The books of the Apocrypha
Subtitle: Their origin, teaching and contents
By: by the Rev. W.O.E. Oesterley
Series: Library of historic theology
Publisher: R. Scott
Published: 1914
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
Subjects: Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
First sentence: To offer in any detail an account of such an immense subject as the Hellenistic Movement would be out of the question here; but no study which has to do with Jewish religion or culture of the three last pre-Christian centuries can be taken in hand without some reference to the Movement which so profoundly affected the world of those times.
Table of contents: title: PAGE; title: Introductory	1; title: PART I; title: PROLEGOMENA TO THE APOCRYPHA; title: CHAPTER I; title: The Hellenistic Movement	11; title: I.	Hellenism in its Secular Aspect	12; title: II.	Hellenism in its Religious Aspect	20; title: Summary	24; title: CHAPTER II; title: Hellenistic Influence upon the Jews of Palestine	27; title: I.	Hellenism and Judaism	27; title: II.	The Essenes	41; title: Summary	46; title: CHAPTER III; title: Hellenistic Influence upon the Jews of the Dispersion	49; title: I.	The Dispersion	49; title: II.	Hellenistic Influence on Religion	54; title: III.	The Septuagint	58; title: IV.	Philo of Alexandria	61; title: Summary	65; title: CHAPTER IV; title: Traces of Greek Influence in the Old Testament and in the Apocrypha	68; title: I.	References to the Greeks in the Old Testament	68; title: II.	Traces of Greek Influence in the Old Testament	70; title: III.	Traces of Greek Influence in the Apocrypha	77; title: Ecclesiasticus	77; title: Wisdom:; title: (a) The doctrine of the pre-existence of the soul	80; title: (b) The doctrine of immortality	83; title: (c) The doctrine of the badness of the body	84; title: (d) The creation of the world out of formless matter	85; title: (e) Signs of the influence of Stoic philosophy	86; title: Summary	87; title: CHAPTER V; title: The Apocalyptic Movement	90; title: I.	The Beginnings of the Apocalyptic Movement	90; title: II.	The Apocalyptists	95; title: III.	The Doctrinal Teaching of the Apocalyptic Literature	101; title: (a) Individualism	102; title: (b) Particularism and Universalism	103; title: (c) The doctrine of the Messiah	105; title: (d) The doctrine of the Future Life	107; title: Summary	111; title: CHAPTER VI; title: The Scribes	113; title: (a) The Old Testament data	113; title: (b) The Apocrypha data	123; title: (c) Some further particulars	126; title: Summary	127; title: CHAPTER VII; title: The Pharisees and Sadducees	130; title: I.	The Meaning of the Terms “Pharisees” and “Sadducees”	130; title: (a) Pharisees	130; title: (b) Sadducees	132; title: II.	The Sources	135; title: (a) Josephus	135; title: (b) Rabbinical sources	137; title: (c) The New Testament	138; title: (d) The Zadokite Fragments	138; title: III.	The Doctrines of the Pharisees and Sadducees	139; title: (a) The doctrine of the Law	139; title: (b) The doctrine of God	144; title: (c) The doctrine of the Future Life	146; title: (d) The Sadducæan attitude regarding belief in the existence of angels and spirits	147; title: (e) The doctrine of the Messiah	148; title: (f) The Sadducees and the Jewish Calendar	150; title: IV.	Some Subsidiary Considerations	152; title: Summary	157; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: The Origin of the Old Testament Canon	160; title: I.	The Hebrew Canon in its Present Form	162; title: II.	The Idea of a Canon	164; title: III.	The Formation of the Hebrew Canon	169; title: IV.	To Whom was the Final Fixing of the Hebrew Canon due?	174; title: Summary	176; title: Additional Note. The Conceptions underlying the Idea of Levitical Impurity	177; title: CHAPTER IX; title: Uncanonical Books (I)	183; title: I.	The Meaning of the Term Gānaz	183; title: II.	The Meaning of the Term Apokryphos	185; title: III.	The Connexion between the Terms Gānaz and Apokryphos	188; title: IV.	How the Term “Apocrypha” came to be applied to Sacred Books of the Second Rank	190; title: V.	The Reading of Uncanonical Books	192; title: Summary	196; title: CHAPTER X; title: Uncanonical Books (II). The Apocalyptic Literature	198; title: Preliminary Remarks	198; title: (a)	The Book of Enoch	201; title: (b)	The Sibylline Oracles	208; title: (c)	The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs	210; title: (d)	The Psalms of Solomon	214; title: (e)	The Book of Jubilees	216; title: (f)	The Assumption of Moses	218; title: (g)	The Ascension of Isaiah	219; title: (h)	The Book of the Secrets of Enoch	220; title: (i)	The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch	222; title: (j)	The Apocalypse of Moses (The Life of Adam and Eve)	222; title: (k)	The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch	223; title: CHAPTER XI; title: The Wisdom Literature; the Jewish Conception of Wisdom	224; title: I.	The Wisdom Literature	224; title: II.	The Origin of the Hebrew Conception of Wisdom	226; title: III.	