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History of New Testament times, with an introduction to the Apocrypha / by Robert H. Pfeiffer Harvard University and Boston University.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfeiffer, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1892-1958.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament--History of contemporary events.
- Bible.
- Bible. Apocrypha--Introductions.
- Bible. Apocrypha.
- Bible. New Testament.
- History of contemporary events.
- Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- Introductions.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 561 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1949]
- Contents:
- Part I: Judaism from 200 B.C. to A.D. 200. A. Palestinian Judaism. Political history, Religious history; Literary history; B. Hellenistic Judaism. Hellenism; The Jews in the lands of their dispersion; Alexandrian-Jewish literature
- Part II: The Books of the Apocryphia. Esdras (The Greek Ezra); The Book of Tobit; The Book of Judith; The rest of the chapters of the Book of Esther; The wisdom of Solomon; Ecclesiasticus by Sirach; The Book of Baruch; The Epistle of Jeremy; Additions to the Book of Daniel; The Prayer of Manasses; I Maccabees; II Maccabees.
- Notes:
- "After eight years, later than anticipated, I present here the sequel and completion of my 'Introduction to the Old Testament'."--Foreword.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [529]-541) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok March 1954".
- Potok Collection copy has "D-A" (April, 1951) on title-page verso.
- Potok Collection copy has underlines and ms. annotations.
- Potok Collection copy has label "Blackwell's, Oxford England" pasted on front pastedown.
- OCLC:
- 377890
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