REL 102 Introduction To the New Testament Bibliography NOTES: 1) Some entries contain two related articles with must be read together (these are connected by “AND”); 2) Codes appear: WCC indicates the item is available in the Rouse Library of WCC (books generally will be placed on class reserve); DCB indicates the item is only available locally from Dr. Browning; 3) Other articles of sufficient interest found by students may be approved for substitution/ addition to the list; 4) Online sources may no longer be available or may be modified—use common sense in accessing them. Abbreviations BA BAR BASOR BR CBQ JBL JSNT Biblical Archaeologist Biblical Archaeology Review Bulletin of the American Schools or Oriental Research Bible Review Catholic Biblical Quarterly Journal of Biblical Literature Journal for the Study of the New Testament New Testament Text and Canon Birdsall, J. N. “The New Testament Text.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible. Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to Jerome, 308-77. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. WCC Black, Matthew. “The Biblical Languages.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible. Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to Jerome, 1-10. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. WCC Bruce, F. F. “The Greek Language.” Chapter 5 In The Books and the Parchments. 3rd edition. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1963. WCC Bruce, F. F. “The Text of the New Testament.” Chapter 14 In The Books and the Parchments. 3rd edition. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1963. WCC Bruce, F. F. “The New Testament Apocrypha and Other Early Christian Books.” Appendix II In The Books and the Parchments. 3rd edition. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1963. WCC Bruce, F. F. “The ‘Secret’ Gospel of Mark.” In Canon of Scripture, 298-315. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988. WCC Davis, Glenn. “Apocryphal New Testament Writings.” Online at http://shell5.ba.best.com/~gdavis/ntcanon/ntawrit.htm. February 20, 1998. Davis, Glenn. “The Development of the Canon of the New Testament.” Online at http://shell5.ba.best.com/~gdavis/ntcanon. February 20, 1998. New Testament Bibliography page 2 Ehrman, Bart. “Text and Tradition: The Role of New Testament Manuscripts in Early Christian Studies—Lecture One: Text and Interpretation: The Exegetical Significance of the ‘Original’ Text,” and “Lecture Two: Text and Transmission: The Historical Significance of the ‘Altered’ Text.” Kenneth W. Clark Lectures, Duke Divinity School, 1997. Online at http://shemesh.scholar.emory.edu/scripts/TC/extras/ehrman-clarklec1.html and http://shemesh.scholar.emory.edu/scripts/TC/extras/ehrman-clarklec2.html. February 20, 1998. (Excellent articles; Knowledge of Greek helpful and Greek font needed on browser, hard copies are available if needed). Grant, R. M. “The New Testament Canon.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible. Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to Jerome, 284-308. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. WCC Hartono, W. “Canon of the New Testament.” Online at http://webusers.anetstl.com/~nosmo/canonnew.htm. February 20, 1998. (A Catholic perspective). Miller, Robert J. “The Gospels That Didn’t Make the Cut.” BR 9/4 (August 1993). Osiek, Carolyn. “The Shepherd of Hermas—An Early Tale That Almost Made It Into the New Testament.” BR 10/5 (October 1994): 48-54. DCB Seid, Timothy W. “Interpreting Biblical Manuscripts Web.” Online at http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/mss/overview.html. February 20, 1998. (This site is excellent, but extensive). Waltz, Robert B. “An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism.” Online at http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/intro.html. February 20, 1998. (Other major articles may be accessed at the root directory of this site: http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn.) Waltz, Robert B. “Text Types and Textual Kinship.” Online at http://www.skypoint.com/ ~waltzmn/TextTypes.html. February 20, 1998. Historical Background Kaufman, Asher S. “Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Stood.” BAR 9 (March/April 1983): 40-59. (A controversial and 'loaded' view of the Temple's location) WCC Netzer, Ehud. “The Last Days and Hours at Masada.” BAR 17 (November/December 1991): 20-32. (A great story of archaeological detective work on an old dig) WCC Netzer, Ehud. “Search