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Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, we must first understand the history and society of these imperial cultures. In these formative years, wisdom and apocalyptic traditions flourished as two significant religious forms...

Acknowledgmentsp. viiAbbreviationsp. ixIntroductionp. 1Origins of the Judean Temple-State under the Persian Empirep. 15The Judean Temple-State and Persian Imperial Rulep. 16Multiple Conflicts in Yehud under Persian Rulep. 22The Temple-State and the People of Yehud toward the End of Persian Rulep. 31The Judean Temple-State under the Hellenistic Empiresp. 33Changes in the Imperial Situation and Administrationp. 34First Crisis: Aristocratic Factions under the Ptolemaic Empirep. 37Second Crisis: Aristocratic Factions and the Change of Imperial Regimesp. 41Third Crisis: Aristocratic Factions under the Seleucid Regimep. 45Exacerbating the Division between Temple-State Aristocracy and Judean Peasantryp. 50Ben Sira and the Sociology of Judeap. 53Ben Sira's Portrayal of Social Structure and Social Roles in Judeap. 55Sociologies of Agrarian Societiesp. 58Social Structure, Social Relations, and Social Dynamics in Ben Sira's Judeap. 62Scribes and Sages: Administrators and Intellectualsp. 71Scribes and Scribal Training in Mesopotamia and Egyptp. 72Scribes in Judah-Yehud-Judeap. 76Scribal Training and Range of Knowledgep. 82Orality, Writing, and the Cultivation of Textsp. 89Scribal Instruction as Oralp. 90Toward an Appropriate Approachp. 91Kinds of Writing and Their Usesp. 94Orality and Writing in Scribal Learning, Teaching, and Practicep. 101The Cultural Repertoire of the Judean Scribesp. 109The Evidence from Qumranp. 111Ben Sira's Relation to Torah and Prophetsp. 119Cultivation of Texts Earlier in the Second-Temple Periodp. 120Kinds of Wisdomp. 126Cultural Repertoire and New Compositionp. 128The Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sirap. 131Instructional Wisdom Speechesp. 133Hymns of Praisep. 142Ben Sira and the Politics of the Second Templep. 1441 Enochp. 151General Aspects of Enoch Texts and Considerations of Approachp. 152Book of the Luminaries (1 Enoch 72-82)p. 156Book of Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36)p. 157Animal Vision (1 Enoch 85-90)p. 163The Epistle of Enoch (1 Enoch 92-105)p. 166Danielp. 173The Tales in Daniel 1-6p. 174The Visions in Daniel 7-12p. 179The Maskilim in the Political Crisisp. 189Conclusion: Understanding Texts in Contextsp. 193The Broader Context of the Social Structure and Rolesp. 193The Broader Context of Judean Culturep. 194The Broader Context of Historical Crisis in Judeap. 201Further Implicationsp. 203p. 207Notesp. 209Indexp. 253Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.