Naked Bible 021: Taking the Bible’s Own Context Seriously, Part 6: Books for 2nd Temple & NT Study

In the last podcast, I recommended the best books and reference sources for understanding the religion and culture of the ANE for OT study. This episode wraps up my overview of taking the Bible’s own context seriously by immersing oneself into the intellectual worldview of the biblical writers by taking a look at books dealing with the literature of the Second Temple period for NT study. Scholars who are steeped in this material have produced fine material for  explaining how the Second Temple period worldview contributes to NT interpretation. My goal in this episode is to direct you to the some of the best reference works and monographs in that regard to enrich your NT study.Books and Reference Works on Second Temple Texts and WorldviewMost Recommended Reference Works for NT Study in the Context of both the Old Testament and Second Temple JudaismGreen, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)digital versionHawthorne (ed.), Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)digital versionLaansma (ed.), Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)digital versionEvans (ed.), Dictionary of New Testament Background (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)digital versionvan der Toorn, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Second Editiondigital versionLevine (ed.), The Jewish Annotated New TestamentSimmons, Peoples of the New Testament World: An Illustrated GuideMonographsGeneral Works on Second Temple ContextSkarsaune, Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early CenturiesSkarsaune, In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianitydigital versionFlusser, Judaism of the Second Temple Period: Volume 1, Qumran and Apocalypticismdigital versionFlusser, Judaism of the Second Temple Period: Sages and Literature, vol. 2Evans, The World of Jesus and the Early Church: Identity and Interpretation in Early Communities of FaithInterpretation of Scripture in New Testament TimesWatson, A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period (History of Biblical Interpretation Series)Beale, Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and InterpretationMoyise, Jesus and Scripture: Studying the New Testament Use of the Old Testamentdigital versionMoyise, Paul and Scripture: Studying the New Testament Use of the Old TestamentMoyise, Later New Testament Writings and Scripture, The: The Old Testament in Acts, Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles and RevelationGreco-Roman / Hellenistic ContextFerguson, Backgrounds of Early ChristianityJeffers, The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early ChristianitydeSilva, Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culturedigital versionHistory of the Second Temple PeriodGrabbe, An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and JesusSchiffman, From Text to Tradition, A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic JudaismSacchi, The History of the Second Temple Period (Academic Paperback)Dead Sea Scrolls & ChristianityFlint and J. VanderKam, The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianitydigital versionEvans, Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)digital versionFitzmyer, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls & Related Literature)digital versionCollins, Religion in the Dead Sea Scrollsdigital versionCollins, The Scepter and the Star: Messianism in Light of the Dead Sea ScrollsEvans, Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature, V. 1) (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls & Related Literature)digital versionPseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, and the New TestamentCharlesworth, The