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JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS IN CONTEXTS AND RELATED STUDIES Series Executive Editor James H. Charlesworth Editorial Board of Advisors Motti Aviam, Michael Davis, Casey Elledge, Loren Johns, Amy-Jill Levine, Lee McDonald, Lidia Novakovic, Gerbern Oegema, Henry Rietz, Brent Strawn ii SACRA SCRIPTURA How “Non-Canonical” Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Edited by James H. Charlesworth and Lee Martin McDonald with Blake A. Jurgens LONDON • NEW DELHI • NEW YORK • SYDNEY Bloomsbury T&T Clark An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com Bloomsbury is a registered trade mark of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2014 © James H. Charlesworth, Lee Martin McDonald, Blake A. Jurgens and Contributors, 2014 James H. Charlesworth, Lee Martin McDonald and Blake A. Jurgens have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identi(cid:191)ed as Authors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury Academic or the authors. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 978-0-56714-887-2 ePDF: 978-0-56729-668-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sacra Scriptura / James H. Charlesworth, Lee Martin McDonald and Blake A. Jurgens p.cm Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 978-0-5671-4887-2 (hardcover) Typeset by Forthcoming Publications Ltd (www.forthpub.com) CONTENTS Abbreviations vii Contributors xi PREFACE THE FLUID BORDERS OF THE CANON AND “APOCRYPHA” James Hamilton Charlesworth xiii FOREWORD WITH THE ANCIENTS: HEARING VOICES THAT WERE SILENCED xxvii 1 WRITINGS LABELED “APOCRYPHA” IN LATIN PATRISTIC SOURCES Edmon L. Gallagher 1 2 DID THE MIDRASH OF SHEMIHAZAI AND AZAEL USE THE BOOK OF GIANTS? Ken M. Penner 15 3 NEGOTIATING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITION: THE REHABILITATION OF THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA (SIRACH) IN B. SANHEDRIN 100B Teresa Ann Ellis 46 4 PROLOGUE OF SIRACH (BEN SIRA) AND THE QUESTION OF CANON Francis Borchardt 64 5 THE FUNCTION OF ETHICS IN THE NON-CANONICAL JEWISH WRITINGS Gerbern S. Oegema 72 6 THE ODES OF SOLOMON: THEIR RELATION TO SCRIPTURE AND THE CANON IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY James Hamilton Charlesworth 89 vi Contents 7 THE ODES OF SOLOMON IN ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY: REFLECTIONS ON SCRIPTURE AND CANON Lee Martin McDonald 108 8 ORIGEN’S USE OF THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS Stephen C. Carlson 137 9 THE ACTS OF THOMAS AS SACRED TEXT Jonathan K. Henry 152 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES AND THE GOSPEL OF PETER Daniel Lynwood Smith 171 Index of References 186 Index of Authors 195 ABBREVIATIONS Hebrew Bible / Old Testament New Testament Gen Genesis Mt Matthew Exod Exodus Mk Mark Lev Leviticus Lk Luke Num Numbers Jn John Deut Deuteronomy Acts Acts Josh Joshua Rom Romans Judg Judges 1–2 Cor 1–2 Corinthians Ruth Ruth Gal Galatians 1 Sam 1 Samuel Eph Ephesians 2 Sam 2 Samuel Phil Philippians 1 Kgs 1 Kings Col Colossians 2 Kgs 2 Kings 1–2 Thess 1–2 Thessalonians 1 Chr 1 Chronicles 1–2 Tim 1–2 Timothy 2 Chr 2 Chronicles Titus Titus Ezra Ezra Phlm Philemon Neh Nehemiah Heb Hebrews Esth Esther Jas James Job Job 1–2 Pet 1–2 Peter Ps/Pss Psalm(s) 1–2–3 Jn 1–2–3 John Prov Proverbs Jude Jude Eccl Ecclesiastes Rev Revelation Song Song of Songs Isa Isaiah Jer Jeremiah Old Testament Apocrypha and Lam Lamentations Pseudepigrapha Ezek Ezekiel AscenIs Ascension of Isaiah Dan Daniel 3Bar 3 Baruch Hos Hosea 1En 1 Enoch Joel Joel 2En 2 Enoch Amos Amos 3En 3 Enoch Obad Obadiah Jub Jubilees Jonah Jonah 1–2–3–4 Macc 1–2–3–4 Maccabees Mic Micah OdesSol Odes of Solomon Nah Nahum PssSol Psalms of Solomon Hab Habakkuk SibOr Sibylline Oracles Zeph Zephaniah Sir Sirach Hag Haggai Tob Tobit Zech Zechariah Wis Wisdom of Solomon Mal Malachi viii Abbreviations New Testament Apocrypha and Gos. Phil. Gospel of Philip Pseudepigrapha Gos. Thom. Gospel of Thomas Acts Paul Acts of Paul Prot. Jas. Protevangelium of Acts John Acts of John James Acts Thom. Acts of Thomas Acts Andr. Acts of Andrew Manuscripts Gos. Pet. Gospel of Peter BodPap Papyrus Bodmer Greek and Latin Works Adv. Helv Jerome, Adversus Helvidium de Mariae virginitate perpetua Adv. Haer. