The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament (1985 Charlesworth), book
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).