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Surburg, Raymond F., 1909-2001.

Introduction to the intertestamental period / Raymond F. Surburg. - 197 pages ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: pages 177-197.

Part one : The historical background. Introduction -- The Jews under Persian rule -- The Jews and Alexander the Great -- The Ptolemies and the Jews -- The Jews under the Seleucids -- The Jews under the Maccabees -- The Jews under the Hasmoneans -- The Jews under the Romans (63 B.C.-A.D. 135) -- Part two : The religious background. The religious sects of Judaism -- Theological teachings of the intertestamental period -- Part three : Jewish literature of the intertestamental period. The translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek -- The literature from the Dead Sea caves -- The Apocrypha -- The individual books of the Apocrypha -- Introduction to the pseudepigraphical literature -- The individual pseudepigrapha -- Philo and his writings -- Josephus and his writings.

ISBN: 0570032377

LCCN: 75001115 //r83

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Apocrypha--Introductions.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Introductions.

Dewey Class. No.: 296.09 Surburg