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From 4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism
4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins is an academic project of the Enoch Seminar, directed by Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan, USA) with Hanan Eshel (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) and Loren T. Stuckenbruck (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA).
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The Encyclopedia aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to scholarly research in Second Temple Judaism (or from the Babylonian Exile to the Bar-Kokhba Revolt). It includes biographies of Scholars and Authors as well as abstracts of scholarly and fictional Works on the period, from the 16th century to the present.
Visit the Scholarship and Fiction (overview) page, to have a quick preview about the contents of the Encyclopedia.
The project is supported by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies of the University of Michigan and by the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies.
Table of contents
- People - Biographies of international scholars and authors, from the late XV century to the present
- Works - Abstracts of scholarly works (books, edited volumes, articles) and fictional works (novels, plays, poetry, films, operas, oratorios, ballets, fine arts)
- Research Tools - Journals, Websites, Book series, Learned Societies, Publishers
- History of research - Geography and chronology of scholarly and fictional interpretation of the period
- Sources - Documents from the Second Temple period
- Archaeology
- History
- Intellectual History - Subjects and Themes related to Second Temple Jewish thought
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