Synopses & Reviews
<div><br/><div>I<span lang=EN-GB>n the Seminar "The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins" of the "Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas", chaired from 2000 to 2006 by Professors James H. Charlesworth (</span><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Princeton</span></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>) and Gerbern S. Oegema (McGill), the relation between the Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament has been discussed systematically and intensively in a way never seen before. The Pseudepigrapha investigated included the Old Testament ones and those found in the </span><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Qumran</span></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB> as well as the Pseudepigrapha of the New Testament and the ones used in the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Early</span></st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB> </span><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>. The seminar and its participants, who were all internally renowned experts from around the world, have focused on the use, adaptation, reinterpretation and further development of non-canonical traditions (except for Philo, Josephus, the Essene and early Rabbinic writings) in the canonical writings of Early Christianity. The seminar has met in total five times in various locations, while systematically being arranged around the following topics: The Pseudepigrapha and the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, the Epistles of Paul, the Other New Testament Writings, and the Revelation of John.</span><b><span lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div>>
Synopsis
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 systematically and intensively in a way never seen before. The Pseudepigrapha investigated included the Old Testament ones and those found in the Qumran as well as the Pseudepigrapha of the New Testament and the ones used in the Early Church. The seminar and its participants, who were all internally renowned experts from around the world, have focused on the use, adaptation, reinterpretation and further development of non-canonical traditions (except for Philo, Josephus, the Essene and early Rabbinic writings) in the canonical writings of Early Christianity. The seminar has met in total five times in various locations, while systematically being arranged around the following topics: The Pseudepigrapha and the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, the Epistles of Paul, the Other New Testament Writings, and the Revelation of John.
Synopsis
<div><br/><div>I<span lang=EN-GB>n the Seminar "The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins" of the "Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas", chaired from 2000 to 2006 by Professors James H. Charlesworth (</span><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Princeton</span></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>) and Gerbern S. Oegema (McGill), the relation between the Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament has been discussed systematically and intensively in a way never seen before. The Pseudepigrapha investigated included the Old Testament ones and those found in the </span><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Qumran</span></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB> as well as the Pseudepigrapha of the New Testament and the ones used in the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Early</span></st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB> </span><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>. The seminar and its participants, who were all internally renowned experts from around the world, have focused on the use, adaptation, reinterpretation and further development of non-canonical traditions (except for Philo, Josephus, the Essene and early Rabbinic writings) in the canonical writings of Early Christianity. The seminar has met in total five times in various locations, while systematically being arranged around the following topics: The Pseudepigrapha and the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, the Epistles of Paul, the Other New Testament Writings, and the Revelation of John.</span><b><span lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div>>
Table of Contents
<div><b><span lang=EN-GB>I. Preface</span></b><span lang=EN-GB>, by </span><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:street><st1:address><i><span lang=EN-GB>John M. Court</span></i></st1:address></st1:street><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><span>Editor of SNTS Monograph Series</span><span lang=EN-GB>)<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></div><br/><div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><span lang=EN-GB>II. The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins</span></b><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Montreal</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang=EN-GB>, 2001) </span><br/><div><i>James H. Charlesworth and Gerbern S. Oegema</i>, Introduction: The Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament and Their Reception in Early Christianity<o:p></o:p></div></div><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><span lang=EN-GB>Lorenzo DiTommaso</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Concordia</span></st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB> </span><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>), The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins: An Explosion of International Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><span lang=EN-GB>Loren T. Stuckenbruck</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>University</span></st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB> of </span><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Durham</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>), Magic in the Book of Tobit<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><br/><div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><span lang=EN-GB>III. The Pseudepigrapha and the Gospel of John</span></b><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Durham</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang=EN-GB>, 2002)</span> <br/><div><i><span lang=EN-GB>Kingsley Barrett</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>University</span></st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB> of </span><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Durham</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>), The Gospel of John and Jewish Literature Contemporaneous with It: Reflections Since My Youth<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><span lang=EN-GB>Daniel Boyarin</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>University</span></st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB> of </span><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>California</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB> at </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Berkeley</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang=EN-GB>), The Fourth Gospel as a Jewish Pseudepigraphon<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><span lang=EN-GB>James H. Charlesworth</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Princeton</span></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB> Theological Seminary), The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Gospel of John<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><span lang=EN-GB>IV. The Pseudepigrapha and Paul</span></b><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>Bonn</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang=EN-GB>, 2003)</span> <br/><div><i><span lang=EN-GB>Jack R. Levinson</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (</span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Seattle</span></st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB> </span><st1:placename><span lang=EN-GB>Pacific</span></st1:placename><span llang=EN-GB> </span><st1:placetype><span lang=EN-GB>University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB>): Adam and Eve in the Pseudepigrapha and the Letters of Paul<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><span lang=EN-GB>Johannes Tromp</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> (Rijksuniverseit Leiden): Adam Traditions in the Epistles of Paul and the Christian Version of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><span lang=NL>Jan Dochhorn</span></i><span lang=NL> (Univversitat Gottingen), Vita Adae et Evae<o