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The 90 pages that link to Second Temple Judaism, each with the reason it gives.

• SanhedrinNarrower topic: The Sanhedrin’s best-known historical setting was the religious and political world of this period.

• Jewish–Roman warsNarrower topic: The Temple’s centrality made its destruction a profound consequence of the first war.

• TargumNarrower topic: Aramaic translation traditions arose amid the multilingual Jewish communities of this era.

• 2 MaccabeesNarrower topic: The book expresses Jewish beliefs and practices amid the political upheavals of this period.

• Biblical apocryphaNarrower topic: Many disputed biblical writings originated in this period of varied Jewish literary production.

• Book of JudithNarrower topic: The book’s themes and composition belong to the wider world of Second Temple Jewish literature.

• Book of TobitNarrower topic: Tobit reflects Jewish concerns about exile, observance, and life among foreign rulers.

• EssenesNarrower topic: The Essenes were one current within this diverse religious world.

• New Perspective on PaulNarrower topic: The approach reads Paul within the Judaism of his own historical period.

• Anti-JudaismNarrower topic: Its diversity provides context for early disputes between Jews and Christians.

• Book of WisdomNarrower topic: The book reflects Jewish belief and scriptural interpretation in this broad historical setting.

• Parables of JesusNarrower topic: The parables draw on Jewish scripture, practices, and debates from this historical world.

• Simon bar KokhbaNarrower topic: Bar Kokhba’s movement drew on Jewish religious traditions that developed before Roman rule tightened.

• Antiquities of the JewsNarrower topic: Josephus wrote from the late Second Temple world whose past his history recounts.

• Book of BaruchNarrower topic: Baruch’s language and concerns are generally situated within this broad period.

• ChristiansNarrower topic: Christianity began within the Jewish religious world of Jesus and his earliest followers.

• Parting of the WaysNarrower topic: Christianity emerged within this varied Jewish world rather than from a single uniform tradition.

• Second Epistle to the CorinthiansNarrower topic: Paul’s scriptural language and concern for Jerusalem arise within this Jewish context.

• Simon the ZealotNarrower topic: Simon’s epithet belongs to a Jewish setting shaped by Roman rule and varied movements.

• Christian mythologyNarrower topic: Its scriptures, hopes, and interpretive traditions shaped early Christian narratives.

• Daniel (biblical prophet)Narrower topic: Daniel’s final form emerged within the religious world of this period.

• Ministry of JesusNarrower topic: Jesus’s teaching and disputes arose within this Jewish religious and political world.