The Books of the Apocrypha: Their Origin, Teaching and Contents

William Oscar Emil Oesterley

R. Scott, 1915 - Apocrypha - 553 pages

Contents

• THE APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT: 6
• CHAPTER I: 11
• CHAPTER II: 27
• CHAPTER III: 49
• TRACES OF GREEK INFLUENCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND: 68
• c The doctrine of the badness of the body: 84
• The Beginnings of the Apocalyptic Movement: 90
• CHAPTER VI: 113
• CHAPTER VII: 130
• The Doctrines of the Pharisees and Sadducees: 139
• Some Subsidiary Considerations: 152
• CHAPTER VIII: 160
• PAGE: 172
• UNCANONICAL BOOKS: 183
• The Reading of Uncanonical Books: 192
• CHAPTER X: 198
• g The Ascension of Isaiah: 218
• CHAPTER XI: 224
• The Jewish Conception of Wisdom: 233
• CHAPTER XII: 251
• The Pharisaic Additions to Ecclesiasticus: 340
• CHAPTER II: 349
• CHAPTER III: 372
• THE PRAYER OF MANASSES: 404
• CHAPTER VII: 411
• a The Conquests of Alexander the Great and: 424
• e The leadership of Simon: 436
• The Historicity of the Book: 446
• The Date of the Book: 454
• THE BOOK OF WISDOM The Wisdom of Solomon: 455
• The Date of the Book: 459
• The Question of Composite Authorship: 464
• The Purposes for which the Book was Written: 469
• The Influence of the Book on St Paul: 474
• CHAPTER X: 479
• The Contents of the Book: 481
• Comparison between 1 and 2 Maccabees: 482
• The Historical Value of 2 Maccabees: 485
• The Purpose of the Book: 487
• The Integrity of the Book: 490
• The Date and Original Language of the Book: 493
• CHAPTER XI: 495
• Examination of the Component Parts of the Book: 497
• 2 A Sages words of encouragement iii 9iv 4: 503
• 3 A Message of good cheer iv 5v 9: 504
• The Epistle of Jeremiah: 506
• CHAPTER XII: 509
• Chapters i ii: 510
• Chapters xv xvi: 511
• The Component Parts of Chapters iii xiv: 512
• The Vision of the Man Rising from the Sea: 515
• The Eagle Vision: 517
• The Salathiel Apocalypse: 522
• An Ezra Legend: 528
• INDEXES General: 533
• 353: 536
• 254: 537
• 85: 540
• 360: 542
• 267: 543
• Passages from the Old Testament: 545
• Passages from the Apocrypha: 547
• 372: 548
• Passages from the Pseudepigrapha: 552
• Passages from Rabbinical Literature: 553

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Books of the Apocrypha: Their Origin, Teaching and Contents; Library of historic theology
• Author: William Oscar Emil Oesterley
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: R. Scott, 1915
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Oct 26, 2012
• Length: 553 pages