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Ancient Israelite and early Jewish literature / by T.C. Vriezen, A.S. van der Woude ; translated by Brian Doyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vriezen, Th. C. (Theodoor Christiaan), 1899-1981.
- Standardized Title:
- Oudisraelitische en vroegjoodse literatuur. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Introductions.
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament).
- Bible. Old Testament--Introductions.
- Bible.
- Bible. Apocrypha--Introductions.
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (776 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Summary:
- Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature offers more than simply an introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Increased interest in Early Judaism as successor to the religion of Ancient Israel and background to the New Testament demands an introduction that guides the reader through the maze of Jewish literature dating from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods in addition to the Hebrew Bible.
- Contents:
- Translator's Note; A. Ancient Israelite and Ancient near Eastern Literature; 1. The sources of Ancient Israel's literature; 2. Ancient Israelite literature in its Ancient Near Eastern context; 3. Authors and authorship; B. The Old Testament (Hebrew Bible); 4. The Old Testament as canon; 5. The transmission of the Old Testament; 6. The literary genres of the Old Testament; 7. The problem of dating; 8. Israel's grand historical masterpiece: (Genesis-II Kings); 9. The prophetic literature; 10. The remaining literature (The Writings); C. The Literature of Early Judaism; 11. Introduction
- 12. Apocrypha13. Pseudepigrapha; 14. The Dead Sea Scrolls; Introductions to the Old Testament and other reference works; Chronological tables; List of abbreviations; Index
- Notes:
- Translation based entirely on the tenth completely revised Dutch language edition published by J.H. Kok in 2000. Cf. P. [ix].
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 90-474-0673-7
- 1-4337-0557-5
- OCLC:
- 476023611
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