Outside the Bible : ancient Jewish writings related to scripture

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

Outside the Bible : ancient Jewish writings related to scripture

edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman

Jewish Publication Society, c2013

  • : [set] : cloth
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Available at  / 5 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society Book"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Customers in Europe should contact Combined Academic Publishers to order a copy of this book. Browse the Table of Contents The Hebrew Bible is only part of ancient Israel’s writings. Another collection of Jewish works has survived from late- and post-biblical times, a great library that bears witness to the rich spiritual life of Jews in that period. This library consists of the most varied sorts of texts: apocalyptic visions and prophecies, folktales and legends, collections of wise sayings, laws and rules of conduct, commentaries on Scripture, ancient prayers, and much, much more. While specialists have studied individual texts or subsections of this vast library, Outside the Bible seeks for the first time to bring together all the major components into a single collection, gathering portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Septuagint, the biblical Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha, and the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Josephus. The editors have brought together these diverse works in order to highlight what has often been neglected; their common Jewish background. For this reason the commentaries that accompany the texts devote special attention to references to Hebrew Scripture and to issues of halakhah (Jewish law), their allusions to motifs and themes known from later Rabbinic writings in Talmud and Midrash, their evocation of recent or distant events in Jewish history, and their references to other texts in this collection. The work of more than seventy contributing experts in a range of fields, Outside the Bible offers new insights into the development of Judaism and Early Christianity. This three-volume set of translations, introductions, and detailed commentaries is a must-have for scholars, students, and anyone interested in this great body of ancient Jewish writings. The collection includes a general introduction and opening essays, new and revised translations, and detailed introductions, commentaries, and notes that place each text in its historical and cultural context. A timeline of the Second Temple Period, two appendixes (Books of the Bible; Second Temple Literature), and a general subject index complete the set.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction  To the Reader Lists of Abbreviations The Septuagint Emanuel Tov The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha James Kugel The Writings of Philo  David Runia The Writings of Josephus Louis H. Feldman The Dead Sea Scrolls  Lawrence H. Schiffman The Bible Translated into Greek (the Septuagint) Introduction to the Septuagint Selections Emanuel Tov Genesis 11   Emanuel Tov Deuteronomy 32  Emanuel Tov  Joshua 20 Emanuel Tov  Joshua 24 Emanuel Tov Selections from Samuel-Kings Emanuel Tov  1 Samuel 1  1 Samuel 2  1 Kings 2  1 Kings 5  1 Kings 11 Selections from Jeremiah Emanuel Tov  Jeremiah 10  Jeremiah 27  Jeremiah 43 Proverbs 1 Emanuel Tov Selections from Esther Emanuel Tov  Esther 1  Esther 3  Esther 8  Additions to Esther  Michael V. Fox Job 34   Emanuel Tov Daniel 4  Emanuel Tov Additions to Daniel Matthias Henze The Story of Susanna and the Elders  Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews Bel and the Dragon 1 Esdras  Sara Japhet Sustained Biblical Commentaries: Retellings and Pesharim Commentary on Genesis A George J. Brooke Ages of Creation  Andrew Gross The Book of Giants  Loren Theo Stuckenbruck Genesis Apocryphon Matthew J. Morgenstern and Michael Segal Admonition Based on the Flood Alex P. Jassen Jubilees James L. Kugel Pseudo-Jubilees James L. Kugel Pseudo-Philo, Book of Biblical Antiquities Howard Jacobson Pseudo-Daniel John J. Collins Son of God   John J. Collins Pesher Nahum  Shani Berrin Tzoref Pesher Habakkuk  Bilhah Nitzan Greek Jewish Interpreters Demetrius the Chronographer Lorenzo DiTommaso Artapanus   Erich S. Gruen Eupolemus  Gregory E. Sterling Pseudo-Eupolemus  Gregory E. Sterling Pseudo-Hecataeus  Bezalel Bar-Kochva   Theodotus, “On the Jews” Howard Jacobson Philo the Epic Poet  Harold W. Attridge Ezekiel the Tragedian Howard Jacobson Pseudo-Orpheus David Aune Pseudo-Philo, On Samson and On Jonah Aram Topchyan and Gohar Muradyan    The Biblical Interpretations of Philo Questions and Answers on Genesis and Exodus Aram Topchyan and Gohar Muradyan  On the Creation of the World   David T. Runia Allegorical Interpretation   Maren R. Niehoff On the Life of Abraham   Ellen