Jews and Judaism During the Greek Period by W.E.O. Oesterley
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Today’s free book is W.O.E. Oesterley’s study of the religious background of Christianity in intertestamental Judaism. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain book available for digitisation.
William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950], The Jews and Judaism During the Greek Period: The Background of Christianity. London: SPCK, 1941. Hbk. pp.307. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]
Table of Contents
- Prefatory Note
- General Historical Survey
- The History of the Jews during the Last Three Pre-Christian Centuries
- The Scriptures
- The Law and the Oral Tradition
- The Apocalyptists and Their Literature
- The Influence of Persian Thought and Teaching
- Monotheistic Belief
- Universalism and Particularism
- The Kingdom of Heaven
- The Messiah: The First Phase of Belief
- The Messiah: The Development of Belief
- The Doctrine of Sin and Retribution
- Belief in Immortality: The Old Testament
- Belief in Immortality: The Apocalyptic Literature
- The Temple
- The Synagogue
- Personal Religion
- The Scribes
- The Wisdom Teachers
- The Pharisees and Sadducees
- The Essenes. The Therapeutæ
- Angelology
- Demonology
- Retrospective Summary
- Bibliography
- Index