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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
Jan Joosten, University of Oxford
Carol Newsom, Candler School of Theology

The Community Rule: A Critical Edition with Translation by Sarianna Metso, 2019, EJL 51	Paperback	Hardcover
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Fifty Years of the Pseudepigrapha Section at the SBL edited by Matthias Henze and Liv Ingeborg Lied, 2019, EJL 50	Paperback	Hardcover
Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Biblical Heroes by Michael E. Stone, 2019, EJL 49	Paperback	Hardcover
Empire and Gender in LXX Esther by Meredith J. Stone, 2018, EJL 48	Paperback	Hardcover
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	Paperback	Hardcover
Judea under Roman Domination: The First Generation of Statelessness and Its Legacy by Nadav Sharon, 2017, EJL 46	Paperback	Hardcover
Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Angels and Biblical Heroes by Michael E. Stone, 2016, EJL 45	Paperback	Hardcover
Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels: Reminiscences, Allusions, Intertextuality edited by Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Gabriele Boccaccini, 2016, EJL 44	Paperback	Hardcover
The Qumran Paradigm: A Critical Evaluation of Some Foundational Hypotheses in the Construction of the Qumran Sect by Gwynned de Looijer, 2015, EJL 43	Paperback	Hardcover
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	Paperback	Hardcover
Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity edited by Karina Martin Hogan, Matthew Goff, and Emma Wasserman, 2017, EJL 41	Paperback	Hardcover
The Psalms of Solomon: Language, History, Theology edited by Eberhard Bons and Patrick Pouchelle, 2015, EJL 40	Paperback	Hardcover
Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method by George J. Brooke, with the assistance of Nathalie LaCoste, 2013, EJL 39	Paperback	Hardcover
Adam and Eve in the Armenian Tradition, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries by Michael E. Stone, 2013, EJL 38	Paperback	Hardcover
Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham by Michael E. Stone, 2012, EJL 37	Paperback	Hardcover
The Hodayot (Thanksgiving Psalms): A Study Edition of 1QHa by Eileen M. Schuller and Carol A. Newsom, 2012, EJL 36	Paperback	Hardcover
Experientia, Volume 2: Linking Text and Experience edited by Colleen Shantz and Rodney A. Werline, 2012, EJL 35	Paperback
The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees by Todd R. Hanneken, 2012, EJL 34	Paperback
Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome: (An)Iconic Rhetoric in the Writings of Flavius Josephus by Jason von Ehrenkrook, 2011, EJL 33	Paperback
John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate edited by Mary L. Coloe and Tom Thatcher, 2011, EJL 32	Paperback
New Idioms within Old: Poetry and Parallelism in the Non-Masoretic Poems of 11Q5 (=11QPsa) by Eric D. Reymond, 2011, EJL 31	Paperback
Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Canadian Collection edited by Peter W. Flint, Jean Duhaime, and Kyung S. Baek, 2011, EJL 30	Paperback
Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation edited by Matthias Henze, 2011, EJL 29	Paperback
Noah and His Book(s) edited by Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel, 2010, EJL 28	Paperback
The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean War: Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations Mark Andrew Brighton, 2009, EJL 27	Paperback
Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity Dorothy M. Peters, 2008, EJL 26	Paperback
The “Mysteries” of Qumran: Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Second Temple Judaism and in the Dead Sea Scrolls Samuel Thomas, 2009, EJL 25	Paperback
"They Shall Purify Themselves": Essays on Purity in Early Judaism Susan Haber, Adele Reinhartz (editor), 2008, EJL 24	Paperback
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	Paperback
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	Paperback
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	Paperback
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apolcalypse of Baruch by Rivka Nir, 2002, EJL 20	Paperback
The Romanian Version of the Testament of Abraham: Text, Translation, and Cultural Context by Nicolae Roddy, 2001, EJL 19		Cloth
The Apocryphal Ezekiel edited by Michael E. Stone, Benjamin G. Wright, and David Satran, 2000, EJL 18		Cloth
A Synopsis of the Books of Adam and Eve, 2nd ed. edited by Gary A. Anderson and Michael E. Stone, 1999, EJL 17	Paperback
Texts in Transition: The Greek Life of Adam and Eve by John R. Levison, 2000, EJL 16		Cloth
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	Paperback
Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism by Judith H. Newman, 1999, EJL 14		Cloth
Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution by Rodney Alan Werline, 1998, EJL 13	Paperback
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		Cloth
The Judgment of Susanna: Authority and Witness edited by Ellen Spolsky, 1996, EJL 11		Cloth
Joseph and Aseneth and the Jewish Temple in Heliopolis by Gideon Bohak, 1996, EJL 10		Cloth
From Patriarch to Priest: The Levi-Priestly Tradition from Aramaic Levi to Testament of Levi by Robert A. Kugler, 1996, EJL 9	Paperback	Cloth
1 Enoch and Sirach: A Comparative and Conceptual Analysis of the Themes of Revelation, Creation, and Judgment by Randal A. Argall, 1995, EJL 8	Paperback	Cloth
The Davidic Dynasty Tradition in Early Judaism: Its History and Significance for Messianism by Kenneth E. Pomykala, 1995, EJL 7	Paperback
Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha edited by John C. Reeves, 1994, EJL 6		Cloth
A Commentary on the Animal Apocalypse of I Enoch by Patrick A. Tiller, 1993, EJL 4	Paperback
A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve by Michael E. Stone, 1992, EJL 3	Paperback
No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith edited by James C. VanderKam, 1992, EJL 2	Paperback
"Women Like This": New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World edited by Amy-Jill Levine, 1991, EJL 1	Paperback
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.