DOC Napoleon in Egypt by Paul Strathern in History

Description

An internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies. This introduction; by a world leader in the field; provides the perfect guide to the Second Temple Period; its history; literature; and religious setting. Lester Grabbe magisterially guides the reader through the period providing a careful overview of the most studied sources; the history surrounding them and the various currents within Judaism at the time. This book will be a core text for courses on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; as well as Qumran; Intertestamental Literature and Early Judaism.