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Andrei Orlov, one of the few scholars working on Slavonic Pseudepigrapha, just asked me to forward this information to publicize his newest book.   Based on the price, it looks like something to order for your institution's library. By the way, we need more scholars learning, studying, and publishing on the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha! Andrei A. Orlov,  Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham (Cambridge University Press, 2013) 224 pages. ISBN: 110703907X, 9781107039070. Description from the publisher: The Apocalypse of Abraham is a vital source for understanding both Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism. Written anonymously soon after the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple, the text envisions heaven as the true place of worship and depicts Abraham as an initiate of celestial priesthood. Andrei A. Orlov focuses on the central rite of the Abraham story - the scapegoat ritual that receives a striking eschatological reinterpretation in the text. He demonstrat...

Andrei Orlov, a friend of mine from Marquette and scholar of Slavonic Pseudepigrapha, asked me to post the following: The Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Project would like to announce the launch of two new resource pages devoted to 2 (Slavonic) Enoch ( http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/2enoch.html ) and the Apocalypse of Abraham ( http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/apocalypseabraham.html ). The resource pages include original manuscripts, translations, extensive bibliographies, and research articles pertaining to these important apocalyptic works which survived in Slavonic language. The Slavonic Pseudepigrapha Project ( http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/pseudepigrapha.html ) is an electronic resource developed by scholars from the Theology Department at Marquette University (Milwaukee, USA).