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Genre/Form: | Introductions |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Metzger, Bruce Manning. Introduction to the Apocrypha. New York, Oxford University Press, 1957 (OCoLC)621294600 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bruce M Metzger |
OCLC Number: | 361082 |
Description: | 274 pages 22 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : The meaning and use of the term 'Apocrypha' -- The growth of the Hebrew canon -- I. The first book of Esdras -- II. The second book of Esdras -- III. Tobit -- IV. Judith -- V. The additions to the book of Esther -- VI. The wisdom of Solomon -- VII. Ecclesiasticus, or the wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach -- VIII. Baruch -- IX. The letter of Jeremiah -- X. The prayer of Azariah and song of the three young men -- XI. Susanna -- XII. Bel and dragon -- XIII. The prayer of Manasseh -- XIV. The first book of the Maccabees -- XV. The second book of the Maccabees -- XVI. The Apocrypha and the New Testament -- Literary form and doctrinal development -- New Testament parallels and allusions to the Apocrypha -- The significance of parallels and allusions -- XVII. A brief history of the Apocrypha in the Christian church -- The Apocrypha in the early church, down to the Reformation -- The Apocrypha and the Protestant Reformation -- Controversies over the use of the Apocrypha -- XVIII. The pervasive influence of the Apocrypha -- English literature -- Music -- Art -- Miscellaneous. |
Responsibility: | Bruce M. Metzger. |
Abstract:
An examination of the books of the Apocrypha, their history and their significance, based on the revised standard version of the Apocrypha.
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