The biblical world

v. 1. Pt. 1. The Bible. Old Testament/Hebrew Bible / Rex Mason The Apocrypha / Adele Reinhartz The New Testament / Christopher Tuckett pt. 2. Genres. Near Eastern myths and legends / Stephanie Dalley Historiography in the Old Testament / A.D.H. Mayes Prophecy / Graeme Auld Wisdom / Katharine Dell Apocalypticism / Christopher Rowland The Jewish novel / Lawrence M. Wills The gospels / John Muddiman Letters in the New Testament and in the Greco-Roman world / Harry Gamble pt. 3. Documents. Text and versions : the Old Testament / Carmel McCarthy Text and versions : the New Testament / David Parker The Dead Sea scrolls / George J. Brooke Hebrew inscriptions / Graham Davies The Cairo Genizah / Stefan C. Reif The gnostic gospels / Alastair H.B. Logan Early Jewish biblical interpretation / Alison Salvesen Early Christian biblical interpretation / Mark Edwards pt. 4. History. Biblical archaeology / Felicity J. Cobbing Palestine during the Bronze Age / J. Maxwell Miller Palestine during the Iron Age / Keith W. Whitelam The age of the exile / Joseph Blenkinsopp Israel under Persia and Greece / Lester L. Grabbe Judaea under Roman rule, 63 BCE-135 CE / Sarah Pearce Israel's neighbours / Bustenay Oded

v. 2. pt. 5. Institutions. The Hebrew and Aramaic languages / John Huehnergard and Jo Ann Hackett

The Greek language / John Muddiman

Warfare / Thomas M. Bolin

The arts : architecture, music, poetry, psalmody / Susan Gillingham

Law and administration in the New Testament world / J. Duncan M. Derrett

Religion in pre-exilic Israel ; Religion in Israel during and after the exile / Rainer Albertz

Judaism at the turn of the era / Jarl Fossum

The first churches : social life ; The first churches : religious practice / Justin J. Meggitt

pt. 6. Biblical figures. Israel's ancestors : the patriarchs and matriarchs / George W. Ramsey

Moses / John Van Seters

David and Solomon / Gwilym H. Jones

Jesus / Robert Morgan

Paul / David G. Horrell

pt. 7. Religious ideas. Salvation in Jewish thought / Dan Cohn-Sherbok

Salvation in Christian thought / Andrew Chester

Interpretations of the identity and role of Jesus / Catrin H. Williams

Death and afterlife / John J. Collins

Purity / Gordon Wenham

pt. 8. The Bible today. Jewish Bible translation / Leonard J. Greenspoon

Christian Bible translation / Henry Wansbrough

Modern biblical interpretation / William R. Telford.