Old Testament Apocrypha in the Spanish research

Abstract

The Spanish research on the Old Testament Apocrypha, although it had begun in the fifties, had true relevance since 1980. This was due to the project of publication of the OT Apocrypha in Spanish under the direction of Pro f. Díez Macho (Ed. Cristiandad 1982-1987). Besides that project it is importan! to highligth the translation of Qumrán texts by Prof. F. García Martínez. Those texts contain parts of OT Apocriypha already well-known and new works that help to clarify the concept of "OT Apocryha". On the other hand there have been numerous scho1ar works on the OT Apocrypha, that approach questions of eschatology, anthropology and messianism. There are also more popular works, as they have been published in "Reseña Bíblica". Among the most complete and modern syntheses of the OT Apocrypha in Spanish is Vol. 9 of the collection "Introducción al Estudio de la Biblia" . Still pending tasks are the completion of the collection started by Díez Macho and the integration of the results of the studies on the Apocrypha in other areas ofthe Biblical and Theologica1 research.