Understanding Second Temple and Rabbinic JudaismKTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2003 - 409 pages Describes the Second Temple period (the first few centuries before and after the common era) and its influence on the development of Rabbinic Judaism, which is the foundation for all of modern Judaism. |
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Contents
The Biblical Heritage | 15 |
20 | 36 |
Judaism in the Persian Period | 39 |
24 | 67 |
The Hellenistic Age | 74 |
Judaism in the Hellenistic Diaspora | 117 |
Sectarianism in the Second Commonwealth | 150 |
Apocrypha Pseudepigrapha | 197 |
Revolt | 254 |
Restoration | 270 |
The New Scripture | 292 |
Formative Judaism Comes of Age | 327 |
The Sea of the Talmud | 356 |
The Triumph of the Babylonian Talmud | 378 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Bibliography | 392 |
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