This subseries publishes scholarly collections that explore biblical literature within its full historical, literary, and theological context. Each volume examines a biblical book’s origins, original historical settings, early functions, message, and subsequent reception history (often referred to as Wirkungsgeschichte or Nachleben).
Studies on a book’s origins address its sources, traditions, composition, and redaction. Reception-oriented contributions analyze its translation into Greek, Latin, Aramaic, and Syriac, as well as its presence in later writings such as the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Qumran texts, Philo, Josephus, and the New Testament. Under the theme of interpretation, essays explore the book’s theology in its early form and its later reception within Jewish and Christian traditions, including rabbinic and patristic exegesis.
FIOTL volumes aim to provide a comprehensive treatment, tracing the biblical book’s trajectory from its earliest traditions and literary formation to its interpretation and influence in later contexts. While each volume follows this broad framework, the specific approach may vary depending on the subject matter.
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