Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism

Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (Reference Works) This book introduces readers to a much neglected and misunderstood assortment of Jewish writings from around the time of the New Testament. Dispelling mistaken notions of "falsely attributed writings" that are commonly inferred from the designation "pseudepigrapha," Daniel Gurtner demonstrates the rich indebtedness these works exhibit to the traditions and scriptures of Israel's past. In

atonement and salvation

It is also ideally suited to serve as a supplemental text to more conventional textbooks that discuss each Gospel systematically

or writing

It offers readers a systematic approach that presents both the reasons and the methods for defending the claims of Christianity

Christianity Today 2022 Award of Merit (Biblical Studies)

Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today

Wright's Christian Origins and the Question of God series has done for New Testament studies

Engaging charitably yet critically with opposing viewpoints

An accompanying website through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources offers helpful resources for students and professors

and leadership courses

Its corrective insights will enable scholar and student alike to plot new approaches for studying the Hebrew Bible and the ancient people of Israel

This book offers a corrective to tendencies to read the Gospels piecemeal