T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek

This volume provides a critical introduction to Hellenistic Jewish Literature. It offers serious students and scholars with an overview of the scholarly issues for each work (covering issues such as date, provenance, language, content, style, reception, contribution to ancient Judaism, etc.) as well as important information about critical editions, manuscripts, and secondary scholarship, serving as a clear starting point for anyone who is interested in this corpus of literature.The volume begins with a set of thematic essays, providing orientation for the reader and examining core general issues such as language, geography and identity. The core of the volume provides overviews of the scholarly issues surrounding texts. Each entry provides readers with the core information necessary to study the text in depth and to understand its impact upon our understanding of Hellenistic Judaism and its later reception.>

Préface
A critical and comprehensive survey of and introduction to Hellenistic Jewish Literature as related to the bible.

Auteur
Marieke Dhont is an Esprit Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Salzburg, Austria, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Contenu
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction Sean A. Adams and Marieke Dhont Thematic essays: 2. Hellenism/Jews in the Greco-Roman World Erich Gruen 3. Jewish Multilingualism Benjamin Kantor 4. Jewish Identity Kathy Ehrensperger 5. Geography David Noy 6. Jewish Material in Christian Sources Liv Ingeborg Lied Works: 7a Septuagint (incl. Deuterocanon.) Will Ross 7b Greek compositions in the LXX Gerbern Oegema 8. Demetrius the Chronographer Sylvie Honigman 9. Eupolemus Robert Doran 10. Aristobulus Markus Mülke 11. Letter of Aristeas Ben Wright 12. Pseudo-Hecataeus Ekaterina Matusova 13. Fragmentary Jewish Historians Gregory Sterling 14. Artapanus Jed Wyrick 15. Poetic fragments with Jewish content Max Leventhal 16. Ezekiel's Exagogê Max Kramer 17. Pseudo-Phocylides Michael Tilly[MD1] 18. Sibylline Oracles: 18a 12 Jane Lightfoot 18b 35 John Collins 18c 612 Ashley Bacchi 19. Joseph and Aseneth Gillian Glass 20. Testament of Job Maria Ciaota 21. Testaments of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Robert Walker 22. Testament of Moses JW Van Henten 23. Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs Patrick Pouchelle 24. Orphica Fabienne Jourdan 25. Lives of the Prophets A.M. Schwemer 26. Life of Adam and Eve Jack Levison 27. Apocryphon of Ezekiel Joseph Scales 28. Henoch in Greek Elena Dugan 29. Jewish inscriptions Noah Kaye 30. Prayer of Joseph Justin Schedtler 31. Prayer of Jacob Justin Schedtler 32. Jewish prayer texts Justin Schedtler 33. Philo of Alexandria Michael Cover 34. Josephus Eelco Glas 35. Gospels Eve-Marie Becker 36. Acts Kindalee DeLong 37. Paul Todd Still 38. Catholic Epistles Rubin McClain 39. Revelation Garrick Allen 40. Potential Jewish sources in Christian works 40a Pseudo-Clem. James Carleton Paget 40b Apostolic Constitutions Menahem Kister 40c Apocalypse of Ezra Ryan Comins Bibliography Index