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Gerbern S. Oegema (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha (New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021).

Abstract

"The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha addresses the Old Testament Apocrypha, known to be important early Jewish texts that have become deutero-canonical for some Christian churches, non-canonical for other churches, and that are of lasting cultural significance. In addition to the place given to the classical literary, historical, and tradition-historical introductory questions, essays focus on the major social and theological themes of each individual book. With contributions from leading scholars from around the world, the Handbook acts as an authoritative reference work on the current state of Apocrypha research, and at the same time carves out future directions of study ... This Handbook offers an overview of the various Apocrypha and relevant topics related to them by presenting updated research on each individual apocryphal text in historical context, from the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods to the early Roman era. The essays provided here examine the place of the Apocrypha in the context of Early Judaism, the relationship between the Apocrypha and texts that came to be canonized, the relationship between the Apocrypha and the Septuagint, Qumran, the Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament, as well as their reception history in the Western world ... Several chapters address overarching themes, such as genre and historicity, Jewish practices and beliefs, theology and ethics, gender and the role of women, and sexual ethics."

The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha offers an overview of the various Apocrypha and relevant topics related to them by presenting updated research on each individual apocryphal text in historical context, from the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods to the early Roman era. The Handbook gives special attention to the place of the Apocrypha in the context of Early Judaism, the relationship between the Apocrypha and texts that came to be canonized, the role of women and female characters, the portrayal of gender and sexuality, the interplay between theology, ethics, and halakha, and the r.

Contents

• The Apocrypha : an introduction / Gerbern S. Oegema
• The Apocrypha in the context of early Judaism / Gerbern S. Oegema
• The Apocrypha, the Septuagint, and other Greek witnesses / Kristin de Troyer -- A canonical history of the Old Testament apocryphay / Lee Martin MacDonald
• The Apocrypha in the history of Christianity / Tobias Nicklas
• The Protestant reception of the Apocrypha / Matthew Korpman
• Apocrypha, genre, and historicity / Gerbern S. Oegema
• 1 Esdras/Greek Ezra / Lester L. Grabbe
• Baruch/Karina Martin Hogan
• Book of Judith / Deborah Levine Gera
• 1 Maccabees' ethics, etiquette, political theology, and structure / Doron Mendels
• 2 Maccabees / Michael Duggan
• 3 Maccabees / Brian R. Dyer
• 4 Maccabees / Jan Willem van Henten
• The Apocrypha and apocalypticism / Lorenzo DiTommaso -- 2 Esdras / Shayna Sheinfeld
• Wisdom literature of the Apocrypha and related compositions of the Second Temple era / John Kampen
• Sirach / Jeremy Corley
• Tobit / Beate Ego -- The Wisdom of Solomon / Jason M. Zurawski
• The Additions to Daniel / Lorenzo DiTommaso
• The Additions of the Greek book(s) of Esther / Tyler Smith, Kristin de Troyer
• Epistle of Jeremiah / Susan Docherty
• Prayer of Manasseh / Ariel Gutman
• Psalm 151-155 / Mika S. Pajunen
• Jewish religion in the Apocrypha : between biblical precepts and early rabbinic thought / Carla Sulzbach
• Women and gender in the Apocrypha / Sara Parks --
• Theology and ethics in the Apocrypha / Gerbern S. Oegema --
• Sexuality in the Apocrypha / William Loader
• Biblical theology and the Apocrypha / David A. deSilva.

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