Introduction to the Apocrypha : Jewish books in Christian Bibles

Author(s)

• Wills, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Mitchell)

Bibliographic Information

Introduction to the Apocrypha : Jewish books in Christian Bibles

Lawrence M. Wills

Yale University Press, c2021

• : paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An ambitious introduction to the Apocrypha that encourages readers to reimagine what "canon" really means Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments. Lawrence Wills introduces these texts in their original Jewish environment while addressing the very different roles they had in various Christian canons. Though often relegated to a lesser role, a sort of "Bible-Lite," these texts deserve renewed attention, and this book shows how they hold more interest for both ancient and contemporary communities than previously thought.

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Details

• NCID: BC08982427
• ISBN:
  • 9780300248791
• LCCN: 2020946416
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Haven
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 316 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 229.06
  • LCC : MLCM 2022/40005 (B)
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bible. Apocrypha -- Introductions