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The Early Judaism and Its Literature (EJL) 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.
The SBL Press EJL editorial board is led by series editor Rodney A. Werline (Barton College) and includes the following members:
Randall D. Chesnutt, Seaver College, Pepperdine University
Kelley N. Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward’s University
Maxine L. Grossman, University of Maryland
Carol Newsom, Candler School of Theology
For more information about publishing a book in this series, contact the series editor, Rodney A. Werline.
Aseneth of Egypt: The Composition of a Jewish Narrative
by Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll, 2020, EJL 53
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Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat: New Methods and Perspectives
edited by Carmen Palmer, Andrew R. Krause, Eileen Schuller, and John Screnock, 2020, EJL 52
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The Community Rule: A Critical Edition with Translation
by Sarianna Metso, 2019, EJL 51
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The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha Section at the SBL
edited by Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied, 2019, EJL 50
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Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Biblical Heroes
by Michael E. Stone, 2019, EJL 49
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Empire and Gender in LXX Esther
by Meredith J. Stone, 2018, EJL 48
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Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint
edited by Andrew B. Perrin, Kyung S. Baek, and Daniel K. Falk, 2017, EJL 47
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Judea under Roman Domination: The First Generation of Statelessness and Its Legacy
by Nadav Sharon, 2017, EJL 46
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Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Angels and Biblical Heroes
by Michael E. Stone, 2016, EJL 45
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Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels: Reminiscences, Allusions, Intertextuality
edited by Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Gabriele Boccaccini, 2016, EJL 44
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The Qumran Paradigm: A Critical Evaluation of Some Foundational Hypotheses in the Construction of the Qumran Sect
by Gwynned de Looijer, 2015, EJL 43
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Meaning and Context in the Thanksgiving Hymns: Linguistic and Rhetorical Perspectives on a Collection of Prayers from Qumran
by Trine Bjornung Hasselbalch, 2015, EJL 42
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Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
edited by Karina Martin Hogan, Matthew Goff, and Emma Wasserman, 2017, EJL 41
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The Psalms of Solomon: Language, History, Theology
edited by Eberhard Bons and Patrick Pouchelle, 2015, EJL 40
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Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method
by George J. Brooke, with the assistance of Nathalie LaCoste, 2013, EJL 39
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Adam and Eve in the Armenian Tradition, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries
by Michael E. Stone, 2013, EJL 38
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Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham
by Michael E. Stone, 2012, EJL 37
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The Hodayot (Thanksgiving Psalms): A Study Edition of 1QHa
by Eileen M. Schuller and Carol A. Newsom, 2012, EJL 36
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Experientia, Volume 2: Linking Text and Experience
edited by Colleen Shantz and Rodney A. Werline, 2012, EJL 35
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The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees
by Todd R. Hanneken, 2012, EJL 34
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Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome: (An)Iconic Rhetoric in the Writings of Flavius Josephus
by Jason von Ehrenkrook, 2011, EJL 33
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John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate
edited by Mary L. Coloe and Tom Thatcher, 2011, EJL 32
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New Idioms within Old: Poetry and Parallelism in the Non-Masoretic Poems of 11Q5 (=11QPsa)
by Eric D. Reymond, 2011, EJL 31
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Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Canadian Collection
edited by Peter W. Flint, Jean Duhaime, and Kyung S. Baek, 2011, EJL 30
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Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation
edited by Matthias Henze, 2011, EJL 29
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Noah and His Book(s)
edited by Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel, 2010, EJL 28
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The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean War: Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations
Mark Andrew Brighton, 2009, EJL 27
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Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity
Dorothy M. Peters, 2008, EJL 26
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The “Mysteries” of Qumran: Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Second Temple Judaism and in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Samuel Thomas, 2009, EJL 25
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"They Shall Purify Themselves": Essays on Purity in Early Judaism
Susan Haber, Adele Reinhartz (editor), 2008, EJL 24
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Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 3: The Impact of Penitential Prayer beyond Second Temple Judaism
edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, 2008, EJL 23 |
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Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 2: The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism
edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, 2007, EJL 22 |
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Seeking the Favor of God: Volume 1: The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism
edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, 2006, EJL 21 |
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The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apolcalypse of Baruch
by Rivka Nir, 2002, EJL 20 |
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The Romanian Version of the Testament of Abraham: Text, Translation, and Cultural Context
by Nicolae Roddy, 2001, EJL 19 |
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The Apocryphal Ezekiel
edited by Michael E. Stone, Benjamin G. Wright, and David Satran, 2000, EJL 18 |
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A Synopsis of the Books of Adam and Eve, 2nd ed.
edited by Gary A. Anderson and Michael E. Stone, 1999, EJL 17 |
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Texts in Transition: The Greek Life of Adam and Eve
by John R. Levison, 2000, EJL 16 |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty: Proceedings of the 1997 Society of Biblical Literature Qumran Section Meetings
edited by Robert A. Kugler and Eileen Schuller, 1999, EJL 15 |
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Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism
by Judith H. Newman, 1999, EJL 14 |
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Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution
by Rodney Alan Werline, 1998, EJL 13 |
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Texts and Concordances of the Armenian Adam Literature, vol. 1: Genesis 1-4, Penitence of Adam, Book of Adam
by Michael E. Stone, 1996, EJL 12 |
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The Judgment of Susanna: Authority and Witness
edited by Ellen Spolsky, 1996, EJL 11 |
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Joseph and Aseneth and the Jewish Temple in Heliopolis
by Gideon Bohak, 1996, EJL 10 |
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From Patriarch to Priest: The Levi-Priestly Tradition from Aramaic Levi to Testament of Levi
by Robert A. Kugler, 1996, EJL 9 |
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1 Enoch and Sirach: A Comparative and Conceptual Analysis of the Themes of Revelation, Creation, and Judgment
by Randal A. Argall, 1995, EJL 8 |
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The Davidic Dynasty Tradition in Early Judaism: Its History and Significance for Messianism
by Kenneth E. Pomykala, 1995, EJL 7 |
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Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha
edited by John C. Reeves, 1994, EJL 6 |
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A Commentary on the Animal Apocalypse of I Enoch
by Patrick A. Tiller, 1993, EJL 4 |
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A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve
by Michael E. Stone, 1992, EJL 3 |
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No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith
edited by James C. VanderKam, 1992, EJL 2 |
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"Women Like This": New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World
edited by Amy-Jill Levine, 1991, EJL 1 |
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Gaps in the numbering of volumes in the series indicate that a title is out of print or has been accepted for publication but not yet published.
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