Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview

Name: Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview
Brand: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
SKU: 869227
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ISBN: 9780802869227

Edited By: John J. Collins, Daniel C. Harlow

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 2012 / Paperback

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Product Description

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Fifteen essays that bring readers up-to-date and to the cutting-edge of scholarship on Early Judaism and its study.

Taken from Eerdman's ground breaking reference volume The Dictionary of Early Judaism, the essays comprising Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview prepare students and scholars for in-depth study of Judaism in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, roughly the 4th century BCE to the 2nd century AD. The essays constituted the backbone of the Dictionary and, and are now available in this entirely separate, more economical volume.

Features Include:

provides access to material needed by many scholars whose area of specialization is proximate to but not focused on the Judaism of this period
accessible
excellent for text book use
includes 13 annotated maps
images of texts, artifacts, locations

Product Information

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Title: Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 533
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 2012

Weight: 1 pound 9 ounces
ISBN: 080286922X
ISBN-13: 9780802869227
Stock No: WW869227

Publisher's Description

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Culled from The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, a monumental, groundbreaking reference work published in late 2010, Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview contains fifteen first-rate essays from a diverse group of internationally renowned scholars. This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview available of Judaism in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods.

Contributors:
John M. G. Barclay
Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev
Katell Berthelot
John J. Collins
Erich S. Gruen
Daniel C. Harlow
James L. Kugel
Adam Kolman Marshak
Steve Mason
James S. McLaren
Maren R. Niehoff
David T. Runia
Lawrence H. Schiffman
Chris Seeman
Gregory E. Sterling
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Eibert Tigchelaar
Eugene Ulrich
Annewies van den Hoek
James C. VanderKam
Jürgen K. Zangenberg

Author Bio

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John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. He has served as editor of the Anchor Yale Bible series and president of the Society of Biblical Literature. In 2019, he was awarded the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies. His many publications include Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy; Beyond the Qumran Community; The Bible after Babel; and Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism.

Daniel C. Harlow is professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Editorial Reviews

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-- John Barton in Times Literary Supplement
“I do not think there is now a better guide to early Judaism than The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. . . . Opens a door into a fascinating and compelling world of ideas, texts, and practices.”

-- Booklist
“The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism is an outstanding reference work that not only introduces this important era but also serves as a status report for scholarly activity in this area over the past few decades.”

-- Trinity Journal
“It is difficult to overstate how impressive the volume is in terms of scope, quality of scholarship, and number of high-level contributors. . . . The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism is bound to be a classic reference text for the next generation. It is more than worth its weight in gold — which, given the bulky nature of the book, is quite considerable!”