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Introduction to the Apocrypha: Jewish Books in Christian Bibles

By Lawrence M. Wills

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780300258769, 0300248792, 9780300248791
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3376408 bytes)
Pages
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Topic
Religion
Library
Mobilism.org
Time added
2021-09-05 20:34:08

Description

Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments. Lawrence Wills introduces these texts in their original Jewish environment while addressing the very different roles they had in various Christian canons. Though often relegated to a lesser role, a sort of “Bible-Lite,” these texts deserve renewed attention, and this book shows how they hold more interest for both ancient and contemporary communities than previously thought.

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