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1. Introduction -- Significance Of The Period -- Method -- One Judaism Or Many? -- Sources -- Dominant Trends And Issues -- Summary -- 2. The Biblical Heritage -- Historical Sketch -- A Historiography Of Civilization -- Revelation And Law -- Sacrifice And Priesthood -- Prophecy -- Wisdom Literature -- Summary -- 3. Judaism In The Persian Period -- Historical And Archaeological Background -- Political Affairs -- The Second Temple -- The Samaritan Schism -- Midrash And The Foundations Of Jewish Law -- The Literature Of The Period -- The Canonization Of The Hebrew Scriptures -- Summary -- 4. The Hellenistic Age -- Hellenism As A Cultural Phenomenon -- Under Ptolemies And Seleucids -- The Jerusalem Temple And Priesthood -- The Gerousia -- Hellenistic Trends In Palestinian Judaism -- Hellenistic Reform And The Maccabean Revolt -- Summary -- 5. Judaism In The Hellenistic Diaspora -- The Early History Of Babylonian Jewry -- Jews In The Hellenistic World -- Political, Social, And Economic Developments -- Religious Life -- Anti-semitism In The Hellenistic World -- The Literature Of The Hellenistic Diaspora -- Summary 6. Sectarianism In The Second Commonwealth -- The Hasmonean Dynasty -- Pha

Who reads From Text to Tradition, a History of Judaism in Second Temple and Rabbinic Times: A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism?

Author

Lawrence H. Schiffman

Publisher

Ktav Pub. House; Ktav Pub Inc

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780881253726

Category

history

Subjects

Judaism, Fiction, Religion

Rating

3.7 / 5 (61 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14