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Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology (2018) is a two-volume anthology edited by Brad Embry, Archie T. Wright, and Ronald Herms.

Abstract

"Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology offers more than seventy selections from Second Temple-era Jewish literature, each introduced and translated by a leading scholar in the field. Organized by genre, this two-volume anthology presents both complete works and substantial excerpts of longer works, giving readers a solid introduction to the major works of the era—the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, the writings of Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, and the Septuagint (Apocrypha) ... The substantive introduction to each selection includes these elements: narrative description; author/provenance; date/occasion; text, language, sources, and transmission; theology; and reception during the Second Temple period. Additional student aids include a list of further readings on each selection, a section of maps, a glossary of biographical names, and a glossary of terms. With contributors and translators including such noted scholars as James Charlesworth, Sidnie White Crawford, James D. G. Dunn, Peter W. Flint, and James VanderKam, this anthology will be an essential resource for all students of early Jewish literature and emerging Christian traditions."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018.

Contents

• Volume 1. Scriptural texts and traditions, interpretive history, romanticized narrative, biblical interpretation, and rewritten scripture
• Volume 2. Wisdom literature and legal texts, Apocalyptic literature, Psalms, hymns, and prayers, testamentary literature.

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