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Zusatztext The present volume brings together a vast breadth of modern scholarship, summarising key debates on the period, and offering many fair-minded and balanced readings of ongoing discussions. Readers can pick up the volume as newcomers to the era, and put it down fully informed of the issues at hand in scholarship of the Hasmonean and early Herodian periods. Informationen zum Autor Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it? Vorwort Volume four in the four-volume history of the Second Temple period, looking at the period in which the Jewish people were ruled by the Roman Empire. Zusammenfassung This is the fourth and fi nal volume of Lester L. Grabbe’s four-volume history of the Second Temple period, collecting all that is known about the Jews during the period in which they were ruled by the Roman Empire. Based directly on primary sources such as archaeology, inscriptions, Jewish literary sources and Greek, Roman and Christian sources, this study includes analysis of the Jewish diaspora, mystical and Gnosticism trends, and the developments in the Temple, the law, and contemporary attitudes towards Judaism. Spanning from the reign of Herod Archelaus to the war with Rome and Roman control up to 150 CE, this volume concludes with Grabbe’s holistic perspective on the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAbbreviationsPreface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Part II: Sources Chapter 2: Archaeology, Including Inscriptions and CoinsChapter 3: Jewish LiteratureChapter 4: Greek, Roman, and Christian Sources Part III: Society And Institutions Chapter 5: EconomicsChapter 6: Jews in the Diaspora (4 BCE TO 117 CE)Chapter 7: Sects and MovementsChapter 8: Mystical And Gnostic Trends, And The Esoteric ArtsChapter 9: Religion I: Temple, Text, Religious PracticeChapter 10: Religion II: BeliefsChapter 11: Religion III: Judaeophilia, Judaeophobia, Religious Rights, and Conversion Part IV: Historical Synthesis Chapter 12: The Reign of Herod Archelaus and the Roman Province of Judaea (4 BCE To 37 CE)Chapter 13: The Reign of Agrippa I, Once More a Roman Province, and the 'Spiral of Violence' (37-66 CE)Chapter 14: The Great Revolt—The War With Rome (66-73/74 CE)Chapter 15: Roman Control (From 70 to 150 CE ) Part V: Conclusions Chapter 16: The Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period—A Holistic Perspective Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors Index of Subjects ...
