Reading Leviticus : a conversation with Mary Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Harrington -- Leviticus as a cultic system in the second temple period: responses to Hannah K. Harrington / Philip R. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Impurity and sin in ancient Judaism by Klawans, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Moral impurity in the Second Temple period -- 3. Impur Impurity and sin in the literature of Qumran -- 4. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Conservatism and innovation in the Hebrew language of the Hellenistic period : proceedings of a fourth International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls & Ben Sira

Table of Contents: “…Un groupe de mots en hébreu biblique et qoumranique : étude sémantique / Moshe Bar-Asher -- Amoraic Hebrew in the light of Ben Sira's linguistic innovations / Haim Dihi -- Some aspects of the verbal vystem in Qumran Hebrew / Mats Eskhult -- The infinitive absolute as finite verb and standard literary Hebrew of the Second Temple period / Steven E. Fassberg -- Constituent order in existential clauses / Pierre Van Hecke -- Circumstantial qualifiers in Qumran Hebrew : reflections on adjunct expressions in the Manual of discipline (1QS) / Bo Isaksson -- L'excédent massorétique du livre de Jérémie et l'hébreu post-classique / Jan Joosten -- Remarques sur le vocabulaire hébreu de l'enseignement et de l'étude à Qumrân et dans Ben Sira / André Lemaire -- The morphosyntax of the construct phrase in Qumran Hebrew / Takamitsu Muraoka -- The word [taḥlif] in Ben Sira / Wido van Peursen -- The type [vaevneh] in the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Elisha Qimron -- Quelques particularités linguistiques communes à 4QInstruction et à Ben Sira / Jean-Sébastien Rey -- Spoken Hebrew of the late Second Temple period according to oral and written Samaritan tradition / Stefan Schorch -- [ken neʼeman lan ʻim b'tulah] (Ben Sira 20,4; 30,20) meaning and transmission / David Talshir, Zipora Talshir -- The weak consonants in the language of the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Hexapla transliterations / Alexey (Eliyahu) Yuditsky.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Ḥesed and the New Testament An Intertextual Categorization Study. by Nelson, Karen

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- COVER Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Ḥesed and the New Testament: Goal, Obstacles, and Responses -- Chapter 2: An Intertextual Categorization Study: Methodological Approaches -- Chapter 3: Interpersonal Relationships in Ancient Israel: The Domain of Ḥesed -- Chapter 4: Ḥsd in the Hebrew Bible and Other Literature of the Second Temple Period -- Chapter 5: Ḥsyd in the Hebrew Bible and Other Literature of the Second Temple Period -- Chapter 6: Greek Words That Evoke Ḥsd or Ḥsyd…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Ancient synagogues-archaeology and art : new discoveries and current research by Hachlili, Rachel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The synagogue -- Second Temple Period synagogues -- Recently excavated and newly published synagogues -- Synagogue architecture and ornamentalism -- Synagogue art, significance and impact -- Jewish symbols -- The Jewish calendar represented in the zodiac design -- Illustrated Biblical tales -- Motifs in Jewish synagogue art -- Artists, workshops and repertoire -- Inscriptions -- Coins and the synagogue -- Women -- Dating -- Conclusions -- Supplement : Qazion-a Galilean riddle -- List of synagogue excavations -- List of abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Index of sources -- Color plates.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Noah and his book(s)

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Judaism in the Roman world : collected essays by Goodman, Martin, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE EARLY JUDAISM; CHAPTER TWO IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY IN ANCIENT JUDAISM; CHAPTER THREE JOSEPHUS AND VARIETY IN FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISM; CHAPTER FOUR THE TEMPLE IN FIRST-CENTURY CE JUDAISM; CHAPTER FIVE THE PILGRIMAGE ECONOMY OF JERUSALEM IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD; CHAPTER SIX SACRED SCRIPTURE AND 'DEFILING THE HANDS'; CHAPTER SEVEN TEXTS, SCRIBES AND POWER IN ROMAN JUDAEA; CHAPTER EIGHT JEWISH PROSELYTIZING IN THE FIRST CENTURY; CHAPTER NINE A NOTE ON JOSEPHUS, THE PHARISEES AND ANCESTRAL TRADITION.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Isaiah in the New Testament

Table of Contents: “…Isaiah within Judaism of the Second Temple period / Darrell D. Hannah -- Isaiah in Mark's Gospel / Morna D. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The Galilean economy in the time of Jesus

Table of Contents: “…Oakman -- Assessing the economy of Galilee in the late second temple period : five considerations / David A. Fiensy.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Did Moses speak Attic? : Jewish historiography and scripture in the Hellenistic period

