Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview
Author: John J Collins
William
ISBN-10: 080286922X
2012
Pages: 533
Language: English
Format: PDF
Size: 81 mb
Early Judaism is a collection of fifteen first-rate articles from a diverse group of superb international scholars. This excellent introductory volume provides a comprehensive overview of essential topics such as early Judaism in modern scholarship, Jewish history from Alexander to Hadrian, Judaism in Israel and in the Diaspora, the Jewish Scriptures, early Jewish biblical interpretation, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo and Josephus. Contributors include John M G Barclay, Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev, Katell Berthelot, John J Collins, Erich S Gruen, Daniel C Harlow, James L Kugel, Adam Kolman Marshak, Steve Mason, James S McLaren, Maren R Niehoff, David T Runia, Lawrence H Schiffman, Chris Seeman, Gregory E Sterling, Loren T Stuckenbruck, Eibert Tigchelaar, Eugene Ulrich, Annewies van den Hoek, James C VanderKam and Jürgen K Zangenberg.