Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism: Message, Context, and Significance

by Daniel Gurtner

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2020

Overview

This book introduces readers to a much-neglected and misunderstood assortment of Jewish writings from around the time of the New Testament. Dispelling mistaken notions of "falsely attributed writings" commonly inferred from the designation "pseudepigrapha," Daniel Gurtner demonstrates the rich indebtedness these works exhibit to the traditions and scriptures of Israel's past. In surveying numerous of the most important works, Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism shows how the Pseudepigrapha are best appreciated in their own varied contexts rather than as mere "background" to early Christianity or emerging rabbinic Judaism.

Key Features

• Introduces the pseudepigraphic writings of Second Temple Judaism
• Helps readers understand first-century developments
• Demonstrates the influence of the pseudepigrapha on early Jewish and Christian life and thought

Product Details

• Title: Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism: Message, Context, and Significance
• Author: Daniel Gurtner
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 456
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Apocryphal books (O.T.) › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9781493427161, 9780801049873, 9781540965417, 9781493427147, 1493427164, 0801049873, 1540965414, 1493427148
• Resource ID: LLS:NTRDCNGPSDPJDSM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:57:31Z

About Daniel Gurtner

Daniel M. Gurtner (PhD, University of St Andrews, Scotland) is Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary (Ontario, California [USA]). He has taught in seminaries since 2005 and publishes broadly in the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism. His primary research interests lie in the gospels and their interface with the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism. Gurtner is currently writing the Word Biblical Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew and is an active member of the Society for Biblical Literature and the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, among other organizations.