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Electronic New Testament Educational Resources Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., 2010 A Brief Overview of each Book and Letter in the New Testament Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., 2009 The New Testament Canon By Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D., 2009 Essays by Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J., Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Full texts of chapters in books Bibliographies for the Study of the New Testament Compiled by Fr. William Harmless, S.J., of Creighton University New Testament Gateway A great collection of links. 2009 The Christian Scriptures Description, author(s), date of each book in the Christian Scriptures. Translation errors and forgeries in the Bible. Verses missing from the Gospel of Mark. Bible Inerrancy (freedom from error). "Biblical Criticism" (analyzing the Bible as a historical document). The Jesus Seminar (liberal theologians, studying early Christian writings). By B.A. Robinson, 2009 A Glossary of Important Terms for Biblical Studies Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., 2008 The Development of the Canon of the New Testament Glenn Davis, 2008. Includes sections on Authorities, writings, table, lists, places, heresies and more Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus A site by Mahlon Smith exploring the world in which Jesus lived by means of well-organised, newly translated primary texts and other material. 2008 Acts of Impropriety: The Imbalance of History and Theology in Luke-Acts Gerd Lüdemann, Professor of History and Literature of Early Christianity, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, in Toronto Journal of Theology, 2008 An Overview of New Testament Geography Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., 2007 The Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism Conceived by Rich Elliott of Simon Greenleaf University. Created by Robert B. Waltz, 2007 Sadducees By Douglas R. de Lacey in The Ecole Initiative, 2007 A Clash of Symbolic Universes: Judeanism vs Hellenism By Markus Cromhout in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2007 New Testament Textual Criticism is dead! Long live New Testament Textual Criticism! By J. Eugene Botha in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2007 Religion and Covenantal Praxis in First Century Judeanism By Dr. Markus Cromhout, researcher and production manager for the New Apostolic Church, South East Africa District, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2007 The First Disciples of Jesus in Galilee By Santiago Guijarro, Pontifical University of Salamanca, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2007 Papyrus Egerton 2 The Egerton fragments are named after the Englishman who funded their purchase, and are dated to the early or middle of the second century One God, One Lord, One People: Incarnational Christology for a Church in a Pagan Environment Article by N.T. Wright in Ex Auditu Jesus the Reformer By Jim West in The Journal of Biblical Studies, 2006 A socio-cultural model of Judean ethnicity: A proposal By Markus Cromhout and Andries G. Van Aarde in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2006 Rulers in Israel during the Roman Era Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., 2005 Resistance and Nonresistance: New Testament Perspectives on Confronting the Powers By Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2005 The Jewish Roman World of Jesus A resource by James Tabor, with a variety of essays, pictures and pieces of information on Judaism in the first Century, the New Testament and Christian origins. 2004 'Two Powers' and Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism By James McGrath and Jerry Truex in The Journal of Biblical Studies, 2004 Pseudepigraphic Paulines in the New Testament By Eduard Verhoef in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2003 The Religious Experience of Jesus The 2002-03 William James lecture by John Ashton, Harvard Divinity Bulletin The Foundation, Value and Meaning of Baptism in the New Testament By Jonanda Groenewald at the Annual Congress of the New Testament Society of South Africa, University of Natal, 22-25 April 2003 Christian Origins: The New Testament and the People of God Synopsis of N.T. Wright's book by Andrew Perriman, 2003 A Social Scientific Study of the Significance of the Jubilee in the New Testament By Gert Volschenk, Andries van Aarde in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2002 The meaning of the word [foreign font omitted] in Lk 14:20; 17:27; Mk 12:25 and in a number of early Jewish and Christian authors By Sjef van Tilborg, Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2002 Geography of the New Testament: Walk the Walk By Marianne Race, C.S.J. in Scripture from Scratch, 2001 Gnosticism and the Creation of the Canon By Elizabeth McNamer in Scripture from Scratch, 2001 Jewish Groups at the Time of Jesus Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., 2001 The Historical Jesus and the Historical Samaritans: What can be Said? By John P. Meier in Biblica, 2000 A Monopoly on Marcan Priority? Fallacies at the Heart of Q By Mark S. Goodacre, University of Birmingham in Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers, 2000 Scripture Readings That Subordinate