Dictionary of New Testament Background - (IVP Bible Dictionary) by Craig A Evans & Stanley E Porter (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Written by 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. With its full bibliographies and cross-references to other volumes, this book is an entire library of scholarship made available in summary form.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>2001 ECPA Gold Medallion (Reference Works)</li> </ul><p>The <em>Dictionary of New Testament Background</em> joins the <em>Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters</em> and the <em>Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments</em> 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 <em>Dictionary of New Testament Background</em> 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 <em>Dictionary</em> 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 <em>Dictionary of New Testament Background</em> 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 for in any investigation of the New Testament in its ancient setting.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>An excellent resource for students who are eager to continue their research into the cultural contexts of the New Testament. Although it is a bit beyond most beginners, that is an advantage to those who need an intermediate level vehicle.</p>--David W. Chapman, Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 32, no. 2<br><br><p>If there's only one book that a student can get on NT background, then this has to be it. Its breadth and depth is unmatched by anything that I've had access to in my studies.</p>--Nick Norelli, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (rdtwot.wordpress.com), June 16, 2008<br>
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