Daniel M. Gurtner is Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary (St Paul, MN USA). Among his publications are The Torn Veil: Matthew's Exposition of the Death of Jesus (SNTSMS 139; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

• Contents; Introduction; Psalms of Solomon - Kenneth Atkinson, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Northern Iowa, USA Judith - Michael F. Bird, Lecturer in New Testament, Highland Theological College, Scotland, UK; Targums - Bruce D. Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion, Bard College, New York, USA; Maccabees - J.R.C. Cousland, Associate Professor of Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada; Philo of Alexandria - Ronald A. Cox, Assistant Professor of Religion, Pepperdine University, California, USA; Daniel, with Additions - Lorenzo DiTomasso, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada; 2 Baruch - Daniel M. Gurtner, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Bethel Seminary, Minnesota, USA; Wisdom of Solomon - Daniel J. Harrington, Professor of New Testament, Boston College, USA; Qumran Texts - Alex Jassen, Assistant Professor of Early Judaism, University of Minnesota, USA; Sirach - Joseph E. Jensen, Professor of Biblical Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA; 2 Enoch - Grant Macaskill, Lecturer in New Testament, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK; 4 Ezra - Jonathan Moo, Research Fellow, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, UK; Mishnah and Talmud - Jacob Neusner, Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism, Bard College, New York, USA; Apocalypse of Abraham - John C. Poirier, Professor of New Testament, Chair of Biblical Studies, Kingswell Theological Seminary, Ohio, USA; Dead Sea Scrolls - Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, USA; Pseudo-Philo - Preston Spinkle, Assistant Professor of Bible, Cedarville University, Ohio, USA; Ritual Purity Texts from Qumran - Ian Werrett, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, St. Martin's University, Washington, USA; Conclusion - George W.E. Nickelsburg, Emeritus Professor of Religion, University of Iowa, USA; Bibliography; Index.

‘'Soteriology' in this volume serves as shorthand for the state of wellbeing that is the goal of life. The contributors are a distinguished selection of older and younger scholars, including some of the most prominent names in the field. The essays emphasize the diversity of ‘soteriologies' in the literature of Second Temple Judaism. They provide a fascinating window on the theological diversity of Judaism in the era in which Christianity was born.' - John J. Collins, Yale University, USA.