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Translations of Early Documents

The object of the Series is to provide short, cheap, and handy text-books for students, either working by themselves or in classes. The aim is to furnish in translations important texts unencumbered by commentary or elaborate notes, which can be had in larger works.

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First Series: Palestinian-Jewish and Cognate Texts (Pre-Rabbinic)

• Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C.—Arthur Ernest Cowley [1861-1931]
• The Wisdom of Ben-Sira (Ecclesiasticus)—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950]
• The Book of Enoch—Robert Henry Charles [1855-1931]
• The Book of Jubilees—Robert Henry Charles [1855-1931]
• The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950]
• The Odes and Psalms of Solomon—George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
• The Ascension of Isaiah—Robert Henry Charles [1855-1931]
• The Apocalypse of Ezra (II. Esdras)—George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
• The Apocalypse of Baruch—Robert Henry Charles [1855-1931]
• The Apocalypse of Abraham—George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
• The Assumption of Moses—William John Ferrar [1868-1945]
• The Biblical Antiquities of Philo—Montague Rhodes James [1862-1936]
• Lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament—Montague Rhodes James [1862-1936]

Second Series: Hellenistic-Jewish Texts

• The Wisdom of Solomon—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950]
• The Sibylline Oracles (Books III–V)—H.N. Bate [1871-1941]
• The Letter of Aristeas—Henry St. John Thackeray [1869-1930]
• Selections from Philo—John Henry Arthur Hart [1876–1952]
• Selections from Josephus—Henry St. John Thackeray [1869-1930]
• The Third and Fourth Books of Maccabees—Cyril William Emmet [1875-1923]
• The Book of Joseph and Aseneth. Translated and edited from the Syriac text—Ernest Walter Brooks [1863-1955]
• The Testament of Abraham—George Herbert Box [1869-1933]

Third Series: Palestinian-Jewish and Cognate Texts (Rabbinic)

1. Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Jewish Fathers)—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950]
2. Berakhoth (Benedictions)—Arthur Lukyn Williams [1853-1943]
3. Yoma—George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
4. Tractate Shabbath—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950]
5. Tractate Sanhedrin—Herbert Danby [1889-1953]
6. Kimchi's Commentary on the Psalms (Book I, Selections)—R.G. Finch

Jewish Literature and Christian Origins

• Vol. I. The Apocalyptic Literature—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950] and George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
• Vol. II. A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical Judaism—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950] and George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
• The Acts of the Apostles, Translated from the Codex Bezae—C.M. Wilson
• Barnabas, Hermas and the Didache.The Donnellan Lectures, 1920—Joseph Armitage Robinson [1858-1933]
• The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians—William Kemp Lowther Clarke [1879-1968]
• Jewish Literature and Christian Origins: A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediaeval Judaism—William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950] and George Herbert Box [1869-1933]
• Jewish Uncanonical Writings: A Popular Introduction—William John Ferrar [1868-1945]
• Pistis Sophia. Literally translated from the Coptic—George Horner [1849-1930]
• Select Passages Illustrating Mithraism— Alfred Shenington Geden [1857-1936]
• Select Passages Illustrating Neoplationism—E.R. Dodds

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