The Apocalyptic Character of the Testament of Moses

Reference Literature (texts, translations) and commentaries:

Brandenburger, E., Himmelfahrt Moses ( Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit V.2; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn 1976) 57–84.

Ceriani, A.M., “Fragmenta Assumptionis Mosis,” Monumenta sacra et profana ex codicibus praesertim Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (ed. A.M. Ceriani) (Mediolani: Typis et impensis Bibliothecae Ambrosianae 1861) I.1, 9–13 [introduction] and 55–64 [Latin text].

Charles, R.H., “The Assumption of Moses,” The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (ed. R.H. Charles) (Oxford: Clarendon 1913) II, 407–424.

Charles, R.H., The Assumption of Moses. Translated from the Latin Sixth Century Manuscript […] Emended with Introduction, Notes, and Indices (London: Black 1897).

Clemen, C. (ed.), Die Himmelfahrt des Mose (Kleine Texte für theologische Verlesungen und Übingen 10; Bonn: Marcus & Weber 1904). (Crossref)

Denis, A.-M., Fragmenta pseudepigraphorum quae supersunt graeca una cum historicorum et auctorum judaeorum hellenistarum fragmentis (Pseudepigrapha Veteris Testamenti Graece 3; Leiden: Brill 1970).

Laperrousaz, E.-M., “Testament de Moïse,” La Bible. Écrits intertestamentaires (eds. A. Dupont-Sommer – M. Philonenko) (Paris: Gallimard 1987) 993–1016.

Laperrousaz, E.-M., Le Testament de Moïse (généralement appelé ‘Assomption de Moïse’). Traduction avec introduction et notes (Semitica 19; Paris: Maisonneuve 1970).

Maggiorotti, D., “Testamento di Mosè (Assumptio Mosis),” Apocrifi dell’Antico Testamento (ed. P. Sacchi) (Brescia: Paideia 2000) IV, 181–235.

Parchem, M., “Testament Mojżesza. Wprowadzenie, tłumaczenie i noty,” Pisma apokaliptyczne i testamenty (ed. M. Parchem) (Apokryfy Starego Testamentu 2; Kraków – Mogilany: Enigma Press 2010) 305–340.

Priest, J., “Testament of Moses (First Century A.D.). A New Translation and Introduction,” Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. I. Apocaliptic Literature and Testaments (ed. J.H. Charlesworth) (New York: Doubleday 1983) 919–934.

Tromp, J., The Assumption of Moses. A Critical Edition with Commentary (Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigraphica 10; Leiden: Brill 1993). (Crossref)

Vegas Montaner, L., “Testamento de Moises,” Apócrifos del Aniguo Testamento (dir. A. Díez Macho et al.) (Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad 1987) V, 215–275.

Additional Literature:

Becker, J., Das Heil Gottes. Heils- und Sündenbegriffe in den Qumrantexten und im Neuen Testament (Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments 3; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1964).

Brongers, H.A., “Die Partikel למען in der biblisch-hebräischen Sprache,” Syntax and Meaning. Studies in Hebrew Syntax and Biblical Exegesis (ed. C.J. Labuschagne) (Old Testament Studies 18; Leiden: Brill 1973) 84–96. (Crossref)

Camponovo, O., Königtum, Königsherrschaft und Reich Gottes in den frühjüdischen Schriften (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 58; Freiburg [Schweiz]: Universitätsverlag – Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1984).

Carlson, D.C., “Vengeance and Angelic Mediation in Testament of Moses 9 and 10,” Journal of Biblical Literature 101 (1982) 85–95. (Crossref)

Collins, J.J., The Apocalyptic Imagination. An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature, 2 ed. (Grand Rapids, MI – Cambridge: Eerdmans 1998).

Collins, J.J., The Apocalyptic Vision of the Book of Daniel (Harvard Semitic Monographs 16; Missoula, MT: Scholars Press 1977).

