Pseudepigraphic perspectives
Subtitle: the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in light of the Dead Sea scrolls : proceedings of the International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 12-14 January, 1997
By: edited by Esther G. Chazon and Michael Stone ; with collaboration of Avital Pinnick.
Contributors: Chazon, Esther G.; Stone, Michael E., 1938-; Pinnick, Avital.
Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah,; v. 31
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls -- Congresses; Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Congresses
Description: This volume of symposium papers examines the attribution of books to great figures in antiquity: Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Levi, Moses, Ezekiel, Daniel and others. The authors offer fine literary studies of these pseudepigraphical writings, assess the uses of pseudonymity and anonymity in the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature, and explore the theological, social and historical implications of the different attributions and approaches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.