The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era

The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era
Author: Albert I. Baumgarten
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004107519

This volume asks why Jewish groups - Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes and the Dead Sea Scroll sect - flourished during the Maccabean era. The objective is to discover the connections between context and consequence, which will explain why sectarianism was so prominent then.

The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era: An Interpretation

The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era: An Interpretation
Author: Albert I. Baumgartner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004497994

This volume asks why Jewish groups - Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes and the Dead Sea Scroll sect - flourished during the Maccabean era. It argues that such a result is uncommon, requiring special explanation. In the introduction, sectarianism is defined and its varieties in Second Temple Judaism assessed. Among the causes of the known results suggested are the encounter with an outside culture that seemed to be weakening the external national perimeter, the impact of expanded literacy, the move to the city from the farm, as well as eschatological hope aroused by Maccabean victory. In proposing these conclusions, full advantage is taken of recently published Qumran sources, such as 4QMMT. The objective is to discover the connection between context and consequence, which will explain why sectarianism was so prominent at that time.

A Companion to Josephus

A Companion to Josephus
Author: Honora Howell Chapman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1444335332

A Companion to Josephus presents a collection of readings from international scholars that explore the works of the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Represents the first single-volume collection of readings to focus on Josephus Covers a wide range of disciplinary approaches to the subject, including reception history Features contributions from 29 eminent scholars in the field from four continents Reveals important insights into the Jewish and Roman worlds at the moment when Christianity was gaining ground as a movement Named Outstanding Academic Title of 2016 by Choice Magazine, a publication of the American Library Association

Authoritative Scriptures in Ancient Judaism

Authoritative Scriptures in Ancient Judaism
Author: Mladen Popović
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2010-06-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004190740

Many scholars of the Second Temple period have replaced the concept of canonization by that of canonical process. Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been crucial for this new direction. Based on this new evidence taxonomic terms like biblical, nonbiblical or parabiblical seem anachronistic for the period before 70 C.E. The notion of authoritative Scriptures plays an important part in the new paradigm of canonical process, but it has not yet been sufficiently reflected upon and is in need of clarification. Why were some texts more authoritative than others? For whom and in what contexts were texts authoritative? And what are our criteria to determine to what extent a text was authoritative? In short, what do we mean by “authoritative”? This volume focuses on specific texts or corpora of texts, and approaches the notion of authoritative Scriptures from sociological, cultural and literary perspectives.

The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context

The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context
Author: Timothy Lim
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004-10-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780567080783

What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and what do we know about the community that possessed them? Avoiding both popular sensationalism and specialist technical language, this book aims to integrate all the latest findings about the scrolls into existing knowledge of the period, to advance understanding of the scrolls and the Qumran community, and to explore their wider significance in a scholarly and accessible way. The "state of the art" in international scrolls scholarship. Contributors include E.P. Sanders, Eugene Ulrich, George Brooke, and John J. Collins.

Missing Priests

Missing Priests
Author: Alice Hunt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2006-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567028526

This is a study of one priesthood of Ancient Israel, the Zadokites, and its role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Isrealites. It also provides a foundation for studies of priesthood(s) in ancient Israel.

Terrorist's Creed

Terrorist's Creed
Author: R. Griffin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2012-09-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137284722

Terrorist's Creed casts a penetrating beam of empathetic understanding into the disturbing and murky psychological world of fanatical violence, explaining how the fanaticism it demands stems from the profoundly human need to imbue existence with meaning and transcendence.

Salvation for the Righteous Revealed

Salvation for the Righteous Revealed
Author: Ed Condra
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2018-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004331123

Why is there such an ethical emphasis in Jesus’ gospel proclamation? This work finds the answer in Jesus meeting his audience within their own conceptual realms and then expanding those realms to point to the nature of his salvation. The bulk of this work investigates the soteriology of Second Temple Judaism, especially of the Qumran Scrolls. The apocalyptic lesson was the demand of a greater covenantal obedience, held in tension with God’s grace, a demand met through sectarian revelation and involving a somewhat diverse messianism. Within these conceptions, Jesus affirms that salvation is indeed for the “righteous,” but as defined through himself as the unique Messiah. This work is particularly useful regarding the Jesus—Paul debate, for it provides a diachronic solution grounded in the cultural-historical milieu of the times.

Written for Us: Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture and the History of Midrash

Written for Us: Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture and the History of Midrash
Author: Yael Fisch
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2023-01-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004511598

This volume is a study in ancient scriptural hermeneutics, that promotes new ways to think about Paul’s interpretation of scripture and rabbinic midrash together and for the benefit of both. It analyses exegetical techniques that both Paul and the Tannaim use and opens new perspectives on how they conceive of scripture and its ideal readers.

The Invention of Judaism

The Invention of Judaism
Author: John J. Collins
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2017-02-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0520294114

"Judaism is often understood as the way of life defined by the Torah of Moses, but it was not always so. This book identifies key moments in the rise of the Torah, beginning with the formation of Deuteronomy, advancing through the reform of Ezra, the impact of the suppression of the Torah by Antiochus Epiphanes and the consequent Maccabean revolt, and the rise of Jewish sectarianism. It also discusses variant forms of Judaism, some of which are not Torah-centered and others which construe the Torah through the lenses of Hellenistic culture or through higher, apocalyptic, revelation. It concludes with the critique of the Torah in the writings of Paul"--Provided by publisher.