Book III of the Sibylline Oracles and its Social Setting: With an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, 17)

Buitenwerf, Rieuwerd

ISBN 10: 9004128611 / ISBN 13: 9789004128613

Published by Brill, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Book III of the Sibylline Oracles and its Social Setting: With an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, 17)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004128611
• ISBN 13: 9789004128613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This volume contains a thorough study of the third book of the Sibylline Oracles. This Jewish work was written in the Roman province of Asia sometime between 80 and 40 BCE. It offers insights into the political views of the author and his perception of the relation between Jews and non-Jews, especially in the field of religion and ethics. The present study consists of three parts: 1. introductory questions; 2. a literary analysis of the book, translation, and commentary; 3. the social setting of the book. It aims to further the scholarly use of the third Sibylline book and to improve our knowledge of early Judaism in its Graeco-Roman environment.

About the Author

Rieuwerd Buitenwerf obtained his doctorate at Leiden University with the present volume as his thesis. He is currently working as a New Testament scholar at the Translation Department of the Netherlands Bible Society.