Considers a range of texts--including the Book of Watchers , Book of Jubilees , legal documents from the Dead Sea scrolls, writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Book of Revelation--to explore the tensions inherent in Second Temple Judaism's emphasis on ancestry as the primary criterion for inclusion among the chosen people of Israel.
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Considers a range of texts--including the Book of Watchers , Book of Jubilees , legal documents from the Dead Sea scrolls, writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Book of Revelation--to explore the tensions inherent in Second Temple Judaism's emphasis on ancestry as the primary criterion for inclusion among the chosen people of Israel.
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