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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... religious and cultural backgrounds . The theatre , too , played an important part in the dissemination of Greek culture . We know of Jews ... religions continued to exercise a 20 BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS The religious influence of Hellenism.
... religious sanction to their bid for freedom . They were not a political party but essentially a religious sect , drawn largely from the middle class in society , which came increasingly to hold a strong religious and social position in ...
David Syme Russell. c . Their historical and religious value Reference has already been made to the value of I Maccabees as an indispensable source for the history of the second century B.C. and consequently for the religious beliefs and ...
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Preface II | 11 |
The Reaction against Hellenism | 25 |
The People of the Book | 41 |
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