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Period Intertestamental

The period intertestamental means, according to the exegesis Catholic . Several books Deuterocanonical considered canonical by the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church , however, were written during this period.

This designation has been criticized by some experts, partly because this literature was maintained throughout and to some extent continued after the preaching of Christ, and others partly because they believe several books of Tanakh , including Daniel , Ezra / Nehemiah and Chronicles were written during this period called "intertestamental" Literature intertestamental

Many writings intertestamental are the apocalyptic literature and were written between the early second century BC. AD and the end of the first century BC. AD. Some texts were assembled in a collection with older ones, such as the Book of Enoch. These writings were usually attributed to ancient biblical figures, perhaps in order to escape repression by the authorities. Among these include the Apocalypse of Ezra , the Apocalypse of Baruch , the Apocalypse of Elijah , the Book of Jubilees , the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the Psalms of Solomon , among others.

The rabbinic literature was abundant during this period, although the class does not usually intertestamental in the literature, given that in many cases, transcripts of oral rules earlier .

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a large sample of literature intertestamental.

References

  1. a and b Jean Bottero (ed.) and Pierre Chuvins , Introduction to the Ancient Near East: From Sumer to the Bible, Editions du Seuil , November 1992, 358 p. (ISBN 978-2-02-08130-3) Conclusion part, "The first publishing venture: the Bible," p. 337
  2. a and b article "Biblical Literature" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica , searchable online version at 19/12/2009.

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