Publication

1996-12-16 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96012157
  • LibraryThing3285771

Classifications

  • LCCBM655.J49 1996

Description

This book uncovers the meaning and significance of the Jewish Temple and its Service during the last centuries of its existence. The non-biblical sources indicate that the Temple and its rites were seen as holding the universe together, providing order and meaning in a world which would overwise easily lapse into chaos.

First Sentence

Josephus informs us (Cont. Ap. I. 183) that Hecataeus of Abdera was a Greek philosopher who lived in the days of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I (Soter) son of Lagus (c.367/6-283/2 BC), and goes to some lengths to demonstrate that such is the case (Cont. Ap. I. 184-185).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Jewish Temple: A Non-Biblical SourcebookRoutledge1996-12-16

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