"David A. deSilva is Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary at Ashland, Ohio. He is the author of twenty-five books, including An Introduction to the New Testament (2nd ed., 2018), Introducing the Apocrypha (2nd ed., 2018), Day of Atonement (2015), and Th­e Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude (2011)."

This collection of essays is from a world-leading scholar on 4 Maccabees and the Apocrypha. The contributions represent two decades of deSilva's research and are essential reading for those interested in Jewish engagement with Greek literary culture, rhetoric, and education.'

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Rhetorical Situation and Strategic Response1. The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor2. Honor and Shame as Argumentative Topoi in 4 Maccabees3. Fourth Maccabees as Acculturated Resistance LiteraturePart 2: The Rhetorical Contributions of Intertexture4. The Strategic Retelling of Scripture in 4 Maccabees: David's Thirst (4 Macc 3:6-18)5. Engagement with Greco-Roman Intertexture: Conversations about Maternal Affections6. "Father Knew Best": Intertextuality and Argumentation in 4 Macc 18:6-19Part 3: The Legacy of 4 Maccabees7. The Human Ideal, the Problem of Evil, and Moral Responsibility in 4 Maccabees8. Fourth Maccabees and Early Christian Martyrdom: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen's Exhortatio ad Martyrium9. Ambrose's Use of 4 Maccabees in De Jacob et Vita Beata10. Beyond the Eclectic Text of 4 Maccabees: Reading 4 Maccabees in Codex SinaiticusConclusionBibliographyAuthor IndexScripture Index

"David A. deSilva is Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary at Ashland, Ohio. He is the author of twenty-five books, including An Introduction to the New Testament (2nd ed., 2018), Introducing the Apocrypha (2nd ed., 2018), Day of Atonement (2015), and Th­e Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude (2011)."

This collection of essays is from a world-leading scholar on 4 Maccabees and the Apocrypha. The contributions represent two decades of deSilva's research and are essential reading for those interested in Jewish engagement with Greek literary culture, rhetoric, and education.'

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Rhetorical Situation and Strategic Response1. The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor2. Honor and Shame as Argumentative Topoi in 4 Maccabees3. Fourth Maccabees as Acculturated Resistance LiteraturePart 2: The Rhetorical Contributions of Intertexture4. The Strategic Retelling of Scripture in 4 Maccabees: David's Thirst (4 Macc 3:6-18)5. Engagement with Greco-Roman Intertexture: Conversations about Maternal Affections6. "Father Knew Best": Intertextuality and Argumentation in 4 Macc 18:6-19Part 3: The Legacy of 4 Maccabees7. The Human Ideal, the Problem of Evil, and Moral Responsibility in 4 Maccabees8. Fourth Maccabees and Early Christian Martyrdom: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen's Exhortatio ad Martyrium9. Ambrose's Use of 4 Maccabees in De Jacob et Vita Beata10. Beyond the Eclectic Text of 4 Maccabees: Reading 4 Maccabees in Codex SinaiticusConclusionBibliographyAuthor IndexScripture Index

"David A. deSilva is Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary at Ashland, Ohio. He is the author of twenty-five books, including An Introduction to the New Testament (2nd ed., 2018), Introducing the Apocrypha (2nd ed., 2018), Day of Atonement (2015), and Th­e Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude (2011)."

This collection of essays is from a world-leading scholar on 4 Maccabees and the Apocrypha. The contributions represent two decades of deSilva's research and are essential reading for those interested in Jewish engagement with Greek literary culture, rhetoric, and education.'

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Rhetorical Situation and Strategic Response1. The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor2. Honor and Shame as Argumentative Topoi in 4 Maccabees3. Fourth Maccabees as Acculturated Resistance LiteraturePart 2: The Rhetorical Contributions of Intertexture4. The Strategic Retelling of Scripture in 4 Maccabees: David's Thirst (4 Macc 3:6-18)5. Engagement with Greco-Roman Intertexture: Conversations about Maternal Affections6. "Father Knew Best": Intertextuality and Argumentation in 4 Macc 18:6-19Part 3: The Legacy of 4 Maccabees7. The Human Ideal, the Problem of Evil, and Moral Responsibility in 4 Maccabees8. Fourth Maccabees and Early Christian Martyrdom: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen's Exhortatio ad Martyrium9. Ambrose's Use of 4 Maccabees in De Jacob et Vita Beata10. Beyond the Eclectic Text of 4 Maccabees: Reading 4 Maccabees in Codex SinaiticusConclusionBibliographyAuthor IndexScripture Index