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Re-imagining identity through national narratives: The representational ethics of Israelites and Other(s) in Jubilees and Josephus’s Judean Antiquities Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Carrie Cifers
This article brings the literary treasures of ancient Judea into conversation with the interdisciplinary fields of Narrative Ethics and Socio-Narratology while considering Jubilees and Josephus’s J...
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Whether and whence preexistence in 1 Enoch? Isa 49:1–2 and the preexistent servant as the background for 1 En. 48:3, 6; 62:7 Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Michael Wade Martin
The study examines the debated questions of whether and whence preexistence is affirmed of the Son of Man in the parables of Enoch. With regard to the first question, I argue an old thesis on new g...
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Middle Platonism in the Wisdom of Solomon: A comparison of Wisdom to Plutarch of Chaeroneia Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Jeremy Wade Barrier
This essay examines the conjecture that the Wisdom of Solomon was heavily influenced by Greek philosophy most notably in the form of Middle Platonism. In stating it this way, an argument is being m...
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Parabiblical tradition in mediaeval Armenia and its social location(s) Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Michael E Stone
The aim of this paper is to commence seeking an answer to the following question: What function did the developed parabiblical (pseudepigraphical) literature play in medieval Armenian culture? The ...
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Wis 14:6: The σπέρμα γενέσεως and Enochic tradition Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2023-03-30 David Lincicum
This short article proposes a new translation of Wis 14:6, and identifies the giants of Gen 6:1–4 as the “seed of the generative act” that Noah abandons.
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Heavenly writing and the authority of rewritten scripture: Reevaluating explicit references to the Pentateuch in Jubilees Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Matthew J Klem
Interpreters commonly designate two phrases in Jubilees, “the book of the first law” (6:22) and “the words of the law” (30:12), as explicit references to the already written Pentateuch that thus tr...
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Ezekiel’s Exagoge and the drama of intertextuality Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Maxwell James Kramer
Ezekiel’s Exagoge is unusual as a Greek tragedy not only because it draws on Biblical rather than mythological subject matter but also because it makes such extensive use of an external source for ...
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“Vergil and Homer opened my Books:” The Sibylline Oracles and the non-Jewish canon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Helen Van Noorden
The hybrid cultural weave of the Sibylline Oracles is one of the most arresting aspects of a collection which preserves Judaeo-Christian compositions in Greek ranging from c. second century BCE to ...
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Jewish Greek allusion in theory and in practice: Aristobulus and the Letter of Aristeas Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Max Leventhal
This article examines how two Jewish Greek prose writers refer to aspects of the Greek and Jewish literary traditions. The first section studies the fragments of Aristobulus and the multiple models...
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The ship of state: Metaphor and intertextuality in Philo of Alexandria Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Pieter B. Hartog
This article discusses Philo’s use of the well-known state is ship metaphor. After offering a definition of topos and intertextuality, I discuss passages from the Philonic corpus in which this imag...
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Intertext and allusion in Jewish-Greek literature: An introduction Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Marieke Dhont
In the introduction to this special volume, Dhont reflects on Jewish literature in Greek as a research topic and contextualizes the primary research question that lies at the heart of the volume, n...
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Memory as overt allusion trigger in ancient literature Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Sean A Adams
This paper begins with a brief definition of allusion. The majority of the paper investigates the ways that memory language was used by ancient authors (Jewish, Greek, and Latin) as a literary tech...
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Did Amram have a choice? Divine determinism and human choice in 4QVisions of Amram Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Kasper Siegismund
4QVisions of Amram has often been presented as a text that stands for human choice or some kind of “free choice” theology. The basis for this interpretation is an intriguing passage that most schol...
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The phallus in our stars: Sexual violence in the Animal Apocalypse Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Megan R Remington, Julianna Kaye Smith
The Animal Apocalypse (1 En. 85–90) provides some of the most vivid imagery in Second Temple literature. In reference to the descent of the Watchers allegorized as stars, the narrative invokes the ...
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The reconstruction of 4QWords of Ezekiel: Re-assessing 4Q385, 4Q386, and 4Q385b Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Anna Shirav
This article re-examines the material reconstruction of the copies of 4QWords of Ezekiel olim 4QPseudo Ezekiel (4Q385 and 4Q386) via the use of digital tools and the Stegemann method. The findings ...
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Aseneth: A tale from the religious frontier Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Anthony Sheppard
After discussing issues surrounding the distinction between Christian and Jewish apocryphal/pseudepigraphic texts, this paper suggests that the composition of (Joseph and) Aseneth could have been s...
