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Review title: An Introduction To Second Temple Judaism
Product review: James Vanderkam's AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY JUDAISM is a good overview of certain aspects of Second Temple Judaism. By far the largest portion of the book is an introduction to the literature of the period (Qumran, the apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, etc.). There is also a fairly long section on history from Persia to Bar Kokhba. Unfortunately the practices, theology and social structures of Judaism are largely ignored.
