Research Catalog

Title

A survey between the Testaments.

Author

Sloan, W. W. (William Wilson)

Publication

Paterson, N.J., Littlefield, Adams, 1964.

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Details

Description

231p.; 20 cm.

Alternative Title

Between the Testaments.

Subject

• 586 B.C.-210 A.D
• Jews > History > 586 B.C.-70 A.D
• Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p.216-217.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Old Testament background -- Hebrew captivity -- Jewish return -- The coming of the Greeks -- Greek thought and influence -- Jews in Egypt -- The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- Other sources of information -- The Maccabean revolt -- Apocalyptic literature -- The Hasmoneans -- Herod the Great -- The other Herods and the procurators -- Down with the Romans! -- Roman life -- Am-ha-arez -- The rise of the sects -- The Qumran community -- The Zadokite document -- The manual of discipline -- Qumran copies of the scripture -- Commentaries on the scriptures -- The Essene hymnal -- Essene eschatology -- Tobit the son -- Judith and other tales -- Additions to Esther and Daniel -- Supplements to other Old Testament books -- Wisdom literature -- Christian use of the Apocrypha -- The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- Retelling stories of the Torah -- The Diaspora -- Oriental mystery religions -- The Jews' own religion -- The mechanics of Judaism -- The changing concept of God -- The utopia of the future -- The resurrection -- Non-human beings -- Men of the law -- Suggestions for further reading.

LCCN

^^^63022778^

OCLC

• 311901
• SCSB-9880901

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library