The New Testament background : writings from ancient Greece and the Roman Empire that illuminate Christian origins /
edited, with introductions and notes, by C.K. Barrett.
- revisedition. edition.
- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, (c)1995..
- xxix, 361 pages ; 24 cm.
"Previously published as The New Testament background : selected documents, revised and expanded edition, by Harper San Francisco in 1989"--T. pages verso. Originally published: Rev. edition London : SPCK, 1987.
The Roman Empire -- The papyri -- Inscriptions -- The philosophers and poets -- Gnosis and Gnosticism -- Mystery religions -- Jewish history -- Rabbinic literature and Rabbinic Judaism -- Qumran -- Philo -- Josephus -- Septuagint and Targum -- Apocalyptic.
9780060608811
95016264
Bible.--New Testament--History of contemporary events.