The Jewish Conception of Wisdom	233; title: Summary	247; title: CHAPTER XII; title: The Doctrinal Teaching of the Apocrypha	251; title: Preliminary Remarks	251; title: (a)	The doctrine of God	254; title: (b)	The doctrine of the Law	260; title: (c)	The doctrine of Sin	267; title: (d)	The doctrine of Grace and Free-will	278; title: (e)	The doctrine of the Messiah	281; title: (f)	The doctrine of the Future Life	288; title: (g)	The doctrine of Angels	300; title: (h)	Demonology	304; title: Summary	305; title: PART II; title: INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOKS OF THE APOCRYPHA; title: PAGE; title: Introductory	319; title: CHAPTER I; title: The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach; or Ecclesiasticus	321; title: I.	The Title of the Book	321; title: II.	The Author and his Book	322; title: III.	The Date of the Book	327; title: IV.	The Original Language of the Book; the recently found Hebrew Manuscripts	329; title: V.	The Authorized and Revised Versions of Ecclesiasticus	331; title: VI.	The “Sadducæan” doctrinal standpoint in Ecclesiasticus	334; title: VII.	The Pharisaic Additions to Ecclesiasticus	340; title: VIII.	The Value of the Book for the Study of the New Testament	345; title: CHAPTER II; title: The Book of Tobit	349; title: I.	The Story of Achikar the Wise	350; title: II.	The Relationship between the Book of Tobit and the Story of Achikar the Wise	353; title: III.	The Contents of the Book of Tobit	357; title: IV.	The Religious Standpoint of the Writer	360; title: V.	The Date of the Book, its Integrity and Place of Origin	365; title: VI.	The Value of the Book for New Testament Study	368; title: CHAPTER III; title: The Book of Judith	372; title: I.	Contents and Character of the Book	372; title: II.	Variety of Form of the Judith Story	379; title: III.	The Teaching and Purpose of the Book	381; title: IV.	The Date of the Book	382; title: V.	The Original Language of the Book	384; title: CHAPTER IV; title: The Additions to the Book of Daniel	385; title: I.	Preliminary Remarks	385; title: II.	The Prayer of Azariah	386; title: III.	The Song of the Three Children	390; title: IV.	The Story of Susanna	391; title: V.	Bel and the Dragon	394; title: CHAPTER V; title: The Additions to the Book of Esther	398; title: I.	The Nature and Object of the Additions	398; title: II.	Authorship and Date of the Additions	403; title: CHAPTER VI; title: The Prayer of Manasses	404; title: I.	The Contents of the Prayer	404; title: II.	The Origin of the Prayer	405; title: III.	The Date of the Prayer	409; title: IV.	The Writer and the Language in which he wrote	410; title: CHAPTER VII; title: The First Book of Maccabees	411; title: I.	Title and Authorship of the Book	411; title: II.	The Date of the Book	413; title: III.	The Original Language and Literary Character of the Book	414; title: IV.	The Sources of the Book	415; title: V.	The History of the Maccabæan Struggle	423; title: (a) The Conquests of Alexander the Great, and the division of his Empire	424; title: (b) The original cause of the struggle; the leadership of Mattathias	424; title: (c) The leadership of Judas Maccabæus; religious liberty secured	427; title: (d) The leadership of Jonathan; the establishment of the Hasmonæan high-priesthood	431; title: (e) The leadership of Simon	436; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: The Greek Ezra (1 (3) Esdras)	439; title: I.	The Title of the Book	439; title: II.	Contents of the Book	440; title: III.	The “Hebrew Ezra,” the “Greek Ezra,” and 2 Esdras	442; title: IV.	The Historicity of the Book	446; title: V.	The Purpose of the Book	450; title: VI.	The Story of the Three Young Men of Darius’ Bodyguard	451; title: VII.	The Date of the Book	454; title: CHAPTER IX; title: The Book of Wisdom (The Wisdom of Solomon)	455; title: I.	The Title and Authorship of the Book	455; title: II.	The Date of the Book	459; title: III.	The Question of Composite Authorship	464; title: IV.	The Purposes for which the Book was Written	469; title: V.	The Influence of the Book on St. Paul	474; title: CHAPTER X; title: The Second Book of Maccabees	479; title: I.	The Origin of the Book	479; title: II.	The Contents of the Book	481; title: III.	III.Comparison between 1 and 2 Maccabees	482; title: IV.	The Historical Value of 2 Maccabees	485; title: V.	The Purpose of the Book	487; title: VI.	The Integrity of the Book	490; title: VII.	The Date and Original Language of the Book	493; title: VIII.	The influence of the Book on New Testament Writers	493; title: CHAPTER XI; title: The Book of Baruch, and the Epistle of Jeremiah	495; title: I.	Short Account of the Book, and its Contents	495; title: II.	Examination of the Component Parts of the Book	497; title: (1) The Book of Confessions (i.-iii. 8)	497; title: (2) A Sage’s words of encouragement (iii. 9-iv. 4)	503; title: (3) A Message of good cheer (iv. 5-v. 9)	504; title: The Epistle of Jeremiah	506; title: CHAPTER XII; title: The Ezra Apocalypse (2 (4) Esdras)	509; title: I.	The Title of the Book	509; title: II.	Chapters i., ii.	510; title: III.	Chapters xv., xvi.	511; title: IV.	The Component Parts of Chapters iii.-xiv.	512; title: V.	The Vision of the Man Rising from the Sea	515; title: VI.	The Eagle Vision	517; title: VII.	The Salathiel Apocalypse	522; title: VIII.	An Ezra Legend	528; title: Indexes—; title: General	533; title: Passages from the Old Testament	545; title: Passages from the Apocrypha	547; title: Passages from the Pseudepigrapha	552; title: Passages from the New Testament	552; title: Passages from Rabbinical Literature	553