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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.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Bloomsbury Academic collections
Biblical studies: the Hebrew Bible
Bloomsbury Academic collections.
Biblical studies: the Hebrew Bible.
Note Originally published: Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1908.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Subject Bible. Gospels -- History of contemporary events.
Bible. Gospels.
History of contemporary events.
Bible. Gospels.
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Chronological Term 586 B.C.-210 A.D
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
ISBN 9781474230308 electronic book
147423030X electronic book
9780567021014