Biblical Figures Outside the Bible

1999 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award for the category Best Book Relating to the Old Testament. Explores the evolution of the biographical traditions of some fifteen biblical figures

List of Contributors and Editors

vii

List of Abbreviations

ix

Introduction

1

(6)

Michael E. Stone

Theodore A. Bergren

Adam and Eve in the ``Life of Adam and Eve''

7

(26)

Gary A. Anderson

The Gnostic Seth

33

(26)

John D. Turner

Enosh and His Generation Revisited

59

(28)

Steven D. Fraade

From Son of Adam to Second God: Transformations of the Biblical Enoch

87

(36)

Philip S. Alexander

Noah in Early Jewish Literature

123

(28)

Devorah Dimant

Abraham the Convert: A Jewish Tradition and Its Use by the Apostle Paul

151

(25)

George W. E. Nickelsburg

Melchizedek in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Gnosticism

176

(27)

Birger A. Pearson

Jacob's Son Levi in the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Related Literature

203

(34)

Marinus De Jonge

Johannes Tromp

The Portrayal of Joseph in Hellenistic Jewish and Early Christian Literature

237

(27)

Harm W. Hollander

Baruch: His Evolution from Scribe to Apocalyptic Seer

264

(26)

J. Edward Wright

Talking with God and Losing His Head: Extrabiblical Traditions about the Prophet Ezekiel

290

(26)

Benjamin G. Wright

The Prophet Ezekiel in Islamic Literature: Jewish Traces and Islamic Adaptations

316

(24)

Aviva Schussman

Ezra and Nehemiah Square off in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

340

(27)

Theodore A. Bergren

Cumulative Bibliography

367

(36)

Index of Ancient Sources

403

(21)

Index of Names and Terms

424

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Biblical Figures Outside the Bible

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