Birnbaum On the Migration of Abraham  Peder Borgen On the Life of Moses    Maren R. Niehoff On the Decalogue     Sarah J.K. Pearce On the Special Laws   Naomi G. Cohen The Biblical Interpretations of Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities  Preface to Jewish Antiquities  Louis H. Feldman  Creation    Louis H. Feldman The Flood    Louis H. Feldman Abraham Journeys to Canaan and Egypt Louis H. Feldman The Akedah    Louis H. Feldman Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife  Louis H. Feldman The Rape of Dinah   Louis H. Feldman Moses’s Campaign against the Ethiopians Louis H. Feldman The Sending of the Spies Louis H. Feldman The Revolt of Korah   Louis H. Feldman The Story of Balaam   Louis H. Feldman The Death of Moses   Louis H. Feldman Mosaic Constitution   David Goldenberg The Altar across the Jordan  Silvia Castelli The Levite and His Wife  Silvia Castelli Deborah    Silvia Castelli Jephthah’s Vow  Silvia Castelli Birth of Samson   Silvia Castelli Marriage of Ruth and Boaz  Silvia Castelli Massacre at Nob   Silvia Castelli God Rejects Saul   Silvia Castelli The Witch of Endor   Silvia Castelli The Death of Saul   Silvia Castelli David Kills Goliath   Silvia Castelli David and Bathsheba   Silvia Castelli Death of Absalom   Silvia Castelli Solomon’s Wisdom (The Case of the Two Harlots) Pablo Torijano Phoenician Writings on Solomon’s Wisdom Pablo Torijano Solomon’s Magical Powers Pablo Torijano Solomon’s Prayer (at the Temple’s Dedication) Pablo Torijano The Return from Exile  Paul Spilsbury Esther     Paul Spilsbury Interpretive Texts Centering on Biblical Figures Life of Adam and Eve   Gary Anderson 1 Enoch    Miriam Brand Apocalypse of Abraham  Alexander Kulik Melchizedek    Joseph L. Angel Aramaic Levi Document  Michael E. Stone and Esther Eshel Visions of Amram   Andrew Gross Song of Miriam   Sidnie White Crawford Apocryphon of Joshua  Miriam Zangi and Hanan Eshel The Vision of Samuel   Andrew Gross Pseudo-Ezekiel   Devorah Dimant The Apocryphon of Ezekiel  Benjamin G. Wright III Letter of Jeremiah   Steven Fraade 1 Baruch    Steven Fraade 2 Baruch    Adam H. Becker 3 Baruch    Yivgeny Zingerman Prayer of Nabonidus   John J. Collins 4 Ezra     Karina Martin Hogan Testaments Testament of Abraham   Annette Yoshiko Reed Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs James L. Kugel Testament of Moses    Kenneth Atkinson Testament of Kohath    Andrew Gross Testament of Job    Harold W. Attridge Prayers and Psalms   Psalms of Solomon    Kenneth Atkinson   Self-Glorification Hymn   Esther Eshel   Daily Prayers     Daniel K. Falk   Festival Prayers    Daniel K. Falk Words of the Luminaries   Daniel K. Falk   Angelic Liturgy    Michael Swartz   Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot)  Angela Kim Harkins Apocryphal Psalms    Eileen Schuller   Non-Canonical Psalms   Eileen Schuller Greek Synagogal Prayers   Pieter W. van der Horst Prayer of Enoch    James Kugel Prayer of Manasseh    Esther G. Chazon Prayer for King Jonathan   Hanan Eshel Wisdom Writings   Wisdom of Solomon    Peter Enns   Wisdom of Ben Sira    Benjamin Wright   Pseudo-Phocylides, Sentences Pieter W. van der Horst   4 Maccabees    David A. deSilva   Wisdom Literature from the Qumran Library Armin Lange    Wiles of the Wicked Woman  Armin Lange    Words of the Maskil to All Sons of Dawn  Armin Lange Book of Mysteries  Armin Lange        Beatitudes Armin Lange    Instruction-like Composition B Armin Lange    Musar LeMevin Armin Lange Philosophical Treatises of Philo    On the Virtues    Walter Wilson On the Contemplative Life   David M. Hay and David T. Runia The Hypothetica    Gregory E. Sterling Stories Set in Biblical and Early Post-Biblical Times Joseph and Aseneth   Patricia Ahearne-Kroll   Judith     Betsy Halpern-Amaru   Tobit     George Nickelsburg 4 Baruch    Pablo Torijano 3 Maccabees    Sara Raup Johnson Historical Writings Pertaining to Post-Biblical Times The Letter of Aristeas   Erich S. Gruen 1 Maccabees    Lawrence H. Schiffman 2 Maccabees    Daniel R. Schwartz Jewish War: Excursus on Jewish Groups: Albert I. Baumgarten Against Apion    John M. Barclay Sectarian Texts: Community, Law, and the End of Days             Rule of the Community           Alex Jassen             Damascus Document              Joseph L. Angel            Temple Scroll                           Lawrence H. Schiffman            Some Precepts of the Torah    Lawrence H. Schiffman                  War Scroll                           Jean Duhaime            New Jerusalem                        Joseph L. Angel   Notes Books of the Bible: The Traditional Hebrew (Masoretic Text) and the Septuagint List of Second Temple Literature  Writings of Philo  Writings of Josephus  Apocrypha  Pseudepigrapha  Primary Documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls Contributors General Subject Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top