

Edited volumes

• Leading Captivity Captive: The Exile as History and Tradition (1998 Grabbe), edited volume

Contributions to edited volumes

• A Dan(iel) for All Seasons: For Whom was Daniel Important'? / The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception (2001 Collins/Flint), edited volume
• Did all Jews think alike?: "Covenant" in Philo and Josephus in the context of Second temple Judaic religion / The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period (2003 Porter/De Roo), edited volume
• Digging among the Roots of the Groningen Hypothesis / Enoch and Qumran Origins (2005 Boccaccini), edited volume
• Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man (2007 Boccaccini), edited volume
• Jubilees and the Samaritan Traditon / Enoch and the Mosaic Torah (2009 Boccaccini/Ibba), edited volume