{"product_id":"judaism-e-p-sanders-9781506406107","title":"Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 Bce66 CE","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this now-classic work, E. P. Sanders argues against prevailing views regarding the Judaism of the Second Temple period, for example, that the Pharisees dominated Jewish Palestine or that the Mishnah offers a description of general practice. In contrast, Sanders carefully shows that what was important was the \"common Judaism\" of the people with their observances of regular practices and the beliefs that informed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanders discusses early rabbinic legal material not as rules, but as debates within the context of real life. He sets Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes in relation to the Judaism of ordinary priests and people. Here then is a remarkably comprehensive presentation of Judaism as a functioning religion: the temple and its routine and festivals; questions of purity, sacrifices, tithes, and taxes; common theology and hopes for the future; and descriptions of the various parties and groups culminating in an examination of the question \"who ran what?\" Sanders offers a detailed, clear, and well-argued account of all aspects of Jewish religion of the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. P. Sanders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506406106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506406107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Material:\u003c\/b\u003e Paper","brand":"E. P. Sanders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962148868351,"sku":"9781506406107","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_251e4faa-2bb0-4518-ae71-68e2c935cbae.jpg?v=1750649466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/judaism-e-p-sanders-9781506406107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}