Dictionary of New Testament Background by Craig A Evans

Dictionary of New Testament Background by Craig A Evans

ECPA Gold Medallion (Reference Works)

The Dictionary of New Testament Background joins the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters and the Dictionary of the Later NewTestament and Its Developments as the fourth in a landmark series of reference works on the Bible. In a time when our knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean world has grown by leaps and bounds, this volume sets out for readers the wealth of Jewish and Greco-Roman background that should inform our reading and understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity.

The Dictionary of New Testament Background takes full advantage of the flourishing study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and offers individual articles focused on the most important scrolls. In addition, the Dictionary encompasses the fullness of second-temple Jewish writings, whether pseudepigraphic, rabbinic, parables, proverbs, histories or inscriptions.Articles abound on aspects of Jewish life and thought, including family, purity, liturgy and messianism. The full scope of Greco-Roman culture is displayed in articles ranging across language and rhetoric, literacy and book culture, religion and cults, honor and shame, patronage and benefactors, travel and trade, intellectual movements and ideas, and ancient geographical perspectives.

No other reference work presents so much in one place for students of the New Testament. Here an entire library of scholarship is made available in summary form. The Dictionary of New Testament Background can stand alone or work in concert with one or more of its companion volumes in the series. Written by acknowledged experts in their fields,this wealth of knowledge of the New Testament era is carefully aimed at the needs of contemporary students of the New Testament. And its full bibliographies and cross-references to other volumes in the series will make it the first book to reach forin any investigation of the New Testament in its ancient setting.

Reference volumes in the IVP Bible Dictionary Series provide in-depth treatment of biblical and theological topics in an accessible, encyclopedia format, including cross-sectional themes, methods of interpretation, significant historical or cultural background, and each Old and New Testament book as a whole.

Porter, Stanley E.: - Stanley E. Porter is President, Dean, Professor of New Testament, and holder of the Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has written widely on most topics in New Testament studies, including the history of interpretation. His latest books include Constantine Tischendorf: The Life and Work of a 19th Century Bible Hunter; John, His Gospel, and Jesus; The Book of Romans: A Linguistic and Literary Commentary; The Apostle Paul: His Life, Thought, and Letters; When Paul Met Jesus: How an Idea Got Lost in History; and Active Hermeneutics: Seeking Understanding in an Age of Objectivism. Zachary K. Dawson is an Adjunct Instructor for the Graduate School of Divinity at Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. He is co-editor of The Epistle of James: Linguistic Exegesis of an Early Christian Letter. He has also published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in edited volumes.

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ISBN 13	9780830817801
ISBN 10	0830817808
Title	Dictionary of New Testament Background
Author	Craig A Evans
Series	The Ivp Bible Dictionary Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2000-11-16
Number of pages	1362
Prizes	Winner of Gold Medallion Book Awards (Reference/Commentaries) 2001
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