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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... thought that had taken place long before the beginning of the Christian era . This is well illustrated in such books as the Sibylline Oracles ( Book III ) and the Wisdom of Solomon . These Sibylline Oracles * were written during the ...
... thought of the Old Testament.1 Even more important than Syrian Hellenism was Egyptian Hellenism which took shape under the Ptolemies . The old religious and mystical traditions of Egypt and Babylonia came into contact with the new Greek ...
... thought the belief was expressed that God's power and influence could be felt even in Sheol ( Ps . 139.8 ) , but for the most part the accepted view was that Sheol lay beyond his jurisdiction ( Pss . 30.9f ; 115.17 , etc. ) . In some ...
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Preface II | 11 |
The Reaction against Hellenism | 25 |
The People of the Book | 41 |
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