Title The Jewish Temple : a non-biblical sourcebook / [edited by] C.T.R. Hayward

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 211 pages) Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Hecataeus of Abdera -- 2. Aristeas -- 3. Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira in Hebrew -- 4. Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira in Greek -- 5. Book of Jubilees -- 6. Writings of Philo of Alexandria -- 7. Writings of Josephus -- 8. Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum Summary "This book uncovers the meaning and significance of the Jewish Temple and its Service during the last centuries of its existence. The non-biblical sources indicate that the Temple and its rites were seen as holding the universe together, providing order and meaning in a world which would overwise easily lapse into chaos."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-191) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) -- History -- Sources Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) -- History -- Sources Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) Greek literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice. Greek literature -- Jewish authors Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Sources Form Electronic book Author Hayward, Robert, 1948- ISBN 0203300718 9780203300718 0203424999 9780203424995 9780415102391 0415102391 9780415102407 0415102405

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