The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins: Essays from the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (Jewish and Christian Texts in Contexts and Related Studies)

316 Pages·2008·16.1 MB·English

by  Gerbern S. Oegema

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REVELATION

JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS IN CONTEXTS
AND RELATED STUDIES
SERIES
Executive Editor
James H. Charlesworth
Editorial Board of Advisors
Motti Aviam, Michael Davis, Casey Elledge, Loren Johns,
Amy-Jill Levine, Lee McDonald, Lidija Novakovic, Gerbern Oegema,
Henry Rietz, Brent Strawn

The Pseudepigrapha and
Christian Origins
Essays from the Studiorum
Novi Testamenti Societas
Edited by
Gerbern S. Oegema
and
James H. Charlesworth
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2008
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The pseudepigrapha and Christian origins ; essays from the Studiorum Novi Testamenti
Societas / edited by Gerbern S. Oegema and James H. Charlesworth.
p. cm. (Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies ; 4)
A seminar chaired from 2000 to 2006 by professors James H. Charlesworth and
Gerbern S. Oegema have met five times in various locations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-567-02719-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-567-02719-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Apocryphal books Criticism,
interpretation, etc. -Congresses. 2. Christianity -Origin—Congresses. 3. Church
history— Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600— Sources Congresses. I. Oegema,
Gerbern S., 1958- II. Charlesworth, James H. III. Society for New Testament Studies.
IV. Title. V. Series.
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Dedicated to Hermann Lichtenberger, colleague, mentor, and friend,
on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday

CONTENTS
Abbreviations ix
Preface
by Gerbern S. Oegema and James H. Charlesworth xiii
i. The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins
Introduction
by John M. Court 3
The Continuing Quest for the Provenance
of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
by Richard J. Bauckham 9
Pseudepigrapha Research and Christian Origins after the OTP
by Lorenzo DiTommaso 30
11. The Pseudepigrapha and the Synoptic Gospels
Jewish Martyrology and the Death of Jesus
by David A. deSilva 51
Jesus' Apocalyptic Worldview and His Exorcistic Ministry
by Loren T. Stuckenbruck 68
III. The Pseudepigrapha and Paul
Adam and Eve in Romans 1:18-25 and
the Greek Life of Adam and Eve
by John R. Levison 87
The Story of Our Lives: The q-z-Text of the Life of Adam and Eve,
the Apostle Paul, and the Jewish Christian Oral Tradition
concerning Adam and Eve
by Johannes Tromp 102
Adam in Paul
by James D. G. Dunn 120
IV. The Pseudepigrapha and Luke-Acts
The Pseudepigrapha and the Problem of Background "Parallels"
in the Study of the Acts of the Apostles
by Craig A. Evans 139
The Pseudepigrapha and the Narratives in Luke-Acts
by Gerbern S. Oegema 151
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V. The Pseudepigrapha and the Revelation of John
The Apocalypse of John and Palestinian Jewish Apocalyptic
by David E. Aline 169
The Parables of Enoch and the Apocalypse of John
by James H. Charlesworth, 193
The Reception of the Book of Daniel (and Danielic Literature)
in the Early Church
by Gerbern S. Oegema 243
VI. Postscript
Ancient Bible Manuscripts and the Biblical Canon
by Lee Martin McDonald 255
Index of References 283
Index of Authors 293