Literature and Society in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods (v.3) (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.) - Hardcover

9780826460301: Literature and Society in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods (v.3) (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826460305 ISBN 13: 9780826460301

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie, 2002

This volume offers a systematic approach to the Persian, Ptolemaic, Seleucid and Hasmonean period, correlating social contexts with the biblical and post-biblical literature that each period generated. The list of contributors includes many of the pioneers of the field of Second Temple sociology, including Kenneth Hoglund, John Wright, Lester Grabbe, Richard Horsley, James Pasto, Robert Doran and the editors. The volume, which also includes an introductory essay on the methods and outcomes of this kind of exercise, furnishes an excellent introduction to the agenda of interpreting biblical texts as social products.

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Review:

"Overall, it is a very useful collection and we can look forward to the publication of Second Temple Studies IV, which editor Davies Promises."" -Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, December 2003"

About the Author:

Philip R. Davies is Professor of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, UK. John Halligan was co-chair of the SBL Sociological of the Second Temple Period Consultation and the Sociology of the Literature of the Second Temple Group. Until his retirement he was Professor of Biblical Studies at St John Fisher College, Rochester, New York.

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