"The Hale memorial lectures of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1989." Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-131) and index.
A study of the Pharisees, in particular as they appear in the New Testament and in relation to Jesus. The main part of the book brings together the most important Greek and Semitic source material in translation. This facilitates reference, and it makes possible group and semina…
A study of the Pharisees, in particular as they appear in the New Testament and in relation to Jesus. The main part of the book brings together the most important Greek and Semitic source material in translation. This facilitates reference, and it makes possible group and semina…
The main part of this book brings together the most important Greek and Semitic source material in translation ... The author shows that the Pharisees were far from constituting a static, uniform sect, and that they had an important history of their own.
In a comprehensive and detailed survey on its remarkably widespread employment in the Roman empire, Dr. Hengel examines the way in which ""the most vile death of the cross"" was regarded in the Greek-speaking world and particularly in Roman-occupied Palestine. His conclusions br…