TY  - BOOK
AU  - Helyer,Larry R.
TI  - Exploring Jewish literature of the Second Temple period: a guide for New Testament students 
SN  - 0830826785 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS 1700 .H43 2002
U1  - 296.1 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Downers, Grove, Ill.
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Apocrypha
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - Apocryphal books
KW  - Greek literature
KW  - Jewish authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The rise of the Second Commonwealth -- Tales from the Diaspora -- Hellenism invades the Middle East -- Apocalypticism : hope for hard times -- Resistance literature -- The Dead Sea Scrolls : the new-covenant community -- The Dead Sea Scrolls : Scripture & the end times -- "Down in Egypt land" -- Philo Judaeus -- Flavius Josephus : the house that Herod built -- Coping with calamity -- The reconstruction of Judaism -- The world of Mishnah -- The partings of the ways
ER  -