The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha Section at the SBL

✍ Scribed by Matthias Henze (editor), Liv Ingeborg Lied (editor)

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 469
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume celebrates fifty years of the study of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha at the Society of Biblical Literature and the pioneering scholars who introduced the Pseudepigrapha to the Society. Since 1969, the Pseudepigrapha Section has provided a forum for a rigorous discussion of these understudied texts and their relevance for Judaism and Christianity. The current volume tells the history of the section’s beginnings and critically examines the vivid debates that have shaped the field over the last half-century. It concludes with a look toward the future of the study of the Pseudepigrapha.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
The Pseudepigrapha and the Society of Biblical Literature
The Pseudepigrapha Project at the Society of Biblical Literature, 1969–1971
Remembering Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha at the Society of Biblical Literature
Let the Living Remember the Dead
Early Days of the Society of Biblical Literature Pseudepigrapha Group
Memories of the Society of Biblical Literature Pseudepigrapha Group, 1970–1982
The Pseudepigrapha at the Society of Biblical Literature: The Early Growth of a Group
The History of the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
The History of the Study of Pseudepigrapha
The Pseudepigrapha within and without Biblical Studies
Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship and Pseudepigrapha Studies
Pseudepigrapha and Gender
Topics in the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Pseudepigrapha and Their Manuscripts
Manuscript Research in the Digital Age
The Pseudepigrapha in Greek
Origen and the Old Testament Apocrypha
Pseudepigrapha Between Judaism and Christianity
Pseudepigraphy as an Interpretative Construct
The Future of the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
The More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project
Encomium or Apologia?
Looking Ahead
Fifty More Years of the Society of Biblical Literature Pseudepigrapha Section?
Future Trends for the Study of Jewish Pseudepigrapha
Contributors
Ancient Sources Index
Modern Scholars Index