Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea (2007 Horsley), book

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

Editions and translations

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

Table of 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

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