File Name: New Testament Background
File Submitter: Erhard Hermann
File Submitted: 05 Apr 2022
File Category: Reference Books (topx)
Author: Erhard Hermanne-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x
This is a brief background to the New Testament. It is deliberately short enough to be easy to read. The Bibliography lists many detailed resources.
Contents
Charts and Maps
Introduction
The Beginnings of the Jewish People
Judges and Kings
Events between the Babylonian control and the beginning of the New Testament
Languages of Israel and its Neighbours
Biblical and Religious Writings
The Scriptures Proper
Targums
Mishnah
Midrashim
Sects and Groups
Hebrew Jews
Hellenistic Jews
Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes
Herodians
Scribes
Samaritans
Sicarii
Zealots
Epicureans
Stoicism
General Conditions during the First Century AD
Cities and Areas
Alexandria
Antioch
Athens
Caesarea
Colossae
Corinth
Ephesus
Galatia
Philippi
Samaria
Thessalonica
Events prior to the Destruction of Jerusalem
Bibliography