The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (1913 Charles), edited volume
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The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (1913) is a two-volume work edited by Robert Henry Charles.
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Abstract
Collection of Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in English translation with introductions and commentary by the most distinguished British specialists of the time, led by Robert Henry Charles. The definitive English edition of this literature until the publication of The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (1983-1985 Charlesworth), edited volume.
To the documents included by Kautzsch, Charles added 2 Enoch, Ahiqar, Pirke Abot, and the Damascus Document.
Editions and translations
Published in Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press, <2 vols.> 1913. Reprinted several times in Oxford: Clarendon Press, between 1963 and 1978. Reissued in Berkeley, CA: Apocryphile Press, 2004.
Table of contents
Volume I: The Apocrypha of the Old Testament
- 1. General Introduction
- 2. Addenda et Corrigenda
- 3. Historical Books
- Esdras (Cook)
- 1 Maccabees / William O.E. Oesterley
- 2 Maccabees / James Moffatt
- 3 Maccabees (Emmet)
- 4. Quasi-historical Books Written with a Moral Purpose
- Tobit (Simpson)
- Judith (Cowley)
- 5. Wisdom Literature
- Sirach / George H. Box and William O.E. Oesterley
- Wisdom of Solomon (Holmes)
- 6. Additions to and Completions of the Canonical Books
- 1 Baruch (Whitehouse)
- Epistle of Jeremy (Ball)
- Prayer of Manasses (Ryle)
- Additions to Daniel
- Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children (Bennett)
- Susanna (Kay)
- Bel and the Dragon (Witton Davies)
- Additions to Esther (Gregg)
Volume II: The Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
- 1. General Introduction
- 2. Addenda et Corrigenda
- 3. Primitive History Rewritten from the Standpoint of the Law
- The Book of Jubilees / Robert Henry Charles
- 4. Sacred Legends
- The Letter of Aristeas (Andrews)
- The Books of Adam and Eve (Wells)
- The Martyrdom of Isaiah / Robert Henry Charles
- 5. Apocalypses
- 1 Enoch / Robert Henry Charles
- The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs / Robert Henry Charles
- The Sibylline Oracles (Lanchester)
- The Assumption of Moses / Robert Henry Charles
- 2 Enoch, or the Book of the Secrets of Enoch (Forbes and Charles)
- 2 Baruch, or the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch / Robert Henry Charles
- 3 Baruch, or the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (Hughes)
- Ezra / George H. Box
- 6. Psalms
- The Psalms of Solomon (Gray)
- 7. Ethics and Wisdom Literature
- 4 Maccabees (Townshend)
- Pirke Aboth / R. Travers Herford
- The Story of Achikar (Harris, Lewis, Conybeare)
- 8. History
- The Fragments of a Zadokite Work / Robert Henry Charles
External links
- Internet Archive (Volume I, full text)
- Internet Archive (Volume II, full text)
- Google Books (Volume I, partial text)
- Google Books (Volume II, partial text)
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