The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts

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Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 9780801098611
Type: Paperback

Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman history and culture relevant for understanding the New Testament and the early church. 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.
Contents
Introduction
Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald
New Testament Chronology
Lee Martin McDonald
Part 1: Setting the Context: Exile and the Jewish Heritage
Exile
Nicholas Perrin
The Hasmoneans and the Hasmonean Era
Larry R. Helyer
The Herodian Dynasty
Everett Ferguson
Monotheism
Nathan MacDonald
The Scriptures and Scriptural Interpretation
Lidija Novakovic
Part 2: Setting the Context: Roman Hellenism
Greek Religion
Moyer V. Hubbard
The Imperial Cult
Nicholas Perrin
Greco-Roman Philosophical Schools
John T. Fitzgerald
Civic and Voluntary Associations in the Greco-Roman World
Michael S. Moore
Economics, Taxes, and Tithes
David J. Downs
Slaves and Slavery in the Roman World
S. Scott Bartchy
Women, Children, and Families in the Greco-Roman World
Lynn H. Cohick
Education in the Greco-Roman World
Ben Witherington III
Part 3: The Jewish People in the Context of Roman Hellenism
Temple and Priesthood
David Instone-Brewer
Jews and Samaritans
Lidija Novakovic
Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
Michelle Lee-Barnewall
The Dead Sea Scrolls
C. D. Elledge
Prophetic Movements and Zealots
James D. G. Dunn
Apocalypticism
Larry R. Helyer
Synagogue and Sanhedrin
Kenneth D. Litwak
Jews in the Diaspora
David A. deSilva
Noncanonical Jewish Writings
Daniel M. Gurtner
Jewish Identity, Beliefs, and Practices
Archie T. Wright
Jewish Education
Kent L. Yinger
Healing and Healthcare
Joel B. Green
Part 4: The Literary Context of Early Christianity
Reading, Writing, and Manuscripts
E. Randolph Richards
Pseudonymous Writings and the New Testament
Lee Martin McDonald
Literary Forms in the New Testament
Thomas E. Phillips
Homer and the New Testament
Thomas E. Phillips
Josephus and the New Testament
Michael F. Bird
Philo and the New Testament
Torrey Seland
Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament
Bruce Chilton
Early Canonical Christian Writings
Nicholas Perrin
Part 5: The Geographical Context of the New Testament
Jesus Research and Archeology
James H. Charlesworth
Egypt
John D. Wineland
Palestine
Thomas R. Hatina
Syria, Cilicia, and Cyprus
Mark Wilson
The Province and Cities of Asia
Paul Trebilco
Galatia
Mark Wilson
Macedonia
Gene L. Green
Achaia
Gene L. Green
Rome and Its Provinces
Thomas Hatina
Additional Resources
Money in the New Testament Era
Lee Martin McDonald
Measurements in the New Testament Era
Lee Martin McDonald
Glossary
Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald
Indexes