Jewish Backgrounds to the New Testament: Class Notes (IBRI Syllabi Book 13)

A survey of the primary Jewish literature of the Intertestament and early Christian era, with particular emphasis on how it helps us better to understand the New Testament. Following a quick survey of Jewish history from 750 BC to 550 AD, the various materials are introduced and correlated with the New Testament: (1) the Targums, (2) the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament, (3) the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, (4) the Qumran literature, (5) Philo, (6) Josephus, and finally, (7) the Rabbinic literature: Talmud and Midrash.