The Jewish Temple: A Non-Biblical Sourcebook

by C.T.R. Hayward and Robert Hayward

Book Overview

Robert Hayward offers a careful analysis of surviving accounts of the Temple and its service. All the central texts are provided in translation, with a detailed commentary. While descriptions of the Temple and its service are available, discussions of the meaning of these things are less easily found. This study clearly illustrates how the Temple was seen as a meeting point between heaven and earth, its service being an earthly representation of heavenly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415102405
• ISBN13: 9780415102407
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.7"