The World of the New Testament
by Green, Joel B.; McDonald, Lee MartinFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2013-08-15
Publisher(s): Baker Academic
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Summary
This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Craig Keener, Marianne Meye Thompson, David deSilva, Lynn Cohick, Ben Witherington III, Craig Evans, James D. G. Dunn, Douglas Moo, David Aune, and Stanley Porter. The book includes seventy-five photographs, fifteen maps, numerous tables and charts, illustrations, and bibliographies. All students of the New Testament will value this reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive textbook and reference volume on the New Testament world.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| New Testament Chronology | |
| Setting the Context: Exile and the Jewish Heritage | |
| Exile | |
| The Hasmoneans and the Hasmonean Era | |
| The Herodian Dynasty | |
| Monotheism | |
| The Scriptures and Scriptural Interpretation | |
| Setting the Context: Roman Hellenism | |
| Greek Religion | |
| The Imperial Cult | |
| Greco-Roman Philosophical Schools | |
| Civic and Voluntary Associations in the Greco-Roman World | |
| Economics, Taxes, and Tithes | |
| Slaves and Slavery in the Roman World | |
| Women, Children, and Families in the Roman World | |
| Education in the Greco-Roman World | |
| The Jewish People in the Context of Roman Hellenism | |
| Temple and Priesthood | |
| Jews and Samaritans | |
| Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes | |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | |
| Prophetic Movements and Zealots | |
| Apocalypticism | |
| Synagogue and Sanhedrin | |
| Jews in the Diaspora | |
| Noncanonical Jewish Writings | |
| Jewish Identity, Beliefs, and Practices | |
| Jewish Education | |
| Healing and Health Care | |
| The Literary Context of Early Christianity | |
| Reading, Writing, and Manuscripts | |
| Pseudonymous Writings and the New Testament | |
| Literary Forms in the New Testament | |
| Homer and the New Testament | |
| Josephus and the New Testament | |
| Philo and the New Testament | |
| Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament | |
| Other Early Christian Writings | |
| The Geographical Context of the New Testament | |
| Jesus Research and Archeology | |
| Egypt | |
| Palestine | |
| Syria, Cilicia, and Cyprus | |
| The Province and Cities of Asia | |
| Galatia | |
| Macedonia | |
| Achaia | |
| Rome and Its Provinces | |
| Additional Resources | |
| Money in the New Testament Era | |
| Measurements in the New Testament Era | |
| Indexes | |
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