{"product_id":"dictionary-of-new-testament-background-a-compendium-of-contemporary-biblical-scholarship-hardcover-1","title":"Dictionary of New Testament Background: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig A. Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStanley E. Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eECPA Gold Medallion (Reference Works)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eDictionary of New Testament Background\u003c\/em\u003e joins the \u003cem\u003eDictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eDictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eDictionary of New Testament Background\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eDictionary\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 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 \u003cem\u003eDictionary of New Testament Background\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReference volumes in the IVP Bible Dictionary Series provide in-depth treatment of biblical and theological topics in an accessible, encyclopedia format, including cross-sectional themes, methods of interpretation, significant historical or cultural background, and each Old and New Testament book as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.67 x 10.21 x 7.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold Medallion Book Awards (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607568683104,"sku":"9780830817801","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ZEJORFh1N05lc3UvYytjTWUxN2hpZz09.webp?v=1771880108","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/dictionary-of-new-testament-background-a-compendium-of-contemporary-biblical-scholarship-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}