Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Translation of: Umwelt des Neuen Testaments.

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-285).

Judaism in the time of the New Testament: The Political History of Judaism in the Hellenistic Period: Palestine under the rule of the Persians; Palestine under Alexander the Great and the rule of the Egyptians; Palestine under the rule of Syria and the Maccabean struggle for Freedom; The Hasmonean Kingdom; Palestine under Roman rule; The Jewish War and the Revolt under Bar Cochba
Religious movements and intellectual currents in Judaism in the time of the New Testament: Apocalyptic: The basic structure of Apocalyptic; Apocalyptic Literature; Groups and communities in Palestinian Judaism: The Sadducees, The Pharisees, The Zealots, The Essenes, The Therapeutae, The Qumran Community, The Scribes; Judaism in the Diaspora: The Jewish Diaspora in the Hellenistic World, The Septuagint, Philo of Alexandria, Josephus
Jewish life and belief in the time of the New Testament: The Social Circumstances of the Jews in Palestine and in the Diaspora; The Temple Cultus in Jerusalem; The Synagogue; Scripture, Law, and Tradition, God and Man, The coming S
alvation

The Hellenistic-Roman Environment of the New Testament: Politics and society in the Roman Empire in the First Centuray A.D.: The Roman Empire under the rule of the Caesars; Social conditions in the Roman Empire in the First Centuray A.D.; The Cult of the Emperor -- Religious Movements and Intellectual currents in the Hellenistic-Roman World in the time of the New Testament: The Gods of the Greeks and Romans; Popular belief in the idea of Fate; The Mystery Religions; Popular Philosophy -- Gnosticism: The Basic Structure of Gnosticism; The Corpus Hermeticum as a Witness to Pre-Christian Gnosticism; The Spread of Gnosticism in the First Century A.D. -- Conclusion