Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. Outstanding are many of Cohen’s formulations: his thoughts on the Second Temple period reward and punishment Judaism as striated (what a felicitous word) by numerous holy men, each with a band of supporters (think Jesus) the God of Israel and the gods of the nations Jews and nationality the end of the tribal structure baptism as administered to those entering Judaism action (deeds) as the essence of religion įROM THE MACCABEES TO THE MISHNAH. The seven chapters explain the salient points of Judaism as it existed in the chosen time period described in the title: chronology and definitions Jews and Gentiles practices and beliefs of the Jewish “religion” the community and its institutions orthodoxy and sectarianism the canon of scripture the beginnings of Rabbinic Judaism. Cohen has revised his twenty‐year‐old earlier edition (1986) by clarifying many paragraphs, making additional use of the Qumran literature, inserting a section on women’s Judaism, fleshing out the introduction to the Mishnah, and updating footnotes and the list of Suggestions for Further Reading. Cohen From the Maccabees to the Mishnah – By Shaye J. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah – By Shaye J.
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