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This book analyses the Christian transmission of the Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, in particular the case of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve.
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A half-century ago, De Jonge (New Testament and early Christian literature, Leiden U.) described The Testaments, as a Christian document incorporating Jewish traditions, rather than as a Christian version of a Jewish document the original of which could possibly be reconstructed with much effort and creativity. He has since discovered that they are but one of many such documents. Having looked at many examples in particular, he here calls for a paradigm shift in psuedepigrapha research. He argues that the narratives have to be read primarily as Christian stories centering on figures in the specifically Christian Old Testament—as opposed to the Hebrew or Jewish Bible— and speak to Christian rather than Jewish concerns. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
PrefaceIntroduction11"Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament": An Ill-Defined Category of Writings92The "Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament" as Witnesses to the Authority of the Old Testament in the Early Church183Developing a Different Approach294The Christian Transmission of Pseudepigrapha. Some Cases395Defining the Major Issues in the Study of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs716The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs as a Document Transmitted by Christians847The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and Related Qumran Fragments1078Levi in the Aramaic Levi Document and in the Testament of Levi1249The Two Great Commandments in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs14110Light on Paul from the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs? The Testaments and the New Testament16011The Christian Origin of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve18112The Washing of Adam in the Acherusian Lake (Greek Life of Adam and Eve 37:3) in the Context of Early Christian Nations of the Afterlife (coauthor: L. Michael White)20113The Greek Life of Adam and Eve and the Writings of the New Testament228Bibliography241Index of References257Analytical Subject Index272
