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The 90 pages that link to Second Temple Judaism, each with the reason it gives.
Rabbinic literatureNarrower topic: Rabbinic literature emerged from Jewish traditions transformed by the Temple's destruction.
Ancient IsraelNarrower topic: Post-exilic communities reworked traditions inherited from Israel and Judah.
Jewish-Christian relationsNarrower topic: Christianity emerged within this Jewish world, before becoming a distinct movement.
Judas MaccabeusNarrower topic: The revolt arose within this wider religious world and contested its governance.
Pauline ChristianityNarrower topic: Paul’s language about scripture, law, covenant, and Messiah comes from this setting.
Hillel the ElderNarrower topic: Hillel’s life belongs to the final generations before the Temple’s destruction.
Holy of HoliesNarrower topic: The chamber’s significance persisted even when its central sacred object was absent.
Parable of the Good SamaritanNarrower topic: The story’s characters and scriptural debate belong to the world of this period.
PseudepigraphaNarrower topic: Many Jewish pseudepigrapha emerged amid this period's scriptural interpretation and religious diversity.
QumranNarrower topic: The scrolls and settlement belong to this wider historical world.
RabbiNarrower topic: The rabbinic movement developed from the varied teachers and interpretive traditions of this period.
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.
YahwismBroader topic: It shows the later religious world that inherited and reshaped Yahwistic traditions.
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.
ShavuotRelated: This period shaped the festival’s interpretation as a commemoration of revelation.
Simon bar KokhbaNarrower topic: Bar Kokhba’s movement drew on Jewish religious traditions that developed before Roman rule tightened.
Book of SirachRelated: Sirach arose within this period’s institutions, debates, and religious practices.
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.
JewsBroader topic: This era shaped practices and texts that influenced later Jewish traditions.
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.
Ancient Mediterranean civilizationRelated: Its institutions and debates formed the setting from which early Christianity arose.
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.
History of the ancient LevantRelated: It shows how Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman-era changes reshaped Jewish life.
Jewish mythologyRelated: Apocalyptic literature from this period expanded angelic hierarchies, cosmic conflict, and visions of the end.
Ministry of JesusNarrower topic: Jesus’s teaching and disputes arose within this Jewish religious and political world.