From Judaism to Christianity :: tradition and transition : a festschrift for Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday /

As a far reaching tribute to the distinguished career of Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., a team of outstanding biblical scholars has joined to offer essays on the religious milieu of the ancient Mediterranean region. Challenged by Hellenistic and Greco-Roman cultural and political domination, the religious s...

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Weitere Verfasser: Walters, Patricia, 1947-, Tobin, Thomas H., 1945-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston : Brill, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 136.
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Zusammenfassung:As a far reaching tribute to the distinguished career of Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., a team of outstanding biblical scholars has joined to offer essays on the religious milieu of the ancient Mediterranean region. Challenged by Hellenistic and Greco-Roman cultural and political domination, the religious struggles of Jewish and, later, Christian communities sought to maintain tradition as well as mitigate transition. Jewish responses to a Hellenistic world are revealed anew in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the works of Artapanus and Philo. Also, Christian views on the transitory world of the early centuri.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxxii, 336 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004214859
9004214852
ISSN:0167-9732 ;