{"id":919,"date":"2009-10-15T19:52:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T00:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/2009\/10\/15\/course-textbooks-this-semester\/"},"modified":"2009-10-15T19:52:30","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T00:52:30","slug":"course-textbooks-this-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/15\/course-textbooks-this-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Textbooks This Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been asked in a comment on the previous post<\/a> to list the textbooks for the courses this semester.  <\/p>\n

1. Research Procedures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Required texts:<\/u><\/p>\n

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers.<\/em> 7th ed. Revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2007.<\/p>\n

Alexander, Patrick H., et al., eds. The SBL Handbook of Style for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies.<\/em> Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999.<\/p>\n

Suggested texts:<\/u><\/p>\n

Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research.<\/em> 2nd ed. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2003.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Manual of Style.<\/em> 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.<\/p>\n

Mauch, James E., and Jack W. Birch. Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Hand-book for Students and Faculty.<\/em> 4th ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1998.<\/p>\n

Strunk, William, Jr. The Elements of Style.<\/em> 4th ed. With Revisions, an Introduction, and a Chapter on Writing by E. B. White. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.<\/p>\n

2. New Testament Backgrounds<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations<\/i>. 3d ed. Edited and translated by Michael W. Holmes. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007. <\/p>\n

Boccaccini, Gabriele. The Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, from Ezekiel to Daniel<\/i>. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. <\/p>\n

Bock, Darrell L. The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth behind Alternate Christianities<\/i>. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006.<\/p>\n

Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. <\/i>2 vols. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1983-85. <\/p>\n

Elliott, J. K., ed. The Apocryphal Jesus: Legends of the Early Church.<\/i> Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. <\/p>\n

Evans, Craig A., and Stanley E. Porter, eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background.<\/i> Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.<\/p>\n

Evans, Craig A. Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. <\/i>Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2005.<\/b><\/p>\n

Garc\u00c3\u00ada Mart\u00c3\u00adnez, Florentino, ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English.<\/i> 2d ed. Translated by Wilfred G. E. Watson. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. <\/p>\n

The Gnostic Scriptures. A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions.<\/i> Translated and edited by Bentley Layton. Anchor Bible Reference Library, ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1995. <\/p>\n

Harding, Mark, ed. Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context<\/i>. London: T & T Clark, 2003.<\/p>\n

Instone-Brewer, David. Traditions of The Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament: Prayer <\/i>and Agriculture (TRENT). <\/i>Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. <\/p>\n

Jefford, Clayton J. Reading the Apostolic Father: An Introduction<\/i>. Peabody, MA Hendrickson, 1996.<\/p>\n

Josephus. Complete Works of Josephus.<\/i> Translated by William Whiston. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo; Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1867. Reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1987. <\/p>\n

Klauck, Hans-Josef. The Religious Context of Early Christianity: A Guide to Graeco-Roman Religions. <\/i>London: T & T Clark, 2000.<\/p>\n

Levine , Amy-Jill, Dale C. Allison Jr., and John Dominic Crossan, eds. The Historical Jesus in Context.<\/i> Princeton Readings in Religions, ed. Donald S. Lopez Jr. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. <\/p>\n

Malherbe, Abraham J. Moral Exhortation: A Greco-Roman Sourcebook.<\/i> Library of Early Christianity, ed. Wayne A. Meeks, vol. 4. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. <\/p>\n

McLay, R. Timothy. The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research<\/i>. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2003.<\/p>\n

Meyer, Marvin W., ed. The Ancient Mysteries: A Source Book. Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World.<\/i> San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987. Reprint, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.<\/p>\n

Rudolph, Kurt. Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism. <\/i>London: T & T Clark, 1998. <\/i><\/p>\n

The Mishnah: A New Translation.<\/i> Translated by Jacob Neusner. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. <\/p>\n

The New Testament Background: Writings from Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire that Illumine Christian Origins. <\/i>Revised ed. Edited by C. K. Barrett. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1989.<\/i><\/p>\n

Philo. The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged.<\/i> New updated ed. Translated by C. D. Yonge. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1993. <\/p>\n

Strack, Hermann L., and Gunter Stemberger. Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash<\/i>. 2d ed. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1996.<\/p>\n

These are all required (to purchase).  There are others that are suggested, and others that are required for reading.<\/p>\n

3. Greco-Roman Backgrounds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hans-Josef Klauck, The Religious Context of Early Christianity: A Guide to Greco-Roman Religions.<\/i> (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003).<\/p>\n

John McRay. Archaeology and the New Testament.<\/i> (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991).<\/p>\n

Others are suggested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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