Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students » (2002)

From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism -- a span of over six hundred years -- the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period introduces this literature to students of the New Testament, placing it within its historical context and showing how it throws light on the text of the New Testament and origins of Christianity.