Jewish contemporaries of Jesus :

Stemberger, Günter, 1940-

Jewish contemporaries of Jesus : Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes / Günter Stemberger ; translated by Allan W. Mahnke. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1995. - ix, 161 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-156) and indexes.

Contents: Chapter 1. Pharisees and Sadducees: the sources. 1. Flavius Josephus --
2. The New Testament --
3. Rabbinic statements --
Chapter 2. Pharisees and Sadducees: their teachings. 1. Tenets of faith --
2. Differences with respect to the law --
3. Tradition and interpretation of Scripture --
Chapter 3. Pharisees and Sadducees: their history --
Chapter 4. Essenes, Pharisees, Sadducees --
Chapter 5. After 70 C.E.: break or continuity?

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Pharisees.
Sadducees.
Essenes.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

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