Category:Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (text)

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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (see Online Text) is a Second Temple Jewish document, included in modern collections of OT Pseudepigrapha.

Overview

References

• Patriarchs, Testaments of the Twelve / Robert A. Kugler / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 1031-1033

• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Howard C. Kee / In: Dictionary of New Testament Background (2000 Evans & Porter), dictionary, 1200-1205

External links

• Wikipedia -- Early Jewish Writings

Selected Bibliography

Studies

• The two Messiahs in the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs / G.R. Beasley-Murray / In: JThS (1947) 1-12.

• The date of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Elias J. Bickerman / In: JBL 69 (1950) 245-260

1970s

• New Evidence for the Armenian Version of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Michael E. Stone / In: RB 84 (1977) 94-107

1980s

1980

• The Main Issues in the Study of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Marinus de Jonge / In: New Testament Studies 26 (1980) 508-524

• The Ideal 'Levite', the Davidic Messiah, and the Saviour Priest in the Testaments of the Twelwe Patriarchs / Anders Hultgard / In: Ideals Figures in Ancient Judaism. Profiles and Paradigms, 93-110

• Le interpretazioni dei 'Testamenti dei XII Patriarchi': a proposito di uno studio recente / Aldo Moda / In: Henoch 2 (1980) 86-96

1986

• The Future of Israel in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Marinus de Jonge / In: Journal for the Study of Judaism 17 (1986) 196-211

• The Nature of Nomos (Law) within the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Dixon Slingerland / In: Journal of Biblical Literature 105 (1986) 39-48

• The Epitome of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Michael E. Stone / In: Revue des Études Arméniennes 20 (1986) 70-107

2000s

2002

• The two great commandments in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Marinus de Jonge / In: NT 44.4 (2002) 371-392

2009

• Enoch and Written Authorities in Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs / Robert A. Kraft / In: Exploring the Scripturesque (2009 Kraft), book, 163-172

2010

• Some Translation and Copying Mistakes from the Original Hebrew of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / James L. Kugel / In: The Dead Sea Scrolls. Transmission of Traditions and Production of Texts (StTDJ 92), Metso, Sarianna - Najman, Hindy - Schuller, Eileen (eds.), Leiden / Boston, Brill, 2010, p. 45-56.

2013

• The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs as Witnesses to Pre-Christian Judaism: A Re-Assessment / David A. DeSIlva/ In: Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 23 (2013) 21-68