| Description |
1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Series |
Essentials of Biblical Studies Series |
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Essentials of Biblical Studies Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series -- Early Jewish Writings and New Testament Interpretation -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. Forms of Scripture in Early Judaism -- Early Judaism -- Canon and Noncanonical Literature -- Apocrypha, or Deuterocanonical Books -- Pseudepigrapha -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Philo and Josephus -- This Book -- 2. The Glory of Wisdom -- The Dimensions of Wisdom -- Sages and Scribes -- Wisdom Writings -- The Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira -- The Wisdom of Solomon -- Wisdom in the New Testament -- 3. In the Last Days -- Apocalyptic Literature -- Apocalyptic Thought |
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1 Enoch -- Post-70 ce Apocalypses -- 4 Ezra -- 2 Baruch -- Apocalypse of Abraham -- Apocalypticism in the New Testament -- 4. Rewriting Scripture -- Explicit Interpretation -- Implicit Interpretation -- Rewritten Scriptures -- Jubilees -- Biblical Antiquities (Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum) -- Scriptural Interpretation in the New Testament -- 5. In the Wilderness -- The Community of the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Scriptural Manuscripts and Their Interpretation -- Rule Documents -- Legal Writings -- Psalms, Hymns, Prayers -- Wisdom and Apocalypticism -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament |
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6. Jews, Greeks, and Romans -- Philo of Alexandria -- Philo and the New Testament -- Josephus -- Josephus and the New Testament -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index of Sources -- General Index |
| Summary |
Early Jewish Writings and New Testament Interpretation is a concise, introductory volume to orient undergraduates, seminarians, and interested readers to some of the most important early Jewish writings that currently inform New Testament interpretation. Written in accessible, non-technical language, Early Jewish Writings and New Testament Interpretation introduces readers to some of the most important extra-canonical early Jewish writings from the Hellenistic and Roman eras, and how they currently inform understandings of early Christianity and New Testament literature |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190274603 |
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0190274603 |
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