T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II

This is an extraordinary resource for scholars and students of every level and area of interest. Top-rate contributors provide elegant, up-to-date essays for all texts as well as all categories of material evidence from, or pertaining to, the Second Temple period. In thoughtful, clear prose, Stuckenbrucks and Gurtners opening chapters summarize scholarship on this era as well as present its overarching context. This is the rare project that meets the challenge of crafting a fully rounded, three dimensional picture of a critical place and time. The information here will comprise a starting point and launchpad for future research. * ANDREA M. BERLIN, Boston University, USA * Drawing on the expertise of a host of scholars, the T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism fills a big gap as an essential guide to this burgeoning field. This rich reference resource will prove indispensable to students and scholars of the Bible and its contexts in antiquity. * JUDITH NEWMAN, University of Toronto, Canada * The T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism is a distinguished reference work that will make a significant contribution to the burgeoning field of study it addresses. The editors and press are to be commended for creating a work with the ingredients one hopes to find in an encyclopedia: a lengthy list of well-chosen topics that offer both comprehensive and in-depth coverage, and an outstanding, diversified roster of contributors. * JAMES VANDERKAM, University of Notre Dame, USA * This reference work is a major achievement that brings together a remarkable collection of scholars and represents the best of recent scholarship on Second Temple Judaism The conception and execution of the two volumes are outstanding, and so comprehensive that is difficult to think of a text or topic that may have been overlooked The editors have produced an extraordinarily rich and useful work that should be consulted by all those studying Second Temple Judaism. * The Catholic Biblical Quarterly * While even a resource of this size must necessarily be selective, the editors have successfully created a truly indispensable reference work for scholars and students alike. * Religious Studies Review *

Loren T. Stuckenbruck is Professor of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. Daniel M. Gurtner is Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California, USA.

Contents for Volumes I and II Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part One: Introduction and survey of scholarship Part Two: Contexts of Second Temple Judaism 1. The Conquests of Alexander (332323 B.C.E.) 2. The Diadochi (323301 B.C.E.) 3. The Egyptian Ptolemies (301198 B.C.E.) 4. The Syrian Seleucids (198167 B.C.E.) 5. The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Dynasty (16663 B.C.E.) 6. The Romans from Pompey to Hadrian (63 B.C.E.135 C.E.) Part Three: The Literature of Second Temple Judaism AZ Part Four: Topics Second Temple Judaism AZ