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Ancient texts for New Testament studies : a guide to the background literature / Craig A. Evans.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, 2011.Edition: Baker Academic paperback edDescription: xxxvi, 539 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801048425
  • 0801048427
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2530 .E93 2011
Contents:
The Old Testament Apocrypha -- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha -- The Dead Sea scrolls -- Versions of the Old Testament -- Philo and Josephus -- The Targums -- Rabbinic literature -- The New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- Early church fathers -- Gnostic writings -- Other writings -- Examples of New Testament exegesis -- Appendixes. Canons of Scripture that include the Apocrypha ; Quotations, allusions, and parallels to the New Testament ; Parallels between New Testament Gospels and pseudepigraphal gospels ; Jesus' parables and the parables of the rabbis ; Jesus and Jewish miracle stories ; Messianic claimants of the first and second centuries.
Summary: "Introduction to the diverse bodies of literatures that are in various way cognate to biblical literature, especially to the New Testament."--Preface.
Item type: Books
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Previously published by Henrickson Publishers in 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Old Testament Apocrypha -- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha -- The Dead Sea scrolls -- Versions of the Old Testament -- Philo and Josephus -- The Targums -- Rabbinic literature -- The New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- Early church fathers -- Gnostic writings -- Other writings -- Examples of New Testament exegesis -- Appendixes. Canons of Scripture that include the Apocrypha ; Quotations, allusions, and parallels to the New Testament ; Parallels between New Testament Gospels and pseudepigraphal gospels ; Jesus' parables and the parables of the rabbis ; Jesus and Jewish miracle stories ; Messianic claimants of the first and second centuries.

"Introduction to the diverse bodies of literatures that are in various way cognate to biblical literature, especially to the New Testament."--Preface.

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