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The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha offers an overview of the various Apocrypha and relevant topics related to them by presenting updated research on each individual apocryphal text in historical context, from the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods to the early Roman era. The Handbook gives special attention to the place of the Apocrypha in the context of Early Judaism, the relationship between the Apocrypha and texts that came to be canonized, the role of women and female characters, the portrayal of gender and sexuality, the interplay between theology, ethics, and halakha, and the relationships between the Apocrypha and the Septuagint, as well as their reception history in the Western world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Contributors
- 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 Apocryphay
- 4. The Apocrypha in the History of Christianity
- 5. The Protestant Reception of the Apocrypha
- Part II: The Apocrypha
- Historical and Legendary:
- 6. Apocrypha, Genre, and Historicity
- 7. 1 Esdras (Greek Ezra)
- 8. Baruch
- 9. Book of Judith
- 10. 1 Maccabees' Ethics, Etiquette, Political Theology, and Structure
- 11. 2 Maccabees
- 12. 3 Maccabees
- 13. 4 Maccabees
- Apocalyptic:
- 14. The Apocrypha and Apocalypticism
- 15. 2 Esdras
- Didactic:
- 16. Wisdom Literature of the Apocrypha and Related Compositions of the Second Temple Era
- 17. Sirach
- 18. Tobit
- 19 .The Wisdom of Solomon
- Additions to Biblical Books:
- 20. The Additions to Daniel
- 21. The Additions of the Greek Book(s) of Esther
- 22. Epistle of Jeremiah
- 23. Prayer of Manasseh
- 24. Psalm 151-155
- Part III: Major Themes in the Apocrypha
- 25. Jewish Religion in the Apocrypha: Between Biblical Precepts and Early Rabbinic Thought
- 26. Women and Gender in the Apocrypha
- 27. Theology and Ethics in the Apocrypha
- 28. Sexuality in the Apocrypha
- 29. Biblical Theology and the Apocrypha
- Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Gerbern S. Oegema is Professor of Biblical Studies at McGill University. He studied Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Freie Universität Berlin. He has been an Assistant Professor and Privatdozent at the Universität Tübingen and a Scholar in Residence at the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton. In his teaching and research he focuses on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins. He is the author and co-editor of more than twenty books, as well as the co-editor of several book series.