Women In August 2000 the Irish Catholic Church proposed dropping seven texts from a proposed new Lectionary because they "give an undesirably negative impression regarding women." The Irish Bishops' new Domestic Violence document recommended these texts for deletion Final Report on the James Ossuary By Rochelle I. S. Altman, 5 November, 2000 The Present State of the 'Third Quest' for the Historical Jesus: Loss and Gain By John P. Meier in Biblica, 1999 Archaeology, New Testament, and Early Christianity By Alviero Niccacci, O.F.M. of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, 1998 Archaeology and the New Testament Bethlehem, Tomb of Lazarus, Machaerus, Capernaum and Tabgha. By Alviero Niccacci, O.F.M. of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, 1998 Everyday life in the time of Jesus By Frederick. Manns, O.F.M., Professor at Franciscan Biblicum Studium – Jerusalem, 1998 New Archaeological Discoveries at Cana of Galilee By Ignatius Mancini ofm, 1998 The Boat People By Patrick Noonan, O.F.M., 1997. During his stay in Capernaum and the surrounding region, Fr. Noonan reflected on what it may have been like during the first century. In his story he presents an original re-creation of Capernaum as he imagined it to be The Canon of the New Testament By Roger Nicole in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 1997 Pharisees By Dr. de Lacey, Cambridge. First draft of article for revision of The New Bible Dictionary, 1996 Sadducees By Dr. de Lacey, Cambridge. First draft of article for revision of The New Bible Dictionary, 1996 Spatial Management of Gender and Labor in Greco-Roman Galilee By Marianne Sawicki, University of Kentucky, 1995 The New Testament and the Examined Life: Thoughts on Teaching By Luke Timothy Johnson in The Christian Century, February, 1995 Jesus and the Renewal of Local Community in Galilee: Challenge to a Communitarian Christology By Jonathan A. Draper in Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 1994 The Ascetic Impulse in Ancient Christianity By Vincent L. Wimbush in Theology Today, 1993 Progymnastic Rhetorical Composition and Pre-Gospel Traditions: A New Approach Vernon K. Robbins, in The Synoptic Gospels: Source Criticism and the New Literary Criticism, 1993 What Do We Mean by "First-Century Jewish Monotheism"? By L. W. Hurtado, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1993 Let the Dead Bury their Dead: Rhetorical Features of Rabbinic and New Testament Literature By Herbert W. Basser Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1992 Midrashic Form in the New Testament: A Study in Jewish Rhetoric of Likes and Opposites By Herbert W. Basser Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1992 Midrashic Form in the New Testament: A Study in Jewish Rhetoric of Likes and Opposites By H.W. Basser, Queen's University, ca. 1991 Philosophia as a Group-Designation in Graeco-Roman Society, Judaism, and Early Christianity By Steve Mason, Division of Humanities, York University. Learned Societies Conference, Victoria BC, May 1990 God in the New Testament: Preliminary Soundings By Pheme Perkins in Theology Today, 1985 The Ministry of Women according to the New Testament From Women and Ministry in the New Testament, by Elisabeth M. Tetlow, Paulist Press, 1980 The Ministry of Women in the Apostolic Generation By Adela Yarbro Collins, from Women Priests, Paulist Press 1977 Women and the Apostolic Community By Madeleine 1. Boucher, from Women Priests, Paulist Press 1977 The New Testament and the Comic Genre By Dan O. Via, Jr., professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, in The Christian Century, October 15, 1975 The Significance of Greek for Jews in the Roman Empire By Kurt Treu in Kairos, 1973 Factors Promoting the Formation of the New Testament Canon By Wilber T. Dayton in Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society, Winter 1967 What the New Testament consists of -- The Cannon Chapter 1 of A Historical Introduction to the New Testament by Robert M. Grant, 1963 The Graeco-Roman World Chapter 17 of A Historical Introduction to the New Testament by Robert M. Grant, 1963 Palestine In Graeco-Roman Times Chapter 18 of A Historical Introduction to the New Testament by Robert M. Grant, 1963 The Church in the New Testament Chapter 21 of A Historical Introduction to the New Testament by Robert M. Grant, 1963 Was there a "Messiah-Joshua" Tradition at the Turn of the Era? By Robert A. Kraft [written in 1961/62, in Manchester England] How the Books of the New Testament were Selected Chapter 2 of An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard, 1950 The Critical Study of the New Testament Chapter 1 of An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard, 1950 The Growth of the Church Chapter 14 of An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard, 1950 The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? By F. F. Bruce, M.A., D.D., F.B.A. 1943 book Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words These Dictionary topics are from W.E. Vine's M.A., Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words published in 1940 and without copyright Sadducees James F. Driscoll, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 The New Testament By Alfred Durand in The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 Canon of the New Testament By George Reid in