'Ex Oriente Lux' in Second Temple Texts
Eschatological and Heavenly Revelation
'Ex Oriente Lux' in Second Temple Texts
Eschatological and Heavenly Revelation
Description
This volume presents fresh scholarly insights into numerous Second Temple texts, encompassing apocalyptic themes and text-critical challenges. Contributions from renowned scholars illuminate the intricate dynamics of Second Temple literature and their potential historical and theological implications for the development of Christianity and Judaism in the first century.
The contributors first consider the revelatory dimensions of texts, including an examination of Moses's transformation in the Animal Apocalypse, which presents a provocative rejoinder to the notion of Enochian opposition to covenantal theology. Further essays engage the divine polemic against Apollo found within the Sibylline Oracles, as well as an exploration of prophetic declarations regarding the establishment of God's kingdom on earth. The role of Deuteronomic theology in shaping Second Temple Jewish eschatology is also examined, as well as the role of the Messiah in bringing salvation to both Jews and gentiles in the Psalms of Solomon, culminating in an engagement with the historical and textual complexities of Luke 3:23 and the baptism of Jesus.
Table of Contents
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List of Contributors
1. The Cartography of Origins: The Fragments of Artapanus and Colonial Foundations in Hellenistic Egypt - Scott Harris, Knox College, USA
2. Moses Among the Archangels: The Angelification of Moses and Other Prominent Biblical Figures in Enochic Tradition - Daniel Schumann, Eberhardt Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
3. Does Jubilees Attest to the Noahide Laws? Reassessing a Common Scholarly Claim - Benjamin Frostad, McMaster University, Canada
4. The Psalms of Solomon 17–18 in the Context of End-Time Redemption of Israel - František Ábel, Independent Scholar, Slovakia
5. The Sibyl's Kingdom - Craig A. Evans, The Bible Seminary, USA
6. A Sibylline Oracle and a Sibling Goddess: Another Polemic against Apollo - Jeffrey Stone, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA
7. The Testament of Solomon: A Parabiblical Text in Its Culture and Historical Context - Felix Albrecht, Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Germany
8. The Apocryphon of Ezekiel: An Intertextual Study of a Fragmentary Pseudepigraphon - Sarah Roberts, Independent Scholar, USA
9. Light from the “Luminous Teaching” of the East: The Ur-Text of Luke 3:23 and the Baptism of Jesus at Twelve - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent Scholar, USA
Index of References
Index of Authors
Product details
| Published | 22 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9780567721907 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Series | The Library of Second Temple Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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