First review of MOTP2

READING ACTS: James R. Davila and Richard Bauckham, eds. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2: More Noncanonical Scriptures (Phil Long).

Davila, James R. and Richard Bauckham, eds. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2: More Noncanonical Scriptures. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2025. ix+694 pp. Hb; $89.99. Link to Eerdmans

Eerdmans published volume one of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures (MOTP) in 2013. After a twelve-year wait, volume two of this important expansion of the original Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (1983, edited by James Charlesworth) adds another twenty-three texts to the collection. This valuable collection expands scholarship’s database of Jewish and Christian texts beyond the canonical Hebrew Bible and the Apocrypha to shed light on the history and culture of the Second Temple period.

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This volume isn't officially published until Wednesday Thursday, but it looks like Phil got an advance review copy. If you have ordered a copy, it should ship to you very soon.

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