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses An. Tertullian, De anima c. Cels. Origen, contra Celsum Civ. Augustine, De civitae Dei Comm. Cant. Origen, Commentarius in Canticum Comm. Eph. Jerome, Commentariorum in Epistulam ad Ephesios libri III Comm. Ezech. Jerome, Commentariorum in Ezechielem libri XVI Comm. Isa. Jerome, Commentariorum in Isaiam libri XVIII Comm. Jo. Origen, Selecta in Job Comm. Luc. Jerome, Commentarrii in Lucam Comm. Matt. Origen, Commentarium in evangelium Matthaei Comm. Rom. Origen, Commentarii in Romanos Comm. Ser. Matt. Origen, Commentarium series in evangelium Matthaei Comm. Tit. Jerome, Commentariorum in Epistulam ad Titum liber Div. quaest. Augustine, De diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII Doc. Chr. Augustine, De doctrina christiana Ep. Afr. Origen, Epistula ad Africanum Ep. Fest. Athanasius, Epistula Festales Epist. Jerome, Epistulae Etymolog. Isidore, Etymologiae Exp. Ps. Athanasius, Expositio in Psalmos Faust. Augustine, Contra Faustum Manichaeum Haer. Hippolytus, Refutatio omnium haeresium Hebr. Nom. Jerome, De nominibus hebraicis (Liber nominum) Hist. eccl. Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica Hom. Luc. Origen, Homiliae in Lucam Ign Eph. Ignatius, Epistle to the Ephesians Ign Magn. Ignatius, Epistle to the Magnesians Ign Smyrn. Ignatius, Epistle to the Smytnaeans Ign Trall. Ignatius, Epistle to the Trallians Inst. Lactantius, Divinarum institutionum libri VII Or. Tertullian, De oratione Pan. Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses) Praef. Ezram Jerome, Praefatio Eusebii Ieronimi in Ezram Praef. Pent. Jerome, Praefatio in Pentateuchum Princ. Origen, De principiis Abbreviations ix Pud. Tertullian, De pudicitia Res. Tertullian, De resurrectione carnis Sel. Gen. Origen, Selecta in Genesim Strom. Clement of Alexandria, Stromata Symb. Ru(cid:191)nus, Commentarius in symbolum apostolorum Tract. III Priscillian, Tractatus III Tract. Ps. II Jerome, Tractatus in Psalmos Vir. ill. Jerome, De viris illustribus Modern Publications AB Anchor Bible ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman, 6 vols. New York, 1992 ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library ACW Ancient Christian Writers. 1946– ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Edited by H. Temporini and W. Haase. Berlin, 1972– BDAG Bauer, W., F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek– English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. Chicago, 1999 BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium Bib Biblica BN Biblische Notizen BSOAS Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies CaE Cahiers évangile CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CSCO Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium. Edited by I. B. Chabot et al. Paris, 1903– CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert FARG Forschungen zur Anthropologie und Religionsgeschichte FC Fathers of the Church. Washington, D.C., 1947– FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments GCS Die griechische christliche Schriftsteller der ersten [drei] Jahrhunderte HTR Harvard Theological Review HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual HUCM Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ITS Innsbrucker Theologische Studien JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods

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Many of the writings deemed 'apocryphal' and 'pseudepigraphical'were in circulation in the early centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Their influences and impacts on the development of early communities, and the development of Jewish and Christian thoughts, have not yet been sufficiently examined.
