Scholarship and Fiction (overview)

Scholarship and Fiction on Second Temple Judaism have developed since the XVI century. Below is a list of some of the most influential works.

Scholarship and Fiction (2000s)

Scholarship

• A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (2004- Grabbe), book
• From Joshua to Caiaphas (2004 VanderKam), book
• Reinventing Paul (2000 Gager), book
• Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2000 Schiffman/VanderKam), edited volume
• Flavius Josephus, translation and commentary (2000- Mason), edited volume

Scholarship and Fiction (1990s)

Scholarship

• Beyond the Essene Hypothesis (1998 Boccaccini), book
• The Scepter and the Star (1995 Collins), book
• Storia del Secondo Tempio (1994 Sacchi), book
• Judaism: Practice and Belief (1992 Sanders), book
• The Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism (1992 Mendels), book
• From Text to Tradition (1991 Schiffman), book
• Middle Judaism (1991 Boccaccini), book

Fiction

• The Gospel According to the Son (1997 Mailer), novel
• Qumran (1996 Abécassis), novel
• Requiem (1995 Joyce), novel
• Live from Golgotha (1992 Vidal), novel
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception (1991 Baigent), arch-fi

Scholarship and Fiction (1980s)

Scholarship

• Jesus Within Judaism (1988 Charlesworth), book
• Judaisms and their Messiahs (1987 Neusner), edited volume
• From the Maccabees to the Mishnah (1987 Cohen), book
• Rebecca's Children (1986 Segal), book
• Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period (1984 Stone), edited volume
• Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity (1984 Neusner), book
• The Apocalyptic Imagination (1984 Collins), book
• The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (1983-1985 Charlesworth), edited volume
• Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah (1981 Nickelsburg), book
• Galilee, from Alexander the Great to Hadrian (1980 Freyne), book

Fiction

• Jésus de Montréal (1989 Arcand), film
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), film
• Salome’s Last Dance (1988 Russell), film
• Holy Blood, Holy Grail (1982 Baigent), arch-fi
• Masada (1981 Sagal), film

Scholarship and Fiction (1970s)

Scholarship

• Judaism and Christian Beginnings (1978 Sandmel), book
• Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977 Sanders), book
• The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schürer/Vermes), book

Fiction

• The Life of Brian (1979 Jones), film

Scholarship and Fiction (1960s)

Scholarship

• The Method and Message of Jewish Apocalyptic (1964 Russell), book
• From Ezra to the Last of the Maccabees (1962 Bickerman), book
• The Foundations of Judaism and Christianity (1960 Parkes), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1950s)

Scholarship

• Ancient Judaism and the New Testament (1959 Grant), book
• An Introduction to the Apocrypha (1957 Metzger), book
• The Dead Sea Scrolls (1955 Burrows), book
• He That Cometh: The Messiah Concept in the Old Testament and Later Judaism (1954 Mowinckel), book
• Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (1953 Goodenough), book
• A Social and Religious History of the Jews: Vol.2: Judaism, Postbiblical and Talmudic Period (1952 Baron), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1940s)

Scholarship

• History of New Testament Times (1949 Pfeiffer), book
• Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy (1947 Wolfson), book
• The Jews and Judaism during the Greek Period (1941 Oesterley), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1920s)

Scholarship

• Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era (1927-1930 Moore), book
• Josephus (1926 Thackeray), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1910s)

Scholarship

• Religious Development between the Old and the New Testaments (1914 Charles), book

Scholarship

• [[Judea from Cyrus to Titus (1899 Latimer), book
• A History of the Jewish people during the Babylonian, Persian and Greek Periods (1899 Kent), book
• The Age of the Maccabees (1898 Streane), book
• [[A History of New Testament Times in Palestine (1899 Mathews), book)
• Jewish religious life after the exile (1898 Cheyne), book
• The Jews under Roman rule (1890 Morrison), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1880s)

Scholarship

• History of the Hebrews' Second Commonwealth (1880 Wise), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1860s)

Scholarship

• Das Judenthum in Palästina zur zeit Christi (1866 Langen), book

Scholarship and Fiction (1800-1849)

Scholarship

• Storia degli Ebrei e delle loro sette e dottrine religiose durante il secondo tempio (1844 Bianchi-Giovini), book
• Das Leben Jesu: kritisch bearbeitet (1835 Strauss), book
• Annals of the Jewish Nation during the Period of the Second Temple (1832 Alexander), book
• The History of the Jews: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (1829-1830, Milman), book
• Geschichte der Israeliten seit den Zeit der Maccabäer bis auf Unsere Tage (1820-1829 Jost), book
• Geschichte der Juden, von der Rückkehr aus der babylonischen Gefangenschaft bis zur Zerstörung des zweiten Tempels (1808 Beer), book

Scholarship and Fiction (XVIII century)

Scholarship

• Einleitung in die apokryphischen Schriften des Altes Testaments (1795 Eichhorn), book
• Von dem Zwecke Jesu und seiner Jünger (1778 Reimarus/Lessing), book
• The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus (1737 Whiston), book
• The Credibility of the Gospel History (1727-1755 Lardner), book
• Histoire de l’Ancien et du Nouveau Testament (1719 Calmet), book
• Miscellaneous Discourses (1718 Wotton), book
• The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews, and Neighbouring Nations (1716-1718 Prideaux), book
• Codes Pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti (1713-1733 Fabricius), book

Fiction

• The Messiah (1742 Haendel), oratorio
• La clemenza di Tito (1734 Metastasio), play
• La Gerusalemme convertita (1733 Zeno), play

Scholarship and Fiction (XVII century)

Scholarship

• Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670 Spinoza), book
• Flavius Joseph, Histoire des Juifs (1667 Arnauld), book
• Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae (1658-1674 Lightfoot), book
• Mellificium Hebraicum (1649 Cartwright), book
• Historia apostolica illustrata (1634 Cappel), book
• Rerum Iudaicarum memorabiliorum (1632 Ross), book
• The Famous and Memorable Workes of Iosephus (1602 Lodge), book

Fiction

• Bérénice (1670 Racine), play
• Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642 Scudéry), novel

Scholarship and Fiction (XVI century)

Scholarship

• Tsemah David (1592 Gans), book
• Me'or Enayim (1573-1575 Rossi), book
• Consolaçam ás tribulaçoens de Israel (1553 Usque), book
• Contexta populi Iudaici historia (1548 Eber), book
• Josephus teütsch (1531 Hedio), book
• Dass Jesus Christus ein geborner Jude sei (1523 Luther), book

Fiction

• Triumph of Titus and Vespasian (1540 Romano), art
• Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple (1512 Raphael), art