The World of the New Testament

by Green, Joel B.; McDonald, Lee Martin

• ISBN13: 9780801039621
• ISBN10: 0801039622
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-08-15
• Publisher: Baker Academic

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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