(Hardback)

Proposes a reconstruction of the Temple, which differs from conventional descriptions in Jewish literary sources during the First and Second Temple eras. This book examines the individual descriptions of the Temple and considers the influence of the descriptions on subsequent ones.

(Hardback)

Surveys ten Jewish literary works composed in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek between the 8th and the mid-2nd century BCE, and shows that each deals with major problems of the Jewish populations in the Land of Israel or in the dispersions. This title provides insightful explorations of the purpose behind these texts.

(Paperback)

An exploration of the intention and purpose of ten Jewish texts composed between the 8th and mid-2nd century BCE.

(Hardback)