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The stones and the rock: Jewish and Christian elements in Vita Jeremiah Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Aryeh Amihay
This paper examines a single chapter of the Vitae Prophetarum (Lives of the Prophets) to explore elements that could be classified as Jewish or Christian. Setting aside the overt Christian glosses,...
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The literary function of Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 49 in Hannah’s story: Hannah and the people as inverted mirror images Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Vincent Hirschi
This article argues that Pseudo-Philo carefully crafted the sequence of events and the speeches in Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (L.A.B.) 49 so as to create connections with Hannah’s story. Through...
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The reception of Jubilees in Greek catena manuscripts of Genesis Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Jeremiah Coogan
Several Greek catena manuscripts preserve material from Jubilees, offering valuable witness to the largely lost Greek version of the book. Yet how did material from this Second Temple composition b...
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Enoch’s revelations? Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Michael E Stone
This article examines the relationship between Enoch’s ontological state and the types of information that are revealed to him. Concentrating on two Enochic works, the Book of the Watchers and the ...
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Jonah and Tobit: A developing understanding of the meaning of exile Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Ruth Margaret Henderson
Although much has been written on the biblical influences on the Book of Tobit, little scholarly attention has been paid to the similarities between the books of Jonah and Tobit, apart from the com...
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Nothing to sniff at: Odorless Reah Nihoah in early biblical interpretation Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Shlomo Zuckier
Within the Hebrew Bible, the phrase reah nihoah (ריח ניחוח), “a pleasing smell,” appears frequently throughout accounts of sacrifice, referring in a most literal sense to the smell of an offering ...
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The wicked angels of 1 En. 69:4–15: Part 1: New evidence and proposals for the names; Part 2: The nature and purpose of the list Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Daniel C. Olson
This two-part article presents new evidence and proposals for the original names of the wicked angels listed in 1 En. 69:4–15 and an interpretation of the passage in light of the new proposals. Nin...
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Esoterica Iudaica Antiqua: Some reflections Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Michael E Stone
In this paper, I seek to isolate and seek out criteria for understanding the social functioning of esotericism in the period of the Second Temple. In addition to clarifying what is meant by “esoter...
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Manuscript and gender: Eve’s testament in GLAE/Apoc. Mos. 15–30 and LLAE 45–60 Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Angela Standhartinger
Whereas many of the so-called Jewish Pseudepigrapha still wait for a critical edition, the Life of Adam and Eve—or the Apocalypse of Moses, as the Greek version is captioned in some manuscripts—has...
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Flowers of evil: Constructing the wicked in Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-12-24 Jiani Sun
The distinction between the good and the wicked is common in wisdom literature. Although the distinction can be viewed as ubiquitous, I would like to problematize it by considering the literary dev...
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Crafted ambiguity in the Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-12-24 Jason M Zurawski
The Wisdom of Solomon is a text intensely concerned with epistemological questions. What is true knowledge? Where does it come from? What’s its purpose? How does one attain it? In each of its parts, Wisdom can be seen directly and clearly tackling these types of problems. The Wisdom of Solomon is also a text deeply and frustratingly ambiguous. Is this some kind of embarrassing irony, a text so intent
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Along a marvelous way: The significance of Middle Platonism for understanding Wisdom of Solomon’s soteriology Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-12-24 Ronald R Cox
An analysis of personified Sophia’s soteriological role illuminates the interrelationship between eschatology and ontology in the Wisdom of Solomon. Read within the philosophical milieu of early imperial Platonism, Sophia functions similarly to divine intermediaries in the writings of Alcinous, Plutarch of Chaeronea, and Numenius of Apamea in how she leads souls from the earthly to the intellectual
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Ahistorical interpretation of the Torah narratives in the Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-12-24 Karina Martin Hogan
The traditional scholarly title (since the early twentieth century) for the last section of the Wisdom of Solomon, chapters 11–19 (or for some, 10–19) is the “Book of History.” This is a misleading designation because the author of the Wisdom of Solomon chose to present certain events from the exodus and wilderness traditions of ancient Israel not in the context of a continuous historical narrative
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Introduction to December 2021 special issue of the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha: The Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Jason M Zurawski,Karina Martin Hogan
