01106ctm a2200217u 4500 20250312110555.0 ta 170907s2007 kyu 001|0 eng u 2007007083 9780664229917 (pbk, alk. paper) Scribes, visionaries, and the politics of Second Temple Judea / [manuscript] / by Richard A. Horsley. Louisville, Ky. : : Westminster John Knox Press,, c2007. x, 262 p. ; ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and index. Origins of the Judean Temple-State under the Persian Empire -- The Judean Temple-State under the Hellenistic empires -- Ben Sira and the sociology of Judea -- Scribes and sages: administrators and intellectuals -- Orality, writing, and the cultivation of texts -- The cultural repertoire of the Judean scribes -- The wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira -- 1 Enoch -- Daniel -- Understanding texts in contexts. Bible. Old Testament- -Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls. BK 8 8019 8019 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 296.0901 Scr 2007 17770 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK