Description |
xxii, 990 pages ; 19 cm |
Contents |
Jubilees / translation of R.H. Charles revised by C. Rabin -- The life of Adam and Eve / translation of L.S.A. Wells revised by M. Whittaker -- 1 Enoch / translated by M.A. Knibb -- 2 Enoch / translated by A. Pennington -- The apocalypse of Abraham / translated by A. Pennington -- The testament of Abraham / translated by N. Turner -- The testament of Isaac / translated by K.H. Kuhn -- The testament of Jacob / translated by K.H. Kuhn -- The ladder of Jacob / translated by A. Pennington -- Joseph and Aseneth / translated by D. Cook -- The testaments of the twelve patriarches / translated by M. De Jonge -- The assumption of Moses / translated by R.H. Charles revised by J.P.M. Sweet -- The testament of Job / translated by R. Thornhill -- The psalms of Solomon / translated by S.P. Brock -- The odes of Solomon / translated by J.A. Emerton -- The testament of Solomon / translated by M. Whittaker -- The apocalypse of Elijah / translated by K.H. Kuhn -- The ascension of Isaiah / translated by R.H. Charles revised by J.M.T. Barton -- The paraleipomena of Jeremiah / translated by R. Thornhill -- The Syriac apocalypse of Baruch / R.H. Charles revised by L.H. Brockington -- The Greek apocalypse of Baruch / translated by H.M. Hughes revised by A.W. Argyle -- The apocalypse of Zephaniah and an anonymous apocalypse / translated by K.H. Kuhn -- The apocalypse of Esdras / translated by R.J.H. Shutt -- The vision of Esdras / translated by R.J.H. Shutt -- The apocalypse of Sedrach / translated by RH.H. Shutt |
Summary |
Publisher's description: This collection of translations of the more important non-canonical Old Testament books--such as Jubilees, the Odes of Solomon, and the Apocalypse of Elijah--is both accessible and completely up to date with modern scholarship. Edited with introductions and brief bibliographies, it is suitable for general readers as well as for students |
Analysis |
Bible O.T Apocryphal books English Texts |
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Bible O.T Apocryphal books. English - Texts |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
Subject |
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, Textual.
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Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Author |
Sparks, H. F. D. (Hedley Frederick Davis)
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LC no. |
82022569 |
ISBN |
0198261667 |
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0198261772 (paperback) |
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