The following is the second special issue of the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (JSP) devoted to studies of the Wisdom of Solomon, edited by Karina Martin Hogan and Jason Zurawski. The collection of papers largely derives from three sessions of the Wisdom and Apocalypticism program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature focused on the important first-century text: “The Wisdom of Solomon
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The role of memory in the Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-09-09 Bradley C Gregory
The theme of memory in the Wisdom of Solomon shows affinities with the conceptualization of memory in the ancient world generally. The book is written such that the more one has internalized the texts and traditions of the Jewish community, the more meaningful and persuasive its argument will be. To have shaped oneself according to the authoritative Scriptural texts is to perceive the true reality
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The quest of the king in the Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-09-09 Mark Giszczak
Historians largely agree that Hellenistic kingship was founded, not primarily on heredity, but on military achievement (MacDonald, 2015). The right to rule was thus militarily meritocratic, but philosophically unsteady, so kings felt the need to propagandize by commissioning writings peri basileias. Diogenes Laertius gives evidence that this type of kingship literature was widely produced in this era
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“Mystery” in the Wisdom of Solomon and 4QInstruction Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-09-09 Benjamin Wold
Similar ideas and tropes found in the Wisdom of Solomon and 4QInstruction (4Q415–418, 423; 1Q26) have considerable significance for the study of early Jewish sapiential literature. One feature shared by both compositions is teaching about “mysteries.” Previous studies on these two wisdom writings conclude that there are distinct differences in what these mysteries are and how they function in the thought
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Philosophical cosmology and religious polemic: The “worship of creation” in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and the Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-09-09 Emma Wasserman
This article treats Hellenistic Jewish literature that ridicules the alleged worship of the elements, the heavens, the heavenly bodies, or other “parts” of the cosmos, especially as developed in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Ps-Solomon. It is argued that such claims constitute a distinctive sub-type of religious polemic that draws on and adapts from Platonic and Stoic traditions of cosmology
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Introduction to Sept 2021 special issue of Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha: The Wisdom of Solomon Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Karina Martin Hogan,Jason M Zurawski
At the 2017 Annual Meeting of the SBL, as the steering committee of the Wisdom and Apocalypticism Section met to plan its programming for the next few years, it became clear that many of the committee members shared an interest in the Wisdom of Solomon. Yet, despite the obvious relevance of that book to the intersection of wisdom and apocalyptic literature, we realized that our section had not devoted
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Noachic traditions in the Book of Parables: Two parallels from the Dead Sea Scrolls Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-08-12 Ariel Feldman
This note draws attention to two passages from the so-called Noachic interpolations in the Book of Parables where Noah traditions embedded in Qumran scrolls may provide helpful parallels. First, it suggests that the dating of the vision in 1 En. 60:1 is illuminated by a comparison to the Flood chronology in 4Q252. Second, it points out a similar use of Isa 24:18–20 in 1 En. 65:1–5, 9 and 4Q370. In
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Putting “the Torah” back into “the Book of Moses” in Miqṣat Ma‘aśe ha-Torah: A new proposed reconstruction of 4Q397 14–21 6 Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-08-12 Jonathan Kaplan
In this article, I build upon observations by Émile Puech regarding the available space in 4Q397 14–21 6, one of the manuscripts of Miqṣat Ma‘aśe ha-Torah (MMT), in order to propose an alternate reconstruction of the middle of this line. I suggest emending the earlier reconstruction of בספר מושה “in the book of Moses,” which is found in numerous editions of 4Q397, with בספר תורת מושה “in the book
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The martyrdom of Daniel and the Three Youths Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-08-12 Alexey Somov
This article investigates the legend about the persecution and martyrdom of Daniel and his three companions at the hand of a wicked Persian king. This story is found in Eastern Orthodox liturgical, hagiographical, and homiletical texts and is based on extracanonical traditions similar to those of the “rewritten Bible” in the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. The article investigates how the canonical story
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The seventy-two elders of the Letter of Aristeas: An ancient midrash on Numbers 11? Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-08-12 Noah Hacham
According to the Letter of Aristeas, the ancient treatise on the creation of the Greek translation of the Pentateuch, the high priest Eleazar chose seventy-two elders and dispatched them to Egypt where they translated the Torah into Greek. Scholars discerned the meaning of this number, indicating the affinity to the seventy elders who joined Moses and Aaron in the Sinai covenant (Exod. 24) and the
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Complexes of Emotions in Joseph and Aseneth Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-05-19 Tyler Smith
