Noah and His Book(s)

In a collection of original essays this book offers new insights on the question of the lost book of Noah as well as studies of Noah''s figure in posthiblical literature. It focuses on ancient Jewish literature including the Sepruagint the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha the Dead Sea Scrolls Philo Josephus and rabbinic literature but Christian sources especially Christian iconography Gnostic literature and Syriac material as well as later sources such as the Qur''an and Jewish medieval traditions are also consulted.