Description
This volume provides a critical introduction to Hellenistic Jewish Literature. It offers serious students and scholars with an overview of the scholarly issues for each work (covering issues such as date, provenance, language, content, style, reception, contribution to ancient Judaism, etc.) as well as important information about critical editions, manuscripts, and secondary scholarship, serving as a clear starting point for anyone who is interested in this corpus of literature.
The volume begins with a set of thematic essays, providing orientation for the reader and examining core general issues such as language, geography and identity. The core of the volume provides overviews of the scholarly issues surrounding texts. Each entry provides readers with the core information necessary to study the text in depth and to understand its impact upon our understanding of Hellenistic Judaism and its later reception.
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1. Introduction
Sean A. Adams and Marieke DhontThematic essays:2. Hellenism/Jews in the Greco-Roman WorldErich Gruen3. Jewish MultilingualismBenjamin Kantor4. Jewish IdentityKathy Ehrensperger5. GeographyDavid Noy6. Jewish Material in Christian SourcesLiv Ingeborg LiedWorks:7a Septuagint (incl. Deuterocanon.)Will Ross7b Greek compositions in the LXXGerbern Oegema8. Demetrius the ChronographerSylvie Honigman9. EupolemusRobert Doran10. AristobulusMarkus Mülke11. Letter of AristeasBen Wright12. Pseudo-HecataeusEkaterina Matusova13. Fragmentary Jewish HistoriansGregory Sterling14. ArtapanusJed Wyrick15. Poetic fragments with Jewish contentMax Leventhal16. Ezekiel’s ExagogêMax Kramer17. Pseudo-PhocylidesMichael Tilly[MD1]18. Sibylline Oracles:18a 1-2Jane Lightfoot18b 3-5John Collins18c 6-12Ashley Bacchi19. Joseph and AsenethGillian Glass20. Testament of JobMaria Ciaota21. Testaments of Abraham, Isaac, and JacobRobert Walker22. Testament of MosesJW Van Henten23. Testament of the Twelve PatriarchsPatrick Pouchelle24. OrphicaFabienne Jourdan25. Lives of the ProphetsA.M. Schwemer26. Life of Adam and EveJack Levison27. Apocryphon of EzekielJoseph Scales28. Henoch in GreekElena Dugan29. Jewish inscriptionsNoah Kaye30. Prayer of JosephJustin Schedtler31. Prayer of JacobJustin Schedtler32. Jewish prayer textsJustin Schedtler33. Philo of AlexandriaMichael Cover34. JosephusEelco Glas35. GospelsEve-Marie Becker36. ActsKindalee DeLong37. PaulTodd Still38. Catholic EpistlesRubin McClain39. RevelationGarrick Allen40. Potential Jewish sources in Christian works40a Pseudo-Clem.James Carleton Paget40b Apostolic ConstitutionsMenahem Kister40c Apocalypse of EzraRyan CominsBibliographyIndex
