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Published in New York, NY: Liberal Arts Press, 1954. | Published in New York, NY: Liberal Arts Press, 1954. | ||
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* I. Apocryphal materials: 1. The Maccabean books: The rededication of the temple ;The origin of Hanukkah ; The seven brothers ; The prayer of Simon the High Priest ; Reason and the Passions -- 2. Divine wisdom in history -- 3. A messianic vision -- 4. Tobit: A Jewish Polonius ; A prayer of joy -- 5. The prayer of Manasses | |||
*II. Hellenistic Materials: 1. Philo of Alexandria: The existence and nature of God ; On the creation of the world ; The excellence of the Jewish law ; The lawgiver and his work ; The punishment to fit the crime ; An anti-Jewish episode -- 2. Josephus the historian: The Jewsish theocracy | |||
*III. Sectarian movements: 1. The Samaritans ; 2. The Jewish sects ; The Essenes ; The Therapeutae ; The New Covenanters ; A sectarian manual of discipline | |||
*IV. Tannaitic Collections: 1. The oral tradition: The chain of tradition ; The methods of Rabbinic interpretation -- 2. The Mishnah: Sabbath regulations ; Some commercial regulations ; Degrees of holiness ; Blessing the good and the evil -- 3. The Halakhic Midrash: I am the Lord thy God ; Beloved are the strangers ; On peace | |||
*V. Amoraic Collections: 1. Commandments, customs, and courts: How many commandments? ; On local customs ; A Sanhedrin and Capital Punishment -- 2. Atonement: The day of atonement ; Sacrifices and atonement -- 3. Proselytism: The status of the proselyte ; The treatment of proselytes -- 4. Communal responsibility: A law of loving-kindness ; The social welfare system ; On education -- 5. The future life: The messiah ; Do the dead know what happens on earth? ; On the resurrection and the afterlife ; Resurrection taught everywhere -- 6. The Aggaddic Midrash: Cast thy bread upon the waters ; They have forsaken my law | |||
*VI. Prayer: Some regulations for prayer ; Prayers and Aphorisms of the Rabbis ; The 'Amidah for New Year's Day ; Hymns from the Dead Sea Scrolls. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== |
Revision as of 22:13, 7 May 2015
Judaism: Postbiblical and Talmudic Period (1954) is a book by Joseph L. Blau.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in New York, NY: Liberal Arts Press, 1954.
Contents
- I. Apocryphal materials: 1. The Maccabean books: The rededication of the temple ;The origin of Hanukkah ; The seven brothers ; The prayer of Simon the High Priest ; Reason and the Passions -- 2. Divine wisdom in history -- 3. A messianic vision -- 4. Tobit: A Jewish Polonius ; A prayer of joy -- 5. The prayer of Manasses
- II. Hellenistic Materials: 1. Philo of Alexandria: The existence and nature of God ; On the creation of the world ; The excellence of the Jewish law ; The lawgiver and his work ; The punishment to fit the crime ; An anti-Jewish episode -- 2. Josephus the historian: The Jewsish theocracy
- III. Sectarian movements: 1. The Samaritans ; 2. The Jewish sects ; The Essenes ; The Therapeutae ; The New Covenanters ; A sectarian manual of discipline
- IV. Tannaitic Collections: 1. The oral tradition: The chain of tradition ; The methods of Rabbinic interpretation -- 2. The Mishnah: Sabbath regulations ; Some commercial regulations ; Degrees of holiness ; Blessing the good and the evil -- 3. The Halakhic Midrash: I am the Lord thy God ; Beloved are the strangers ; On peace
- V. Amoraic Collections: 1. Commandments, customs, and courts: How many commandments? ; On local customs ; A Sanhedrin and Capital Punishment -- 2. Atonement: The day of atonement ; Sacrifices and atonement -- 3. Proselytism: The status of the proselyte ; The treatment of proselytes -- 4. Communal responsibility: A law of loving-kindness ; The social welfare system ; On education -- 5. The future life: The messiah ; Do the dead know what happens on earth? ; On the resurrection and the afterlife ; Resurrection taught everywhere -- 6. The Aggaddic Midrash: Cast thy bread upon the waters ; They have forsaken my law
- VI. Prayer: Some regulations for prayer ; Prayers and Aphorisms of the Rabbis ; The 'Amidah for New Year's Day ; Hymns from the Dead Sea Scrolls.