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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... evidence that after that date a body of men , chiefly lay , continued to apply themselves privately to a study of the Torah . This period of unauthoritative teaching continued till about 196 B.C. , when it was probably brought to an end ...
... evidence of Luke 24.44 which refers to what is written ' in the law of Moses , and the prophets , and the psalms ' , where again the last section is left undetermined . The author of II Esdras ( c . A.D. 90 ) indicates that at that time ...
... evidence of halakot earlier even than those in the rabbinical sources themselves . Again , the apocalyptic element in these writings is frequently accompanied by a deep ethical concern which in many respects is the key to the ...
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Preface II | 11 |
The Reaction against Hellenism | 25 |
The People of the Book | 41 |
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