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Judean

Judean and Jewish texts, including Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Temple writings, biblical reception, midrashic legend, and later traditional collections.

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Texts

GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Judean shelf.Introduction to Judean ReligionA source-critical doorway into the Judean and Jewish textual archive: Qumran, Second Temple literature, Josephus, rabbinic commentary, Midrash, Kabbalah, philosophy, folklore, and modern Reform texts.Reader's Guide to JudeanA guide through Second Temple and Qumran witnesses, the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Charles translations, Josephus, rabbinic law and story, medieval philosophy and mysticism, folklore, and modern Jewish argument.
Apocrypha (Charles)15 pages

The complete Apocrypha proper — 1 Esdras, 1–3 Maccabees, Tobit, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, the Epistle of Jeremy, the Prayer of Manasses, and the Greek Additions to Daniel and Esther — from R. H. Charles's 1913 scholarly edition.

Dead Sea Scrolls258 pages
General Texts33 pages
Pseudepigrapha (Charles)15 pages

The complete fresh-intake Pseudepigrapha proper from R. H. Charles's 1913 scholarly edition: Jubilees, the Letter of Aristeas, the Books of Adam and Eve, the Martyrdom of Isaiah, 1 Enoch, the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Assumption of Moses, 2 Enoch, 3 Baruch, 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, the Psalms of Solomon, 4 Maccabees, the Story of Ahikar, and the Fragments of a Zadokite Work.