Books by Dr. Lester L. (University of Hull Grabbe

A guide to the Second Temple Period, its history, literature, and religious setting. It provides an overview of the most studied sources, the history surrounding them and the various currents within Judaism at the time. It is suitable for courses on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, as well as Qumran, Intertestamental Literature and Early Judaism.

According to the Bible, among the last kings of the kingdom of Judah was one of the notorious kings-Manasseh-and one of the righteous-Josiah. This volume assesses the history of Judah in the 7th century BCE covering history and archaeology from Sennacherib to Nebuchadnezzar. It presents a view of the depictions of kindship in the Hebrew Bible.