Helyer, Larry R. <br/><br/>
Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period :   A Guide for New Testament Students / 
Larry R. Helyer 
 - Downers, Grove, Ill. :   InterVarsity Press,    2002 
 - 528 p. :  ill. , maps ;   23 cm. 
<br/><br/>The rise of the Second Commonwealth -- Tales from the Diaspora -- Hellenism invades the Middle East -- Apocalypticism : hope for hard times -- Resistance literature -- The Dead Sea Scrolls : the new-covenant community -- The Dead Sea Scrolls : Scripture & the end times -- "Down in Egypt land" -- Philo Judaeus -- Flavius Josephus : the house that Herod built -- Coping with calamity -- The reconstruction of Judaism -- The world of Mishnah -- The partings of the ways. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97808308267800830826785 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Apocrypha Criticism, interpretation, etc..Bible. New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc..Greek literature Jewish authors History and criticism..
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1700   / .H43 2002