From the Maccabees to the Mishnah

Book by professor of Jewish literature and philosophy, Rabbi J. Sh. D. Cohen dedicated to the most fruitful period of Jewish history: it describes all three and a half centuries "from the Maccabees to the Mishnah," which originated in Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism - religion, so essential to our history and so hard that coexist with each other. The author has made an attempt to interpret the ancient Judaism, highlight the main ideas trace formed its paradigm and consider it in the context of Israel's religion and society. The undoubted achievement of the author should be considered as well as attracting and association in the book a wide range of different studies of the period. In addition to specialists in history, Cohen monograph will undoubtedly be interesting and a wider audience - all those interested in the emergence of Judaism, as well as the history and culture of the Jewish people.