Table of Contents

Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the volume
1.2 The Sources

Section II: Overview of Second Temple History
Chapter 2. History

Section III: Various Currents within Judaism
Chapters 3-6
Section IV: Conclusion
Chapter 7. Conclusion

Promotional Information

An internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies.

About the Author

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?

Reviews

‘The chapters on currents within Second Temple Judaism achieve the purpose of introducing non-specialists to this period of Jewish history. They help the reader to understand the varieties of Jewish experience within history contexts.'—Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology

Concise, authoritative and well written introduction, based on Grabbe’s earlier work An Introduction of First Century Judaism.
*Vigiliae Christianae*