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Invitation to the Apocrypha /
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TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI. : William B Eerdmans Publishing Company ©1999.Description: viii, 222 Pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 0802846335
- 9780802846334
- 229/.061 21
- BS1700 .H37 1999
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Summary: "In treating the individual books of the Apocrypha, Harrington shows their links to the Hebrew Bible and notes their importance for understanding the New Testament."--Cover.
1. Reading the Old Testament Apocrypha -- 2. Tobit: We are family -- 3. Judith: By the hand of a woman -- 4. The additions to Esther: These things have come from God -- 5. The wisdom of Solomon: Immortality, wisdom, and history -- 6. Ecclesiasticus/Sirach: Fear of the Lord -- 7. Baruch: Sin, exile, repentance, and return -- 8. The letter of Jeremiah: The folly of idolatry -- 9. The additions to Daniel: Who is the living God? -- 10. 1 Maccabees: God's dynasty -- 11. 2 Maccabees: God's temple -- 12. 1 Esdras: Rebuilding the people of God -- 13. The prayer of Manasseh: The prayer of the repentant sinner -- 14. Psalm 151: God's care for David -- 15. 3 Maccabees: Israel in crisis and the divine deliverer -- 16. 2 Esdras: Prophecies and visions of Ezra -- 17. 4 Maccabees: The sovereignty of devout reason.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Reading the Old Testament Apocrypha -- 2. Tobit: We are family -- 3. Judith: By the hand of a woman -- 4. The additions to Esther: These things have come from God -- 5. The wisdom of Solomon: Immortality, wisdom, and history -- 6. Ecclesiasticus/Sirach: Fear of the Lord -- 7. Baruch: Sin, exile, repentance, and return -- 8. The letter of Jeremiah: The folly of idolatry -- 9. The additions to Daniel: Who is the living God? -- 10. 1 Maccabees: God's dynasty -- 11. 2 Maccabees: God's temple -- 12. 1 Esdras: Rebuilding the people of God -- 13. The prayer of Manasseh: The prayer of the repentant sinner -- 14. Psalm 151: God's care for David -- 15. 3 Maccabees: Israel in crisis and the divine deliverer -- 16. 2 Esdras: Prophecies and visions of Ezra -- 17. 4 Maccabees: The sovereignty of devout reason.
"In treating the individual books of the Apocrypha, Harrington shows their links to the Hebrew Bible and notes their importance for understanding the New Testament."--Cover.
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