Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
BIBLE COMPANIONS
Chilton, B. et al., eds. The Cambridge Companion to the Bible. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Aharoni, Y., and M. Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Rev. ed. New York: Macmillan, 1979. Avi-Yonah, M. The Holy Land: From the Persian Period to the Arab Conquests, 536 B.C. to A.D. 640: A Historical Geography. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1977. Monson, J. Geobasics in the Land of the Bible. Rockford, IL: Bible Backgrounds, 2008. [free downloads to accompany this book, including the Geobasics Mini-Marking Guide and Geobasics Study Guide available at http://www.bibback.com] ________. Regions on the Run: Introductory Map Studies in the Land of the Bible. 3rd printing. Rice Lake, WI: Biblical Backgrounds, 2009. [free downloads to accompany this book, including the Regional Study Map and Regional Study Guide available at http://www.bibback.com] Robinson, E. Biblical Researches in Palestine and in the Adjacent Regions. London: John Murray, 1856. Smith, G. A. The Historical Geography of the Holy Land. Revised 25th edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. Reprint, New York: Harper & Row, 1966.
Coogan, M. D., ed. The Oxford History of the Biblical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Currid, J. D. Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997. Hallo, W. W., and W. K. Simpson. The Ancient Near East. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Matthews, V. H. Studying the Ancient Israelites: A Guide to Sources and Methods. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007. Merrill, E. H. Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987. Metzger, B. M., and M. D. Coogan, eds. Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible, New York: Oxford, 2001. Snell, D. C. Life in the Ancient Near East 3100-332 B.C.E. New Haven: Yale University. Walton, J. H. Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006.
VII. PARALLELS: OT
Dalley, S. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hallo, W. W., ed. The Context of Scripture. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997. Matthews, V. H. and D. C. Benjamin. Old Testament Parallels. 3rd rev. ed. New York: Paulist, 2007. Pritchard, J. B., ed. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University, 1969. Smelik, K. A. D. Writings from Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1991. Sparks, K. L. Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2005.
VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY
Benjamin, D. C. Stones and Stories: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010. Cline, E. H. Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Currid, J. D. Doing Archaeology in the Land of the Bible: A Basic Guide. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999. Currie, R. and S. G. Hyslop. The Letter and the Scroll: What Archaeology Tells Us About the Bible. Washington: National Geographic, 2009. Freund, R. A. Digging Through the Bible: Modern Archaeology and the Ancient Bible. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. Hoerth, A. J. Archaeology and the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Hoffmeier, J. K. The Archaeology of the Bible. Oxford: Lion, 2008. Mazar, A. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000-586 B.C.E. New York: Doubleday, 1990. Negev, A., and S. Gibson, eds. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Rev. ed. New York: Continuum, 2001. Richard, S., ed. Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader. Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, 2003.
Kessler, R. The Social History of Ancient Israel: An Introduction. Trans. L. M. Maloney. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008.
Rosovosky, M., ed. Illness and Healing in Ancient Times. Haifa: Hecht Museum, 1996. Safrai, Z. The Economy of Roman Palestine. London: Routledge, 1994. Schloen, J. D. The House of the Father as Fact and Symbol. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2001. [Patrimonialism in Israel and the ANE] de Silva, D. A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 2000. Walsh, C. E. The Fruit of the Vine: Viticulture in Ancient Israel. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000. Wood, B. G. The Sociology of Pottery in Ancient Palestine. Sheffield: JSOT, 1990. Wright, C. J. H. Gods People in Gods Land: Family, Land, and Property in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990. Zohary, M. Plants of the Bible. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1982. [classic resource]
Robinson, H. W. Corporate Personality in Ancient Israel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1964, 1980. Strong, J. T. and S. S. Tuel, eds. Constituting the Community: Studies on the Polity of Ancient Israel. Winona Lake, ID: Eisenbrauns, 2005. Wright, G. R. H. Ancient Building in South Syrian and Palestine. 2 Vols. Leiden: Brill, 1985.
________. Judaism of the Second Temple Period, Vol. 2, The Jewish Sages and Their Literature. Trans. Azzan Yadin. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009. Francis, W. W. Celebrate the Feasts of the Lord. Alexandria, VA: Crest, 1997. Glaser, M., and Z. Glaser. The Fall Feasts of Israel. Chicago: Moody, 1987. Horsley, R. A. Revolt of the Scribes: Resistance and Apocalyptic Origins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2010. McCready, W. O., and A. Reinhartz, eds. Common Judaism: Explorations in Second Temple Judaism. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008. Nickelsburg, G. W. E. Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. ________, and M. E. Stone., eds. Early Judaism: Texts and Documents on Faith and Piert. Rev. ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009. Richman, C. The Holy Temple of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: (Temple Institute) Carta, 1997. Ritmeyer, L. and K. Ritmeyer. Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus. Nashville: Abingdon, 2009. ________. The Ritual of the Temple in the Time of Christ. Jerusalem: (Temple Institute) Carta, 2002. Safrai, S. et al, eds. The Jewish People in the First Century. 2 vols. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1974-76. Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 BCE-66 CE. Philadelphia: Trinity, 1992. Stone, M. E., ed. Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. VanderKam, J. C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Wilson, M. R. Our Father Abraham. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
Collins, J. J. Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Routledge, 1997. ________. Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. ________. The Scepter and the Star: The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature. New York: Doubleday, 1995. ________., and Craig A. Evans, eds. Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006. ________., and Robert A. Kugler, eds. Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Copan, P., and C. A. Evans, eds. Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian Dialogue. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Davis, P. R., G. J. Brooke, and P. R. Callaway. The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Eshel, H. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008. Evans, C. A. Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Nashville: B & H Publishing, 2010. ________, and P. W. Flint, eds. Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. Grossman, M. L., ed. Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. Fitzmyer, J. A. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. ________. The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Paulist Press, 2009. ________. Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Paulist Press, 1992. Flint, P. W., ed. The Bible at Qumran; Text, Shape, and Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Garca-Martnez, F., and E. J. C. Tigchelaar. The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. 2 Vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997-98. ________. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. 2d ed. Translated by W. G. E. Watson. Leiden: Brill, 1996. Henze, M., ed. Biblical Interpretation at Qumran. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. Magness, J. The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
Pate, C. M.. Communities of the Last Days: The Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament & the Story of Israel. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2000. Schiffman, L. H. Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. Schuller, E.M. The Dead Sea Scrolls: What Have We Learned? Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. Shanks, H. The Meaning and Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Random House, 1998. Stegemann, H. The Library of Qumran: On the Essenes, Qumran, John the Baptist, and Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998. Ulrich, E. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. Vanderkam, J. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. Rev. ed. Eerdmans, 2010. ________, and P. Flint. The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2002. [best recent resource with full bibliography for primary and secondary texts] Vermes, G. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York: Allen Lane, 1997. ________. The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York, Penguin Books, 2010. Wise, M., M. Abegg, Jr., and E. Cook. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. San Francisco: HaperSanFrancisco, 2005.