Between Canonical and Apocryphal Texts: Processes of Reception, Rewriting, and Interpretation in Early Judaism and Early Christianity

The present volume aims at a comparative study of the processes of reception, rewriting and interpretation between canonical and apocryphal texts in early Jewish and early Christian literature. A closer look at the respective developments in both corpora of literature can open up new perspectives for understanding the developments and changes between texts that were already considered authoritative and their reception in new, 'parabiblical' or 'apocryphal' compositions. The way of reception may also influence the perspective on canonical texts. The range of texts considered includes the LXX, Targumim and Pesharim, books such as Jubilees, the Genesis Apocryphon, the Gospel of Thomas, and Apocryphal Acts, traditions about Esther, Ezra, Manasseh, Peter and Paul, depictions of hell from Enoch to the Apocalypse of Paul, and the development of miracle stories. Contributors: Veronika Bachmann, Michael Becker, Claire Clivaz, Jorg Frey, Wolfgang Grunstaudl, David Hamidovic, Meghan Henning, Alberdina Houtman, Jutta Jokiranta, Stefan Krauter, Martin Meiser, Simon Mimouni, Tobias Nicklas, Karl-Heinz Ostmeyer, Enno-Edzard Popkes, Jorg Roder, Julia Snyder, Michael Sommer, Janet Spittler

Born 1980; since 2014 Researcher for the HyperNT Project (New Testament Studies), University of Basel.

Geboren 1962; 1996 Dr. theol. in Tübingen; 1998 Habilitation in Tübingen; 2024 Ehrendoktorwürde in Uppsala; Professor für Neues Testament mit Schwerpunkt Frühjudentum und Hermeneutik an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich sowie wiss. Mitarbeiter am Fachbereich Altes und Neues Testament der University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, Südafrika).

Geboren 1967; 2000 Promotion und 2004 Habilitation an der Universität Regensburg; Professor für Exegese und Hermeneutik des Neuen Testaments an der Fakultät für Katholische Theologie der Universität Regensburg.

Born 1971; 2007 PhD; since 2015 Head of Digital Enhanced Learning at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in Lausanne.