Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures contains thepapers of the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense 2012, which focused on aseries of contemporary questions in Pseudepigrapha research. The papersdiscuss the relationship of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha to scriptures, both in a technical sense (how did authors rewrite or interpretScripture) and in a literary sense (how and why did authors expand orextend earlier scriptures). Many papers cover the phenomenon ofpseudepigraphy, giving explanations ranging from pious forgery throughvarious kinds of literary devices to authorial self-effacement. Somecontributions discuss the historically fluid boundaries betweencanonical and pseudepigraphic texts, and the production and use of OldTestament pseudepigrapha in early Christianity. The volume contains papers on texts like Jubilees, theGenesisApocryphon, other Dead Sea Scrolls texts, the SibyllineOracles, Baruch, the Testament of Abraham, 4 Ezra, Jannesand Jambres, the Latin Vision of Ezra, theLife of Adamand Eve, the Story of Melchizedek, and theStory of Zosimus, as well as detailed studies on aspects of other texts like, e.g., 2Baruch and the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042931280
• ISBN13: 9789042931282
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"