The World of the New Testament :  Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts /  [print] 
Joel B. Green, Lee Martin McDonald editors. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker Academic,  [(c)2013. 
 - xxiv, 616 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
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<br/><br/> 1. Introduction  2. New Testament chronology  PennsylvaniaRT 1. SETTING THE ColoradoNTEXT: EXILE AND THE JEWISH HERITAGE  3. Exile  4. The Hasmoneans and the Hasmonean era  5. The Herodian dynasty  6. Monotheism  7. The scriptures and scriptural interpretation  PennsylvaniaRT 2. SETTING THE ColoradoNTEXT: ROMAN HELLENISM  8. Greek religion  9. The imperial cult  10. Greco-Roman philosophical schools  11. Civic and voluntary associations in the Greco-Roman world  12. Economics, taxes, and tithes  13. Slaves and slavery in the Roman world  14. Women, children, and families in the Greco-Roman world  15. Education in the Greco-Roman world  PennsylvaniaRT 3. THE JEWISH PEOPLE Indiana THE ColoradoNTEXT OF ROMAN HELLENISM  16. Temple and priesthood  17. Jews and Samaritans  18. Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes  19. The Dead Sea Scrolls  20. Prophetic movements and zealots  21. Apocalypticism  22. Synagogue and Sanhedrin  23. Jews in the diaspora  24. Noncanonical Jewish writings  25. Jewish identity, beliefs, and practices  26. Jewish education  27. Healing and healthcare  PennsylvaniaRT 4. THE LITERARY ColoradoNTEXT OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY  28. Reading, writing and manuscripts  29. Pseudonymous writings and the New Testament  30. Literary forms in the New Testament  31. Homer and the New Testament  32. Josephus and the New Testament  33. Philo and the New Testament  34. Rabbinic literature and the New Testament  35. Early noncanonical Christian writings  PennsylvaniaRT 5. THE GEOGRAPHICAL ColoradoNTEXT OF THE NebraskaW TESTAMENT  36. Jesus research and archaeology  37. Egypt  38. Palestine  39. Syria, Cilicia, and Cyprus  40. The province and cities of Asia  41. Galatia  42. Macedonia  43. Achaia  44. Rome and its provinces  Money in the New Testament era  Measurements in the New Testament era  Glossary  Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald  Lee Martin McDonald  Nicholas Perrin  Larry R. Helyer  Everett Ferguson  Nathan MacDonald  Lidija Novakovic  Moyer V. Hubbard  Nicholas Perrin  John T. Fitzgerald  Michael S. Moore  David J. Downs  S. Scott Bartchy  Lynn H. Cohick  Ben Witherington III  David Instone-Brewer  Lidija Novakovic  Michelle Lee-Barnewall  C.D. Elledge  James D.G. Dunn  Larry R. Helyer  Kenneth D. Litwak  David A. DeSilva  Daniel M. Gurtner  Archie T. Wright  Kent L. Yinger  Joel B. Green  E. Randolph Richards  Lee Martin McDonald  Thomas E. Phillips  Thomas E. Phillips  Michael F. Bird  Torrey Seland  Bruce Chilton  Nicholas Perrin  James H. Charlesworth  John D. Wineland  Thomas R. Hatina  Mark Wilson  Paul Trebilco  Mark Wilson  Gene L. Green  Gene L. Green  Thomas R. Hatina  Lee Martin McDonald  Lee Martin McDonald  Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald. 
<br/><br/> "A team of distinguished specialists introduces the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church"--Publisher's summary. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801039621 0801039622 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40022775322 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013003341 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--New Testament--History of Biblical events.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.<br/>Jews--Social life and customs--Palestine--To 70 A.D.<br/>Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.<br/>Civilization, Greco-Roman--Social aspects.<br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.<br/>Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D.<br/>Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS122.W675 2013 DS122.M478.W675 2013