Book III of the Sibylline Oracles and its Social Setting
With an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
Biographical note
Rieuwerd Buitenwerf obtained his doctorate at Leiden University with the present volume as his thesis. He is currently working as a New Testament scholar at the Translation Department of the Netherlands Bible Society.
Readership
All those interested in Early Judaism, Early Christianity, and Ancient History.
Reviews
With this exceptional dissertation, Rieuwerd Buitenwerf obtained one of the 2003 Research Prizes from the Erasmus Prize Foundation.
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