Seers Sibyls And Sages In Hellenistic Roman Judaism

Download or read book Seers, Sibyls, and Sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism written by John Joseph Collins and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John J. Collins offers readers a model for the scholarly study of all aspects of Judaism, from the Persian period through Late Antiqity, including its influence on early Christianity. The essays are thematically grouped to cover the problem of the Canon in Second Temple Judaism and deal with apocalypticism, the Book of Daniel, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also analyzed is the relationship between Wisdom and the Apocalypticism. This volume brings together over two decades of research by a leading authority in the field of Judaism. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.