Early Judaism and Modern Culture: Literature and Theology

Gerbern Oegema has long been intrigued by the non-canonical literature of early Judaism books from the time between the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament (300 BCE - 200 CE) that have been lost, forgotten, and rediscovered, and that are now studied with ever-increasing enthusiasm.
In Early Judaism and Modern Culture Oegema explores these literary and theological works from a theological perspective and reviews their reception throughout the course of religious history. He demonstrates decisively that these books more than merely objects of academic curiosity have real theological and cultural relevance for today's churches, synagogues, and society as a whole.