Early Judaism and Its Literature (1991- SBL), book series

Early Judaism and Its Literature is a book series of published by the Society of Biblical Literature.

History

The Early Judaism and Its Literature (EJL) series publishes works on the history, culture, and literature of Second Temple Judaism, including Hellenistic Jewish authors, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish apocrypha and pseudepigrapha. Work on rabbinic literature that deals with Second Temple Judaism will also be considered.

The SBL Press EJL editorial board is led by series editor Rodney A. Werline (Barton College) and includes the following members:

• Randall D. Chesnutt (Seaver College, Pepperdine University)
• Kelley N. Coblentz Bautch (St. Edward’s University)
• Maxine L. Grossman (University of Maryland)
• Jan Joosten (University of Oxford)
• James S. McLaren (Australian Catholic University)
• Carol Newsom (Candler School of Theology)

Abstract

The series "publishes works on the history, culture, and literature of Second Temple Judaism, including Hellenistic Jewish authors, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Work on rabbinic literature that deals with Second Temple Judaism are also be considered."

Books in the series

1-9

• 1. Women Like This: New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World (1991 Levine), edited volume

• 2. No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith (1992 VanderKam), edited volume

• 3. A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve (1992 Stone), book

• 4. A Commentary on the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch (1993 Tiller), book

• 5. A Synopsis of the Books of Adam and Eve (1994 Anderson / Stone), book

• 6. Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha (1994 Reeves), edited volume

• 7. The Davidic Dynasty Tradition in Early Judaism (1995 Pomykala), book

• 8. 1 Enoch and Sirach (1995 Argall), book

• 9. From Patriarch to Priest: The Levi-Priestly Tradition from Aramaic Levi to Testament of Levi (1996 Kugler), book

10-19

• 10. Joseph and Aseneth and the Jewish Temple in Heliopolis (1996 Bohak), book

• 11. The Judgment of Susanna: Authority and Witness (1996 Spolsky), edited volume

• 12. Texts and Concordances of the Armenian Adam Literature (1996 Stone), book

• 13. Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (1998 Werline), book

• 14. Praying by the Book (1999 Newman), book

• 15. The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty (1999 Kugler / Schuller), book

• 16. Texts in Transition: The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2000 Levison), book

• 17. A Synopsis of the Books of Adam and Eve (1999 Anderson / Stone), book

• 18. The Apocryphal Ezekiel (2000 Stone / Wright / Satran), book

• 19. The Romanian Version of the Testament of Abraham (2001 Roddy), book

20-29

• 20. The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (2002 Nir), book

• 21. Seeking the Favor of God: 1. The Origins of Penitential Prayer (2006 Boda / Falk / Werline), edited volume

• 22. Seeking the Favor of God: 2. The Development of Penitential Prayer (2007 Boda / Falk / Werline), edited volume

• 23. Seeking the Favor of God: 3. The Impact of Penitential Prayer (2008 Boda / Falk / Werline), edited volume

• 24. They Shall Purify Themselves: Essays on Purity in Early Judaism (2008 Haber), book

• 25. The “Mysteries” of Qumran: Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge (2009 Thomas), book

• 26. Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls (2008 Peters), book

• 27. The Sicarii in Josephus's Judean War (2009 Brighton), book

• 28. Noah and His Book(s) (2010 Stone / Amihay / Hillel), edited volume

• 29. Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation (2011 Henze), edited volume

30-39

• 30. Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Canadian Collection (2012 Flint, Duhaime, Baek), edited volume

• 31. New Idioms within Old: Poetry and Parallelism in the Non-Masoretic Poems of 11Q5=11QPsa (2011 Reymond), book

• 32. John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate (2011 Coloe, Thatcher), edited volume

• 33 Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome: (An)Iconic Rhetoric in the Writings of Flavius Josephus (2011 Ehrenkrook), book

• 34. The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees (2012 Hanneken), book

• 35. Experientia: 2. Linking Text and Experience (2012 Shantz, Werline), edited volume

• 36. The Hodayot (Thanksgiving Psalms): A Study Edition of 1QHa (2012 Schuller, Newsom), book

• 37. Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham (2012 Stone), book

• 38. Adam and Eve in the Armenian Tradition, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries (2013 Stone), book

• 39. Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method (2012 Brooke), book

40-49

• 40. The Psalms of Solomon: Language, History, Theology (2015 Bons, Pouchelle), edited volume

• 41. Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (2017 Hogan, Goff, Wasserman), edited volume

• 42. Meaning and Context in the Thanksgiving Hymns (2015 Hasselbalch), book

• 43. The Qumran Paradigm: A Critical Evaluation of Some Foundational Hypotheses in the Construction of the Qumran Sect (2015 Looijer), book

• 44. Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels: Reminiscences, Allusions, Intertextuality (2016 Stuckenbruck, Boccaccini), edited volume

• 45. Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Angels and Biblical Heroes (2016 Stone), book

• 46. Judea under Roman Domination: The First Generation of Statelessness and Its Legacy (2017 Sharon), book

• 47. Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint (2017 Perrin, et al.), edited volume

• 48.

• 49. Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Biblical Heroes (2019 Stone), book

External links

• SBL Website