Michael E. Stone (1938-), scholar

Michael E. Stone (b.1938) is an Israeli scholar, emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Biography

Born in England in 1938. PhD in Near Eastern Languages (1965) at Harvard University. Professor of Armenian Studies and Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Religious Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1980-2007). Founder of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Member of the Enoch Seminar.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Testament of Abraham: The Greek Recensions (1972 Stone), book
• The Armenian Version of IV Ezra (1979 Stone), book
• Scripture, Sects and Visions: A Profile of Judaism from Ezra to the Jewish Revolts (1980 Stone), book
• Faith and Piety in Early Judaism: Texts and Documents (1983 Nickelsburg/Stone), book
• Features of the Eschatology of IV Ezra (1989 Stone), book
• Fourth Ezra: A Commentary (1990 Stone), book
• Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha (1991 Stone), book
• A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve (1992 Stone), book
• A Concordance of the Armenian Apocryphal Adam Books (2001 Stone), book
• Adam's Contract with Satan: The Legend of the Cheirograph of Adam (2002 Stone), book
• Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Armenian Studies (2006 Stone), book

Edited volumes

• Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period (1984 Stone), edited volume
• Emerging Judaism: Studies on the Fourth & Third Centuries BCE (1989 Stone/Satran), edited volume
• Biblical Figures Outside the Bible (1998 Stone/Bergren), edited volume
• Biblical Perspectives: Early Use and Interpretation of the Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998 Stone/Chazon), edited volume