Religious Studies
Important resources for the study of religion at the University of Michigan
Second Temple Judaism & Christian Origins: Find materials in our library
In our Catalog Advanced Search, select Subject from the drop down menu and search on terms such as
- Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425
- Church history -- Primitive and early church -- ca. 30-600
- Church history -- Primitive and early church -- approximately 30-600
- Jewish Christians -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Messianic Judaism
Or search for particular persons / figures, authors or titles, or by language. You can also do a simple keyword search with terms such as "second temple"
Find specialized literature
To find specialized literature, search the following databases
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ATLA with ATLASerials (EBSCO)This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States.
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New Testament Abstracts (EBSCO)The database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu, containing article, review, book and software abstracts.
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Index ReligiosusInternationally renowned bibliography of academic publications in the fields of theology, religious sciences, and Church history. It is a gateway to books and articles written in major European languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, etc.)
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Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics (BIBP)Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics is a documentary system in patristics. Even if patristic literature remains its major preoccupation, the BIBP works on all disciplines studying patristic Christianity. Until now, the priority is given to the current information from the scientific journals
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L'Année Philologique: Bibliography of the Classical WorldSpecialized bibliographic database of scholarly works relating to all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, including: Greek and Latin literature and linguistics (which includes early Christian texts and patristics), Greek and Roman history, art, archaeology, philosophy, religion, mythology, music, science, and scholarly sub-specialties such as numismatics, papyrology, and epigraphy
For a broader search across article and book length literature, try Library Articles Search
Reference works & portals
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Second Temple and Talmudic Era (The Jewish History Resource Center)Online resources The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Enoch Seminar OnlineOnline resources related to the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Rabbinic and Islamic origins, from the Enoch Seminar
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Ancient Jew ReviewNon-profit web journal devoted to the study of ancient Judaism. In this respect, AJR incorporates scholarship from a wide range of fields, including Hellenistic, Roman, Sasanian, and Persian history, Biblical Studies, ancient Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and the Second Temple period
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Encyclopedia of Ancient HistoryOnline version of the comprehensive collection of entries covering the entire ancient Mediterranean world, including the Near East and Egypt.
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Encyclopaedia of JudaismOnline version of The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, Second Edition (2005).
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Old Testament Pseudepigrapha WebsiteBlog, email list, bibliography, etc maintained by Dr James R. Davila
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Oxford Bibliographies : Jewish StudiesSee especially --- Annette Yoshiko Reed, "Second Temple Judaism"
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Oxford Bibliographies : Biblical StudiesArticles and bibliographies relevant to the diverse modern academic study of the Bible
Text collections / corpora
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Inscriptions of Israel/PalestineSeeks to collect and make accessible over the Web all of the previously published inscriptions (and their English translations) of Israel/Palestine from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE - 640 CE). There are about 15,000 of these inscriptions, written primarily in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, by Jews, Christians, Greeks, and Romans
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Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library : Biblical Texts (Brill)The Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library presents a complete Hebrew transcription and English translation of the Biblical texts, together with high-resolution images.
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Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library : Non-Biblical Texts (Brill)This portion of the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library presents a complete Hebrew transcription and English translation of the non-Biblical texts, together with high-resolution images.
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Digital Dead Sea ScrollsThe Israel Museum welcomes you to the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, allowing users to examine and explore these most ancient manuscripts from Second Temple times at a level of detail never before possible. The website gives users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history. Five complete scrolls from the Israel Museum have been digitized for the project at this stage and are now accessible online: The Great Isaiah Scroll, The War Scroll, The Commentary on Habakkuk Scroll, The Temple Scroll, and The Community Rule Scroll.
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Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital LibraryFree online digitized virtual library of the Dead Sea Scrolls provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Paleo-Hebrew Dead Sea ScrollsThis website provides an access to the article, the palaeographic tables produced using LaTeX, a digital access to the images of the hebrew letters and paleo-hebrew fonts.
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Flavius Josephus OnlineOnline version of Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary (edited by Steve Mason) with the addition of the Greek text in the form of Niese's editio major: Benedikt Niese, Flavii Josephi opera (7 volumes, Berlin 1885-1895).
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Loeb Classical Library250 ancient Greek and Latin authors in original language and in English translation.
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The Online Critical PseudepigraphaThe mandate of the Online Critical Pseudepigrapha is to develop and publish electronic editions of the best critical texts of the "Old Testament" Pseudepigrapha and related literature.
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Early Jewish Writings (Peter Kirby)"...Jewish documents from antiquity with translations, introductions, and links." Source of many public domain texts of the Tanakh, Deuterocanon, Pseudepigrapha, Philo and Josephus
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