Early Judaism

Culled From The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, a monumental, groundbreaking reference work published in late 2010, Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview contains fifteen major essays from a diverse group of internationally renowned scholars. This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview available of Judaism in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. Book jacket.

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. Daniel C. Harlow is professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Chronology	p. xvi
Maps	p. xxi
Early Judaism in Modern Scholarship	p. 1
Jewish History from Alexander to Hadrian	p. 30
Judaism in the Land of Israel	p. 70
Judaism in the Diaspora	p. 95
The Jewish Scriptures: Texts, Versions, Canons	p. 121
Early Jewish Biblical Interpretation	p. 151
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha	p. 179
The Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 204
Early Jewish Literature Written in Greek	p. 228
Philo	p. 253
Josephus	p. 290
Archaeology, Papyri, and Inscriptions	p. 322
Jews among Greeks and Romans	p. 367
Early Judaism and Early Christianity	p. 391
Early Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism	p. 420
Index of Authors	p. 435
Index of Subjects	p. 437
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature	p. 451
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