Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (Early Judaism and Its Literature) [1 ed.] 0788505645, 9780788505645

Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity 3161532996, 9783161532993

This collection of essays originates from the 2014 Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity conference hoste

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The Purity and Sanctuary of the Body in Second Temple Judaism [1 ed.] 9783666571282, 9783525571286

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The Myth of Rebellious Angels: Studies in Second Temple Judaism and New Testament Texts 3161530241, 9783161530241

The mythical story of fallen angels preserved in 1 Enoch and related literature was influential during the Second Temple

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The Origin of Heresy: A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity 9781136277429, 1136277420

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book trace

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The Spirit within Me: Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism 9780300262964

The first full-length study of the evolution of self and agency in ancient Israelite anthropology Conceptions of “the

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Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism: Message, Context, and Significance 0801049873, 9780801049873

This book introduces readers to a much-neglected and misunderstood assortment of Jewish writings from around the time of

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Prayer & Community : The Havurah in American Judaism 9780814344477, 9780814344460

Riv-Ellen Prell spent eighteen months of participant observation field research studying a countercultural havurah to de

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Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism: Scribal Composition and Transmission 1108769985, 9781108769983, 9781108477581, 9781108725750

In this book, Molly Zahn investigates how early Jewish scribes rewrote their authoritative traditions in the course of t

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Patterns of Daily Prayer in Second Temple Period Judaism (Studies of the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 104) 9004233075, 9789004233072

In Patterns of Daily Prayer in Second Temple Period Judaism Jeremy Penner provides an account of how daily prayer became

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The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism: Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History 3110373025, 9783110373028

This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively

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