The Provenance of the Pseudepigrapha
Subtitle: Jewish, Christian, or Other? (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, V. 105) (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: November 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9789004137523
Subjects: Old Testament apocryphal works; Judaism - History; Bibles; Religion; Religion - Judaism; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Biblical Studies - Bible Study Guides; Bible - Apocrypha; Christian Theology - General; Spirituality - General; Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Authorship
Description: "This book challenges the assumption that pseudepigrapha are Jewish compositions until proven otherwise. It proposes a methodology for understanding them first in the social context of their earliest manuscripts, inferring still earlier origins only as required by positive evidence while considering the full range of possible authors (Jews, Christians, 'God-fearers', Samaritans, etc.). It analyzes a substantial corpus of pseudepigrapha, distinguishing those that are probably Jewish from those of more doubtful origins."--BOOK JACKET.