Between the Testaments /
Pfeiffer, Charles F.
Between the Testaments / Charles F. Pfeiffer. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, c1959. - 132 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index.
Cyrus, and the rise of the empire -- Cambyses, and the conquest of Egypt -- Darius, and the reorganization of the empire -- Xerxes I, and the attempted conquest of Greece -- Artaxerxes I, and the loss of Persian prestige -- The latter Achemenians, approaching the end -- The problems and progress of the Jews -- Alexander, the apostle of Hellenism -- The Jews under the Ptolemies -- The Jews under the Seleucids -- The impact of Hellenism on the Jews -- The Maccabees and the struggle against Hellenism -- The Hasmonean dynasty, growth and decay -- The Romans take over -- The origin of the Jewish sects -- Rise of the apocalyptic literature.
0801068738 9780801068737
59008343
Bible--History of Biblical events.
BM176 / .P39 1959
220.95 / P526b
Between the Testaments / Charles F. Pfeiffer. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, c1959. - 132 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index.
Cyrus, and the rise of the empire -- Cambyses, and the conquest of Egypt -- Darius, and the reorganization of the empire -- Xerxes I, and the attempted conquest of Greece -- Artaxerxes I, and the loss of Persian prestige -- The latter Achemenians, approaching the end -- The problems and progress of the Jews -- Alexander, the apostle of Hellenism -- The Jews under the Ptolemies -- The Jews under the Seleucids -- The impact of Hellenism on the Jews -- The Maccabees and the struggle against Hellenism -- The Hasmonean dynasty, growth and decay -- The Romans take over -- The origin of the Jewish sects -- Rise of the apocalyptic literature.
0801068738 9780801068737
59008343
Bible--History of Biblical events.
BM176 / .P39 1959
220.95 / P526b