Culled from The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, a monumental, groundbreaking reference work published in late 2010, Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview contains fifteen first-rate essays from a diverse group of internationally renowned scholars. This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview available of Judaism in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods.

Contributors:

John M. G. Barclay

Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev

Katell Berthelot

John J. Collins

Erich S. Gruen

Daniel C. Harlow

James L. Kugel

Adam Kolman Marshak

Steve Mason

James S. McLaren

Maren R. Niehoff

David T. Runia

Lawrence H. Schiffman

Chris Seeman

Gregory E. Sterling

Loren T. Stuckenbruck

Eibert Tigchelaar

Eugene Ulrich

Annewies van den Hoek

James C. VanderKam

Jürgen K. Zangenberg