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Author Fairweather, William, author.

Title The background of the Gospels : Judaism in the period between the Old and New Testaments / William Fairweather
Published London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Bloomsbury Academic collections
Biblical studies: the Hebrew Bible
Bloomsbury Academic collections
Biblical studies: the Hebrew Bible
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LITERARY SOURCES; CHAPTER I. THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF JUDAISM; I. Legalism; II. Religious Fellowship; III. Individualism; IV. Conservatism; V . Syncretism; CHAPTER II. PALESTINIAN JUDAISM: PRE-MACCABÆAN; CHAPTER III. THE MACCABÆAN STRUGGLE; CHAPTER IV. PALESTINIAN JUDAISM: POST-MACCABÆAN; CHAPTER V. THE HERODIAN AGE; CHAPTER VI. THE APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT AND LITERATURE; PART I; CHAPTER VII. THE APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT AND LITERATURE; PART II; CHAPTER VIII. HELLENISTIC JUDAISM; Appendix I.-Notes; Appendix II.-Bibliography; Appendix III.-General Index; A; B; C; D
EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Untitled; Appendix IV.-Index of Passages from the Bible, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha; Appendix V.-References to Josephus, Philo, and Talmudic Literature
Summary Covering the period from the Maccabean revolt to the destruction of Jerusalem under Titus, Fairweather's impressive work should be an important point of reference for those wanting to develop their knowledge on the evolution of Judaism as a spiritual movement
Notes Originally published: Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1908
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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SUBJECT Bible. Gospels -- History of contemporary events
Bible. Gospels fast
Subject Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
RELIGION / Judaism / General
History of contemporary events
Jews
Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474230308
147423030X