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CONTENTS |
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Introduction |
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Part I |
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Judaism in the time of the New Testament |
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Chapter 1: The Political History of Judaism |
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in the Hellenistic Period |
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1. Palestine Under the Rule of the Persians |
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2. Palestine Under Alexander the Great and |
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the Rule of the Egyptians |
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3. Palestine Under the Rule of Syria and the |
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Maccabean Struggle for Freedom |
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4. The Hasmonean Kingdom |
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5. Palestine Under Roman Rule |
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6. The Jewish War and the Revolt Under |
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Bar Cochba |
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Chapter 2 : Religious Movements abd Intellectual Currents |
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in Judaism in the Time of the New Testament |
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1. Apocalyptic |
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a. The basic Structure of Apocalyptic |
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b. Apocalyptic Literature |
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2. Groups and Communities in Palestinian |
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Judaism |
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a. The Sadducees |
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b. The Pharisees |
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c. The Zealots |
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d. The Essenes |
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e. The Therapeutae |
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f. The Qumran Community |
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g. The Scribes |
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3. Judaism in the Diaspora |
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a. The Jewish Diaspora in the Hellenistic |
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World |
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b. The Septuagint |
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c. Philo of Alexandria |
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d. Josephus |
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Chapter 3: Jewish Life and Belief in the Time |
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of the New Testament |
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1. The Social Circumstances of the Jews in |
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Palestine and in the Diaspora |
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2. The Temple Cultus in Jerusalem |
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3. The Synagogue |
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4. Scripture, Law, and Tradition |
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5. God and Man |
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6. The Comung Salvation |
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Part II |
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The Hellenistic-Roman Envioment |
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of the New testament |
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Chapter 1: Politics and Society in the Roman Empire |
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in the Fist Century A.D |
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1. The Roman Empire Under the Rule of |
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the Caesars |
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2. Social Conditions in the Roman Empire |
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in the Fist Century A.D |
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3. The Cult the Emperor |
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Chapter 2: Religious Movements and Intellectual Currents |
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in the Hellenistic-Roman World |
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in the Time of the New Testament |
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1. The Gods of the Greeks and Romans |
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2. Popolar belief and Idea of Fate |
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3. The Mystery Religious |
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4. Popular Philosophy |
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Chapter 3: Gnosticism |
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1. The Basic Structure of Gnosticsm |
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2. The Corpus Hermeticum as a Witness to |
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Pre-Christian Gnosticism |
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3. The Spread of Gnosticism in the First |
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Century A.D |
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Conclusion |
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Bibliography |
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Chronological Table |
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Indexes |
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a) Index of Names |
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b) Index of Sudjects |
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c) Index of New Testament Passages |
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293 |
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Maps and Charts |
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