Understanding the Bible: Sixth Edition, 6/e

Stephen Harris, California State University--Sacramento

Between the Two Testaments:Hellenistic Culture and the Growth of Multiple Judaisms

Chapter Objectives

What you will learn in this chapter

The political history of the Roman period in Palestine
Some of the salient features of Greco-Roman religion, philosophy, and mystery religions
Developments within Judaism from the period of the Maccabees to the final Jewish revolt of the second century ce.
The emergence of different groups or parties within Judaism and the rise of Rabbinic Judaism after the Jewish wars
First-century messianic expectation

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