Full text (MCPHS users only)

The Samaritan Pentateuch : an introduction to its origin, history, and significance for biblical studies by Anderson, Robert T., 1928-, Giles, Terry

Table of Contents: “…Textual Pluriformity in the Late Second Temple Period -- 3. Qumran and the Pre-Samaritan Text -- 4. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The ancient synagogue : the first thousand years by Levine, Lee I.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: The Historical Development of the Synagogue -- The Second Temple Period -- 2. Origins -- 3. Pre-70 Judaea -- 4. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The ancient synagogue : the first thousand years by Levine, Lee I.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: The Historical Development of the Synagogue -- The Second Temple Period -- 2. Origins -- 3. Pre-70 Judaea -- 4. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Prophetic Figures in Late Second Temple Jewish Palestine : the Evidence from Josephus. by Gray, Rebecca

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Jesus and the Oral Gospel Tradition. by Wansborough, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Abbreviations; Introduction; Oral Tradition; Prolegomena to the Study of Oral Tradition in the Hellenistic World; Oral Tradition in the Old Testament; Oral Tradition and Written Transmission, or the Heard and the Seen Word in Judaism of the Second Temple Period; Orality in Pharisaic-rabbinic Judaism at the Turn of the Eras; Jesus as Preacher and Teacher; Oral Tradition and the Aphorisms of Jesus; Illuminating the Kingdom: Narrative Meshalim in the Synoptic Gospels; The Making of Narratives in the Synoptic Gospels…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Authoritative scriptures in ancient Judaism

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Early Judaism : a Comprehensive Overview. by Collins, John J.

Table of Contents: “…Early Translations: Aramaic and GreekThe Value of the Early Versions; Surprising Texts from the Late Second Temple Period; Exodus; Numbers; Joshua; Judges; Samuel; Isaiah; Jeremiah; Psalms; The (Reworked?) …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

A Companion to late ancient Jews and Judaism : third century BCE to 7th century CE

Table of Contents: “…. / Eva Mroczek -- Rabbinic Literature / Michal Bar Asher-Siegal -- Material Culture of the Second Temple Period (pre-70 C.E.) / Karen B. Stern -- How Do Jews Matter? …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The New Testament as reception

Table of Contents: “…The New Testament reception of the Old Testament / Mogens Müller -- The New Testament reception of Judaism in the Second Temple period / Mikael Winninge -- The reception of Graeco-Roman culture in the New Testament : the case of Romans 7:7-25 / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- The reception of the parables of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels / Renate Banschbach Eggen -- Jesus as messianic teacher in the Gospel according to Matthew : tradition history and/or narrative christology / Samuel Byrskog -- The reception of Paul in the Acts of the Apostles / Niels Hyldahl -- In quest of the elevated Jesus : reflections on the angelomophic christology of the Book of Revelation within its Jewish setting / Håkan Ulfgard -- Feminist reception of the New Testament : a critical reception / Jorunn Økland -- The annunciation : a study in reception history / Tord Fornberg -- Translation as interpretation / Thor Strandenaes.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Jewish apocalyptic and its history by Sacchi, Paolo

Table of Contents: “…The devil in Jewish traditions of the Second Temple Period (C. 500 BCE-100 CE -- 11. Historical introduction to the Book of the Secrets of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch)…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The development of penitential prayer in Second Temple Judaism

Table of Contents: “…""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: A Research Survey""; ""Prayer, Politics, and Social Vision in Daniel 9""; ""Daniel 9: A Penitential Prayer in Apocalyptic Garb""; ""Penitential Prayer in the Second Temple Period from the Perspective of Baruch""; ""The Use of Female Imagery and Lamentation in the Book of Judith: Penitential Prayer or Petition for Obligatory Action?""…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Tracing Sapiential traditions in ancient Judaism

Table of Contents: “…-- The Theme of Long-Range Planning in the Joseph Narrative and Some Second Temple Period Writings -- A Reflection on the Nature of Wisdom -- Spiritual Formation in Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Teaching -- Ben Sira and Hellenistic Literature in Greek -- Sage as Prophet? …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Priestly Rule. by MacDonald, Nathan

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Text and canon of the Hebrew Bible : collected studies by Talmon, Shemaryahu, 1920-2010

Table of Contents: “…The textual study of the Bible : a new outlook -- Oral tradition and written transmission, or the heard and seen word in Judaism of the Second Temple period -- The paleo-Hebrew alphabet and biblical text criticism -- Synonymous readings in the masoretic text -- Double readings in the masoretic text -- Sam 15:32b : a case of conflate readings? …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The courtyards of the house of the Lord : studies on the Temple scroll by Schiffman, Lawrence H.

