... even for us Protties, although I never have, sooooooo...
Is there some sort of cogent "Apocrypha Bible study" material available through Logos that you'd recommend? I'm assuming the Catholic side might have something?
Thanks!
Carmen
I would recommend this -
https://www.logos.com/product/2817/introducing-the-apocrypha-message-context-and-significance
I have a prep up for this volume and am looking forward to having this in my collection.
https://www.logos.com/product/28436/the-apocrypha-the-lutheran-edition-with-notes
A decent introductory commentary for the Deuterocanonicals (i.e. books of the Catholic canon which Protestants consider apocrypha) is the Collegeville Bible Commentary.
Regarding the books that all Christians consider apocrypha, one particularly important work, is The History of the Second Temple Period by Paolo Sacchi. He has dedicated his life to studying the Jewish apocrypha and the entire time period associated with them, and this is a sort of summary of his life work. This work does a great job of putting the apocrypha in their historical context, and of pointing out many of the important developments in thought found in the apocrypha which are also found in the New Testament.
I have a prep up for this volume and am looking forward to having this in my collection. https://www.logos.com/product/28436/the-apocrypha-the-lutheran-edition-with-notes
Agreed I can't wait... More affordable than the Colleville commentary and a good starting point is
-Dan
PS: Since Logos description is minimal on the Harper's Bible Commentary
"Apocrypha Bible study"
There are at least two non-English study Bibles that cover the apocrypha:
* Einführungen und Erklärungen aus der Stuttgarter Erklärungsbibel (German; Lutheran)
* La Bibla de estudio: Dios habla hoy (Spanish; Ecumenical)
I hope Logos will update the NET study Bible to include the apocrypha.
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The only one-volume Bible commentary to cover all the texts (even including 1 Enoch) regarded by one or more Christian churches as canonical, the [Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible] provides reader-friendly treatments and succinct summaries of each section of the text that will be valuable to scholars, students and general readers alike.
Unfortunately the Eerdmans Commentary is only available as part of a larger collection: https://www.logos.com/product/36612/eerdmans-commentary-collection
I know that Eerdmans Commentary is the one I think of as the top one volume currently available. I did get this collection specifically for it. The volumes in it are all very good but the one volume commentary is out of place in the collection but it will be a wonderful day when people can by it alone.
When people say 'the apocrypha', they rarely (or at least not often) are specific about relative to 'what'? The basis for the Apostle Paul (Wisdom)? The basis for much of Jesus' teachings? The basis for early judaism? The basis for Daniel (yes, that's the proposal for a volume I'm reading now). Or the basis for first century (generally late) apocalysm.
In light of these choices, I recommend:
https://www.logos.com/product/20489/ancient-judaism-new-visions-and-views
Which primarily looks at the apocalyptic aspects.
When people say 'the apocrypha', they rarely (or at least not often) are specific about relative to 'what'?
Most people i know are referring to intertestamental books traditionally found in the Roman Catholic Bible and more often the fuller cannon of the Anglican Communion. If a catholic person speaks of it they may be referring to 1+2 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh since they use to be placed in between the testaments of early copies of the Douai translation. To quote HBC
The term “apocrypha” means “hidden things,” but in ecclesiastical contexts it is used to refer to those books included in the OT of the Latin Vulgate translation but not in the Hebrew Bible. Traditionally this designation has been applied to fifteen books or portions of books: 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The Additions to Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Song of the Three Youths (including the Prayer of Azariah), Susanna, Bel and the Dragon (this and the previous two known collectively as The Additions to Daniel), Prayer of Manasseh, 1 Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees. Also included among the Apocrypha, especially in the Bibles of the Greek Orthodox and other Orthodox churches, are 3 and 4 Maccabees and Psalm 151, which are found in manuscripts of the Greek Bible (the Septuagint, LXX). The Psalms of Solomon are also found in manuscripts of the Greek Bible but have not traditionally been included in the category Apocrypha.
James Luther Mays, ed., Harper’s Bible Commentary (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988), 758.
I enjoyed this one when I started studying the Apocrypha:
https://www.logos.com/product/15718/jewish-literature-between-the-bible-and-the-mishnah
I enjoyed this one when I started studying the Apocrypha: https://www.logos.com/product/15718/jewish-literature-between-the-bible-and-the-mishnah
Nickelsburg is a giant. Much stuff worth pondering for a long time.
Nickelsburg is a giant
He might not appreciate being called one of the Nephalim. :-)
Ah, that's not watcher mean?