The ancient Greek novel introduced to the history of literature a new topos: the “complex of emotions.” This became a staple of storytelling and remains widely in use across a variety of genres to the present day. The Hellenistic Jewish text Joseph and Aseneth employs this topos in at least three passages, where it draws attention to the cognitive-emotional aspect of the heroine’s conversion. This
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Bright ecological wisdom in Baruch 3:33–35 Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-05-19 Trevor Tibbertsma
This short study seeks to highlight the rhetorical use of creation imagery in the sapiential Torah exhortation of Baruch 3:9–4:4. A methodology of rhetorical criticism will principally be used to investigate the style of this “ecologically” insightful part of the poem as well as its function in the wider message of the exhortation. The few short phrases of 3:33–35 effectively bolster the overall exhortation
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Drink and drinking in early Jewish texts: Describing a meal in the World to Come Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-05-19 Claudia D. Bergmann
Both the Hebrew Bible and extrabiblical literature consider food and drink to be gifts from the deity to be enjoyed by human beings, especially when they live according to the divine laws and in moderation. When it comes to extrabiblical early Jewish texts about the meal in the World to Come, one notices a curious detail: while the World to Come is portrayed as being one of utter abundance and joy
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Susanna and the Elders: A Hebrew Legend with Egyptian Wordplay? Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2021-05-19 Daryl Domning
The Egyptian word seshen (“water lily,” a cognate of the Hebrew name Susanna, written with hieroglyphs depicting a door bolt, a garden pool, and water), may have inspired the setting of the Theodotion form of Daniel 13:1–27. This may constitute a novel type of “bilingual visual paronomasia,” and point to an Egyptian source of the details of Susanna’s bath, absent in the earliest (Old Greek) form of
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“Ḥokma of the Hands” in early Jewish sapiential tradition and the Letter of James Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Benjamin Wold
In early Jewish wisdom literature, a Hebrew idiom occurs that combines “hands” with “wisdom.” This construct has been overwhelmingly translated along the lines of “manual wisdom” and implying craftsmanship or the work of an artisan. This article examines “wisdom of the hands” and argues that its meaning relates to acting wisely, as distinguished from merely acquiring knowledge or cognitive assent,
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Family relations and the economic-metaphysical message of Instruction Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Jonathan Ben-Dov
Much of the sapiential treatise Instruction (=4QInstruction) can be read as a systematic attempt to support one basic ideological principle: Each person has a divinely assigned share, and every interaction that requires mixing that share with other agents is a breach of the metaphysical order. This idea was first formulated with regard to Instruction by Menahem Kister. In the present article, I apply
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A new reconstruction of the “Wisdom of the Hands” unit in 4QInstructiond (4Q418) Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Asaf Gayer
This study presents the material reconstruction of the unit on חכמת ידים—“Wisdom of the Hands,” in copy d of the wisdom composition Instruction (4Q418), followed by a complete transcription and an English translation. The study presents the location of nine fragments of 4Q418, placed on three consecutive columns, along with new joins and new readings. The reconstruction is based on the principles
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Introduction Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Benjamin Wold, Daniele Pevarello
This is the second of two thematic editions focused on the theme “Jewish Wisdom from the Judean Wilderness to Diaspora.”1 In this edition, the weight of the contributions is focused on Qumran discoveries. A composition that features in three of these articles, and discussed in the fourth, is 1Q/4QInstruction (1Q26; 4Q415–418, 423).2 A number of previously unknown sapiential texts were preserved in
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Esoteric wisdom texts from Qumran Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-12-08 George J. Brooke
The dominant approach to sapiential compositions found in the caves at and near Qumran has been based on traditional views of the wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible. The intention here is to look rather at the likely contexts of the transmission of the sapiential literature in the movement that preserved the Scrolls. In so doing, particular attention is given to esoteric writings. The first part of the
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Holy land and diaspora in The Book of Wisdom Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-09-30 William Horbury
Wisdom is considered against the background of the incidence of these themes in the Israelite sapiential corpus and usage of “diaspora” and related vocabulary. In writings which, like Wisdom, developed biblical tradition in the Greek and early Roman periods it seems that far-reaching modification of the negative Pentateuchal overtones of diaspora did not exclude them, but scattering could be treated
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Looking for wisdom in Wis 11:2–19:2: between universalism and particularism Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Daniele Pevarello
The retelling of the exodus narrative in the second half of Wis 11:2–19:22 has often been treated as a thematic shift from sapiential universalism to Jewish particularism. The aim of this article is to contribute to our understanding of Wis 11:2–19:22 through a reappropriation of its universalistic outlook. I argue here that Pseudo-Solomon’s retelling of Israel’s Heilsgeschichte remains focused on
