Bridging the Testaments by George Athas

Christian Alexander

Does anyone own the book Bridging the Testaments: The History and Theology of God’s People in the Second Temple Period by George Athas? If so can someone tell me more about his treatment of the Hellenestic Era? 

Ted Weis

Devotes 158 pages to the Hellenistic Era dates (331 to 167 BC)

PART 2: THE HELLENISTIC ERA (331–167 BC)

        2.1.1      Philip II of Macedon (359–336 BC)
        2.1.2      The Accession of Alexander III
        2.2.1      The Liberation of the Greek Cities
        2.2.2      The Battle of Issus (333 BC)
        2.2.3      Conquest of Trans-Euphrates and Egypt
        2.2.4      Samaria and the Andromachus Affair
        2.2.5      The Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
        2.2.6      The End of Persia
        2.2.7      The Death of Alexander
        2.2.8      Alexander in the Book of Daniel
        2.3.1      Judah under Alexander
        2.3.2      The Expropriation of Davidic Theology
        2.3.3      Prophecy in Judah
        2.4.1      Greek Religion and Culture
        2.4.2      Greek Ethics and Philosophy
        2.4.3      The Development of Jewish Apocalyptic Thought
        2.5.1      Ptolemy I and Seleucus I
        2.5.2      Vying for Empire
        2.6.1      The Siege of Jerusalem (301 BC)
        2.6.2      The High Priest Hezekiah
        2.6.3      The House of David in Egypt
        2.6.4      The Book of the Twelve Prophets
        2.6.5      Ptolemaic Administration and Influence
        2.6.6      Governance of the Jewish People
        2.6.7      The Allure of Alexandria
        2.6.8      The Last of the Diadochi
        2.6.9      First Syrian War
        2.6.10    The Septuagint
        2.6.11    Prayer Houses: The Beginnings of the Synagogue
        2.6.12    The Ptolemaic Economy
        2.6.13    Excursus: Economics and the Gospel
        2.6.14    Second Syrian War (261–253 BC)
        2.6.15    Third Syrian War (246–241 BC)
        2.6.16    Onias II, Joseph Tobias, and the Pessimism of Qoheleth
        2.6.17    Fourth Syrian War (219–217 BC) and the Siege of Jerusalem
        2.6.18    Antiochus III and the Jews in Asia Minor
        2.6.19    Discontent in Judea under Ptolemy IV (217–204 BC)
        2.6.20    Death of Ptolemy IV (204 BC)


George Athas, Bridging the Testaments: The History and Theology of God’s People in the Second Temple Period (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2023), xv–xvi.

Looks pretty detailed. I've only read a bit of the book's introduction. I was impressed that it wasn't just a restating of the historical facts, but gave quite a bit of analysis.