I’m reading a book by Howard Sachar titled A History of the Jewe in the Modern World and I’ve asked this before but I need an history of Jews in antiquity from 1000 BC to 700 AD. Any suggestions?
I've got a couple of titles if no one has better options but I generally see this divided into the Israelite religion and (Rabbinic) Judaism.
A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, Volumes I & II | Logos Bible Software
Bump to see if anyone else has ideas. . .
This may be somewhat hit and miss but you can try browsing the articles in this resource.
https://www.logos.com/product/8537/the-jewish-encyclopedia
Fairly inexpensive and if you have a Faithlife Connect subscription I believe you can pick it up as one of the "Free" Faithlife Classic Resources available through said subscription.
This may be somewhat hit and miss but you can try browsing the articles in this resource. https://www.logos.com/product/8537/the-jewish-encyclopedia Fairly inexpensive and if you have a Faithlife Connect subscription I believe you can pick it up as one of the "Free" Faithlife Classic Resources available through said subscription.
Not only is this available fairly inexpensively on its own, but you can get if even more inexpensively as part of a number of other collections. You'll find those at the link above if you just scroll down a bit.
The Antiquity of the Jews by Josephus?
I have read Josephus widely and need something by modern authors.
John Bright, A History of Israel, is a volume I have in Logos that might be helpful.
... as a scholar ...
One of the big missing resources in Logos (ok, just one) is Eusebius' Chronicon. Of course, Eusebius is the well known author of History of the Church, around the time of Constantine, and thence Jerome often re-using the writings.
But Eusebius also wrote a very interesting history from Abraham to Constantine, referencing the various historians that he knew of (to include the Bible).
Thanks for all these resources. I am looking to see how the Jews in antiquity interacted with Christians. I am working on a project and want to see how Johannine views of Judaism was based on historical and social factions. Any thoughts?
You need to work through the resources that have been suggested and develop your own thoughts. The forums are not an appropriate place to ask for interpretation, only for resources.
