A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, Second Division, Vol. II
Overview
With this text you gain a window into the world in which Jesus lived. This volume answers fundamental questions on the political environment of the Jews in the first century. Few resources can match this book in terms of precision and quality of information.
NOTE: All errata noted in the printed edition have been fixed in the Logos edition, so the errata sections have been removed.
Top Highlights
“The Pharisees also taught the existence of angels and spirits, while the Sadducees denied them (Acts 23:8).” (Volume 4, Page 14)
“Josephus ascribes also to Pharisees and Sadducees different views concerning Divine providence and human freedom. The Pharisees ‘make everything depend on fate and on God, and teach that the doing of good is indeed chiefly the affair of man, but that fate also co-operates in every transaction.” (Volume 4, Page 14)
“They renounce the enjoyments of life and in nothing surrender themselves to comfort.’13” (Volume 4, Page 10)
“the Pharisees would declare not only the written Thorah, but also the ‘oral law’ developed by the scribes as binding” (Volume 4, Page 11)
“It would appear, according to the Talmud, that on the occasion of admitting proselytes strictly so called into the Jewish communion three things were necessary: (1) מִילָה, circumcision; (2) טְבִילָה, baptism, i.e. a bath with a view to Levitical purification; and (3) הַרְצָאַת דָּמִים, a sacrifice (literally, a gracious acceptance of blood). In the case of women only the last two were required.299 After the destruction of the temple, as a matter of course the sacrifice was discontinued also.” (Volume 4, Pages 319–320)
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
- Publisher: T & T Clark
- 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...