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JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS IN CONTEXTS AND RELATED STUDIES Series Executive Editor James H. Charlesworth Editorial Board of Advisors Motti Aviam, Michael Davis, Casey Elledge, Loren Johns, Amy-Jill Levine, Lee McDonald, Lidia Novakovic, Gerbern Oegema, Henry Rietz, Brent Strawn ii SACRA SCRIPTURA How “Non-Canonical” Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Edited by James H. Charlesworth and Lee Martin McDonald with Blake A. Jurgens LONDON • NEW DELHI • NEW YORK • SYDNEY Bloomsbury T&T Clark An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com Bloomsbury is a registered trade mark of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2014 © James H. Charlesworth, Lee Martin McDonald, Blake A. Jurgens and Contributors, 2014 James H. Charlesworth, Lee Martin McDonald and Blake A. Jurgens have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identi(cid:191)ed as Authors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury Academic or the authors. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 978-0-56714-887-2 ePDF: 978-0-56729-668-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sacra Scriptura / James H. Charlesworth, Lee Martin McDonald and Blake A. Jurgens p.cm Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 978-0-5671-4887-2 (hardcover) Typeset by Forthcoming Publications Ltd (www.forthpub.com) CONTENTS Abbreviations vii Contributors xi PREFACE THE FLUID BORDERS OF THE CANON AND “APOCRYPHA” James Hamilton Charlesworth xiii FOREWORD WITH THE ANCIENTS: HEARING VOICES THAT WERE SILENCED xxvii 1 WRITINGS LABELED “APOCRYPHA” IN LATIN PATRISTIC SOURCES Edmon L. Gallagher 1 2 DID THE MIDRASH OF SHEMIHAZAI AND AZAEL USE THE BOOK OF GIANTS? Ken M. Penner 15 3 NEGOTIATING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITION: THE REHABILITATION OF THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA (SIRACH) IN B. SANHEDRIN 100B Teresa Ann Ellis 46 4 PROLOGUE OF SIRACH (BEN SIRA) AND THE QUESTION OF CANON Francis Borchardt 64 5 THE FUNCTION OF ETHICS IN THE NON-CANONICAL JEWISH WRITINGS Gerbern S. Oegema 72 6 THE ODES OF SOLOMON: THEIR RELATION TO SCRIPTURE AND THE CANON IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY James Hamilton Charlesworth 89 vi Contents 7 THE ODES OF SOLOMON IN ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY: REFLECTIONS ON SCRIPTURE AND CANON Lee Martin McDonald 108 8 ORIGEN’S USE OF THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS Stephen C. Carlson 137 9 THE ACTS OF THOMAS AS SACRED TEXT Jonathan K. Henry 152 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES AND THE GOSPEL OF PETER Daniel Lynwood Smith 171 Index of References 186 Index of Authors 195 ABBREVIATIONS Hebrew Bible / Old Testament New Testament Gen Genesis Mt Matthew Exod Exodus Mk Mark Lev Leviticus Lk Luke Num Numbers Jn John Deut Deuteronomy Acts Acts Josh Joshua Rom Romans Judg Judges 1–2 Cor 1–2 Corinthians Ruth Ruth Gal Galatians 1 Sam 1 Samuel Eph Ephesians 2 Sam 2 Samuel Phil Philippians 1 Kgs 1 Kings Col Colossians 2 Kgs 2 Kings 1–2 Thess 1–2 Thessalonians 1 Chr 1 Chronicles 1–2 Tim 1–2 Timothy 2 Chr 2 Chronicles Titus Titus Ezra Ezra Phlm Philemon Neh Nehemiah Heb Hebrews Esth Esther Jas James Job Job 1–2 Pet 1–2 Peter Ps/Pss Psalm(s) 1–2–3 Jn 1–2–3 John Prov Proverbs Jude Jude Eccl Ecclesiastes Rev Revelation Song Song of Songs Isa Isaiah Jer Jeremiah Old Testament Apocrypha and Lam Lamentations Pseudepigrapha Ezek Ezekiel AscenIs Ascension of Isaiah Dan Daniel 3Bar 3 Baruch Hos Hosea 1En 1 Enoch Joel Joel 2En 2 Enoch Amos Amos 3En 3 Enoch Obad Obadiah Jub Jubilees Jonah Jonah 1–2–3–4 Macc 1–2–3–4 Maccabees Mic Micah OdesSol Odes of Solomon Nah Nahum PssSol Psalms of Solomon Hab Habakkuk SibOr Sibylline Oracles Zeph Zephaniah Sir Sirach Hag Haggai Tob Tobit Zech Zechariah Wis Wisdom of Solomon Mal Malachi viii Abbreviations New Testament Apocrypha and Gos. Phil. Gospel of Philip Pseudepigrapha Gos. Thom. Gospel of Thomas Acts Paul Acts of Paul Prot. Jas. Protevangelium of Acts John Acts of John James Acts Thom. Acts of Thomas Acts Andr. Acts of Andrew Manuscripts Gos. Pet. Gospel of Peter BodPap Papyrus Bodmer Greek and Latin Works Adv. Helv Jerome, Adversus Helvidium de Mariae virginitate perpetua Adv. Haer. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses An. Tertullian, De anima c. Cels. Origen, contra Celsum Civ. Augustine, De civitae Dei Comm. Cant. Origen, Commentarius in Canticum Comm. Eph. Jerome, Commentariorum in Epistulam ad Ephesios libri III Comm. Ezech. Jerome, Commentariorum in Ezechielem libri XVI Comm. Isa. Jerome, Commentariorum in Isaiam libri XVIII Comm. Jo. Origen, Selecta in Job Comm. Luc. Jerome, Commentarrii in Lucam Comm. Matt. Origen, Commentarium in evangelium Matthaei Comm. Rom. Origen, Commentarii in Romanos Comm. Ser. Matt. Origen, Commentarium series in evangelium Matthaei Comm. Tit. Jerome, Commentariorum in Epistulam ad Titum liber Div. quaest. Augustine, De diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII Doc. Chr. Augustine, De doctrina christiana Ep. Afr. Origen, Epistula ad Africanum Ep. Fest. Athanasius, Epistula Festales Epist. Jerome, Epistulae Etymolog. Isidore, Etymologiae Exp. Ps. Athanasius, Expositio in Psalmos Faust. Augustine, Contra Faustum Manichaeum Haer. Hippolytus, Refutatio omnium haeresium Hebr. Nom. Jerome, De nominibus hebraicis (Liber nominum) Hist. eccl. Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica Hom. Luc. Origen, Homiliae in Lucam Ign Eph. Ignatius, Epistle to the Ephesians Ign Magn. Ignatius, Epistle to the Magnesians Ign Smyrn. Ignatius, Epistle to the Smytnaeans Ign Trall. Ignatius, Epistle to the Trallians Inst. Lactantius, Divinarum institutionum libri VII Or. Tertullian, De oratione Pan. Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses) Praef. Ezram Jerome, Praefatio Eusebii Ieronimi in Ezram Praef. Pent. Jerome, Praefatio in Pentateuchum Princ. Origen, De principiis Abbreviations ix Pud. Tertullian, De pudicitia Res. Tertullian, De resurrectione carnis Sel. Gen. Origen, Selecta in Genesim Strom. Clement of Alexandria, Stromata Symb. Ru(cid:191)nus, Commentarius in symbolum apostolorum Tract. III Priscillian, Tractatus III Tract. Ps. II Jerome, Tractatus in Psalmos Vir. ill. Jerome, De viris illustribus Modern Publications AB Anchor Bible ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman, 6 vols. New York, 1992 ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library ACW Ancient Christian Writers. 1946– ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Edited by H. Temporini and W. Haase. Berlin, 1972– BDAG Bauer, W., F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek– English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. Chicago, 1999 BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium Bib Biblica BN Biblische Notizen BSOAS Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies CaE Cahiers évangile CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CSCO Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium. Edited by I. B. Chabot et al. Paris, 1903– CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert FARG Forschungen zur Anthropologie und Religionsgeschichte FC Fathers of the Church. Washington, D.C., 1947– FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments GCS Die griechische christliche Schriftsteller der ersten [drei] Jahrhunderte HTR Harvard Theological Review HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual HUCM Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ITS Innsbrucker Theologische Studien JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods

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Many of the writings deemed 'apocryphal' and 'pseudepigraphical'were in circulation in the early centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Their influences and impacts on the development of early communities, and the development of Jewish and Christian thoughts, have not yet been sufficiently examined.
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