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Wisdom and fear of God in Ben Sira 1:11–21: Second temple perspectives Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Jeremy Corley
While Ben Sira’s poem on wisdom and fear of God (Sir 1:11–21) draws on earlier texts from the Hebrew Bible, it transfers the rewards for wisdom (Prov 1–9) and the blessings for Torah obedience (Deut 30:15–16) onto the fear of the Lord. The poem also exhibits parallels to some Dead Sea Scroll texts, including the Qumran Wisdom Admonition (4Q185) and the Treatise on the Two Spirits from the Community
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Mapping ideal ways of living: Virtue and vice lists in 1QS and 4Q286 Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Elisa Uusimäki
This article analyses virtue and vice lists in ancient Hebrew literature, specifically focusing on those found in 1QS and 4Q286. It is argued that these texts from Qumran offer distinctive evidence for extended lists of virtues and vices. Apart from illustrating ideals of the yaḥad movement, the sources invite us to consider what counted as ethical to ancient Jews and whether the texts indicate any
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Introduction Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Benjamin Wold, Daniele Pevarello
In early December 2019 an international symposium was held at Trinity College Dublin on the theme: Jewish Wisdom from the Judean Wilderness to Diaspora.1 The present September 2020 edition of the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha and the next one in December 2020 contain an ample selection of the papers which were presented and discussed on that occasion. We are deeply grateful to Matthias
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“The Prophecy on the Coming of the Son of Man” in the Arabic Testament of Adam and its Syriac Vorlage Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-07-31 Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala
The aim of this article is to compare the version provided by the text-type “b” or shorter recension, with its Vorlage, as found in the third recension of this work composed in Syriac language, through the analysis of the section containing the “Prophecy on the coming of the Son of Man.”
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Kenaz: A figure created out of the scriptures? Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-07-31 Nathanael Vette
Kenaz is a marginal figure in the Jewish scriptures. And yet for Pseudo-Philo, Kenaz’s importance rivals that of Moses and Joshua. Pseudo-Philo gives Kenaz a long and illustrious career unparalleled in the extant literature (LAB 25–28). But whereas past scholarship has seen the roots of Pseudo-Philo’s description of Kenaz in the language of Judg 1–3, this link is tenuous at best. Instead, the description
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Greek education and cultural identity in Greek-speaking Judaism: The Jewish-Greek historiographers Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-07-31 Marieke Dhont
The style of the Jewish-Greek historiographers Eupolemus and Demetrius has often been evaluated as “bad Greek.” This is generally seen as evidence of their lack of education. The negative views on the language of Demetrius and Eupolemus are illustrative of a broader issue in the study of Hellenistic Judaism: language usage has been a key element in the discussion on the societal position of Jews in
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“In strength” not “by force”: Re-reading the circumcision of the uncircumcised ἐν ἰσχύι in 1 Macc 2:46 Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-05-10 Isaac T Soon
This article challenges the dominant reading of 1 Macc 2:46, both that (a) the syntagm ἐν ἰσχύι means coercion and that (b) the literary context of 1 Maccabees understands the circumcising of the uncircumcised in 2:46 as coercive. An analysis of the lexical semantics of ἐν ἰσχύι in ancient Greek literature shows that it never referred to coercion, but primarily referred to the means by which an action
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The origin of Beliar in Sibylline Oracle 3.63: A new proposal Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-05-10 Mateusz Kusio
This article investigates Sibylline Oracle 3.63 which states that Beliar will come ἐκ Σεβαστηνῶν, “from the Sebastenoi.” Scholars have understood the verse as meaning that Beliar will be either a Roman imperial figure or a Samaritan false prophet. Pointing out the serious shortcomings of these hypotheses, the article argues that the Sibylline Beliar should be seen as originating in Asia, most probably
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The Treatise of the Vessels (Massekhet Kelim) and traditions concerning Eden and the gold of Parvaim Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-05-10 Kai Akagi
The Treatise of the Vessels identifies the gold of the Temple as gold of Parvaim from Eden. The idea that the Temple’s gold came from Eden is otherwise unattested, but it may have come from exegetical reflection on scriptural texts and traditions concerning gold and Eden. (1) The description of gold as “good” is unique to Gen 2 and 2 Chr 3. (2) A chain of scriptural texts could associate the gold of
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Artapanus as a Source for the Building of the Temple of Onias in Egypt Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2020-05-10 Meron M Piotrkowski
In scholarly literature, one frequently encounters the claim that Artapanus supplies the only reference to the building of the Temple of Onias in the entire extant corpus of Jewish-Hellenistic literature. While this assumption has found acceptance, this article wishes to investigate that claim. While Artapanus indeed incorporated a reference to the building of a temple by Jews in Heliopolis—the same