Second Temple Jewish literature
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The Second Temple Jewish literature (also said intertestamental, late Jewish, early Jewish, or middle Jewish) includes Jewish writings composed between the Bablonina exile and the Bar Kokhba revolt.
The following corpora are generally included, with the conspicuous exception of texts belonging to the Hebrew Bible or to the New Testament:
- Old Testament Apocrypha
- Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Writings of Philo of Alexandria
- Writings of Flavius Josephus
Bibliography
Books
- William John Ferrar, The Uncanonical Jewish Books: A Short Introduction to the Apocrypha and Other Jewish Writings 200 B.C.-100 A.D. (London: SPCK; New York: Macmillan, 1918)
- George W.E. Nickelsburg, Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah: A Historical and Literary introduction (Philadelphia: Fortress 1981; 2nd rev. ed. 2005)
Edited volumes
- Michael E. Stone (ed.), [[Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period: Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran, sectarian writings, Philo, Josephus (Assen, Netherlands: Van Gorcum; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984)