TY - BOOK AU - Himmelfarb,Martha TI - Between Temple and Torah: essays on priests, scribes, and visionaries in the Second Temple period and beyond T2 - Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum SN - 9783161510410 (hbk. : alk. paper) PY - 2013/// CY - Tübingen, Germany PB - Mohr Siebeck KW - Dead Sea scrolls KW - Apocryphal books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Apocalyptic literature KW - History and criticism KW - Mysticism KW - Judaism KW - History KW - Purity, Ritual KW - History of doctrines KW - Jewish law KW - To 1500 KW - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D KW - Merkava KW - Jews KW - Civilization KW - Greek influences N1 - "This volume contains most of my articles from 1984 through 2011 on topics in Second Temple Judaism and the development and reception of Second Temple traditions in late antiquity and the Middle Ages."-- Introduction, p. [1]; Collection of texts published previously; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; [Pt. 1.] Priests, Temples, and Torah. 1. The Temple and the Garden of Eden in Ezekiel, the Book of the Watchers, and the Wisdom of Ben Sira -- 2. Levi, Phinehas, and the Problem of Intermarriage at the Time of the Maccabean Revolt -- 3. Torah, Testimony, and Heavenly Tablets : The Claim to Authority of the Book of Jubilees -- 4. Earthly Sacrifice and Heavenly Incense : The Law of the Priesthood in Aramaic Levi and Jubilees -- 5. Temple and Priests in the Book of the Watchers, the Animal Apocalypse, and the Apocalypse of Weeks -- 6. "Found Written in the Book of Moses" : Priests in the Era of Torah -- [pt. 2.] Purity in the Dead Sea Scroll. 7. Sexual Relations and Purity in the Temple Scroll and the Book of Jubilees -- 8. Impurity and Sin in 4QD, 1QS, and 4Q512 -- 9. The Purity Laws of 4QD : Exegesis and Sectarianism -- 10. The Polemic against the Tẹvul Yom : A Reexamination -- ER -