Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament as part of Christian literature : the case of the testaments of the twelve patriarchs and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve / by M. De Jonge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonge, M. de (Marinus), 1925-

Series:

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha ; v. 18.

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life of Adam and Eve.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament).

Testaments of the twelve patriarchs--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Testaments of the twelve patriarchs.

Life of Adam and Eve--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 281 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

This book analyses the Christian transmission of the Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, in particular the case of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve.

Contents:

Part 1 The "Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament" and Early Christianity. Some General Questions

1. "Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament": An Ill-Defined Category of Writings 9

2. The "Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament" as Witnesses to the Authority of the Old Testament in the Early Church 18

3. Developing a Different Approach 29

4. The Christian Transmission of Pseudepigrapha. Some Cases 39

Part 2 The Case of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

5. Defining the Major Issues in the Study of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 71

6. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs as a Document Transmitted by Christians 84

7. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and Related Qumran Fragments 107

8. Levi in the Aramaic Levi Document and in the Testament of Levi 124

9. The Two Great Commandments in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 141

10. Light on Paul from the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs? The Testaments and the New Testament 160

Part 3 The Case of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve

11. The Christian Origin of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve 181

12. The Washing of Adam in the Acherusian Lake (Greek Life of Adam and Eve 37:3) in the Context of Early Christian Notions of the Afterlife (coauthor: L. Michael White) 201

13. The Greek Life of Adam and Eve and the Writings of the New Testament 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004132945

OCLC:

52334819