Nickelsburg, George W.E.  <br/><br/>
Jewish literature between the Bible and the Mishnah :   a historical and literary introduction / 
George W.E. Nickelsburg. 
 - Minneapolis :   Fortress Press,   ©2005. 
 - xxiii, 445 pages :   ill., maps  24 cm   + CD-ROM 
<br/><br/>Tales of the dispersion --<br/>Palestine in the wake of Alexander the Great --<br/>Reform, repression, revolt --<br/>The Hasmoneans and their opponents --<br/>The people at Qumran and their predecessors --<br/>Israel in Egypt --<br/>The Romans and the house of Herod --<br/>Revolt, destruction, reconstruction --<br/>Texts of disputed provenance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0800637682  9780800637682  0800637798  9780800637798 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. --Introductions. --Apocrypha<br/>Apocryphal books (Old Testament) --Introductions. <br/>Dead Sea scrolls.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.1  / NIC