Read The Jewish Annotated New Testament Online
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
TRANSLATIONS OF ANCIENT TEXTS
INTRODUCTORY
Amy-Jill Levine, Dale C. Allison, Jr., and John Dominic Crossan (eds),
The Historical Jesus in Context
. Princeton Readings in Religion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006; Japanese translation, 2009.
Evans, Craig A.
Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature
. Peabody, Mass. Hendrickson, 2005.
Sparks, Kenton L.
Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature
. Peabody, Mass. Hendrickson, 2005.
EARLY JEWISH
General
Bartlett, John R.
Jews in the Hellenistic World: Josephus, Aristeas, the Sibylline Oracles, Eupolemus
. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Maccoby, Hyam.
Early Rabbinic Writings
. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Dead Sea Scrolls
Abegg, Martin, Jr.; Peter Flint; and Eugene Ulrich, eds.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible
. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999.
García Martínez, Florentino, ed.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition
. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2000.
Vermes, Geza.
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
. Rev. ed. New York: Penguin, 2004.
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Charles, R. H., ed.
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1913.
Charlesworth, James H., ed.
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
. 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1983; 1985.
Josephus
Mason, Steve, ed.
Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary
. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2000–.
Whiston, William, trans.
The Works of Josephus Complete and Unabridged
. 1736. New updated edition, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1987.
Williamson, G. A., trans.
Josephus: The Jewish War
. New York: Penguin, 1984.
Loeb Classical Library
Philo of Alexandria
Williamson, Ronald.
Jews in the Hellenistic World: Philo
. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Yonge, C. D., trans.
The Works of Philo
. 1854. New updated edition, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1993.
Loeb Classical Library
Mishnah
Danby, Herbert.
The Mishnah
. Oxford: Clarendon, 1933.
Neusner, Jacob, trans.
The Mishnah: A New Translation
. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
Talmud
Epstein, I.
The Babylonian Talmud
. 30 vols. London: Soncino, 1935–48.
Neusner, Jacob, trans.
The Babylonian Talmud
. 22 vols. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2011.
Steinsaltz, Adin.
The Talmud
. New York: Random House, 1989–99.
EARLY CHRISTIAN
General
Barrett, C. K.
The New Testament Background: Writings from Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire That Illuminate Christian Origins
. Rev. ed. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1987.
Cartlidge, David R., and David L. Dungan, eds.
Documents for the Study of the Gospels
. Rev. ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.
Elliott, J. K.
The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation
. Rev ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Richardson, Cyril D., ed.
Early Christian Fathers
. New York: Macmillan, 1970.
Staniforth, Maxwell, trans.
Early Christian Writings
. New York: Penguin, 1987.
Nag Hammadi
Barnstone, Willis, and Marvin Meyer, eds.
The Gnostic Bible
. Boston: Shambhala, 2003.
Layton, Bentley.
The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation
. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1987.
Robinson, J. M., ed.
The Nag Hammadi Library in English
. 4th rev. ed. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996.
ANCIENT TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE
Greek
Brenton, Lancelot C. L.
The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English
. 1851. Reprint, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1986.
Pietersma, Albert, and Benjamin G. Wright, eds.
A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally included under That Title
. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Aramaic
McNamara, Martin, et al.
The Aramaic Bible: The Targums
. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical, 1987–.
CLASSICAL SOURCES
Beard, Mary; John North; and Simon Price.
Religions of Rome
. Vol. 2:
A Sourcebook
. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Translations of the writings of most Greek and Roman authors are available in the Loeb Classical Library.
DIVISIONS AND TRACTATES OF THE MISHNAH, TALMUD, AND TOSEFTA
The following list of all of the divisions and tractates may help to identify citations in this volume for the Mishnah, the Talmud Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Talmud), the Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud), and the Tosefta. The citation begins with
m
. (for Mishnah),
y
. (for Yerushalmi),
b
. (for Bavli), or
t
. (for Tosefta), and is followed by the name or abbreviation of the tractate.
First Division: Zeraim (“Seeds”) | |
Berakot (“blessings”) | Ber |
Pe’ah (”gleanings”) | |
Demai (“produce not certainly tithed”) | |
Kilaim (“diverse kinds”) | Kil |
Shebiit (“seventh year”) | Seb |
Terumot (“heave offerings”) | Ter |
Ma‘aserot (“tithes”) | Ma |
Ma‘aser Sheni (“second tithe”) | Ma |
Ḥ | |
Orlah (“the fruit of young trees”) | |
Bikkurim (“first-fruits”) | Bik |
Second Division: Mo’ed (“Set Feasts”) | |
Shabbat (“Sabbath”) | Shabb |
Eruvin (“Sabbath limits”) | Eruv |
Pesa | Pesah |
Sheqalim (“shekel tax”) | Seqal |
Yoma (“Day of Atonement”) | |
Sukkah (“Tabernacles/Booths”) | Sukk |
Yom Tov or Betzah (“festival days”) | |
Rosh Ha-Shanah (“New Year”) | |
Ta’anit (“fasts”) | Ta’an |
Megillah (“scroll” [of Esther]) | Meg |
Mo’ed Qatan (“mid-festival days”) | Mo’ed Qat |
Ḥ | Hag |
Third Division: Nashim (“Women”) | |
Yebamot (“sisters-in-law”) | Yebam |
Ketubbot (“marriage deeds”) | Ketub |
Nedarim (“vows”) | Ned |
Nazir (“Nazirites”) | Naz |
Sotah (“adulteress”) | Sot |
Gittin (“bills of divorce”) | Git |
Qiddushin (“betrothals”) | Qidd |
Fourth Division: Nezikin (“Damages”) | |
Bava Kamma (“first gate”) | B. Kamma |
Bava Metzia (“second gate”) | B. Metz |
Bava Bathra (“last gate”) | B. Bat |
Sanhedrin (“the Sanhedrin”) | Sanh |
Makkot (“stripes”) | Makk |
Shebuot (“oaths”) | Sebu |
Eduyot (“testimonies”) | Ed |
Avodah Zara (“idolatry”) | |
Avot (“fathers”) | |
Horayot (“instructions”) | Hor |
Fifth Division: Kodashim (“Hallowed Things”) | |
Zebahim (“animal offerings”) | Zeb |
Menahot (“meal offerings”) | Men |
Hullin (“animals killed for food”) | Hul |
Bekhorot (“firstlings”) | Bek |
Arakhin (“vows of valuation”) | Arak |
Temurah (“substituted offering”) | |
Kerithot (“extirpation”) | Ker |
Me‘ilah (“sacrilege”) | Me |
Tamid (“daily whole offering”) | |
Middot (“measurements”) | Midd |
Kinnim (“bird offerings”) | |
Sixth Division: Teharot (“Cleannesses”) | |
Kelim (“vessels”) | |
Ohalot (“tents”) | |
Negaim (“signs of leprosy”) | |
Parah (“the red heifer”) | |
Teharot (“cleannesses”) | Tehar |
Mikvaot (“pools of immersion”) | |
Niddah (“the menstruant”) | Nidd |
Makshirin (“predisposers”) | Maks |
Zabim (“sufferers of flux”) | |
Tebul Yom (“immersed that day”) | |
Yadaim (“hands”) | Yad |
Uktzin (“stalks”) | |