Dictionary of New Testament Background

A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

The IVP Bible Dictionary Series

Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter

(hardcover)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: xxxiv + 1,328 pages
Size: 7 x 10 inches
Binding: hardcover
Published: November 2000

ISBN-10: 0-8308-1780-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-1780-1
IVP Order Code: 1780

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• addresses the full scope of Greco-Roman culture
• encompasses the full variety of second-temple Jewish writings as well as the great breadth of Jewish life and thought
• takes advantage of recent scholarship on the Dead Sea scrolls
• informs contemporary reading of the New Testament
• written by acknowledged experts in their fields
• fourth volume in a landmark Bible reference series that now has more than 100,000 total copies in print
• contains bibliographies and cross-references to other volumes in the series
• Gold Medallion Award Winner (Evangelical Christian Publishing Association, 2001)