Canonicity, setting, wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals : papers of the jubilee meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books

The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The authors explore various aspects of this literature, with pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and the way they treated as a canonical collection within their history of interpretation. Géza G. Xeravits: Preface Main Papers John J. Collins: The Penumbra of the Canon: What Do the Deuterocanonical Books Represent? Gabriele Boccaccini: Some Brief Notes on the Early History of the Deuterocanonici: A Response to John Collins Benjamin G. Wright: Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature Katell Berthelot: Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature: A Response to Ben Wright József Zsengellér: Short Notes on Ben Wright’s “Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature” John Kampen: Wisdom in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literatures Greg Schmidt Goering: Creation, Torah, and Revealed Wisdom in Some Second Temple Sapiential Texts (Sirach, 4QInstruction, 4Q185, and 4Q525): A Response to John Kampen Thematic Studies Pancratius C. Beentjes: Philo of Alexandria and Greek Ben Sira Ibolya Balla: Images of Imparting Knowledge in Ben Sira and Proverbs Luca Mazzinghi: The Figure of Moses in the Book of Wisdom Francis M. Macatangay: Apocalypticism and Narration in the Book of Tobit Naomi S.S. Jacobs: “What About the Dog?” Tobit’s Mysterious Canine Revisited Ida Fröhlich: Wisdom in the Book of Tobit Appendix Greg Schmidt Goering: Mr. Deuterocanonical Literature (1546–2013): A Brief Vita of a Controversial Religious Figure