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Review title: An excellent reference for studies in Second Temple Judaism
Product review: Gabrielle Boccaccini's Beyond the Essene Hypothesis, may or may not part the differences between Qumran and Enochic Judaism with absolute clearity, but presents the issues of this time period using historical and academic comparitive prose. It was a great resource in my recent paper I wrote on Jewish thought regarding the Temple in Ancient times. This book includes some the latest research on the subject, from the most well known Journals. Good points: contains a lot of research from hard to find resources, a great survey of the issues involved. Bad points: sometimes doesn't back arguements, often leaves the reader to have to search for the answers later in the book and elsewhere for the hypothesises made earlier.
