Scribes, visionaries, and the politics of Second Temple Judea /  [manuscript] / 
by Richard A. Horsley. 
 - Louisville, Ky. : :  Westminster John Knox Press,,  c2007. 
 - x, 262 p. ; ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and index. 
<br/><br/>Origins of the Judean Temple-State under the Persian Empire -- The Judean Temple-State under the Hellenistic empires -- Ben Sira and the sociology of Judea -- Scribes and sages: administrators and intellectuals -- Orality, writing, and the cultivation of texts -- The cultural repertoire of the Judean scribes -- The wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira -- 1 Enoch -- Daniel -- Understanding texts in contexts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780664229917 (pbk, alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007007083  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Old Testament----Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Dead Sea scrolls.