The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908 Sadducees Kaufmann Kohler in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Samaritans Executive Committee of the Editorial Board, A. Cowley, Joseph Jacobs and Henry Minor Huxley in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Scribes By Isidore Singer, M. Seligsohn, Wilhelm Bacher and Judah David Eisenstein in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Zealots By Kaufmann Kohler in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 New Testament Executive Committee of the Editorial Board and Kaufmann Kohler in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Temple of Herod Executive Committee of the Editorial Board and George A. Barton in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Holyland Model of Ancient Jerusalem (66 C.E.) The reconstruction of Jerusalem at the time of the second temple, on the grounds of the Holyland Hotel Jerusalem, enables a glimpse at yesterday's scenes Jerusalem - location profile Location, setting, historical significance, major milestones in the history of Jerusalem, biblical significance of selected sites Capharnaum - The Town of Jesus These pages aim at providing a short but reliable and up-to-date summary of nineteen seasons of excavations (1968-1986) conducted in Capharnaum by the late Fr. Virgilio C. Corbo ofm and Fr. Stanislao Loffereda ofm Capernaum: Location, Profile Location and setting, historical and biblical significance, photos, and more Christian Sanctuaries in the Holy Land Bethlehem: Nativity, Shepherd's Fields, Capernaum, Mount Tabor, Nazareth: Annunciation, Holy Sepulchre, Holy Cenacle, Dominus Flevit, Tomb of Mary, Memorial of Moses, Way of the Cross, Basilica of Gethsemane, Kidron Valley, Shrine at Bethany Corinth Computer Project Historical background. Plan of the city of Corinth. Landscape of the area. Glossary of terms. Bibliography and links Christianity in Anatolia Check out Harran (Abraham and his father Terrah's visit), Cappadocia (Land of early Christian churches), Tarsus (St.Paul's birthplace), St.Peter's Grotto (Antioch - Antakya), and the seven churches of Revelation: Pergamum (Currently Bergama), Laodicea, Sardis, Philadelphia (Currently Alasehir), Smyrna (Currently Izmir), Thyatira (Currently Akhisar), Ephesus Second Temple Synagogues Donald D. Binder's site devoted to the study of synagogues which existed prior to the Jerusalem Temple's destruction in year 70 of the Common Era Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past Biographies of many historical figures, presented in chronological order. The first few dozen are biblical figures NEW TESTAMENT CHARACTERS Select Circle: What Do We Know about Those Closest to Jesus? By Stephen M. MIller about Mary, John the Baptist, Peter, James and John Mary, Maid and Mother in Art and Literature By Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J. in Biblical Theology Bulletin, 1990 Bible Passages on Mary the Mother of Jesus Courtesy of East Lewis County Catholic Community in Washington Tax Collectors and Sinners By Jirair S. Tashjian. The Pharisees complained that Jesus went to dinner parties with tax collectors and sinners. But who were these people? How did they fit in the world of their time? The House of Herod Family lineage charts of the Herods of the New Testament Pontius Pilate By Helen Bond in The Ecole Initiative Pontius Pilate By Arthur Barnes, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Pontius Pilate By Isidore Singer and Isaac Broydé in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 The Biography of an Invented Man Article by Ann Wroe in The Bible and Interpretation. One of the most intolerant acts of the state in history--the decision of the fifth Roman prefect of Judea to crucify Christ--was itself in the end, perhaps, an act of faith John the Baptist: Preparing the Way By Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P. in Scripture from Scratch, 1999 St. John the Baptist By Charles Souvay, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 John the Baptizer in the Gospel Traditions Part of James Tabor 's "Jewish-Roman World of Jesus" web site Post-Biblical Traditions on John the Baptizer Part of James Tabor 's "Jewish-Roman World of Jesus" web site Essays on John the Baptizer Part of James Tabor 's "Jewish-Roman World of Jesus" web site Fire, Water, and Spirit: John the Baptist and the Tyranny of Canon By Steve Mason, Assistant Professor of Humanities/Religious Studies, York University, Ontario, Canada Salome By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Salome By James F. Driscoll, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 The Twelve Apostles By Elizabeth McNamer in Scripture from Scratch The Other Apostles By Barbara Reid, O.P. in Scripture from Scratch St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles By Johann Peter Kirsch, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 A Question of Identity: Is Cephas the Same Person as Peter? By James M. Scott, Journal of Biblical Studies, October 2003 John the Apostle (Theologian) By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Bartholomew/Nathaniel By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Bartholomew By John Francis Fenlon, Catholic Encyclopedia. 