TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lohse,Eduard
TI  - The New Testament environment
T2  - New Testament library
SN  - 0334022142 (pbk.)
AV  - BS2407 LOH 
U1  - 225.95 19
PY  - 1976///
CY  - London
PB  - SCM Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - N.T
KW  - History of contemporary events
N1  - 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
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