Download or read book Passion, Vitality, and Foment written by Lamontte M. Luker and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays showing that the postexilic period was an age of robust religious vitality that gave birth to Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity focuses on the range of religious advances in this time period, from the Sabbath and the synagogue to the vitality of feminine spirituality, wisdom traditions, and apolcalyptic visions, all of which demonstrate the richness of Second Temple Judaism. Original.