Texts and Traditions: A Source Reader for the Study of Second Temple and Rabbinic JudaismLawrence H. Schiffman KTAV Publishing House, 1998 - 777 pages "An indispensible companion text, Texts and Traditions includes the essential documents of the various religious trends of the Second Temple and Rabbinic periods as well as Josephus, Greek and Aramaic inscriptions, classical historians and talmudic sources." --Book Jacket. |
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... Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra to Onias send greeting . We have read your petition wherein you request permission to be ... Ptolemy Philometer , there was a struggle over the throne between Ptolemy Physcon , his brother , and his son ...
... Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra to Onias send greeting . We have read your petition wherein you request permission to be ... Ptolemy Philometer , there was a struggle over the throne between Ptolemy Physcon , his brother , and his son ...
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... Ptolemy . When Ptolemy tried to enter the city by another gate , they drove him away , having already admitted Hyrcanus . 6.1.4 Josephus , Antiquities XIII , 230–300 : The Reign of John Hyrcanus John Hyrcanus ( ruled 134-104 B.C.E. ) ...
... Ptolemy . When Ptolemy tried to enter the city by another gate , they drove him away , having already admitted Hyrcanus . 6.1.4 Josephus , Antiquities XIII , 230–300 : The Reign of John Hyrcanus John Hyrcanus ( ruled 134-104 B.C.E. ) ...
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... Ptolemy , 44 he immediately made an expedition against Celesyria.45 He also took Gadara after a siege of ten months ... Ptolemy had returned from Gaza to Cyprus , and his mother Cleopatra had returned to Egypt , he grew angry at the ...
... Ptolemy , 44 he immediately made an expedition against Celesyria.45 He also took Gadara after a siege of ten months ... Ptolemy had returned from Gaza to Cyprus , and his mother Cleopatra had returned to Egypt , he grew angry at the ...
Contents
Preface | xxi |
The Biblical Heritage | 7 |
Judaism in the Persian Period | 65 |
Copyright | |
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