for Herod's Tomb,” “Herod's Family Tomb in Jerusalem.” BAR 9 (May/June 1983): 30-59. WCC Ritmeyer, Leen and Kathleen. “Reconstructing Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem,” “A Pilgrim's Journey,” “Quarrying and Transporting Stones for Herod's Temple Mount,” and “Reconstructing the Triple Gate.” BAR 15 (Nov./Dec. 1989): 23-53. (Extremely well done) WCC New Testament Bibliography page 3 First Century Judaism Binder, Donald D. “Second Temple Synagogues.” Online at http://www.smu.edu/~dbinder/index.html. Accessed August 19, 1999. Mason, Steve. “Will the Real Josephus Please Stand Up?” BAR 23/5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 58-65, 67-68. WCC Stern, Ephraim. “What Happened to the Cult Figurines?: Israelite Religion Purified After the Exile.” BAR 15 (July/August 1989): 22-29. WCC Terian, Abraham. “Had the Works of Philo Been Newly Discovered.” BA 57/2 (June 1994): 86-97. WCC The Gospels Bahat, Dan. “Does the Holy Sepulchre Church Mark the Burial of Jesus?” BAR 12 (May/June 1986): 2645; AND Barkay, Gabriel “The Garden Tomb—Was Jesus Buried Here?” BAR 12 (March/April 1986): 40-57. WCC Basser, Herbert W. “The Jewish Roots of the Transfiguration.” BR 14/3 (June 1998):30-35. WCC Greenhut, Zvi. “Burial Cave of the Caiaphus Family;” AND Reich, Ronny. “Caiaphas Name Inscribed on Bone Boxes.” BAR 18 (September/October 1992): 28-44, 76. WCC Linnemann, Eta. “Is There a Gospel of Q?” BR 11/4 (August 1995): 18-23, 42-43; AND Patterson, Stephen J. “Yes, Virginia, There a Q” BR 11/5 (October1995): 39-40. DCB Mazar, Benjamin. “The Excavations South and West of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem: The Herodian Period.” BA 33 (March 1970): 47-60. WCC Meier, John P. “The Circle of Twelve: Did It Exist during Jesus’ Public Ministry?” JBL 116/4 (Winter 1997): 635-72.WCC Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. “What Really Happened at Gethsemane?” BR 14/2 (April 1998): 28-39, 52. DCB Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. “Fishers of Fish, Fishers of Men.” BR 15/3 (June 1999): 22-27, 48-49. WCC Rahmani, L. Y. “Ancient Jerusalem's Funerary Customs and Tombs, Parts One-Four.” BA 44 (Summer 1981): 171-77, (Fall 1981): 229-35; 45 (Winter 1982): 43-53, (Spring 1982): 109-119. (Great survey) WCC Smith, Robert Houston. “The Tomb of Jesus.” BA 30 (September 1967): 74-90. WCC Stanton, Graham N. “Pray That Your Flight May Not be in Winter or on a Sabbath.” JSNT 37 (1989): 1730. WCC Strange, James F. and Shanks, Hershel. “Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found?” BAR 8 (November/December 1982): 26-37; AND “Synagogue Where Jesus Preached Found at Capernaum.” BAR 9 (November/December 1983): 24-31. WCC Early Jewish Christianity New Testament Bibliography page 4 Pixner, Bargil. “Church of the Apostles Found on Mt. Zion.” BAR 16 (May/June 1990): 16-35, 60. WCC Paganism in the Roman World Ulansey, David. “Solving the Mithraic Mysteries.” BAR 20/5 (Sept./Oct. 1994): 40-53, 79. WCC. Paul Broneer, Oscar. “Athens, ‘City of Idol Worship’.” BA 21/1 (February 1958): 1-28. WCC Broneer, Oscar. “The Apostle Paul and the Isthmian Games.” BA 25/1 (1962): 2-31. WCC Furnish, Victor Paul. “Corinth in Paul's Time—What Can Archaeology Tell Us?” BAR 14 (May/June 1988): 14-27. WCC Furnish, Victor Paul. “On Putting Paul in His Place.” JBL 113/1 (1994): 3-17. WCC Gager, John G. “Paul’s Contradictions—Can They Be Resolved?” BR 14/6 (Dec 1998): 32-39. Hirschfeld, Nicolle. “The Ship of Saint Paul: Historical Background, Part I;” AND Fitzgerald, Michael. “The Ship of Saint Paul: Comparative Archaeology, Part II.” BA 53/1 (1990): 25-39. WCC Meinardus, Otto F. A. “St. Paul Shipwrecked in Dalmatia.” BA 39 (December 1976): 145-47; AND “Paul's Missionary Journey to Spain: Tradition and Folklore.” BA 41/2 (1978): 61-63. WCC Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. “The Corinth that Saint Paul Saw.” BA 47/3 (September 1984): 147-59. WCC Stendahl, Krister. “The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West.” Harvard Theological Review 56 (1963): 199-215.DCB Thompson, Cynthia L. “Hairstyles, Head-coverings, and St. Paul: Portraits from Roman Corinth.” BA 51/1 (March 1988): 99-115. WCC Revelation Frisen, Steven. “Ephesus: Key to a Vision in Revelation.” BAR 19/3 (May/June 1993): 24-37. (An interesting use of archaeology to explain ancient symbolism) WCC Tabor, James. “Why 2K?” BR 15/6 (Dec 1999): 16-27, 44-45. Ulansey, David. “Solving the Mithraic Mysteries.” BAR 20/5 (Sept./Oct. 1994): 40-53, 79. WCC.