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.

The SBL EJL editorial board is led by series editor Rodney A. Werline, (Barton College), and includes the following members:

Mark J. Boda, McMaster Divinity College/University
George J. Brooke, University of Manchester
Esther Glickler Chazon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Steven D. Fraade, Yale University
Martha Himmelfarb, Princeton University
James S. McLaren, Australian Catholic University

Jacques van Ruiten, University of Groningen

Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham by Michael E. Stone, 2013, SBLEJL 37	Paperback	Hardcover
The Hodayot (Thanksgiving Psalms): A Study Edition of 1QHa by Eileen M. Schuller and Carol A. Newsom, 2012, SBLEJL 36	Paperback	Hardcover
Experientia, Volume 2: Linking Text and Experience edited by Colleen Shantz and Rodney A. Werline, 2012, SBLEJL 35	Paperback
The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees by Todd R. Hanneken, 2012, SBLEJL 34	Paperback
Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome: (An)Iconic Rhetoric in the Writings of Flavius Josephus by Jason von Ehrenkrook, 2011, SBLEJL 33	Paperback
John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate edited by Mary L. Coloe and Tom Thatcher, 2011, SBLEJL 32	Paperback
New Idioms within Old: Poetry and Parallelism in the Non-Masoretic Poems of 11Q5 (=11QPsa) by Eric D. Reymond, 2011, SBLEJL 31	Paperback
Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Canadian Collection edited by Peter W. Flint, Jean Duhaime, and Kyung S. Baek, 2011, SBLEJL 30	Paperback
Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation edited by Matthias Henze, 2011, SBLEJL 29	Paperback
Noah and His Book(s) edited by Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel, 2010, SBLEJL 28	Paperback
The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean War: Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations Mark Andrew Brighton, 2009, SBLEJL 27	Paperback
Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity Dorothy M. Peters, 2008, SBLEJL 26	Paperback
The “Mysteries” of Qumran: Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Second Temple Judaism and in the Dead Sea Scrolls Samuel Thomas, 2009, SBLEJL 25	Paperback
"They Shall Purify Themselves": Essays on Purity in Early Judaism Susan Haber, Adele Reinhartz (editor), 2008, SBLEJL 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, SBLEJL 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, SBLEJL 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, SBLEJL 21	Paperback
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apolcalypse of Baruch by Rivka Nir, 2002, SBLEJL 20	Paperback
The Romanian Version of the Testament of Abraham: Text, Translation, and Cultural Context by Nicolae Roddy, 2001, SBLEJL 19		Cloth
The Apocryphal Ezekiel edited by Michael E. Stone, Benjamin G. Wright, and David Satran, 2000, SBLEJL 18		Cloth
A Synopsis of the Books of Adam and Eve, 2nd ed. edited by Gary A. Anderson and Michael E. Stone, 1999, SBLEJL 17		Cloth
Texts in Transition: The Greek Life of Adam and Eve by John R. Levison, 2000, SBLEJL 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, SBLEJL 15	Paperback
Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism by Judith H. Newman, 1999, SBLEJL 14		Cloth
Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution by Rodney Alan Werline, 1998, SBLEJL 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, SBLEJL 12		Cloth
The Judgment of Susanna: Authority and Witness edited by Ellen Spolsky, 1996, SBLEJL 11		Cloth
Joseph and Aseneth and the Jewish Temple in Heliopolis by Gideon Bohak, 1996, SBLEJL 10		Cloth
From Patriarch to Priest: The Levi-Priestly Tradition from Aramaic Levi to Testament of Levi by Robert A. Kugler, 1996, SBLEJL 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, SBLEJL 8	Paperback	Cloth
The Davidic Dynasty Tradition in Early Judaism: Its History and Significance for Messianism by Kenneth E. Pomykala, 1995, SBLEJL 7	Paperback
Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha edited by John C. Reeves, 1994, SBLEJL 6		Cloth
A Commentary on the Animal Apocalypse of I Enoch by Patrick A. Tiller, 1993, SBLEJL 4	Paperback
A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve by Michael E. Stone, 1992, SBLEJL 3	Paperback
No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith edited by James C. VanderKam, 1992, SBLEJL 2	Paperback
"Women Like This": New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World edited by Amy-Jill Levine, 1991, SBLEJL 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.