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when i look back on the past twenty years or so, I realize that the greatest influences on my studies of the Apocrypha and related literature arose from the sessions of the Wisdom and Apocalypticism group of the Society of Biblical Literature. I want to thank the other members of the Steering Committee, the composition of which, like the Apocrypha, has changed over the years. Their combination of creativity and high scholarly standards has been an inspiration. Another important influence has been my coeditor of the Jewish Annotated Apocrypha, Jonathan Klawans. I express my gratitude as well to the contributors to that volume. The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha exceeded the hopes of the two coeditors, in that the contributors managed to say something new about the texts on every page. I have many fond memories of teaching at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and since then have felt welcomed and supported as the Croghan Bicentennial visiting professor at Williams College and visiting professor in the Program in Judaic Studies and Department of Religious Studies at Brown University. The collegiality that I experienced with faculty, staff, and students in each of those institutions will remain with me. Other scholars have influenced me as well on the issues of the Apocrypha, and I thank them: Joan Branham, John Collins, Sidnie White Crawford, Nathaniel DesRosiers, Angela Kim Harkins, Richard Horsley, Mary Joan Leith, Gregory Mobley, George Nickelsburg, Saul Olyan, Christine Thomas, Annewies van den Hoek, Benjamin Wright, and Gale Yee. Two scholars passed from our field far too early and are truly missed: Ellen Aitken and Daniel Harrington. I recall all of our time together with warmth and gratitude. Heather Gold, Jessie Dolch, and Joyce Ippolito of Yale University Press along with the outside reviewers and others on the editorial staff have been a joy to work with, and this book has been greatly improved as a result of their involvement. Finally, my family has been a constant support and has recognized the value in studying ancient texts: Shelley, Jessica, Daniel, Heloisa, and Emma.
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