Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview - Softcover

Collins, John J.; Harlow, Daniel C.

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Synopsis

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

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About the Authors

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.

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