Since Babylon
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Since Babylon

A Window on Israel from the Silent Years to 70 CE

  1. 162 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Since Babylon

A Window on Israel from the Silent Years to 70 CE

About this book

Christians believe the Jews' Old Testament narrative is God's means of introducing himself to humanity. However, a lengthy gap occurs in the Jews' biblical story, from the end of their Babylonian captivity in Ezra and Nehemiah's day until they resurface in the New Testament. This book offers an account of the Jews' history during this period--the silent years--giving attention to Hellenism's impact.The silent years end with Herod's death, but leaving the story there would disregard the fact that Israel was then at the height of its splendor since David and Solomon's time. For completeness, the study continues into the first century CE, exploring how Israel fared under the Romans who governed Judea until the nation's collapse in the First Roman War.Stouffer finds relevance for today's believers in the Jews' silent years experience. The challenge for Second Temple Jews was Hellenism. Contemporary Christians contend with Postmodernism. Knowing of the Jews' silent years history may be instructive for twenty-first-century believers.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Return from Babylon
  6. Chapter 2: Alexander, the Ptolemies, and the Seleucids
  7. Chapter 3:Jews Meet Greeks
  8. Chapter 4: Antiochus Epiphanes, the Abomination of Desolation, and the Maccabean Rebellion
  9. Chapter 5: The Hasmonean Kingdom
  10. Chapter 6: The Romans
  11. Chapter 7: Herod
  12. Chapter 8: After Herod
  13. Chapter 9: Prefects and Procurators
  14. Chapter 10: Reprise and Finale
  15. Chapter 11: Reflection
  16. Questions for Focus and Discussion
  17. Bibliography