Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance

Desilva, David Arthur

ISBN 10: 080102319X / ISBN 13: 9780801023194

Published by Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2002

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ex-library, usual library markings, otherwise clean and sound, barely used, octavo, 428 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance
• Publisher: Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080102319X
• ISBN 13: 9780801023194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the Old Testament apocryphal books summarizes their context, message, and significance. The first edition has been very well reviewed and widely adopted. It is the most substantial introduction to the Apocrypha available and has become a standard authority on the topic. The second edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout to reflect the latest scholarship. The book includes a foreword by James H. Charlesworth.

Synopsis

In this accessible book, David deSilva introduces the Old Testament Apocryphal books and summarizes their context, message, and significance. It is now in paperback. "DeSilva does a fine job of placing the Apocrypha within the historical context of the Jewish world in which early Christianity was forged." - "Publishers Weekly".