Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature

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One of the most challenging hurdles facing the New Testament interpreter is that of becoming familiar with the countless relevant Greco-Roman, Jewish, and pagan primary sources. Scholars and students alike must have a fundamental grasp of the content, provenance, and place in NT interpretation of a host of ancient documents, from The Paraphrase of Shem to Pesiqta Rabbati.

Unfortunately, achieving even an elementary facility with this literature has in the past depended on either years of experience or a photographic memory. With this book, Craig A. Evans pulls together the essentials of date, language, text and translations, and general bibliography for this vast literature. He also evaluates the material's relevance for interpreting the NT. Six appendices, including a list of quotations from the ancient texts used, alluded to, or parallel to passages found in the NT, and a comparison of Jesus' parables with those of the rabbis, are designed to further save the interpreter hours of precious time.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781565634091
  • Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 11/28/2005
  • Pages: 539
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Craig A. Evans (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly journals and the author or editor of numerous publications.
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Table of Contents

1 The Old Testament apocrypha 9
2 The Old Testament pseudepigrapha 26
3 The Dead Sea Scrolls 76
4 Versions of the Old Testament 155
5 Philo and Josephus 167
6 The targums 185
7 Rabbinic literature 216
8 The New Testament apocrypha and pseudepigrapha 256
9 Early church fathers 268
10 Gnostic writings 278
11 Other writings 287
12 Examples of New Testament exegesis 329
App. 1 Canons of scripture that include the apocrypha 341
App. 2 Quotations, allusions, and parallels to the New Testament 342
App. 3 Parallels between New Testament gospels and pseudepigraphal gospels 410
App. 4 Jesus's parables and the parables of the rabbis 418
App. 5 Jesus and Jewish miracle stories 424
App. 6 Messianic claimants of the first and second centuries 431
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