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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... 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 the reader of the Old Testament in such books as Proverbs , Job and ...
... Wisdom literature is represented by two very important books , the Wisdom of Solomon and the Wisdom of Ben Sira . The Wisdom of Solomon , written in epigrammatic style , was com- posed by an Alexandrian Jew ( or Jews ) perhaps in the ...
... wisdom found . The Wisdom of Ben Sira is perhaps the most important book in ' the Apocrypha ' for the light it sheds on the religion and life of the Jews in Palestine around the year 180 B.C. when it was composed . It is a digest of ...
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Preface II | 11 |
The Reaction against Hellenism | 25 |
The People of the Book | 41 |
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