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The Time of The Second Temple |
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1 | (52) |
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The Persian Period (538-332 BCE) |
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1 | (10) |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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The Work of Ezra and Nehemiah |
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3 | (3) |
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Jaddua and Alexander the Great |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (2) |
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Events in Babylon and Persia |
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9 | (2) |
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The Hellenistic Age (332-63 BCE) |
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11 | (21) |
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Ptolemaic Control of Egypt and Judea (ca. 305-198 BCE) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Ptolemy II and the Greek Translation of the Torah |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (2) |
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Seleucid Control/Influence in Judea (198-63 BCE) |
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16 | (1) |
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Antiochus III (223-187 BCE) |
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16 | (2) |
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Antiochus IV, High Priests, and Hellenism |
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18 | (6) |
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The Hasmonean State (ca. 140-63 BCE) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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John Hyrcanus (134-140 BCE) |
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27 | (1) |
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Aristobulus I (104-103 BCE) and Kingship |
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28 | (1) |
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Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE) |
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29 | (1) |
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Salome Alexandra (76-67 BCE) |
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30 | (1) |
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Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II (67-63 BCE) |
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31 | (1) |
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The Roman Period (63 BCE and Beyond) |
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32 | (17) |
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The Early Years (63-37 BCE) |
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32 | (4) |
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Herod (37-4 BCE) and Archelaus (4 BCE-6 CE) |
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36 | (3) |
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Direct Roman Rule (6-66 CE) |
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39 | (2) |
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The First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-73 CE) |
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41 | (7) |
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The Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 CE) |
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48 | (1) |
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Appendix on Egyptian Judaism |
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49 | (4) |
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Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period |
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53 | (122) |
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Second Temple Texts in the Hebrew Bible |
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53 | (1) |
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The Classification of Second Temple Literature |
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54 | (5) |
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54 | (1) |
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The Catholic Deuterocanonial Books |
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55 | (1) |
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Works in Greek Bibles but Not in the Hebrew Bible |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period |
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59 | (116) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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The Astronomical Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 72--82) |
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89 | (2) |
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The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1--36) |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (3) |
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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (1) |
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The Apocalypse of Weeks (1 Enoch 93:3-10; 91:11-17) |
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103 | (2) |
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The Book of Dreams (1 Enoch 83-90) |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (3) |
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The Similitudes or Parables of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (4) |
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The Epistle of Enoch (1 Enoch 91-107 [108]) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (4) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (4) |
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132 | (1) |
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The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (5) |
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Great Archeological Discoveries |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (1) |
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The Manuscripts and Fragments |
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151 | (7) |
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158 | (2) |
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The Qumran Community and Its History |
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160 | (6) |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (4) |
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170 | (5) |
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Synthesis: Leaders, Groups, and Institutions |
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175 | (44) |
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176 | (10) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (5) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (7) |
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Early Second Temple Period |
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186 | (1) |
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Late Hellenistic and Roman Times |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (20) |
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194 | (1) |
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194 | (9) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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The Festival of Unleavened Bread |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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The First of the Seventh Month |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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The Festival of Tabernacles (or Booths) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (6) |
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Groups of Authoritative Writings |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (3) |
| Bibliography |
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219 | (6) |
| Index |
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