Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period

• Preface, List of abbreviations, 1. Introduction, PART I. Chronological survey, 2. Persian period (539–333 BCE), 3. Early Greek period (333–200 BCE), 4. Later Greek period and Hasmoneans (200–63 BCE), 5. Under Roman rule (63 BCE–70 CE), 6. Transition to rabbinic Judaism: Yavneh, PART II. Special topics, 7. Temple and priesthood, 8. Scripture, prayer, and synagogue, 9. Sects and movements, 10. Concepts of the Deity and the spirit world, 11. Prophecy, apocalypticism, the esoteric arts, and predicting the future, 12. Eschatologies and ideas of salvation, 13. Messiahs, 14. Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic world, PART III. Conclusion, 15. Judaism in the Second Temple period: a holistic perspective, Bibliography, Indexes

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