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==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
The first portrait--albeit rough--of Judaism "in the time of Jesus." The Mishnah is the main source. | The first portrait--albeit rough--of Judaism "in the time of Jesus." The Mishnah is the main source. | ||
In Miscellaneous Discourses (1718), William Wotton — a learned Anglican divine and polymath — presented the Pharisees as serious, tradition-bound religious leaders, whose practices and debates can be reconstructed from rabbinic sources. He broke with polemical stereotypes and laid groundwork for the modern historical study of the Pharisees in their Jewish context. | |||
==Editions and translations== | ==Editions and translations== | ||
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[[Category:English language--1700s|1718 Wotton]] | [[Category:English language--1700s|1718 Wotton]] | ||
[[Category:Second Temple Studies--1700s|1718 Wotton]] | [[Category:Second Temple Studies--1700s|1718 Wotton]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:45, 20 September 2025
Miscellaneous Discourses relating to the Traditions and Usages of the Scribes and Pharisees in our Saviour Jesus Christ's time (1718) is a book by William Wotton.
Abstract
The first portrait--albeit rough--of Judaism "in the time of Jesus." The Mishnah is the main source.
In Miscellaneous Discourses (1718), William Wotton — a learned Anglican divine and polymath — presented the Pharisees as serious, tradition-bound religious leaders, whose practices and debates can be reconstructed from rabbinic sources. He broke with polemical stereotypes and laid groundwork for the modern historical study of the Pharisees in their Jewish context.
Editions and translations
Published in London, England: Goodwin, <2 vols.> 1718.