The Books of the Apocrypha (1914 Oesterley), book
The Books of the Apocrypha: Their origin, teaching, and contents (1914) is a book by William O.E. Oesterley.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in London: Robert Scott Roxburghe House, 1914 and in New York, NY: Revell, 1914. Reprinted in London: Robert Scott Roxburghe House, 1915 and 1916.
Table of contents
- Part One: Prolegomena to the Apocrypha
- 1. The Hellenistic Movement
- 2. Hellenistic Influence upon the Jews of Palestine
- 3. Hellenistic Influence upon the Jews of the Dispersion
- 4. Traces of Greek Influence in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha
- 5. The Apocalyptic Movement
- 6. The Scribes
- 7. The Pharisees and Sadducees
- 8. The Origin of the Old Testament Canon
- 9. Uncanonical Books (I)
- 10. Uncanonical Books (II). The Apocalyptic Literature
- 11. The Wisdom Literature: the Jewish Conception of Wisdom
- 12. The Doctrinal Teaching of the Apocrypha
- Part Two: Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha
- 1. The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach; or Ecclesiasticus
- 2. The Book of Tobit
- 3. The Book of Judith
- 4. The Additions to the Book of Daniel
- 5. The Additions to the Book of Esther
- 6. The Prayer of Manasses
- 7. The First Book of Maccabees
- 8. The Greek Ezra (1 [3] Esdras)
- 9. The Book of Wisdom (The Wisdom of Solomon)
- 10. The Second Book of Maccabees
- 11. The Book of Baruch, and the Epistle of Jeremiah
- 12. The Ezra Apocalypse (2 [4] Esdras)