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NT202 A Survey of Jewish History and Literature from the Second Temple Period
Reading List
Introductory content
Title Page
Syllabus
Introduction
History of the Second Temple Period: Persian and Greek Rule
Overview
Accessing Second Temple Literature in Logos
Babylonian Exile
Persian and Second Temple Period
Returnees: Zerubbabel and Ezra
Returnees: Nehemiah and Samaria
Keeping Track of Second Temple Resources with Favorites
Alexander the Great and the Rise of Hellenism
Alexander’s Successors: Seleucids and Ptolemies
Unit 1 Quiz
History of the Second Temple Period: The Hasmonean Kingdom
Maccabean Revolt and Rise of the Hasmoneans
Hasmonean Army
Early Hasmonean Kingdom
Middle Hasmonean Kingdom: The Seleucid Connection
Middle Hasmonean Kingdom: Aristobulus I
Late Hasmonean Kingdom
Final Stages of the Hasmonean Kingdom
Unit 2 Quiz
History of the Second Temple Period: Jewish Sectarian Groups
Introduction to Jewish Sectarian Groups
Studying Jewish Religious Groups in Logos
Pharisees: The Separate Ones
Pharisees: Respect for Simple Living, Logic, and the Oral Tradition
Pharisees: Theological Summary
Sadducees: Derived from a Priestly Family
Sadducees: Argumentative and Self-Serving
Sadducees: Pragmatists, Opportunists, Survivors
Pharisees and Sadducees in the New Testament
Essenes: Urban Ascetics
Essenes: Distinctive Practices
Essenes: Distinctive Beliefs
Samaritans
Unit 3 Quiz
History of the Second Temple Period: The Roman Empire
Roman Annexation of Palestine
Exploring Second Temple People and Events
Emergence of the Herodian Kingdom
Herod’s Building Projects
Herod’s Death
Herod’s Successors and Direct Roman Rule of Judaea
Herod Antipas and Pontius Pilate
First Jewish Revolt
Unit 4 Quiz
Corpus of Literature from the Second Temple Period
Introduction to Second Temple Literature
Old Testament Apocrypha
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
Dead Sea Scrolls
Philo of Alexandria
Flavius Josephus
Ancient Greek Translations
Aramaic Targums
Mishnah and the Rabbinic Sages
Unit 5 Quiz
Midterm Exam
Midterm Exam
Texts of the Dispersion
Introduction to Selected Second Temple Texts
Tobit: An Outline of the Story
Tobit: Historical and Theological Observations
Additions to Daniel: Susanna
Additions to Daniel: Bel and the Dragon
Additions to Daniel: Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men
Letter of Jeremiah
Studying Idolatry in the Apocrypha, Old Testament, and New Testament
Unit 6 Quiz
Texts Engaging Hellenism
Introduction to the Enoch Literature, Part 1
Introduction to the Enoch Literature, Part 2
Book of the Luminaries: The Schema of the Cosmos
Book of the Luminaries: Wrong Calendar Yields Wrong Worship
Book of the Watchers: Disorder Is Evil
Book of the Watchers: Judgment and Explanations
Book of the Watchers: Theological Topics
Wisdom of Ben Sira: Overview
Wisdom of Ben Sira: Topics Discussed
Unit 7 Quiz
Apocalyptic Texts
Introducing Apocalypticism and Apocalyptic Literature
Researching Apocalyptic Literature with the Factbook and Sermon Starter Guide
Jubilees
Book of Dreams
Using Reading Plans to Read Second Temple Literature
Unit 8 Quiz
Texts Engaging the Hasmonean Dynasty
Baruch
Judith
1 Maccabees
Finding and Understanding “Zeal” in Scripture
2 Maccabees
Epistle of Enoch
Unit 9 Quiz
Dead Sea Scrolls
Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Identifying the Dead Sea Scrolls
What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Three Basic Beliefs of the Scroll Community
Finding Information on the Davidic Messiah with Proximity Search
Unit 10 Quiz
Examples of Sectarian Texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Rule Scrolls
The Halakhic Letter
The War Scroll
Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
The Thanksgiving Hymn
The Temple Scroll
The Aramaic Apocalypse
Pesher Interpretation
Unit 11 Quiz
Texts of the Egyptian Jewish Diaspora
The Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint
Wisdom of Solomon
Unit 12 Quiz
In the Wake of Herod and the Romans
2 Enoch
Psalms of Solomon
Psalms of Solomon 17
Similitudes of Enoch
Unit 13 Quiz
In the Wake of the First Jewish War
4 Ezra
2 Baruch
Mishnah
Connecting Scripture with Ancient Literature
Unit 14 Quiz
Conclusion
Summary
Final exam
Final Exam
Last modified
2015 December
by Mark Barnes
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