"Between the Testaments"

For the midterm exam for my New Testament class, our teacher had us read a book he co-wrote with someone else, and the title of the book is Between the Testaments. It is about the events that took place between the period time which is called the "intertestimental period" which covers the five centuries from the end of the Old Testament up to the beginning of the New Testament.

The book first talks about the colorful history of that time period, starting from the return of the Jewish exiles, to Hellenization as brought about by Alexander the Great, and then the Roman occupation and finally during Herod's regime, around which time Jesus was born. The book later talks about the scriptures, the groups pf people and beliefs and traditions that have emerged during this huge space of time. One who reads the book will notice that same things are repeated over and over again, as all the things in the book are all connected to each other in one way or another.

I highly recommend this book. This is quite a history book by itself, but it does provide insights as to how people in the Old Testament have become a lot different than those from the New Testament. It is also a one-stop resource for basic information about the many things that we hear about, like the Pharisees and the Sadducees,, the Apocrypha, and many more.