Miryam T. Brand explores how texts of the Second Temple period address the theological
problem of the existence of sin and describe the source of human sin. By surveying the …

2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (Reference Works) This book introduces
readers to a much-neglected and misunderstood assortment of Jewish writings from around …

Jews have sometimes been reluctant to claim Jesus as one of their own; Christians have
often been reluctant to acknowledge the degree to which Jesus' message and mission were …

Although in Second Temple literature we find a variety of songs concerned with the future of
Jerusalem, little attempt has been made to analyse these comparatively as a generic group …

The Hebrew Scriptures reflect little regarding the destiny of the individual after their death.
The overall impression from a study of TaNaKh1 passages relating to the afterlife is that …

In Revelations of Ideology, G. Anthony Keddie proposes a new theory of the social function
of Judaean apocalyptic texts produced in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE–70 CE). In …

In the quest for Second Temple messianic traditions, Psalm of Solomon 17 serves as an
indispensable touchstone. Within the psalm, v. 21 is of particular importance since it …

n 63 BCE the army of the Roman General Pompey the Great invaded ancient Palestine,
destroyed part of the Jerusalem temple, and ended the nearly eighty-year-old Hasmonean …

This study addresses the problem of the existence of sin and the determination of its source
as reflected in texts of the Second Temple period. The study surveys the relevant Apocrypha …

The presence of research surrounding the Matthean text has a long history within Biblical
Studies. However, the evidence is lacking for thorough research surrounding the …