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Bridge between the Testaments
A Reappraisal of Judaism from the Exile to the Birth of Christianity
Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series
General Editor - Dikran Y. Hadidian
Donald E. Gowan, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, is an ordained minister in the United Presbyterian Church. Dr. Gowan received his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.
"This book ranks among the best introductions to the intertestamental period...we do not hesitate to recommend this work as an elaborate study of a well-informed author."
Journal for the Study of Judaism
"Gowan's 'reappraisal' is his attempt (successful, I believe) to deal with the Judaism of this period with empathy, without Christian polemics, and in the light of recent evidence. This volume is enhanced by good basic bibliographies and a fine selection of photos, maps, charts, and other illustrations.... Teachers looking for a single introduction to the history of this period will want to consider this well-written and well-informed volume."
Religious Studies Review
"This is an extremely successfu evocation and evaluation of what the author is no longer willing to call 'intertestamental period' (the fruit of a dozen years of teaching a course so named).... Everything here is well done, and the whole can be highly recommended as a sophisticated textbook. A select bibliography follows each individual section."
Old Testament Abstracts
"This is not a monograph in the usual sense of the term. Instead it is a really first-rate textbook, intended primarily for undergraduate students but containing many insights that their teachers will value...this can be recommended without reserve as a readable and very judicious introduction to a difficult period."
The Society for Old Testament Study
"The difficult postexilic period of Old Testament history is described clearly, with a good sense for pertinent details by Donald E. Gowan.... After covering the history (pp. 11-160), the author investigates: institutions like home, religion, government, and education; literature like the Septuagint, Old Testament canon, apocrypha, mishnah, and Talmud; theological strata like wisdom, torah, and new beliefs."
The Bible Today
"...[Gowan] should be commended for writing a thorough, careful, and eminently readable introduction to this massive subject."
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly