Between the Testaments /
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| Author / Creator: | Pfeiffer, Charles F. |
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| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, ©1959. |
| Description: | 132 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1857044 |
Table of Contents:
- Cyrus, and the rise of the empire
- Cambyses, and the conquest of Egypt
- Darius, and the reorganization of the empire
- Xerxes I, and the attempted conquest of Greece
- Artaxerxes I, and the loss of Persian prestige
- The latter Achemenians, approaching the end
- The problems and progress of the Jews
- Alexander, the apostle of Hellenism
- The Jews under the Ptolemies
- The Jews under the Seleucids
- The impact of Hellenism on the Jews
- The Maccabees and the struggle against Hellenism
- The Hasmonean dynasty, growth and decay
- The Romans take over
- The origin of the Jewish sects
- Rise of the apocalyptic literature.