Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter One. The Pseudepigrapha In Christianity / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Two. The Pseudepigrapha And Christianity, Revisited: Setting The Stage And Framing Some Central Questions / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Three. Christian Transmission Of Greek Jewish Scriptures: A Methodological Probe / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Four. The Weighing Of The Parts: Pivots And Pitfalls In The Study Of Early Judaisms And Their Early Christian Off Spring / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Five. Combined Review / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Six. Reassessing The \'Recensional Problem\' In Testament Of Abraham / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Seven. \'Ezra\' Materials In Judaism And Christianity / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Eight. Towards Assessing The Latin Text Of \'5 Ezra\': The Christian Connection / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Nine. Enoch And Written Authorities In Testaments Of The 12 Patriarchs / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Ten. The Dialogue Of Timothy And Aquila And Its Echoes Of Judaism / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Eleven. Pliny On Essenes, Pliny On Jews / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Twelve. A–B. Philo On Seth, Philo On Enoch / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Thirteen. Philo’s Treatment Of The Number Seven In On Creation / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Fourteen. Philo And The Sabbath Crisis: Alexandrian Jewish Politics And The Dating Of Philo’s Works / R.A. Kraft -- Chapter Fifteen. Tiberius Julius Alexander And The Crisis In Alexandria According To Josephus / R.A. Kraft -- Review And Prospects / R.A. Kraft -- Index / R.A. Kraft.

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These essays span about a third of a century and include both previously published and some unpublished studies by Robert A. Kraft which focus on interfaces between Jewish materials and the worlds in which they were transmitted and/or perceived, especially Christian contexts. The initial section on general context and methodology is followed by several detailed studies by way of example. The final section touches on some related issues involving Philonic and other texts. The primary concern is with \'scripturesque\' materials and traditions, whether they later became canonical or not, that seem to have been respected as “scriptural” by some individuals or communities in the period prior to (or apart from) the development of an exclusivistic canonical consciousness in some Jewish and Christian circles.