LEADER 00000nam 2200000 a 4500 001 088125813x 008 030731s2003 nju 000 eng 010 2003013867 020 088125813X 040 DLC|cDLC|dDLC 050 4 BM150|b.S34 2003 082 04 296/.09/014|222 100 1 Schiffman, Lawrence H. 245 10 Understanding Second Temple and rabbinic Judaism /|cby Lawrence H. Schiffman ; edited by Jon Bloomberg and Samuel Kapustin. 260 Jersey City, N.J :|bKtav Pub. House,|cc2003. 300 p. cm. 505 0 Contents: The Biblical heritage -- Judaism in the Persian period -- The Hellenistic Age -- Judaism in the Hellenistic Diaspora -- Sectarianism in the Second Commonwealth -- Apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- The Jewish-Christian schism -- Revolt -- Restoration -- Mishnah: the new scripture -- Formative Judaism comes of age -- The sea of the Talmud -- Epilogue: the triumph of the Babylonian Talmud. 520 Summary: Describes the Second Temple period (the first few centuries before and after the common era) and its influence on the development of Rabbinic Judaism, which is the foundation for all of modern Judaism. 650 0 Judaism|xHistory. 650 0 Jews|xHistory. 650 0 Judaism|xHistory. 650 0 Jews|xHistory.
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