Title: Pseudepigraphic perspectives
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Apocryphal books (Old Testament), Congresses, Dead Sea scrolls, Books of the New Testament, Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts, Judaism, Religion - Judaism, Old Testament Commentary, Religion, Judaism - Sacred Writings, Apocryphal books (Old Testamen, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament, Manuscrits de la mer Morte, Dode-Zeerollen, Relation to the Old Testament, Criticism, interpretation, Congrès, Apocryphes (Ancien Testament), Apocriefen
LC classification: BS1700 .O75 1997