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Craig A Evans - Marc Grønbech-Dam (eds.) Ex oriente lux in Second Temple texts eschatological and heavenly revelation. London: T&T Clark, 2026.

Abstract

"This volume presents a collection of studies offering fresh scholarly insights into various Second Temple texts, encompassing apocalyptic themes and text-critical challenges. The volume illuminates the intricate dynamics of Second Temple literature and their potential historical and theological implications for the development of Christianity and Judaism in the first century"

Contents

We have had dreams and there is no one to interpret them: The Absence of Dream Interpretation in Artapanus's Joseph Narrative / Scott Harris -- 2. Moses among the Archangels: The Angelification of Moses and Other Prominent Biblical Figures in Enoch Tradition / Daniel Schumann -- 3. Does Jubilees Attest to the Noahide Laws? Reassessing a Common Scholarly Claim / Benjamin Frostad -- 4. The Psalms of Solomon 17-18 in the Context of End-Time Redemption of Israel / František Ábel -- 5. The Sibyl's Kingdom / Craig A. Evans -- 6. A Sibylline Oracle and a Sibling Goddess: Another Polemic against Apollo / Jeffrey Stone -- 7. The Testament of Solomon: A Parabiblical Text in Its Culture and Historical Context / Felix Albrecht -- 8. A New Look into the Chester Beatty Fragments of the Apocryphon of Ezekiel / Sarah Roberts -- 9. The Ur-Text of Luke 3:23 and the Baptism of Jesus at Twelve / Roy D. Kotansky.