Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation

by Evans, Craig A.

• ISBN13: 9780943575957
• ISBN10: 0943575958
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-11-01
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub

Summary

Perhaps one of the most challenging hurdles facing the NT interpreter is becoming familiar with the ancient primary sources from the countless Greco-Roman, Jewish, and Pagan works. From the Paraphrase of Shem to Pesiqta Rabbati, scholars and students alike must have a fundamental understanding of these documents' content, provenance, and place in NT interpretation.
Unfortunately, achieving even an elementary facility with this literature has in the past depended on either years of experience or a photographic memory. Now Craig A. Evans pulls together the essentials of date, language, text and translations, and general bibliography. He also evaluates the material's relevance for interpreting the NT. Six appendixes, including a list of quotations, allusions, and parallels to the NT, and a comparison of Jesus' parables with those of the rabbis, are designed to further save the interpreter hours of precious time.
This volume stands in line to become a standard text in NT courses, and its usefulness to anyone interested in seriously studying the NT will become readily apparent.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
The Old Testament Apocrypha	p. 9
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha	p. 20
The Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 48
Versions of the Old Testament	p. 70
Philo and Josephus	p. 80
The Targums	p. 97
Rabbinic Literature	p. 114
The New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha	p. 149
Early Church Fathers	p. 155
Gnostic Writings	p. 162
Other Writings	p. 169
Examples of New Testament Exegesis	p. 178
App. 1. Canons of Scripture that include the Apocrypha	p. 189
App. 2. Quotations, Allusions, and Parallels to the New Testament	p. 190
App. 3. Parallels between New Testament Gospels and Pseudepigraphal Gospels	p. 220
App. 4. Jesus' Parables and the Parables of the Rabbis	p. 227
App. 5. Jesus and Jewish Miracle Stories	p. 232
App. 6. Messianic Claimants of the First and Second Centuries	p. 239
Modern Authors	p. 253
Ancient Writings and Writers	p. 260
Ancient Sources	p. 268
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.