1907 Philip By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Philip the Apostle By Johann Peter Kirsch, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Jude Thaddeus (Judas of James) By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative James By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. James the Greater By Achille Camerlynck, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 James, son of Alphæus By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. James the Less By Achille Camerlynck, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 Thomas By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Thomas the Apostle By Herbert Thurston, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 Matthew By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Matthew By Jacque Eugène Jacquier, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Judas Iscariot By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Judas Iscariot By William Kent, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 Matthias By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Matthias By Jacque Eugène Jacquier, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Mark By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Mark By Joseph MacRory, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 James of Jerusalem By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Philip the Deacon By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Barnabas By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Barnabas By John Francis Fenlon, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907 Timothy By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Titus By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative Mary Magdalene By Karen Rae Keck in The Ecole Initiative St. Mary Magdalene By Hugh Pope, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 The Red-Haired Saint: Is Mary Magdaline Key to the Easter Narratives? By James T. Baker, professor of history at Western Kentucky University, in The Christian Century, April 1977 The Search for Mary Magdalene By Pheme Perkins in The Christian Century, May 2006. Pheme Perkins teaches New Testament at Boston College James, Jesus' Brother By Bruce Chilton in The Bible and Interpretation Women Leaders in the New Testament By J. Massynberde Ford, from Women Priests, Paulist Press 1977 THE PHARISEES Pharisees By Douglas R. de Lacey in The Ecole Initiative Rivkin and Neusner on the Pharisees By Albert I. Baumgarten, Department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Pharisaic Dominance before 70 C.E. and the Gospels' Hypocrisy Charge By Steve Mason Current Scholarship on the Pharisees By Steve Mason Jesus and the Pharisees: Introduction to Debate Rhetoric By Herb Basser of Queen's University Pharisees By James F. Driscoll, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Pharisees By Kaufmann Kohler in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Nomos in Josephus (with Special Reference to the Pharisees and Sadducees) By Steve Mason DEAD SEA SCROLLS Outline of Objects and Topics in Scrolls from the Dead Sea An exhibition divided into 5 sections: The world of the scrolls; the Qumran library; the Qumran community; today--2,000 years later; conclusion The Dead Sea Scrolls By Elizabeth McNamer in Scripture from Scratch Jerusalem's Essene Gateway: Where the Community Lived in Jesus' Time By Pargil Pixner The Sadducean Origins of the Dead Sea Sectarians By Sandra S. Williams of the Judaic Studies Program, University of Central Florida Demonology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament By Hermann Lichtenberger, University of Tubingen Special People or Special Books? On Qumran and New Testament Notions of Canon By Daniel Schwartz The Last Battle of the Great Dead Sea Scrolls War By Paul V.M. Flesher in The Bible and Interpretation Archeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls Courtesy of Dr. James D. Tabor, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dead Sea Scrolls Timetable of Discovery & Debate Dead Sea Scrolls Important Texts Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew University, Jerusalem Resources for Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls By Loren Johns Dead Sea Scrolls Educational site of the West Semitic Research Project Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarly site of the West Semitic Research Project Dead Sea Scroll Project Oriental Institute, U of Chicago Dead Sea Scroll Web Page At the Divinity School of the University of St Andrews A Fragment of an Unstudied Column of 11 QtgJob: A Preliminary Report By Bruce Zuckerman, University of Southern California, in collaboration with Stephen A. Reed, Africa University The Sacrifice of Isaac in Qumran Literature By Joseph A. Fitzmeyer, Biblica , 2002 'She is the beginning of all the ways of perversity': Femininity and Metaphor in 4Q184 By Melissa Aubin, Florida State University, Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Spring 2001 Realized or Future Salvation in the Hodayot By Ken Penner, Journal of Biblical Studies, 2005 Scroll Origins: An Exchange on the Qumran Hypothesis By Joseph Fitzmyer, Department of Biblical Studies,Catholic University The Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls By Harold Attridge The Eschatologizing of Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls By John J. Collins, Yale University The Categories of Rich and Poor in the Qumran Sapiential Literature By Benjamin G. Wright III, Lehigh University |
