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This is a literary and theological study of the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo--a long, well-written reinterpretation of the Hebrew Bible written by a Palestinian Jew of the first century C.E. Using the methodologies of redaction and literary criticism, Murphy provides an analysis of the whole of the Biblical Antiquities. After a chapter-by-chapter analysis, Murphy addresses several topics more generally--major characters, major themes, and the historical context of the work. Full concordances to the Latin text are provided to assist future research on Pseudo-Philo. This book will prove an important resource for students of Jewish interpretation of the Bible at the end of the Second Temple period. It also sheds light on Jewish thought of the period regarding covenant, leadership in Israel, women in Israel, relations with Gentiles, divine providence, divine retribution, eschatology, and many other subjects. Furnishing a broad interpretive context for future work on the Biblical Antiquities, this study gives students of the Bible access to an important literary and religious product of first-century Judaism.

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extremely readable volume ... a useful guide ... a well-written and balanced introduction to a fascinating but difficult text * Louis H. Feldman, Yeshiva Unievrsity, The Jewish Quarterly Review, LXXXVII, Nos 1-2 (July-October, 1996) * This solid...work of cataloguing the data of Pseudo-Philo will be much appreciated...an interesting original contribution to scholarship. * Journal of Theological Studies Vol 46 no 1 * 'This is a readable, thoughtful and sinsible study of one of the most important Jewish Palestinian documents from the Greco-Roman period.' Howard Jacobson. University of Illinois, Urbana. Journal of Jewish Studies

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