Publication

2021 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

82,000 words, Guess

Page Count

328 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCBS1700 .W55 2021

Description

"Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments. Lawrence Wills introduces these texts in their original Jewish environment while addressing the very different roles they had in various Christian canons. Though often relegated to a lesser role, a sort of "Bible-Lite," these texts deserve renewed attention, and this book shows how they hold more interest for both ancient and contemporary communities than previously thought"--

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