Table of Contents: “…at Miqsat Ma'ase Ha-Torah and the Temple Scroll; Chapter Nine The Relationship of the Zadokite Fragments to the Temple Scroll; Chapter Ten The Temple Scroll and the Halakhic Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple Period; Chapter Eleven Descriptions of the Jerusalem Temple in Josephus and the T.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

A study of the geography of 1 Enoch 17-19 : "no one has seen what I have seen" by Bautch, Kelley Coblentz

Table of Contents: “…Putting it all together; mapping the world of 1 Enoch 17-19 -- Comparable geographical data and parallels in Israelite and Jewish traditions -- Comparable geographical data and parallels in ancient Near Eastern and Greek traditions -- Cosmology and geography in the Enochic corpus and in the Second Temple period and late antique traditions -- Conclusion: summary of the results, 1 Enoch 17-19 in context; The theology of 1 Enoch 17-19; Excursus: law and the Enochic community.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Problems with prayers : studies in the textual history of early rabbinic liturgy by Reif, Stefan C., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Liturgy in the Second Temple Period: Methodology -- 3. Qumran Research and Rabbinic Liturgy -- 4. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Joel's use of scripture and scripture's use of Joel : appropriation and resignification in second temple Judaism and early Christianity by Strazicich, John

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Second Temple studies. 3, Studies in politics, class and material culture

Table of Contents: “…Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD; The Material Culture of the Persian Period and the Sociology of the Second Temple Period; A Tale of Three Cities: Urban Gates, Squares and Power in Iron Age II, Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Judah; PART II: THE ''HELLENISTIC'' PERIOD(S); The Jews and Hellenization: Hengel and his Critics; The Material Culture of the Seleucid Period in Palestine: Social and Economic Observations; Ben Sira and the Sociology of the Second Temple; Conflicting Ideologies Concerning the Second Temple.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Biblia Qumranica. Volume 3B, Minor prophets

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Challenges to conventional opinions on Qumran and Enoch issues by Heger, Paul, 1924-

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Introduction to Second Temple Judaism : History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus. by Grabbe, Lester L.

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Enduring exile : the metaphorization of exile in the Hebrew Bible by Halvorson-Taylor, Martien A.

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Community-- identity construction in Galatians : exegetical, social-anthropological, and socio-historical studies by Asano, Atsuhiro, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND ANALOGICAL CASE; CHAPTER 1: FRAMEWORK of IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; CHAPTER 2: KANZO UCHIMURA AND HIS MUKYOKAI: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PART II: THE CONTEXT OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE GALATIAN COMMUNITY; CHAPTER 3: PAUL AND INSTRUMENTAL MODE OF COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; CHAPTER 4: JEWISH IDEAS OF GENTILE INCORPORATION IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD.…”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

The Dead Sea scrolls by Flint, Peter W.

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Jewish liturgy : a guide to research by Langer, Ruth, 1960-

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Jews in the Gym : Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. by Greenspoon, Leonard J.

Table of Contents: “…s Introduction""; ""Contributors""; ""Playing Roman in Jerusalem: Jewish Attitudes toward Sport and Spectacle during the Second Temple Period ""; "" Sports and the Graphic Novel from Diaspora to Diaspora: James Strum's The Golem's Mighty Swing and JT Waldman's Megillat Esther in the Tree of Contexts""; "" The Jew in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics on Film""; "" Is Life a Game? …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Jesus and the Oral Gospel Tradition. by Wansborough, Henry

Table of Contents: “…AUNE Prolegomena to the Study of Oral Tradition in the Hellenistic World; HANS-PETER RÜGER Oral Tradition in the Old Testament; SHEMAR YAHU TALMON Oral Tradition and Written Transmission, or the Heard and the Seen Word in Judaism of the Second Temple Period; PHILIP S. ALEXANDER Orality in Pharisaic-rabbinic Judaism at the Turn of the Eras; RAINER RIESNER Jesus as Preacher and Teacher; DAVID E. …”
Full text (MCPHS users only)

Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah. by Harari, Yuval

Table of Contents: Full text (MCPHS users only)

Simon the High Priest in Sirach 50 : an exegetical study of the significance of Simon the High Priest as climax to the Praise of the fathers in Ben Sira's concept of the history of... by Mulder, Otto, 1946-

Full text (MCPHS users only)