Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament

by Scott, J. Julius, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780801022401
• ISBN10: 0801022401
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

A survey of intertestamental Judaism focusing on the customs and controversies which provide insight into the New Testament.

Author Biography

J. Julius Scott Jr., (Ph.D., University of Manchester) is emeritus professor of biblical and historical studies at Wheaton College Graduate School.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	9	(2)
Preface	11	(4)
Abbreviations	15	(2)
Introduction and Definitions	17	(12)
Part 1. The Background and Setting of Intertestamental Judaism
Sources of Information	29	(12)
The Geography of the Land of Israel	41	(12)
A Survey of the Old Testament	53	(10)
Old Testament Ideas and Institutions	63	(10)
A Survey of the History of Intertestamental and New Testament Judaism	73	(34)
Part 2. The Crises and Responses of Intertestamental Judaism
Crises of the Sixth and Fourth Centuries	107	(14)
The General Response of Intertestamental Judaism to the Crises	121	(26)
Intertestamental Attempts to Reconstruct Traditional (Old Testament) Institutions	147	(18)
Scribes and Tradition	165	(16)
Apocalyptic	181	(14)
Divisions, Sects, and Parties	195	(38)
Common Life in First-Century Israel	233	(32)
Part 3. The Religious Thought of Intertestamental Judaism: A Background for Christian Customs and Controversies
Religious Thought of Intertestamental Judaism	265	(18)
The Final Age	283	(14)
The Kingdom of God	297	(10)
The Messianic Hope	307	(18)
Covenant and Law in the Final Age	325	(10)
Intertestamental Jewish Attitudes toward Gentiles	335	(40)
Epilog	353	(4)
Appendixes
A. The Apocrypha of the Old Testament	357	(1)
B. The Pseudepigraphal Books	358	(2)
C. Tractates of the Mishnah, Talmud, and Tosephta	360	(4)
D. Crucifixion	364	(2)
E. The Jewish Daily Prayer and the Exclusion of Jewish Christians	366	(2)
F. Apocalyptic Literature and Inspired Scripture	368	(2)
G. Interpreting Apocalyptic Literature	370	(3)
H. How Scholarship Works	373	(2)
Bibliography	375	(12)
Index of Scripture and Jewish Writings	387	(14)
Subject Index	401