Research Catalog

Title

Between the Testaments : from Malachi to Matthew / S. Kent Brown & Richard Neitzel Holzapfel.

Author

Brown, S. Kent

Publication

Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, 1954-

Description

xx, 268 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"The authors discuss: the Dead Sea Scrolls' apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the return of the Jewish exiles, the Hellenization of the ancient world, Essenes and Zealots, feasts and festivals, the hope for a Messiah, and much more that will help you understand the full sweep of the history of the house of Israel. They also include numerous maps and a helpful timeline of this pivotal period." -- Inside Cover

Subject

• Bible. > History of contemporary events
• Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Jewish exiles return -- 2. Jerusalem arises from the ashes -- 3. Alexander changes the world -- 4. The Maccabean war breaks out -- 5. The Hasmoneans take over -- 6. The Romans are coming -- 7. Herod rules -- 8. What is scripture? -- 9. The Dead Sea scrolls -- 10. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- 11. Prophecy and Apocalypticism -- 12. Priests, Levites, and scribes -- 13. Hasideans, Pharisees, and Sadducees -- 14. The Samaritans -- 15. Essenes and zealots -- 16. Messianic hopes -- 17. Feasts and festivals -- 18. Jewish law -- 19. The world of Jesus.

ISBN

• 1570089019 (alk. paper)
• 9781570089015 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002013732

OCLC

50554143

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library