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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Frederick E. Greenspahn -- The Dead Sea Scrolls / James Vanderkam -- Second Temple Literature outside the canon / Martha Himmelfarb -- Diaspora and the "assimilated" Jew / Erich S. Gruen -- Were the ancient Jews a nation? / Seth Schwartz -- How Christianity parted from Judaism / Adele Reinhartz -- The emergence of the synagogue / Steven Fine -- New directions in understanding Jewish liturgy / Ruth Langer -- Ancient Jewish gender / Elizabeth Shanks Alexander -- Inventing rabbis / Christine Hayes -- "In my beginning is my end" / Robert Goldenberg. |
| Summary |
"Over the past generation, several major discoveries and methodological innovations have led scholars to reevaluate the foundations of Judaism. The Dead Sea Scrolls are the most famous, but other materials have further altered our understanding of Judaism's development after the Biblical era. This volume explores some of the latest clues into how early Judaism took shape ..."--Back cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History. |
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. |
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Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism) |
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Judaïsme -- 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Periode postexilique) |
| Chronological Term |
586 B.C.-210 A.D. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Early Judaism. New York : New York University Press, 2018 9781479896950 (DLC) 2017037989 (OCoLC)1001251219 |
| ISBN |
9781479825707 (electronic book) |
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1479825700 (electronic book) |
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9781479896950 |
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1479896950 |
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9781479809905 |
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147980990X |
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