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The Jewish annotated Apocrypha : New Revised Standard Version Bible translation / Jonathan Klawans and Lawrence M. Wills, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. Apocrypha. English. New Revised Standard. 2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Apocrypha--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
- Bible.
- Bible. Apocrypha.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 706 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press USA, [2020].
- Summary:
- Building on the success of the Jewish Annotated New Testament (JANT) and the Jewish Study Bible (JSB), Oxford University Press now proceeds to complete the trilogy with the Jewish Annotated Apocrypha (JAA). The books of the Apocrypha were virtually all composed by Jewish writers in the Second Temple period. Excluded from the Hebrew Bible, these works were preserved by Christians. Yet no complete, standalone edition of these works has been produced in English with an emphasis on Jewish tradition or with an educated Jewish audience in mind. The JAA meets this need. The JAA differs from prior editions of the Apocrypha in a number of ways. First, as befits a Jewish Annotated Apocrypha, the volume excludes certain texts that are widely agreed to be of Christian origin. Second, it expands the scope of the volume to include Jubilees, an essential text for understanding ancient Judaism, and a book that merits inclusion in the volume by virtue of the fact that it was long considered part of the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (the text is also revered by Ethiopian Jews). Third, it has restructured the order of the books so that the sequencing follows the logic that governs the order of the books in the Jewish canon (Law, History, Prophecy, Wisdom and Poetry). Using the NRSV translation (plus Jubilees), each book of the Apocrypha is annotated by a recognized expert in the study of ancient Judaism. An Introduction by the editors guides readers though the making of the volume and its contents. Thematic essays by an impressive array of scholars provide helpful contexts, backgrounds and elaborations on key themes.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Apocrypha
- Law
- Book of Jubilees / Matthew Goff
- Histories and Stories
- 1 Esdras / Tamara Conn Eskenazi
- Expanded (Greek) Esther / Maxine L. Grossman
- Tobit / Naomi S. S. Jacobs
- Judith / Deborah Levine Gera
- 1 Maccabees / Daniel R. Schwartz
- 2 Maccabees / Eyal Regev
- 3 Maccabees / Noah Hacham
- Prophecies
- Letter of Jeremiah / Karina Martin Hogan
- Baruch / Karina Martin Hogan
- Additions to Daniel / Amy-Jill Levine
- Prayer of Azariah / Song of the Three / David A. Lambert
- Susanna / Amy-Jill Levine
- Bel and the Dragon / Malka Z. Simkovich
- 4 Ezra / Lisbeth S. Fried
- Poetry and Wisdom
- Psalm 151 / David A. Lambert
- Prayer of Manasseh / David A. Lambert
- Wisdom of Solomon / Matthew Kraus
- Ben Sira / Michael L. Satlow
- 4 Maccabees / Jason M. Zurawski
- The Essays
- Social Contexts
- The Babylonian and Persian Period: History and Culture / Alejandro F. Botta
- The Hellenistic Period: History and Culture / Paul J. Kosmin
- The Roman Period / Nadav Sharon
- Ancient Jewish Sectarianism / Albert I. Baumgarten
- The Archaeology of Second Temple Judaism / Yonatan Adler
- The Hasmonean State and Ancient Jewish Nationalism / Doron Mendels
- Canon / Annette Yoshiko Reed
- The Septuagint / Leonard J. Greenspoon
- Dead Sea Scrolls / Alex P. Jassen
- The Peshitta and the Syriac Biblical Context / Naomi Koltun-Fromm
- The Apocrypha in Rabbinic Literature / Christine Hayes
- The Apocrypha in Medieval Hebrew Literature / Martha Himmelfarb
- Wisdom in the Apocrypha / Greg Schmidt Goering
- Literary Approaches to the Apocrypha / Steven Weinman
- The Incredible Expanding Bible: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to Haile / Selassie Eva Mroczek
- The Apocrypha And Jewish Life
- Torah, Law, and Commandments / Stuart S. Miller
- Prayer in the Apocrypha / Rodney A. Werline
- Hanukkah in the Apocrypha / Aaron D. Panhen
- Jewish Heroes and the Apocrypha / Lawrence M. Wills
- Gender / Shira L. Lander
- Jewish Theology and the Apocrypha / Jonathan Klawans
- Evil and Sin / Miryam T. Brand
- Jewish Identity in the Apocrypha / Cynthia M. Baker
- Truth and Lies in Apocryphal Tales / Jonathan Klawans.
- Notes:
- "Bibliography of ancient texts and additional resources": pages 660-662.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0190262486
- 9780190262488
- OCLC:
- 1184239129
- Publisher Number:
- 99985842485
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