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==Abstract==
==Abstract==


This book is more than an introduction to Charlesworth's ''Old Testament Pseudepigrapha'' (1983-85).  The goal of the work is to place the New Testament writings into their proper context.  Clearly, a prominent concern of Charlesworth was the ignorance of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha among New Testament scholars, who too often preferred to read the New Testament in the context of Old Testament canonical traditions and nothing else.  This text demonstrates the significance of the Pseudepigrapha for New Testament scholarship.
This book is more than an introduction to Charlesworth's ''Old Testament Pseudepigrapha'' (1983-85).  The goal of the work is to place the New Testament writings into their proper context, what Charlesworth refers to as "Early Judaism." A prominent concern of Charlesworth is the ignorance of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha among many New Testament scholars, who prefer to read the New Testament in the context of Old Testament canonical traditions and nothing else.  This text demonstrates the significance of the Pseudepigrapha for New Testament scholarship, and reminds all scholars that Christianity owes much to its Jewish heritage. - '''Ronald Ruark''', University of Michigan


==Editions and translations==
==Editions and translations==

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The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament: Prolegomena for the Study of Christian Origins (1985) is a book by James H. Charlesworth.

Abstract

This book is more than an introduction to Charlesworth's Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (1983-85). The goal of the work is to place the New Testament writings into their proper context, what Charlesworth refers to as "Early Judaism." A prominent concern of Charlesworth is the ignorance of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha among many New Testament scholars, who prefer to read the New Testament in the context of Old Testament canonical traditions and nothing else. This text demonstrates the significance of the Pseudepigrapha for New Testament scholarship, and reminds all scholars that Christianity owes much to its Jewish heritage. - Ronald Ruark, University of Michigan

Editions and translations

Published in Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Translated into Italian (1990).

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