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Book Description

Title:
Judaism in the Greek Period From the Rise of Alexander the Great to the Intervention of Rome (333 to 63 B.C.)
Author:
Publication Year:
Location:
Oxford
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
Pages:
239
Subjects:
Intertestamental period, Judaism
Copyright Holder:
Public domain

Table of Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Principal Dates
  • Short Titles and Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Historical Background of the Nearer East from the Fourth to the First Century B.C.
    1. The Pre-Maccabean Greek Period (333-168 B.C.)
    2. The Maccabean Epoch (168-63 B.C.)
  • Introduction and Notes to Selected Passages
    1. Alexander the Great
    2. A Modern View of the Book of Habakkuk
    3. Other Possible Jewish of Alexander's Age
    4. The Wisdom School and its Literature
    5. Some Psalms of the Greek Period
    6. The Rise of Apocalyptic and the Book of Daniel
    7. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)
    8. 1 and 2 Maccabees
    9. The Book of Esther
    10. The Psalms of Solomon
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Chronological Table