Annotation
This course offers insights into the vast body of ancient Jewish extra-canonical literature from Hellenistic and
Roman times. Classes will focus on a close introduction to selected texts from the Old Testament apocryphal, pseudepigrapha, and Dead Sea Scrolls, and students will be expected to read additional secondary literature to gain a general overview of the entire corpus of Second Temple literature (all texts will be provided via Moodle).
The selection of texts will offer a representative overview of various genres and types of literature. The aim of the course is to introduce this large corpus of texts and the problems associated with their study, as well as to provide some closer examination of specific texts.
Knowledge of ancient languages is not expected, all texts will be read in English.
The course is open to anyone interested.