The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Version, Third Edition (Hardcover 9710) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195288009 ISBN 13: 9780195288001

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, Third Edition is a useful reference tool for students of intertestamental or Jewish history. It contains all the notes found in the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books of the New Oxford Annotated Bible, Third Edition. Students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon the Oxford Annotated Bible for four decades. Now a new editorial board and team of contributors have completely updated this classic work. The result is a volume which maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated's users have come to expect, bringing new insights, information, and approaches to bear upon the understanding of the biblical text.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Coogan is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. Carol Newsom is at Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Review:

From reviews of the previous edition:

"The New Oxford Annotated Bible with its excellent footnotes and concise introductory materials has a thoroughness and clarity that should prove invaluable to the lay reader and scholar alike."--Frederick Buechner

"I know of no other annotated Bible that is as rich as The New Oxford in both the precision of its textual notes and the clarity and helpfulness of its introductions. It will be and extraordinarily useful edition to have on one's library shelf."--Andrew M. Greeley

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195288009
• ISBN 13: 9780195288001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Coogan Michael D., Brettler Marc Z., Newsom Carol A., Perkins Pheme