TY - BOOK AU - Evans,Craig A. TI - Ancient texts for New Testament studies: a guide to the background literature SN - 9780801048425 AV - BS2530 .E93 2005 U1 - 225.066 PY - 2005/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI PB - Baker Academic KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Study and teaching KW - Literature, Ancient KW - History and criticism KW - Intertextuality in the Bible KW - Bibliography N1 - Previously published by Henrickson Publishers in 2005; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The Old Testament Apocrypha -- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha -- The Dead Sea scrolls -- Versions of the Old Testament -- Philo and Josephus -- The Targums -- Rabbinic literature -- The New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- Early church fathers -- Gnostic writings -- Other writings -- Examples of New Testament exegesis -- Appendixes. Canons of Scripture that include the Apocrypha ; Quotations, allusions, and parallels to the New Testament ; Parallels between New Testament Gospels and pseudepigraphal gospels ; Jesus' parables and the parables of the rabbis ; Jesus and Jewish miracle stories ; Messianic claimants of the first and second centuries N2 - "Introduction to the diverse bodies of literatures that are in various way cognate to biblical literature, especially to the New Testament."--Preface ER -