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Jewish backgrounds of the New Testament / J. Julius Scott, Jr

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, [2000], â„—â™­1995Description: 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0801022401
  • 9780801022401
Uniform titles:
  • Customs and controversies
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 296.09014 21 SCO
LOC classification:
  • BM176 .S38 2000
Contents:
Sources of information -- The geography of the land of Israel -- A survey of the Old Testament -- Old Testament ideas and institutions -- A survey of the history of intertestamental and New Testament Judaism -- Crises of the sixth and fourth centuries -- The general response of intertestamental Judaism to the crises -- Intertestamental attempts to reconstruct traditional (Old Testament) institutions -- Scribes and tradition -- Apocalyptic -- Divisions, sects, and parties -- Common life in first-century Israel -- Religious thought of intertestamental Judaism -- The final age -- The kingdom of God -- The Messianic hope -- Covenant and law in the final age -- Intertestamental Jewish attitudes toward Gentiles
Summary: Describes those features of Intertestamental Judaism believed to be most relevant to the interpretation of the New Testament. Provides the context of Intertestamental Judaism and its beliefs that provide a background for Christian customs and issues
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Previously published under title: Customs and controversies

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-386) and indexes

Sources of information -- The geography of the land of Israel -- A survey of the Old Testament -- Old Testament ideas and institutions -- A survey of the history of intertestamental and New Testament Judaism -- Crises of the sixth and fourth centuries -- The general response of intertestamental Judaism to the crises -- Intertestamental attempts to reconstruct traditional (Old Testament) institutions -- Scribes and tradition -- Apocalyptic -- Divisions, sects, and parties -- Common life in first-century Israel -- Religious thought of intertestamental Judaism -- The final age -- The kingdom of God -- The Messianic hope -- Covenant and law in the final age -- Intertestamental Jewish attitudes toward Gentiles

Describes those features of Intertestamental Judaism believed to be most relevant to the interpretation of the New Testament. Provides the context of Intertestamental Judaism and its beliefs that provide a background for Christian customs and issues

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