The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
Bibliography by Gary Shearer
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03-06-02

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Reference

Charles, R. H. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English. 2 Volumes. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913.
REF BS1692 1913

Charlesworth, J. H. "Pseudepigrapha." In Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, Volume K-Z. General editor, John H. Hayes. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. Pp.331-334.
REF BS500 .D54 1999 v.2

Charlesworth, James H. "Biblical Literature: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha." In The Encyclopedia of Religion, Volume 2. Editor in chief, Mircea Eliade. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. Pp.173-183.
REF BL31 .E46 1986 v.2

Charlesworth, James H. "Pseudepigrapha." In Harper's Bible Dictionary. General editor, Paul Achtemeier. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985. Pp.836-840.
REF BS440 .H237 1985

Fritsch, C. T. "Pseudepigrapha." In The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 3. New York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962. Pp.960-964.
REF BS440 .I63 v.3

Gasque, W. W. "Pseudepigrapha." In The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 4. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975. Pp.949-950.
REF BS440 .Z63 v.4

Knibb, Michael A. "Pseudepigrapha." In A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Edited by R. J. Coggins and J. L. Houlden. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990. Pp.564-568.
REF BS500 .D5 1990

Ladd, George E. "Pseudepigrapha." In The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume 3. General editor, Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986. Pp.1040-1043.
REF BS440 .I6 1979 v.3

Michl, Johannes. "Apocrypha." In Sacramentum Mundi: An Encyclopedia of Theology, Volume 1. New York: Herder and Herder, 1968. Pp.52-66. (Introduction and Old Testament Apocrypha, pp.52-57).
REF BR95 .S23 v.1

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments. Edited by James H. Charlesworth. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983. 995p.
REF BS1830 .A3 1983 v.1

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 2: Expansions of the "Old Testament" and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms, and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works. Edited by James H. Charlesworth. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1985. 1,006p.
REF BS1830 .A3 1983 v.2

Pfeiffer, Robert H. "The Literature and Religion of the Pseudepigrapha." In The Interpreter's Bible, Volume 1. New York and Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1952. Pp.421-436.
REF BS491 .I55 v.1

Stone, M. E. "Pseudepigrapha." In The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary Volume. Nashville: Abingdon, 1976. Pp.710-712.
REF BS440 .I63 Suppl.

Books

Andrews, Herbert Tom. An Introduction to the Apocryphal Books of the Old and New Testament. Revised and edited by Charles F. Pfeiffer. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1964. 141p.
BS1700 .A63 1964

The Apocryphal Old Testament. Edited by H. F. D. Sparks. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 990p.
BS1692 1984

The Book of Baruch Also Called I Baruch (Greek and Hebrew). Edited, reconstructed and translated by Emanuel Tov. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1975. 51p.
BS1771 .T68

The Book of Enoch. Translated by R. H. Charles. Introduction by W. O. E. Oesterley. London: SPCK, 1982. 154p.
BS1830 .E6 A3 1982

Charlesworth, James H. Jesus Within Judaism: New Light From Exciting Archaeological Discoveries. "Anchor Bible Reference Library." New York: Doubleday, 1988. Chapter 2, "Jesus and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha," pp.30-53.
BT303.2 .C46 1988

Charlesworth, James H. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament: Prolegomena for the Study of Christian Origins. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 213p.
BS1700 .C44 1985

Charlesworth, James H., P. Dykers and M. J. H. Charlesworth. The Pseudepigrapha and Modern Research with a Supplement. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1981. 329p.
BS1700 .C45 1981

Collins, John Joseph. Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora. New York: Crossroad, 1983. 258p.
BM176 .C64 1983

Deane, William J. Pseudepigrapha: An Account of Certain Apocryphal Sacred Writings of the Jews and Early Christians. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1891. 348p.
BS1700 .D34

Delcor, Matthias. "The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Hellenistic Period." In The Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume 2: The Hellenistic Age. Edited by W. D. Davies and Louis Finkelstein. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp.409-503,686-703.
BM155.2 .C35 v.2

Eissfeldt, Otto. The Old Testament: An Introduction. New York: Harper and Row, 1965. "Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha," pp.571-668; "Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal Writings Among the Qumrán Texts," pp.637-668.
BS1140 .E583

Evans, Craig A. Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1992. Chapter 2, "The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha," pp.20-47.
BS2555.5 .E83 1992

McNamara, Martin. Intertestamental Literature. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1983. Part 2, "Apocalyptic Literature," pp.49-86; Part 3, "Testament Literature," pp.87-105.
BS1700 .M3

Nickelsburg, George W. E. I Enoch I: A Commentary on the Book of I Enoch, Chapters 1-36; 81-108. Edited by Klaus Baltzer. "Hermeneia" Series. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001. 616p.
BS1830 .E7 N53 2001

Nickelsburg, George W. E. Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah: A Historical and Literary Introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981. 332p.
BS1700 .N48

Rost, Leonhard. Judaism Outside the Hebrew Canon: An Introduction to the Documents. Nashville: Abingdon, 1976. Part 3, "The Pseudepigrapha," pp.100-190.
BS1700 .R6213

Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977. Chapter 3, "Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha," pp.329-418.
BM177 .S2 1977

Surburg, Raymond F. Introduction to the Intertestamental Period. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1975. Chapter 15, "Introduction to Pseudepigraphical Literature," pp.124-128; Chapter 16, "The Individual Pseudepigrapha," pp.128-153.
BM176 .S94

Thompson, Alden L. "Old Testament Pseudepigrapha." In Introducing the Bible, Volume 1: The Old Testament and Intertestamental Literature. Edited by Douglas R. Clark and John C. Brunt. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997. Chapter 31, pp.579-600.
BS475.2 .I533 v.1

Periodicals

Bauckham, Richard. "Review-Article: The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha." Evangelical Quarterly 59 (April 1987): 147-152. Review of the 2-volume "Old Testament Pseudepigrapha," edited by James H. Charlesworth.

Black, Matthew. "The Strange Visions of Enoch." Bible Review 3 (Summer 1987): 20-23,38-42. Illus.

DeSanto, Charles. "The Assumption of Moses and the Christian Gospel." Interpretation 16 (July 1962): 305-310.

Lea, Thomas D. "The Early Christian View of Pseudepigraphic Writings." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27 (March 1984): 65-75.

Maccoby, Hyam. "Christianity's Break with Judaism." Commentary 78 (August 1984): 38-42.

Scott, J. Julius, Jr. "On the Value of Intertestamental Jewish Literature for New Testament Theology." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 23 (December 1980): 315-323.

Shanks, Hershel. "Don't Let Pseudepigrapha Scare You." Bible Review 3 (Summer 1987): 14-19,34-37. Illus.

Stone, Michael E. "Why Study the Pseudepigrapha?" Biblical Archaeologist 46 (December 1983): 235-243. Illus.

Web URLs

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Index
http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/pseudepigrapha.htm

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (St. Andrews University)
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sd/otpseud.html

On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study: Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/Texts/otPseud.html