Includes bibliographical references and index.

Daniel 1-6 -- Additions to the book of Daniel -- Susanna -- Bel and the Dragon -- The Prayer of Azariah and the song of the three young men -- Tobit -- The epistle of Jeremiah -- Palestine in the wake of Alexander the Great -- The overlords of Palestine -- Early Hellenization in Palestine -- Literature accredited to Enoch -- 1 Enoch 72-82 -- 1 Enoch 1-36 -- The wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach -- The events -- A response in apocalyptic literature -- The book of jubilees -- The testament of Moses -Daniel 7-12 -- The composition of Daniel 1-12 -- 1 Enoch 83-90 -- Summary -- From Judas to Alexandra -- Judith -- Baruch -- 1 Maccabees -- 2 Maccabees -- The Qumran scrolls -- The Damascus document -- Qumran biblical interpretation -- The Habakkuk commentary -- A commentary on psalms -- The Nahum commentary -- A commentary on Isaiah -- Other exegetical writings -- The rule of the community -- The hymn scroll -- Hymns of the Teacher -- Hymns of the Community -- The martyrdom of Isaiah -- 1 Enoch 92-105 -- Stages in the literary development of 1 Enoch -- The Sibylline Oracles, book 3 -- Aristeas to Philocrates -- 3 Maccabees -- Additions to the Book of Esther -- The wisdom of Solomon -- 2 Enoch -- The Hasmoneans give way to Rome -- Herod the Great -- The House of Herod -- The Roman Governors of Judea -- Agrippa I -- Domination, opposition, expectation -- The psalms of Solomon -- Psalms of the nation -- Psalms of the righteous and the pious -- The testament of Moses, revised -- 1 Enoch 37-71, the parables of Enoch -- 4 Maccabees -- The testaments of the twelve patriarchs -- The testament of Reuben -- The testament of Simeon -- The testament of Levi -- The testament of Judah -- The testament of Issachar -- The testament of Joseph -- The testament of Job -- The testament of Abraham -- The testament of Moses -- The life of Adam and Eve -- Joseph and Aseneth -- The Genesis Apocryphon -- The book of biblical antiquities, pseudo-philo -- The events -- Apocalyptic responses to the fall of Jerusalem -- 2 Baruch -- 4 Ezra -- The Apocalypse of Abraham -- 3 Baruch -- The gospel according to Matthew -- The second revolt -- The events -- The Paraleipomena of Jeremiah. rc.