Collins, J.J., “The Date and Provenance of the Testament of Moses,” Studies on the Testament of Moses. Seminar Papers (ed. G.W.E. Nickelsburg) (Septuagint and Cognate Studies 4; Cambridge: Society of Biblical Literature 1973) 15–32.

Collins, J.J., “Some Remaining Traditio-Historical Problems in the Testament of Moses,” Studies on the Testament of Moses. Seminar Papers (ed. G.W.E. Nickelsburg) (Septuagint and Cognate Studies 4; Cambridge: Society of Biblical Literature 1973) 38–43.

Collins, J.J., “The Testament (Assumption) of Moses,” Outside the Old Testament (ed. M. de Jonge) (Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish and Christian World 4; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1985) 145–158. (Crossref)

Cortès, E., Los discursos de adiós des Gn 49 a Jn 13–17. Pistas para la historia de un género literario en la antigua judía (Colectánea San Paciano 23; Barcelona: Herder 1976).

Delcor, M., “Contribution à l’étude de la législation des sectaires de Damas et de Qumrân,” Revue biblique 62 (1955) 60–75.

Gray, J., The Biblical Doctrine of the Reign of God (Edinburgh: Clark 1979).

Halpern-Amaru, B., “Redesigning Redemption: Covenant in the Testament of Moses,” Summoning. Ideas of the Covenant and Interpretive Theory (ed. E. Spolsky) (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press 1993) 131–152.

Hiebert, T., “Theophany in the OT,” Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. D.N. Freedman) (New York: Doubleday 1992) VI, 505–511. (Crossref)

Hofmann, N.J., Die Assumptio Mosis. Studien zur Rezeption massgültiger Überlieferung (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 67; Leiden: Brill 2000). (Crossref)

Jeremias, J., Theophanie. Die Geschichte einer alttestamentlichen Gattung (Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament 10; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag 1965).

Joüon, P. – Muraoka, T., A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 4 ed. (Rome: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico 2003) II.

Keddie, G.A., “Judaean Apocalypticism and the Unmasking of Ideology: Foreign and National Rulers in the Testament of Moses,” Journal for the Study of Judaism 44 (2013) 301–338. (Crossref)

Kolenkow, A.B., “The Assumption of Moses as a Testament,” Studies on the Testament of Moses. Seminar Papers (ed. G.W.E. Nickelsburg) (Septuagint and Cognate Studies 4; Cambridge: Society of Biblical Literature 1973) 71–77.

Kuhn, G., “Zur Assumptio Mosis,” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 43 (1925) 124–129. (Crossref)

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Mowinckel, S., “The Hebrew Equivalent of Taxo in Assumption of Moses IX,” Congress Volume, Copenhagen 1953 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 1; Leiden: Brill 1953) 88–96. (Crossref)

Münchow, C., Ethik und Eschatologie. Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis der frühjüdischen Apokalyptik mit einem Ausblick auf das Neue Testament (Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 1981).

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Stone, M.E., “Apocalyptic Literature,” Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period. Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran Sectarian Writings, Philo, Josephus (ed. M.E. Stone) (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum 2.2; Assen: Van Gorcum – Philadelphia, PA: Fortress 1984) 383–441. (Crossref)

Stuckenbruck, L.T., 1 Enoch 91–108 (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature; Berlin – New York: de Gruyter 2007). (Crossref)

Volz, P., Die Eschatologie der jüdischen Gemeinde im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter (Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck] 1934).

Wallace, D.H., “The Semitic Origin of the Assumption of Moses,” Theologische Zeitschrift 11 (1955) 321–328.

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Yarbro Collins, A., “Composition and Redaction of the Testament of Moses 10,” Harvard Theological Review 69 (1976) 179–186. (Crossref)

Zerbe, G., “‘Pacifism’ and ‘Passive Resistance’ in Apocalyptic Writings: A Critical Evaluation,” The Pseudepigrapha and Early Biblical Interpretation (eds. J.H. Charlesworth – C.A. Evans) ( Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 14; Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity 2; Sheffield: JSOT 1993) 65–95.