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 seminar and its participants have
focused on the use, adaptation, reinterpretation and further
development of non-canonical traditions in the canonical writings
of Early Christianity.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".This series focuses on early Jewish
and Christian texts and their formative contexts also includes
sourcebooks that help clarify the ancient world. Five aspects
distinguish this series. First, the series reflects the need to
situate, and to seek to understand, these ancient texts within
their originating social and historical contexts. Second, the
series assumes that it is now often difficult to distinguish
between Jewish and Christian documents, since all early
'Christians' were Jews. Jesus and his earliest followers were
devout Jews who shared many ideas with the well-known Jewish
groups, especially the Pharisees, the Essenes, and the various
apocalyptic groups.Third, the series recognizes that there were
(and still are) many ways of understanding authoritative literature
or scripture. Therefore, we must not impose a static notion of
'canon' on the early period of our culture and in turn denigrate
some texts with labels such as 'non-canonical', since such terms
are anachronistic designations that were only later imposed on the
early documents. Fourth, the series emphasizes the need to include
all relevant sources and documents, including non-literary data,
and that all important methodologies - from archaeology and
sociology to rhetoric and theology - should be employed to clarify
the origin and meaning of the documents. Fifth, scientific research
is at the foundation of these publications which are directed to
scholars and those interested in Jewish and Christian origins.
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