Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha

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The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha
Edited by Gerbern S. Oegema
$150.00
Hardcover, 624 pages
ISBN: 9780190689643

Table of Contents

Part I: The Apocrypha in Judaism and Christianity
The Apocrypha: An Introduction

  1. The Apocrypha in the Context of Early Judaism
  2. The Apocrypha, the Septuagint, and other Greek Witnesses
  3. A Canonical History of the Old Testament Apocrypha
  4. The Apocrypha in the History of Christianity
  5. The Protestant Reception of the Apocrypha

Part II: The Apocrypha
Historical and Legendary:

  1. Apocrypha, Genre, and Historicity
  2. 1 Esdras (Greek Ezra)
  3. Baruch
  4. Book of Judith
  5. 1 Maccabees’ Ethics, Etiquette, Political Theology, and Structure
  6. 2 Maccabees
  7. 3 Maccabees
  8. 4 Maccabees

Apocalyptic

  1. The Apocrypha and Apocalypticism
  2. 2 Esdras

Didactic:

  1. Wisdom Literature of the Apocrypha and Related Compositions of the
    Second Temple Era
  2. Sirach
  3. Tobit
    19 .The Wisdom of Solomon

Additions to Biblical Books:

  1. The Additions to Daniel
  2. The Additions of the Greek Book(s) of Esther
  3. Epistle of Jeremiah
  4. Prayer of Manasseh
  5. Psalm 151-155

Part III: Major Themes in the Apocrypha

  1. Jewish Religion in the Apocrypha: Between Biblical Precepts and
    Early Rabbinic Thought
  2. Women and Gender in the Apocrypha
  3. Theology and Ethics in the Apocrypha
  4. Sexuality in the Apocrypha
  5. Biblical Theology and the Apocrypha

Index