Between the TestamentsFortress Press, 1965 - 176 oldal In most Bibles the period between the Old and the New Testaments is represented by a single blank page which, perhaps, has symbolic significance. 'From Malachi to Matthew' has for long remained vague and unfamiliar to many readers of the Scriptures. Many mysteries remain, but in recent times much light has been cast on this whole period. Exciting new insights have been provided by the writings of numbers of scholars and by some remarkable archaeological discoveries. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls caught the popular imagination and engaged the attention of worldwide scholarship. In this small volume an attempt is made to review these years in the light of recent study and discoveries and in particular to assess the religious contribution made by that rather strange company of men known as 'the apocalyptists'. The purpose of this book is selective rather than exhaustive, indicating the part which the apocalyptists had to play within the religious development of Judaism and in the preparation of men's minds for the coming of Christianity. |
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... Greek cities further west . Jewish communities were soon to be found in such places as Syria , Antioch , Damascus , Asia Minor , Mace- donia , Greece , Cyprus , Cyrene and Rome . Wherever they were , under Seleucid or Ptolemaic rule ...
... Greek philosophies as well . The aim of his writings was to demonstrate the relation between the religion of the Scriptures and the truth of the Greek philosophies . He made free use of the common Alexandrian practice of allegorism and ...
... Greek culture . This point is well illustrated by the author of the Wisdom of Solomon whose familiarity with Greek thought is evident , for example , in his teaching concerning ' wisdom ' . The idea of ' wisdom ' is familiar enough to ...
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Preface II | 11 |
The Reaction against Hellenism | 25 |
The People of the Book | 41 |
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