 | Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students (Christian Classics Bible Studies) by Larry R. Helyer
Buy new: £17.41 / Used from: £25.51 Superb. Wonderful. Seriously, just go and buy it right now! This book will take you by the hand and gently guide you through the complexities of the original texts in this list.
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 | New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha-NRSV
Buy used from: £29.32 You need this, or any Bible that includes the Apocrypha.
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 | The Book of Enoch (Truth and the Christian Imagin) by R.H. Charles
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £7.59 Content ranges from utterly fascinating to unspeakably boring. A clear influence on some NT writers.
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 | The New Complete Works of Josephus by Flavius Josephus
Buy new: £11.19 / Used from: £13.04 This guy defected to the Romans - and reckoned that God had done likewise! An OK(ish) historian, but a great story-teller.
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 | The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition by Philo
Buy new: £10.41 / Used from: £12.03 A different take on the 'inter-Testament' period.
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 | The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English: Complete Edition by Geza Vermes
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £6.50 You've thrilled to the conspiracy theories!!! Now be put back to sleep by the scrolls themselves... :)
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 | The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: v. 2 by James H. Charlesworth
Buy used from: £44.40 A treasure trove - this is vol 2. Vol 1 is a little harder to find. (Try the Amazon sellers, but be aware that some of them are asking silly prices)
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 | Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World by Vicki Leon
Buy new: £9.31 / Used from: £1.81 Great fun! Who says history can't be hilarious? What people did to earn a crust in the ancient world.
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 | Pagans and Christians: In the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to the Conversion of Constantine by Robin Lane Fox
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £8.79 A scholarly but fascinating look at the ancient world, giving equal respect to both Pagan and Christian worldviews.
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