The Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal TextsWatson E. Mills, Richard F. Wilson Volume five of the Mercer Commentary on the Bible comprises commentaries on the deuterocanonical/apocryphal books which Martin Luther called "useful and good for reading" yet did not consider of the same authority as Scripture. Volume five of the Mercer Commentary on the Bible includes commentaries from the critically acclaimed Mercer Commentary on the Bible and appropriate articles from the equally well-received Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. This convenient yet thorough edition is for the classroom and for anyone who wishes to focus study on these particular texts. |
Contents
| vii | |
Introducing Apocrypha | xlix |
DeuterocanonicalsApocrypha ChartsTables | liv |
Jeremiah Letter | lix |
Maccabees Third | lxv |
Tobit Book | lxxi |
The ApocryphaDeuterocanonicals in English Translations lxxviilxxviii | lxxvii |
QueenSutherland | 27 |
Craig | 79 |
Rowell | 141 |
Prayer of Manasseh | 151 |
Third Maccabees | 159 |
Second Esdras | 171 |
Fourth Maccabees | 193 |
Additional and Revised Abbreviations | 207 |
Additions to Esther | 51 |
Common terms and phrases
Add Esth additions Ahikar Alexandria ancient angel Antiochus IV Epiphanes APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE Assyrian Azariah Bacchides Baruch Ben Sira Bible biblical Book of Judith canonical century BCE chaps Christian Daniel death deliverance Demetrius divine Egypt Eleazar Enoch epitomist Esdras Esther evil exiles Ezra's faith Fourth Gentile God's Greek Hasmonean Hebrew Hellenism Hellenistic high priest Holofernes honor human idols Introduction Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Hyrcanus Jonathan Judaism Judas Judas's Judith king leader Letter of Jeremiah literary Lord Macc Maccabean Maccabees manuscripts martyrdom martyrs Mattathias mercy Mordecai narrative Nicanor NRSV OComB Persian Philopator piety praise Prayer of Manasseh probably prophet psalms Pseudepigrapha Ptolemy punishment reference religious righteous Roman Scroll Second Maccabees Seleucid Simon Sira Sira's Sirach story Susanna Syrian Temple Testament Tobias Tobit tradition translation verse versions victory vision Vulgate Wisdom of Solomon worship writer
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Page xvi - Additions to Daniel (PRAYER OF AZARIAH and the Song of the Three Young Men, SUSANNA, and BEL AND THE DRAGON), the WISDOM OF SOLOMON, SIRACH (Ecclesiasticus), BARUCH (1 Baruch), the LETTER OF JEREMIAH,
Page xii - intended to interpret present, earthly circumstances in light of the supernatural world and of the future, and to influence both the understanding and the behavior of the audience by means of divine authority