{"product_id":"the-idea-of-israel-in-second-temple-judaism-a-new-theory-of-people-exile-and-israelite-identity-hardback-9781108842860","title":"The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism; A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity (Hardback) 9781108842860","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel impacted early Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJason A. Staples (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108842860, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e450 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism is convincing and significant: it will affect everyone working in this field for decades and will likely be cited as a watershed moment for the topic … For those interested in biblical studies, history, or theology, this book is an important read.' Luke Beavers, Southern Theological Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Jason A. Staples proposes a new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel developed in Early Judaism and how that concept impacted Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration after the Babylonian Exile. Challenging conventional assumptions about Israelite identity in antiquity, his argument is based on a close analysis of a vast corpus of biblical and other early Jewish literature and material evidence. Staples demonstrates that continued aspirations for Israel's restoration in the context of diaspora and imperial domination remained central to Jewish conceptions of Israelite identity throughout the final centuries before Christianity and even into the early part of the Common Era. He also shows that Israelite identity was more diverse in antiquity than is typically appreciated in modern scholarship. His book lays the groundwork for a better understanding of the so-called 'parting of the ways' between Judaism and Christianity and how earliest Christianity itself grew out of hopes for Israel's restoration.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: investigating the idea of Israel\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Israel's Disputed Birthright: 1. Jews and Israelites in antiquity: the need for a new paradigm\u003cbr\u003e 2. The other Israelites: Samaritans, Hebrews, and non-Jewish Israel\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Restoration Eschatology and the Construction of Biblical Israel: 3. Judah's bible and the narrative construction of biblical Israel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Between disaster and restoration: the prophets, exile, and restoration eschatology\u003cbr\u003e 5. The restoration of Israel in the Persian and Hellenistic periods: incomplete, delayed, failed\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Israel and Restoration Eschatology in the Diaspora: 6. Exile and Diaspora theology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Israel, Jews, and restoration eschatology in Josephus\u003cbr\u003e 8. Israel and restoration in Philo of Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e 9. Exile and Israel's restoration in the dead sea scrolls\u003cbr\u003e 10. Israel, Jews, and restoration in other second temple narrative literature\u003cbr\u003e 11. Israel in second temple eschatological and apocalyptic literature\u003cbr\u003e 12. Israel, Hebrews, Jews, and restoration eschatology\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of primary sources\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Old Testaments [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Old Testaments\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Old%20Testaments%20%5BHRCF1%5D%22\"\u003eHRCF1\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908984299800,"sku":"9781108842860","price":33.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108842860i.jpg?v=1696727701","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-idea-of-israel-in-second-temple-judaism-a-new-theory-of-people-exile-and-israelite-identity-hardback-9781108842860","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}