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Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study (Encountering Biblical Studies) 4 reviews
Baker Academic, 2002
very good
+ Good Primary Source Material
This book is very comparable to "The Old Testament Parallels" by Matthews and Benjamin. Either one will enable you to compare Old Testament stories to comparable mythical stories of the Near East. "Readings from the Ancient Near East" is, however, much better organized. Parallels are organized ...
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The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition 11 reviews
of Alexandria Philo
Hendrickson Publishers, 1993
Dated but useful collection of Philo
+ Wisdom
+ Go to the source
+ A very readable translation that is easily affordable
+ Great window on First-Century life in Judea.
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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics)16 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
This is the one scholars quote from . . .
+ More pedagogical than pleasurable.
+ Modern Translation in an Attempted Perfectionism
+ Very Interesting
+ Great Collection Of Early Mesopotamian Literature
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Hittite Myths, Second Edition 1 review
Scholars Press, 1991
short but valuable
Hoffner provides us with an affordable and readable translation of Hittite myths. One may not be familar with the Hittite versions but if one knows Greek or Mesopotamian myths one will discover much in common. Enough for a strong inluence across cultures is a mater best left to each reader.
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Jesus in Context: Background Readings for Gospel Study
Baker Academic, 2005
Knowing the historical and cultural background of the Bible is crucial to properly understanding and interpreting it. But the passing of 2,000 years often prevents today's reader from fully understanding the significance of various actions and teachings of Jesus in the Gospels. For example, the radical nature of Jesus's healings on the Sabbath may go unnoticed without an awareness of ...
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Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context3 reviews
John H. Walton
Zondervan Publishing Company, 1994
Is There Any Other Way?
+ Helpful companion to OT background study
+ Critically and evangelical study of literary parallels
The relationship between biblical history and a text that purports to transmit it has long been an interest of mine. Only Fundamentalists can not see that there is a difference between the order of creation found in Genesis 1 and 2. Long ago it occurred to me that the most appropriate way to ...
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The Context of Scripture2 reviews
Brill Academic Publishers, 2003
New Ancient Near East
+ Outstanding, it is on level with Prichards ANE Texts
This 3-book series is an extensive update of the classic Pritchard ANET (ancient near-eastern texts). Though some of the texts are shortened from Pritchard's volume, the new texts, number of texts, and more up to date translations and notes more than make this book worthwhile... if you can afford ...
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Josephus: The Essential Works 5 reviews
Flavius Josephus
Kregel Academic & Professional, 1995
Best translation ever of Josephus for normal people
+ Your Choice
+ Great Scholarship
+ Excellent Translation
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Religions of Rome: Volume 2: A Sourcebook2 reviews
Mary Beard, John North, ...
Cambridge University Press, 1998
Always Pleasing
+ Book about Romans, by Romans
Religions of Rome, volumes I &II by Doctors Beard, North and Price is an invaluable work that is a necessity for any student of Classical Civilization, as the Oxford Classical Dictionary and H.H. Scullard's Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic. Throughout my years of study in the ...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English3 reviews
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996
Very well written!!
+ Not Just Plain Jane
"The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated" by Florentino Garcia Martinez is the best version of translated Scroll material that I have come across, and there are "others." What makes this translation excellent is the unbiased, scholarly critique. Martinez does a superb job here! There is no "religious" ...
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The Nag Hammadi Library68 reviews
James M. Robinson
HarperOne, 1990
Nag Hammadi
+ A Definitive New Translation? The Three Sins of James M.Robinson
+ I like a newer volume of these texts.
+ Good, but not "definitive"
+ Necessary
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The Mishnah: A New Translation9 reviews
Jacob Neusner
Yale University Press, 1991
A LANDMARK TRANSLATION
+ Insight for the rest of us
+ The Fundamental Mishnah
+ Great book!
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Ancient Texts For New Testament Studies: A Guide To The Background Literature2 reviews
Craig A. Evans
Hendrickson Publishers, 2005
an excellent resource
+ A Helpful Introduction to Primary Sources
For a one stop resource that will introduce you to a very wide swath of literature relevant to the new testament, this is a gem!
It gives summaries of scores of ancient texts stemming from the literary/cultural background of, and contemporaneous with the new testament.
This resource will give ...
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Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World (Context of Scripture)
Pilgrim Press, 2001
The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colourful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Designed as a thorough and durable reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the Ancient Near East, and involving many of the world’s outstanding scholars in the field, it provides reliable access to a broad, ...
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Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation2 reviews
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
Great resource for undergraduates and graduates
+ It's about women but not by women!
This collection of writings from the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome focus on women's lives. However, do not buy this thinking you are getting women's views, that is rare in the record. Well organized and well cited, it provides an excellent teaching aid to the professor and a quick ...
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The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (The Biblical Resource Series)3 reviews
John Joseph Collins
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998
classic introduction to a much misunderstood genre
+ Expanding Parameters
+ A Great book for those interested in Second Temple Judaism
As mentioned by others, John Collins is probably the leading scholar of apocalyptic literature, as well as other intertestamental Jewish writings. This volume remains the best, basic introduction to the scope of the vast literature and how it developed over several hundred years. Collins takes just ...
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Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in Translation(Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
This book presents new translations of Mesopotamian and ancient Near Eastern historiographic texts, providing the reader with the primary sources for the history of the ancient Near East. A primary source book presenting new translations of Mesopotamian and ancient Near Eastern historiographic texts, and other related materials. Helps readers to understand the historical context of the Near ...
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New Testament Background: Selected Documents: Revised and Expanded Edition3 reviews
Charles K. Barrett
HarperOne, 1995
A necessary text for finding the New Testament Background
+ Very Well Selected Documents on the background of the NT
+ good background for early NT environment
Many have the idea in their minds that Christianity simply appeared in a vacuum, or that Christianity began when one's church was built. However, Jesus was born into a much different world than ours today. We must also remember that the New Testament writers and Church fathers were writing under ...
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Apostolic Fathers in English, The1 review
Baker Academic, 2006
An improvement on a very good thing
Having made extensive use of his Greek/English 2nd edition, this 3rd edition translation of the Apostolic Fathers is a great resource for pastors or interested laypeople. The translations are lucid, clear, and contemporary (without being at all "trendy"); newly expanded footnotes and biblographies ...
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Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement4 reviews
Princeton University Press, 1969
A Valuable Resource
+ Collection of ancient source documents
+ One of the best sets of primary sources
+ a classic
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