This volume contains a collection of Jewish works composed during the intertestamental period linked to biblical texts through characters, themes, or genre. Some of these were known previously as part of the Pseudepigrapha, while others were not previously known. They all enhance our understanding of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy and of biblical interpretation during the Second Temple period.
Language
English
Pages
396
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Release
April 24, 1997
ISBN
0198269366
ISBN 13
9780198269366
Qumran Cave 4: XVII: Parabiblical Texts, Part 3 (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)
This volume contains a collection of Jewish works composed during the intertestamental period linked to biblical texts through characters, themes, or genre. Some of these were known previously as part of the Pseudepigrapha, while others were not previously known. They all enhance our understanding of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy and of biblical interpretation during the Second Temple period.