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(cid:2) (cid:3) REVELATION 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, Lidija Novakovic, Gerbern Oegema, Henry Rietz, Brent Strawn The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins Essays from the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas Edited by Gerbern S. Oegema and James H. Charlesworth t&t dark NEW YORK • LONDON 2008 Copyright © 2008 by Gerbern S. Oegema and James H. Charlesworth The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher, T&T Clark International. www.continuumbooks.com www.tandtclarkblog.com T&T Clark International, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038 T&T Clark International, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SEl 7NX T&T Clark International is a Continuum imprint. Printed in the United States of America on 30% postconsumer waste recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The pseudepigrapha and Christian origins ; essays from the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas / edited by Gerbern S. Oegema and James H. Charlesworth. p. cm. (Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies ; 4) A seminar chaired from 2000 to 2006 by professors James H. Charlesworth and Gerbern S. Oegema have met five times in various locations. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-567-02719-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-567-02719-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Apocryphal books Criticism, interpretation, etc. -Congresses. 2. Christianity -Origin—Congresses. 3. Church history— Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600— Sources Congresses. I. Oegema, Gerbern S., 1958- II. Charlesworth, James H. III. Society for New Testament Studies. IV. Title. V. Series. BS1700.P74 2008 229'.906 -dc22 2008018921 Dedicated to Hermann Lichtenberger, colleague, mentor, and friend, on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday CONTENTS Abbreviations ix Preface by Gerbern S. Oegema and James H. Charlesworth xiii i. The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins Introduction by John M. Court 3 The Continuing Quest for the Provenance of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by Richard J. Bauckham 9 Pseudepigrapha Research and Christian Origins after the OTP by Lorenzo DiTommaso 30 11. The Pseudepigrapha and the Synoptic Gospels Jewish Martyrology and the Death of Jesus by David A. deSilva 51 Jesus' Apocalyptic Worldview and His Exorcistic Ministry by Loren T. Stuckenbruck 68 III. The Pseudepigrapha and Paul Adam and Eve in Romans 1:18-25 and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve by John R. Levison 87 The Story of Our Lives: The q-z-Text of the Life of Adam and Eve, the Apostle Paul, and the Jewish Christian Oral Tradition concerning Adam and Eve by Johannes Tromp 102 Adam in Paul by James D. G. Dunn 120 IV. The Pseudepigrapha and Luke-Acts The Pseudepigrapha and the Problem of Background "Parallels" in the Study of the Acts of the Apostles by Craig A. Evans 139 The Pseudepigrapha and the Narratives in Luke-Acts by Gerbern S. Oegema 151 vii viii Contents V. The Pseudepigrapha and the Revelation of John The Apocalypse of John and Palestinian Jewish Apocalyptic by David E. Aline 169 The Parables of Enoch and the Apocalypse of John by James H. Charlesworth, 193 The Reception of the Book of Daniel (and Danielic Literature) in the Early Church by Gerbern S. Oegema 243 VI. Postscript Ancient Bible Manuscripts and the Biblical Canon by Lee Martin McDonald 255 Index of References 283 Index of Authors 293

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In the Seminar "The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas," chaired from 2000 to 2006 by Professors James H. Charlesworth (Princeton) and Gerbern S. Oegema (McGill), the relation between the Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament has been discussed systematical
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