| Contents |
Introduction : the modern study of early Judaism / Matthias Henze, Rodney A. Werline -- Part 1. Historical and social settings. Jewish history from Alexander to Hadrian / Chris Seeman -- The social world of early Judaism / Philip F. Esler -- Judaism in the diaspora / Erich S. Gruen -- Gender in early Jewish literature / Francoise Mirguet -- Part 2. Methods, manuscripts, and materials. New methodologies / Rodney A. Werline -- The Dead Sea scrolls / Alison Schofield -- Early Jewish epigraphy / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Documentary papyri / Robert Kugler -- The archaeology of early Judaism / Eric M. Meyers -- Early Judaism and modern technology / Todd R. Hanneken -- Part 3. Early Jewish literatures. The literature of early Judaism / Timothy H. Lim -- Alexandrian Judaism / Maren R. Niehoff -- Thinking about scripture in Second Temple times / James Kugel -- Testaments / Robert Kugler -- Narrative literature / Sylvie Honigman -- Jewish historiography / Steve Mason -- Apocalyptic literature / Matthias Henze -- Wisdom literature / Benjamin G. Wright III -- Early Jewish prayer / Daniel K. Falk, Angela Kim Harkins -- Part 4. The afterlife of early Judaism. Early Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism / Ishay Rosen-Zvi -- Early Judaism and mysticism / Andrea Lieber -- Early Judaism and early Christianity / Lutz Doering -- The transmission history of the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha / Liv Ingeborg Lied. |
| Abstract |
"Since the publication of the first edition of Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters in 1986, the field of early Judaism has exploded with new data, the publication of additional texts, and the adoption of new methods. This new edition of the classic resource honors the spirit of the earlier volume and focuses on the scholarly advances in the past four decades that have led to the study of early Judaism becoming an academic discipline in its own right. [Essays written by leading scholars in the study of early Judaism] lend their expertise in four areas: historical and social settings; methods, manuscripts, and materials; early Jewish literatures; and the afterlife of early Judaism. The resources in this volume are essential reading for scholars and students of the Hebrew Bible, the new testament, and early Judaism." -- Publisher, page four of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-610) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020950497 |
| ISBN | 9781628372960 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1628372966 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780884144816 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 088414481X (hardback) |
