In this sequel to his volumes on attitudes towards sexuality in ancient Judaism and early Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman era reflected in the early Enoch literature and the Dead Sea scrolls, Loader (emeritus, New Testament, Murdoch U., Perth, Western Australia) provides intertextual insights into diverse mores in a diverse collection of writings and fragments from the 3rd century BCE to the end of the 1st century CE. He treats attitudes regarding sexual wrongdoing, intermarriage, and related issues in the later Enoch literature, the Sibylline Oracles, other Apocalypses and Testaments, Septuagintal writings, the Psalms of Solomon, wisdom writings, and Judeo-Hellenistic works. The volume includes a contribution on Ben Shira/Sirach. Indexing is by modern authors and ancient sources. Annotation 2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
