New Vistas on Early Judaism and Christianity

Lorenzo DiTommaso is Professor or Religion at Concordia University, Canada.Gerbern S. Oegema is Professor of Biblical Studies at McGill University, Canada.

This collection provides an insightful glimpse into the rich literary tapestry that makes up early Jewish and Christian cultures and philosophies.

• Preface Acknowledgements Foreword and Introduction, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University, Canada, and Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada1. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Thirty Years Later, James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USAPart I: Early Jewish Texts and Traditions2. 1 Enoch Chapter 1: Comparison of Two Translations, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany3. Iron Age Heroes and Enochic Giants, Kyle Roark, Florida State University, USA 4. 4QEnc (4Q204) Column I: A New Reconstruction, Bronson Brown-De Vost, Brandeis University, USA5. Bulls, Cows, and the Tragic Fate of the Females at the Eschaton: A Gender Reading of the Animal Apocalypse in 1 Enoch 85–90, Zhenya Gurina-Rodriguez, Brite Divinity School/Texas Christian University, USA6. Confined by Mountains of Metal: The Translation Problem of 1 Enoch 67:4, Raul Vitor Rodrigues Peixoto, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil7. Compositional Technique in the Temple Scroll: Creative Interpretation and Integrative Interpretation in the Passover Legislation, James Nati, Yale University, USA8. Hellish Rhetoric: The Pedagogical Function of the Underworld in 4Q184, Ross P. Ponder, University of Texas at Austin, USA9.The Transmission of Jubilees: Reevaluating the Textual Basis, Matthew P. Monger, MF–Norwegian School of Theology, Norway10. Mending the Fractures of Genesis: Strategies of Harmonization in the Book of Jubilees, Brett Maiden, Emory University, USA11. Ptolemaic Sovereignty and the Political Unconscious of 3 Maccabees: Philopator’s Decree (2:28–30) in Light of Late Ptolemaic Asylia Inscriptions, G. Anthony Keddie, University of Texas at Austin, USA12. Belial in the Dead Sea Scrolls: From Worthless to Stumbling Block to Archenemy, Francis Daoust, Université de Montréal, Canada13. Flatterers, Whisperers, and Other Hypocrites: New Denominations for Sinners in the Writings of the Second Temple Period, Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sèvres, France14. Ezra’s Continuity in 4 Ezra, Jason Ford, Rice University, USAPart II: The Reception of Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christianity and Judaism15. Interpretations of Abraham’s Circumcision in Early Christianity and Genesis Rabbah, Malka Z. Simkovich, Brandeis University, USA16. Redemption from the Ashes: Repositioning the Temple in Early Christian and Rabbinic Thought, Andrew W. Higginbotham, Hebrew Union College, Israel17. Inside the Parables: Inside and Outside in the Apocryphon of James and in the First In-Parables Speech of Mark, Antoine Paris, Université Paris – Sorbonne, France / Université de Montréal, Canada18. The Evolution of the Figure of Nimrod through the Lens of Rabbinic Literature, Apolline Thromas, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland19. Jewish Apocalyptic and Mystical Background in the Gospel of Judas, Serge Cazelais, Université Laval and St. Paul University, Canada20. Satan at the Sacrifices of Isaac and Jesus, Gavin McDowell, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France21. What is Gnosticism? Reassessing the Nomenclature, André Gagné, Concordia University, Montréal, CanadaCombined BibliographyVolume Indexes