Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

by Robert Henry Charles

Publisher:

Clarendon Press

, 1913

Overview

This Logos Bible Software edition contains the text of R.H. Charles' edition of the Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, along with introductions to each pseudepigraphal document. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, edited by R.H. Charles (1913 edition), is a collection of Jewish religious writings, mainly from the centuries leading up to the New Testament events. They are arguably the most important non-biblical documents for the historical and cultural background studies of popular religion in New Testament times. Charles' work was originally published in two print volumes. One print volume contains the text, commentary, and critical notes for the Apocrypha. The other print volume contains the text, commentary, and critical notes Pseudepigrapha. The Logos Bible Software edition of Charles' work has been split into seven volumes: • The Apocrypha of the Old Testament • Commentary on the Apocrypha of the Old Testament • Apocrypha of the Old Testament (Apparatuses) • The Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament • Commentary on the Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament • Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Apparatuses) • Index to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

Contents

Top Highlights

“And the third shall be called by a new name, because a king shall arise in Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the †fashion of the Gentiles [to all the Gentiles]. ¹⁵ And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High, of the seed of Abraham our father.” (Volume 2, Page 309)

“This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with Me, that which was prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed it to Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as also Paradise.” (Volume 2, Page 482)

“Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come” (Volume 2, Page 309)

“the angel opened to me the gates of heaven, and I saw the holy temple, and upon a throne of glory the Most High” (Volume 2, Page 307)

^“38(34) The Lord Himself is his king, the hope of him that is mighty through (his) hope in God.” (Volume 2, Page 650)

Product Details

• Title: Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
• Author: Robert Henry Charles
• Series: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Texts (Charles)
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Print Publication Date: 1913
• Logos Release Date: 2004
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Pseudepigrapha
• Resource ID: LLS:33.0.2
• Resource Type: text.monograph.ancient-manuscript.translation
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T18:58:13Z

About Robert Henry Charles

R. H. Charles (1865–1943) is recognized as one of the leading figures in Enoch scholarship, and his masterly translation remains the standard edition of the text in English. An authority on apocalyptic literature, he became canon at Westminster Abbey in 1913 and an archdeacon in 1919. Charles is also the author of A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, vols. 1 and 2, and The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament.