Preface Acknowledgements Foreword and Introduction, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University, Canada, and Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada 1. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Thirty Years Later, James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA Part I: Early Jewish Texts and Traditions 2. 1 Enoch Chapter 1: Comparison of Two Translations, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany 3. Iron Age Heroes and Enochic Giants, Kyle Roark, Florida State University, USA 4. 4QEnc (4Q204) Column I: A New Reconstruction, Bronson Brown-De Vost, Brandeis University, USA 5. Bulls, Cows, and the Tragic Fate of the Females at the Eschaton: A Gender Reading of the Animal Apocalypse in 1 Enoch 85-90, Zhenya Gurina-Rodriguez, Brite Divinity School/Texas Christian University, USA 6. Confined by Mountains of Metal: The Translation Problem of 1 Enoch 67:4, Raul Vitor Rodrigues Peixoto, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil 7. Compositional Technique in the Temple Scroll: Creative Interpretation and Integrative Interpretation in the Passover Legislation, James Nati, Yale University, USA 8. Hellish Rhetoric: The Pedagogical Function of the Underworld in 4Q184, Ross P. Ponder, University of Texas at Austin, USA 9.The Transmission of Jubilees: Reevaluating the Textual Basis, Matthew P. Monger, MF-Norwegian School of Theology, Norway 10. Mending the Fractures of Genesis: Strategies of Harmonization in the Book of Jubilees, Brett Maiden, Emory University, USA 11. Ptolemaic Sovereignty and the Political Unconscious of 3 Maccabees: Philopator's Decree (2:28-30) in Light of Late Ptolemaic Asylia Inscriptions, G. Anthony Keddie, University of Texas at Austin, USA 12. Belial in the Dead Sea Scrolls: From Worthless to Stumbling Block to Archenemy, Francis Daoust, Universite de Montreal, Canada 13. Flatterers, Whisperers, and Other Hypocrites: New Denominations for Sinners in the Writings of the Second Temple Period, Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sevres, France 14. Ezra's Continuity in 4 Ezra, Jason Ford, Rice University, USA Part II: The Reception of Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christianity and Judaism 15. Interpretations of Abraham's Circumcision in Early Christianity and Genesis Rabbah, Malka Z. Simkovich, Brandeis University, USA 16. Redemption from the Ashes: Repositioning the Temple in Early Christian and Rabbinic Thought, Andrew W. Higginbotham, Hebrew Union College, Israel 17. Inside the Parables: Inside and Outside in the Apocryphon of James and in the First In-Parables Speech of Mark, Antoine Paris, Universite Paris - Sorbonne, France / Universite de Montreal, Canada 18. The Evolution of the Figure of Nimrod through the Lens of Rabbinic Literature, Apolline Thromas, Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland 19. Jewish Apocalyptic and Mystical Background in the Gospel of Judas, Serge Cazelais, Universite Laval and St. Paul University, Canada 20. Satan at the Sacrifices of Isaac and Jesus, Gavin McDowell, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France 21. What is Gnosticism? Reassessing the Nomenclature, Andre Gagne, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Combined Bibliography Volume Indexes
