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Generations Of Students Of Palestinian Judaism Have Been Guided By Monumental Works Such As Emil Schurer's History Of The Jewish People In The Age Of Jesus Christ And Joachim Jeremias's Jerusalem In The Time Of Jesus, And Scholarship Has Been Shaped By The Picture Of Jewish Belief And Practice Presented There. In This Important New Book Professor Sanders, Whose Paul And Palestinian Judaism Changed The Course Of Pauline Studies, Again Argues Against The Prevailing Views. He Believes That Flaws In Method Have Produced A False Impression Of The Judaism Of The Period, For Example, That The Pharisees Were All-important And Actually Ran Jewish Palestine Or That The Mishnah Offers A Description Of General Practice. In Contrast, Through Thorough Examination Of The Sources And By Means Of Case Studies, Sanders Shows That What Was Important Was 'common Judaism', The People And Their Observances, Daily, Weekly, Seasonal And Annual Practices And The Beliefs That Bore Directly On Them. Early Rabbinic Legal Material Should Be Seen Not As A Set Of Rules, But As Debates To Be Set Within The Context Of Real Life, And Parties Such As The Pharisees, Sadducees And Essenes Must Be Seen In Proper Relati

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Author

E. P. Sanders

Publisher

SCM Press ; Trinity Press International

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781563380150

Category

history

Subjects

Judaism, Religion, History