A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, First Division, Vol. II
Overview
This classic text has been a trusted source of Jewish history for over 100 years. This volume provides insight into the world in which Jesus and the apostolic fathers conducted their ministry.
NOTE: All errata noted in the printed edition have been fixed in the Logos edition, so the errata sections have been removed.
Top Highlights
“Antipas paid a visit to the house of his brother, he was fascinated by Herodias, and made his proposals of marriage, to which the ambitious woman readily assented.” (Volume 2, Page 22)
“Among the sons of Herod he procured for himself the worst reputation. His rule was violent and tyrannical” (Volume 2, Page 40)
“the sons of Herod plotted and schemed against one another in Rome. Augustus” (Volume 2, Page 2)
“The destruction of Jerusalem brought about a violent revolution in the inner life of the Jewish people. No longer a Sanhedrim and no longer a sacrificial service,—the loss of those two great institutions was of itself sufficient to produce a profound change in the conditions of Jewish life.” (Volume 2, Page 268)
“A temple of the Capitoline Jupiter was to be erected on the spot where formerly the temple of the God of the Jews had stood.” (Volume 2, Page 297)
Product Details
- Title: A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ: Being a Second and Revised Edition of a "Manual of the History of New Testament Times
- Author: Emil Schürer; translated by Sophia Taylor and Rev. Peter Christie
- Publication Date: 1890
About EMIL SCHÜRER
(Excerpted from Who's Who in Christian History)
SCHÜRER, EMIL (1844–1910)
German New Testament scholar
After studying at Erlangen, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Leipzig, Schürer lectured at Leipzig (1896–1878), Giessen (1878–1890), Kiel (1890–1895), and Göttingen (1895–1910). In 1876 he founded the journal Theologische Literaturzeitung and edited it for twenty–six years. He devoted his life to the study of Judaism around the beginning of the Christian era. Over the years he gradually expanded his handbook of New Testament history (1874) into a famous, massive, and standard five–volume treatise entitled A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Christ (1886–1890; English translation, 1890–1891). This monumental work covers the period from...175 B.C.–A.D. 135...from the political, social, religious, and literary viewpoints...