Introduction to Second Temple Judaism

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.