Author | Ancient Historian | Critical Scholar
Resources
Helpful Graphic: When the New Testament Was Written
Chart summarizing the dates of New Testament related events and documents.
Helpful Graphic: When the Old Testament was Written
Chart summarizing Old Testament dates and related events and docments.
Helpful Graphic: List of the Oldest Fragments and Manuscripts of the Bible
A list of manuscripts that have been discovered related to the Bible and the dates associated with them.
YouTube: Conversation with Matthew Adams and Israel Finkelstein on Critical Scholarship and the Bible
Excellent series on YouTube from Albright Live (Albright Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem) on the differences between Conservative and Critical approaches to biblical exegesis, archaeology and history.
YouTube: Yale Teaching Series on the Old Testament by Christine Hayes
Wonderful class on the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) taught at Yale by one of the top scholars in America on the subject, Dr. Christine Hayes.
YouTube: The Order of the Christian Gospels
This is a fun video from Matt Baker at Useful Maps, on the priority of Mark and the Synoptic Problem.
YouTube: The First Jewish-Roman War that led to the Destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
This is a fun summary from Sam Aronow of the first Jewish-Roman War that led to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the same year that the first Gospel was written.
Oxford Bible Commentary
Edited by John Barton and John Muddiman, Oxford University Press.
The Complete Gospel Parallels
Arthur J. Dewey and Robert J. Miller, Polebridge Press.
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Abridged)
Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich, and translated by Geoffrey Bromiley, Eerdman's Publishing.
The RSV Interlinear GREEK-ENGLISH (New Testament).
Alfred Marshall, Zondervan Publishing.
Oxford Dictionary of the Bible
W.R.F. Browning, Oxford University Press.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Bruce Metzger, Michael Coogan, Oxford University Press.
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature
William F. Arndt, F. Wibur Gingrich, Second Edition, University of Chicago Press.
Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
James Strong, Thomas Nelson Publishing.
The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media
Tom Hatcher, Chris Keith, Raymond Person, Elsie Stern, Bloomsbury, t&t Clark Publishers.
The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible
Leo G. Perdue, Blackwell Publishers.
A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
John J. Collins, Fortress Press
Introduction to the Bible
Christine Hayes, Yale University Press
Old Testament Parallels
V.H. Matthews and D.C. Benjamin, Paulist Press
The Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations
J. Haywood, Penguin Books
The Story of Christianity
Justo Gonzalez, Vols 1&2, Harper Collins Press
A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada
Mark A. Noll, Eerdman's Press
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
Geza Vermes, Penguin Classics
Jesus, Criteria and the Demise of Authenticity
C. Keith and A. Le Donne, t&t Clark Publishers
The Complete Works of Josephus
Kregel Publications
The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism
Volume 1, John J. Collins, Continuum, The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity.
Genesis
Hermann Gunkel, Mercer University Press
Jesus Remembered
James D. G. Dunn, Eerdmans Publishing Company
Look here for suggestions on scholarly works on the first and fourth gospels.
