Overview
"""Updated text and new maps bring this standard introduction up to date . . .""Throughout Christian history, the works of Josephus have been mined for the light they shed on the world of the New Testament. Josephus tells us about the Herodian family, the temple, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. He mentions James the brother of Jesus, John the Baptist, and even Jesus himself. In ""Josephus and the New Testament, ""an internationally acknowledged authority on Josephus introduces this first-century Jewish historian to readers who want to begin to explore his witness to environment in which early Judaism and Christianity took shape."
Full Product Details
Author: Steve Mason
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Inc
Imprint: Hendrickson Publishers Inc
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.470kg
ISBN: 9781565637955
ISBN 10: 156563795
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 April 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
There can be no doubt that the best aid for understanding the background of the New Testament is its contemporary, Josephus; and . . . the most careful, most comprehensive, and most useful introduction to Josephus as the key to the background for the New Testament is Steve Mason's book. As one reads it, one senses that a master teacher is talking directly to one in a most delightful, even breezy, style. . . . Even the most advanced student will find the book of great value. <br>--Louis H. Feldman, Yeshiva University (commenting on the first edition)
"""There can be no doubt that the best aid for understanding the background of the New Testament is its contemporary, Josephus; and . . . the most careful, most comprehensive, and most useful introduction to Josephus as the key to the background for the New Testament is Steve Mason's book. As one reads it, one senses that a master teacher is talking directly to one in a most delightful, even breezy, style. . . . Even the most advanced student will find the book of great value."" --Louis H. Feldman, Yeshiva University (commenting on the first edition)"
There can be no doubt that the best aid for understanding the background of the New Testament is its contemporary, Josephus; and . . . the most careful, most comprehensive, and most useful introduction to Josephus as the key to the background for the New Testament is Steve Mason's book. As one reads it, one senses that a master teacher is talking directly to one in a most delightful, even breezy, style. . . . Even the most advanced student will find the book of great value. --Louis H. Feldman, Yeshiva University (commenting on the first edition)
