Introduction to the Apocrypha : Jewish books in Christian Bibles / Lawrence M. Wills.
Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments. Lawrence Wills introduces these texts in their original Jewish environment while addressing the very different roles the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Yale scholarship online.
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| Summary: | Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments. Lawrence Wills introduces these texts in their original Jewish environment while addressing the very different roles they had in various Christian canons. Though often relegated to a lesser role, a sort of 'Bible-Lite,' these texts deserve renewed attention, and this book shows how they hold more interest for both ancient and contemporary communities than previously thought. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300258769 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.12987/yale/9780300248791.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 25, 2021) |