Judaism and Christian beginnings /
Physical details: xvii, 510 pages ; 22 cm ISBN:0195022815; 9780195022810; 0195022823; 9780195022827.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Non-Fiction
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Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie | 296.09 SAN (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | APA007387 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-486) and index.
The role of the Bible -- Historical backgrounds and a historical r�esum�e -- The sources -- The institutions -- The parties -- The divine -- Mankind, Israel, and Torah -- Righteousness and sin, and their sequels -- The realms of Torah -- Death; afterlife; Messiah -- The calendar -- Penitence and fast-days -- Proselytizing -- The eminent sages -- Paul -- The Gospels -- The Gospel according to Mark -- The Gospel according to Matthew -- The Gospel according to Luke -- The Gospel according to John -- Jesus and Judaism -- Acts of the apostles -- Synagogue Judaism and Christianity.
In this book, Samuel Sandmel traces the history, institutions and ideas of Judaism from 200 B.C. to 175 A.D. Drawing on sources ranging from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the Rabbinic literature, the histories of Josephus, and the Qumran scrolls to the Epistles of Paul, the Gospels and, the Acts of the Apostles, he documents the growth of Synagogue Judaism and its influence on the early Christian Church.
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