New Testament Background: Selected Documents - Softcover

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9780281042944: New Testament Background: Selected Documents
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0281042942 ISBN 13: 9780281042944
Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 1987

Synopsis

C. K. Barrett's selection of background documents to the New Testament has been an essential reference book for students of Christian origins for nearly forty years. Carefully chosen from a wide range of sources, and annotated with the impeccable scholarship for which Professor Barrett is renowned, this collection brings the world of the first century vividly to life. Now Professor Barrett has revised and enlarged the book, taking account particularly of the Qumran material and Gnostic literature, including the Nag Hammadi texts. The addition of these new sections, together with other significant changes throughout, bring the book right up to date. The chapters on Josephus, the Targums and Apocalyptic have all been enlarged, and there is new material from the Greek tragedians. A new generation of students will be as well served with this edition as their teachers were with the first. The book includes selections from: Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha (including 1 Enoch, 4 Ezra, 1 & 2 Maccabees): Dead Sea Scrolls: Eusebius: Gnostic Literature (including Hermetic, Mandaean & Nag Hammadi Texts): Greek & Latin authors (including Aristotle, Suetonius, Tacitus & Zeno): Inscriptions: Josephus: Old Testament (including Septuagint & Targums): Papyri: Philo: Rabbinic Literature (incluidng Midrashim, Mishnah & Talmuds)

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Product Description

This title takes into account Qumran material and Gnostic literature, including the Nag Hammadi texts, chapters on Josephus, the Targums and Apocalyptic as well as material from the Greek tragedians, in order to provide a background to the New Testament.

About the Author

C. K. Barrett is Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham, England. He has established himself it the front rank of contemporary New Testament scholars by such works as The Holy Spirit in the Gospel Tradition, Commentary on St. John, and The New Testament Background.

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Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0281042942
ISBN 13 
9780281042944
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
392

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