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The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Building on the success of the Jewish Annotated New Testament
(JANT) and the Jewish Study Bible (JSB), Oxford University Press
now proceeds to complete the trilogy with the Jewish Annotated
Apocrypha (JAA). The books of the Apocrypha were virtually all
composed by Jewish writers in the Second Temple period. Excluded
from the Hebrew Bible, these works were preserved by Christians.
Yet no complete, standalone edition of these works has been
produced in English with an emphasis on Jewish tradition or with an
educated Jewish audience in mind. The JAA meets this need. The JAA
differs from prior editions of the Apocrypha in a number of ways.
First, as befits a Jewish Annotated Apocrypha, the volume excludes
certain texts that are widely agreed to be of Christian origin.
Second, it expands the scope of the volume to include Jubilees, an
essential text for understanding ancient Judaism, and a book that
merits inclusion in the volume by virtue of the fact that it was
long considered part of the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
(the text is also revered by Ethiopian Jews). Third, it has
restructured the order of the books so that the sequencing follows
the logic that governs the order of the books in the Jewish canon
(Law, History, Prophecy, Wisdom and Poetry). Each book of the
Apocrypha is annotated by a recognized expert in the study of
ancient Judaism. An Introduction by the editors guides readers
though the making of the volume and its contents. Thematic essays
by an impressive array of scholars provide helpful contexts,
backgrounds and elaborations on key themes.
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