New Testament Backgrounds
This guide identifies recommended resources for the study of the religious, cultural, literary, and geographic background of the New Testament.
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The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Call Number: Ref DE5 .O9 1996ISBN: 9780199545568Publication Date: 2012
The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity by Call Number: BS2410 .J44 1999ISBN: 0830815899Publication Date: 1999
As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History by Call Number: HN10.R7 S45 2023ISBN: 9780190072131Publication Date: 2022
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Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World by ISBN: 9789004142213Publication Date: 2002-201016 volumes + 5 supplements
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome by ISBN: 9780195170726Publication Date: 20107 volumes
The Oxford History of the Classical World by Call Number: DE59 .O94 1986ISBN: 0198721129Publication Date: 1986
The Cambridge Ancient HistoryCall Number: D57 .C25Publication Date: 1951–Continuing to be revised in its 3rd edition
The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest by Call Number: DF235.A1 H44 1981ISBN: 0521228298Publication Date: 1981
New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity by Call Number: PA810 .N45Publication Date: 1981–2012Papyri finds that may connect to NT interpretation.
The Roman Near East, 31 BC - AD 337 by Call Number: DS62.25 .M53 1993ISBN: 9780674778863Publication Date: 1993
St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology by Call Number: DF261.C65 M87 2002ISBN: 9780814653036Publication Date: 2002
St. Paul's Ephesus: Texts and Archaeology by Call Number: DF261.E5 M87 2008ISBN: 9780814652596Publication Date: 2008
The Oxford Handbook of Social Relations in the Roman World by ISBN: 9780195188004Publication Date: 2011
The Hellenistic Philosophers by ISBN: 9780521255615Publication Date: 1987Volume 1: Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary; Volume 2: Greek and Latin Texts with Notes and Bibliography.
Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds by ISBN: 9780198728023Publication Date: 2015Excellent introduction to philosophers of the era (based on his acclaimed podcast). Volume 2 of A History of Philosophy Without any Gaps.
The Epicurean Philosophers by ISBN: 9780460876070Publication Date: 1995
Moral Exhortation: A Greco-Roman Sourcebook by Call Number: BJ212 .M67 1986ISBN: 0664250165Publication Date: 1986
Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity by Call Number: PA3042 .S86 1986ISBN: 9780664250157Publication Date: 1986
