Pharisaism in the Making. Selected Essays [signed] [first edition]

The articles included in this work provide glimpses into the history of Pre-Maccabean and Maccabean Judaism. Subjects covered are: "The Origin of the Synagogue," "The Oldest Midrash: Pre-Rabbinic Ideals and Teachings in the Passover Haggadah," "Pre-Maccabean Documents in the Passover Haggadah," "Introductory Study to Pirke Abot," "The Maxim of the Anshe Keneset Ha-Gedolah," "The Origin of the Pharisees," "The Book of Jubilees and the Rabbinic Halaka," "The Development of the Amidah," "The Birkat Ha-Mazon," and others. Notes, footnotes, and an index are included. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the FFEP, and is clean and solid.