Qumran Cave 4: XVII: Parabiblical Texts, Part 3

by Torleif Elgvin, Emile Puech, Peter W. Flint, et al.

This volume contains a collection of Jewish works composed during the intertestamental period linked to biblical texts through characters, themes, or genre. Some of these were known previously as part of the Pseudepigrapha, while others were not previously known. They all enhance our understanding of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy (writing in the name of a famous biblical or religious character) and of biblical interpretation during the Second Temple...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198269366
• ISBN13: 9780198269366
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 368 Pages