The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era: An Interpretation by Albert I. Baumgartner

The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era: An Interpretation

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

Albert I. Baumgartner

242 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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This volume asks why Jewish groups - Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes and the Dead Sea Scroll sect - flourished during the Maccabean era. It argues that such a result is uncommon, requiring special explanation.In the introduction, sectarianism is def...

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