Early Judaism and Its Literature
The Early Judaism and Its Literature series publishes works on the history, culture, and literature of Second Temple Judaism, including Hellenistic Jewish authors, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish apocrypha and pseudepigrapha. Work on rabbinic literature that deals with Second Temple Judaism will also be considered.
Nir, Rivka. The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch. EJL 20. Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.
Boda, Mark J., Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, eds. The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism. Vol. 1 of Seeking the Favor of God. EJL 21. Society of Biblical Literature, 2006.
Boda, Mark J., Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, eds. The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism. Vol. 2 of Seeking the Favor of God. EJL 22. Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.
Boda, Mark J., Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, eds. The Impact of Penitential Prayer beyond Second Temple Judaism. Vol. 3 of Seeking the Favor of God. EJL 23. Society of Biblical Literature, 2008.
Haber, Susan. They Shall Purify Themselves: Essays on Purity in Early Judaism. Edited by Adele Reinhartz. EJL 24. Society of Biblical Literature, 2008.
Thomas, Samuel I. The “Mysteries” of Qumran: Mystery, Secrecy, and Esotericism in the Dead Sea Scrolls. EJL 25. Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.
Peters, Dorothy M. Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity. EJL 26. Society of Biblical Literature 2008.
Brighton, Mark Andrew. The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean War: Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations. EJL 27. Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.
Stone, Michael E., Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel, eds. Noah and His Book(s). EJL 28. Society of Biblical Literature, 2010.
Henze, Matthias. Hazon Gabriel: New Reading of the Gabriel Revelation. EJL 29. Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
Reymond, Eric D. New Idioms within Old: Poetry and Parallelism in the Non-Masoretic Poems of 11Q5(=11QPsA). EJL 31. Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
Coloe, Mary L., and Tom Thatcher, eds. John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate. EJL 32. Society of Biblical Literature, 2010.
von Ehrenkrook, Jason. Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome. EJL 33. Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
Hanneken, Todd R. The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees. EJL 34. Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.
Shantz, Colleen, and Rodney A. Werline. Linking Text and Experience. Vol. 2 of Experientia. EJL 35. Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.
Schuller, Eileen M., and Carol A. Newsom. The Hodayot (Thanksgiving Psalms): A Study Edition of 1QHa. EJL 36. Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.
Stone, Michael E. Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham. EJL 37. Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.
Stone, Michael E. Adam and Eve in the Armenian Tradition, Fifth through 17th Centuries. EJL 38. Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.
Brooke, George J. Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method. EJL 39. Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.
Bons, Eberhard, and Patrick Pouchelle, eds. The Psalms of Solomon: Language, History, Theology. EJL 40. Society of Biblical Literature, 2015.
Hogan, Karina Martin, Matthew Goff, and Emma Wasserman eds. Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. EJL 41. SBL Press, 2017.
Hasselbalch, Trine Bjornung. Meaning and Context in the Thanksgiving Hymns: Linguistic and Rhetorical Perspectives on a Collection of Prayers from Qumran. EJL 42. Society of Biblical Literature, 2015.
de Looijer, Gwynned. The Qumran Paradigm: A Critical Evaluation of Some Foundational Hypotheses in the Construction of the Qumran Sect. EJL 43. SBL Press, 2015.
Stuckenbruck, Loren T., and Gabriele Boccaccini, eds. Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels: Reminiscences, Allusions, Intertextuality. EJL 44. SBL Press, 2016.
Stone, Michael E. Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Angels and Biblical Heroes. EJL 45. SBL Press, 2016.
Sharon, Nadav. Judea under Roman Domination: The First Generation of Statelessness and Its Legacy. EJL 46. SBL Press, 2017.
Perrin, Andrew B., Kyung S. Baek, and Daniel K. Falk. Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint. EJL 47. SBL Press, 2017.
Stone, Meredith J. Empire and Gender in LXX Esther. EJL 48. SBL Press, 2018.
Stone, Michael E. Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Biblical Heroes. EJL 49. SBL Press, 2019.
Henze, Matthias, and Liv Ingeborg Lied, eds. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha Section at the SBL. EJL 50. SBL Press, 2019.
Metso, Sarianna. The Community Rule: A Critical Edition with Translation. EJL 51. SBL Press, 2019.
Palmer, Carmen, Andrew R. Krause, Eileen Schuller, and John Screnock, eds. Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat: New Methods and Perspectives. EJL 52. SBL Press, 2020.
Ahearne-Kroll, Patricia D. Aseneth of Egypt: The Composition of a Jewish Narrative. EJL 53. SBL Press, 2020.
Pouchelle, Patrick, G. Anthony Keddie, Kenneth Atkinson, eds. The Psalms of Solomon: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts. EJL 54. SBL Press, 2021.
Stone, Michael E. Armenian Apocrypha from Adam to Daniel. EJL 55. SBL Press, 2021.
Schniedewind, William M., Jason M. Zurawski, and Gabriele Boccaccini, eds. Torah: Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity. EJL 56. SBL Press, 2022.
DiTommaso, Lorenzo, and Matthew Golf, eds. Reimagining Apocalypticism: Apocalyptic Literature in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Writings. EJL 57. SBL Press, 2023.