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Introducing the Apocrypha, 2nd Edition

Message, Context, and Significance

by David A. deSilva

  • Paperback
  • 496 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • 15 x 22.7 x 2.8 cm

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The introduction unearths the contexts of the Apocrypha in a reliable way

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Whether you are taking your first steps or broadening your horizons in understanding the Apocrypha, this introduction brings key scholars together to open up its contexts and meanings.
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This comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the Old Testament apocryphal books summarizes their context, message, and significance. It is the most substantial introduction to the Apocrypha available and has become a standard authority on the topic. The new edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout to reflect the latest scholarship.

Contents

  • Foreword by James H. Charlesworth
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
    1. Introduction: The Value of the Apocrypha
    1. Historical Context: "The Yoke of the Gentiles"
    1. Tobit: "Better Is Almsgiving with Justice"
    1. Judith: "Hear Me Also, a Widow"
    1. Greek Esther: "The Aid of the All-Seeing God and Savior"
    1. Wisdom of Solomon: "The Righteous Live Forever"
    1. Wisdom of Ben Sira: "In All Wisdom There Is the Doing of Torah"
    1. Baruch: "Return with Tenfold Zeal to Seek God"
    1. Letter of Jeremiah: "They Are Not Gods, So Do Not Fear Them"
    1. Additions to Daniel: "Let Them Know That You Alone Are God"
    1. 1 Maccabees: "The Family through Which Deliverance Was Given"
    1. 2 Maccabees: "There Is Some Power of God about the Place"
    1. 1 Esdras: "Leave to Us a Root and a Name"
    1. Prayer of Manasseh: "The God of Those Who Repent"
    1. Psalm 151: "He Made Me Shepherd of His Flock"
    1. 3 Maccabees: "Blessed Be the Deliverer of Israel!"
    1. 2 Esdras: "The Mighty One Has Not Forgotten"
    1. 4 Maccabees: "Noble Is the Contest"
  • Indexes
Introducing the Apocrypha, 2nd Edition and Unholy Allegiances
Unholy AllegiancesIntroducing the Apocrypha, 2nd Edition

  • Author

    David A. deSilva

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Baker Publishing Group

  • Published

    March 2018

  • Weight

    697g

  • Page Count

    496

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780801097416

  • ISBN-10

    080109741X

  • Eden Code

    4551338

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