Second Temple Jewish Literature

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Jewish authors of the Second Temple period produced a vast and incredibly diverse body of literature providing our best window into the development of Jewish life and tradition from the 6th century BCE to the 1st century CE. This course will survey a wide variety of Second Temple period texts, including biblical works, biblical interpretations, rewritten versions of scripture, apocalyptic visions, collections of wise sayings, sectarian polemics, halakhic writings, historiographical and philosophical works, and more