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Religious World Of Jesus - Softcover

Murphy, Frederick J.

 
9780687360499: Religious World Of Jesus

Synopsis

This textbook provides a basic introduction to the pivotal era in biblical history known as the Second Temple period (520 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.), the formative milieu of Jesus and the earliest Christians. Designed for maximum convenience for students and teachers, it contains suggestions for primary readings, a bibliography, glossary, full index and chronology.

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About the Author

Frederick J. Murphy is Class of 1956 Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, where he was named Distinguished Teacher of the Year in 2001. He is the author of The Religious World of Jesus: An Introduction to Second Temple Palestinian Judaism (Nashville: Abingdon, 1991), which won the Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award in the Humanities in 1991 (Alpha Sigma Nu is the Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities).

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