Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament

by J. Julius Scott

Overview

This survey of intertestamental Judaism illuminates the customs and controversies that provide essential background for understanding the New Testament. Scott opens a door into the Jewish world and literature leading up to the development of Christianity. He also offers an accessible overview of the data through helpful charts, maps, and diagrams incorporated throughout the text to engage his readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801022401
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

J. Julius Scott Jr., (Ph.D., University of Manchester) is emeritus professor of biblical and historical studies at Wheaton College Graduate School.

Table of Contents

	Illustrations	9
	Preface	11
	Abbreviations	15
	Introduction and Definitions	17
Part 1.	The Background and Setting of Intertestamental Judaism
1.	Sources of Information	29
2.	The Geography of the Land of Israel	41
3.	A Survey of the Old Testament	53
4.	Old Testament Ideas and Institutions	63
5.	A Survey of the History of Intertestamental and New Testament Judaism	73
Part 2.	The Crises and Responses of Intertestamental Judaism
6.	Crises of the Sixth and Fourth Centuries	107
7.	The General Response of Intertestamental Judaism to the Crises	121
8.	Intertestamental Attempts to Reconstruct Traditional (Old Testament) Institutions	147
9.	Scribes and Tradition	165
10.	Apocalyptic	181
11.	Divisions, Sects, and Parties	195
12.	Common Life in First-Century Israel	233
Part 3.	The Religious Thought of Intertestamental Judaism: A Background for Christian Customs and Controversies
13.	Religious Thought of Intertestamental Judaism	265
14.	The Final Age	283
15.	The Kingdom of God	297
16.	The Messianic Hope	307
17.	Covenant and Law in the Final Age	325
18.	Intertestamental Jewish Attitudes toward Gentiles	335
	Epilog	353
	Appendixes
A.	The Apocrypha of the Old Testament	357
B.	The Pseudepigraphal Books	358
C.	Tractates of the Mishnah, Talmud, and Tosephta	360
D.	Crucifixion	364
E.	The Jewish Daily Prayer and the Exclusion of Jewish Christians	366
F.	Apocalyptic Literature and Inspired Scripture	368
G.	Interpreting Apocalyptic Literature	370
H.	How Scholarship Works	373
	Bibliography	375
	Index of Scripture and Jewish Writings	387
	Subject Index	401