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

by Gerbern Oegema; James H. Charlesworth

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2008

Overview

In the Seminar “The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins” of the “Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas”, chaired from 2000 to 2006 by Professors James H. Charlesworth (Princeton) and Gerbern S. Oegema (McGill), the relation between the Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament has been discussed systematically and intensively in a way never seen before. The Pseudepigrapha investigated included the Old Testament ones and those found in the Qumran as well as the Pseudepigrapha of the New Testament and the ones used in the Early Church. The seminar and its participants, who were all internally renowned experts from around the world, have focused on the use, adaptation, reinterpretation and further development of non-canonical traditions (except for Philo, Josephus, the Essene and early Rabbinic writings) in the canonical writings of Early Christianity. The seminar has met in total five times in various locations, while systematically being arranged around the following topics: The Pseudepigrapha and the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, the Epistles of Paul, the Other New Testament Writings, and the Revelation of John.

Key Features

• Explores the relationship between the Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament
• Focuses on the use, adaptation, reinterpretation, and further development of non-canonical traditions
• Examines the developments in research in recent decades and the future prospects

Contributors and Contents

• I. Preface, by John M. Court (Editor of SNTS Monograph Series)
• II. The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins (Montreal, 2001)
• James H. Charlesworth and Gerbern S. Oegema, "Introduction: The Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament and Their Reception in Early Christianity"
• Lorenzo DiTommaso (Concordia University), "The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins: An Explosion of International Interest"
• Loren T. Stuckenbruck (University of Durham), "Magic in the Book of Tobit"
• III. The Pseudepigrapha and the Gospel of John (Durham, 2002)
• Kingsley Barrett (University of Durham), "The Gospel of John and Jewish Literature Contemporaneous with It: Reflections Since My Youth"
• Daniel Boyarin (University of California at Berkeley), "The Fourth Gospel as a Jewish Pseudepigraphon"
• James H. Charlesworth (Princeton Theological Seminary), "The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Gospel of John"
• IV. The Pseudepigrapha and Paul (Bonn, 2003)
• Jack R. Levinson (Seattle Pacific University): "Adam and Eve in the Pseudepigrapha and the Letters of Paul"
• Johannes Tromp (Rijksuniverseit Leiden): "Adam Traditions in the Epistles of Paul and the Christian Version of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve"
• Jan Dochhorn (Universitat Gottingen), "Vita Adae et Evae"
• James D.G. Dunn (University of Durham): "Adam in Paul"
• V. The Pseudepigrapha and Luke-Acts (Barcelona, 2004)
• Petr Pokorny (Charles University Prague), "The Pseudepigrapha and the Origins of Christology"
• Craig A. Evans (Acadia Divinity School), "Why the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha is Essential in Studying Acts"
• Gerbern S. Oegema (McGill University), "The Coming of the Righteous One in 1 Enoch, Qumran and the New Testament"
• VI. The Pseudepigrapha and the Revelation of John (Aberdeen, 2006)
• David E. Aune (University of Notre Dame): "The Apocalypse of John and Palestinian Jewish Apocalypses"
• James H. Charlesworth (Princeton Theological Seminary): "The Parables of Enoch and the Apocalypse of John"
• Gerbern S. Oegema (McGill University): "The Apocalypse of John and Early Christian Apocrypha"
• VII. Postscript (Princeton, 2007)
• Lee Martin McDonald, ""What Ancient Manuscripts Tell us about the New Testament Canon

Praise for the Print Edition

This is an interesting collection of essays, arising from meetings of The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins seminar of SNTS between 2000 and 2006.

—Expository Times

Product Details

• Title: The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins: Essays from the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
• Authors: Gerbern Oegema, James H. Charlesworth
• Series: Jewish and Christian Texts in Contexts and Related Studies
• Volume: 4
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 295
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Apocryphal books › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses; Christianity › Origin--Congresses; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Sources--Congresses
• ISBNs: 9780567027191, 0567027198
• Resource ID: LLS:PSDPGRPHCHRRGNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-12T15:31:59Z

About the Editors

James H. Charlesworth is George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and Director and Editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.

Gerbern S. Oegema is Professor of Biblical Studies and Founder of the Center for Research on Religion at McGill University, Canada.