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Synoptic Gospels and John

• The Destination and Purpose of St. John’s Gospel (Prof. John Robinson, Cambridge University)
• Temple_Christology_in_the_Gospel_of_John (Dr. Mark S. Kinzer, MJTI) pdf
• Johannine and Synoptic Jesus (Prof. Richard Bauckham, St. Andrews University) pdf
• Negation or Clarification of the Sabbath (Prof. Samuel Bacchiocchi, St. Andrews University) pdf
• Contrasts between John and Synoptics (Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D)
• The Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Harold Attridge)
• The Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewishness of the Gospels (Prof. Craig A. Evans, Acadia Divinity College) pdf
• Anti-Judaism as a Critical Theory (Prof. David Nirenberg, University of Chicago)
• The Gospel of the Memra: Jewish Binitarianism and the Prologue to John (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf
• Jesus’ last Passover in the Synoptics and in John (Dr. David Instone-Brewer, Tyndale House, Cambridge)
• Purity, Holiness, and the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew’s Narrative World (Dr. Anders Runesson, McMaster University)
• Jews, Judaeans, Judaizing, Judaism: Problems of Categorization in Ancient History (Prof. Steve N. Mason, York University) pdf

Apostle Paul in Jewish Context

• The Images of the Jews and Judaism in Paul’s letter to the Romans: Challenging translation decisions that subvert Paul’s message (Dr. Mark D. Nanos, University of Kansas)
• Paul’s Relationship to Torah in Light of his Strategy “to Become Everything to Everyone” (Dr. Mark D. Nanos, University of Kansas) pdf
• Was Paul an Anti-Semite? (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf
• Judaizing the Nations: The Ritual Demands of Paul’s Gospel (Prof. Paula Fredriksen, Boston University/Hebrew University of Jerusalem) pdf
• Paul’s Relationship to Jews and Judaism in First-Century Context: Revisiting the Translation of Rom. 11 (Dr. Mark D. Nanos, Westmon College, University of Kansas) pdf
• Paul’s Christology of Divine Identity (Richard Bauckham) pdf
• The Status of the Torah in the Pre-Sinaitic Period: St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (Gary A. Anderson).
• Paul’s Stance on the Torah Revisited: Gentile Addressees and the Jewish Setting (Dr. Serge Ruzer, Hebrew University)
• Paul’s Rule in All Ekklesiai (Dr. Anders Runesson, McMaster University)
• Paul and the Invention of the Gentiles (Prof. Ishay Rosen-Zvi and Adi Ophir) pdf

Two Powers and Logos Theology in Second Temple Judaism

• What Do We Mean by “First-Century Jewish Monotheism”? (Larry W. Hurtado).
• Beyond Judaisms: Metatron and the Divine Polymorphy of Ancient Judaism (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkeley) pdf
• The Son of Man (Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis).
• Who is this Son of Man? (pre-pub) (Prof. Larry Hurtado, U of Edinburg) pdf
• Two Powers and Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism (James McGrath with Jerry Truex).

Enoch and Metatron Traditions in Second Temple Judaism

• The Enoch Literature (James C. VanderKam).
• Enoch as the Expert in Secrets (Andrei Orlov).
• Enoch as the Mediator (Andrei Orlov).
• Enoch as a Divine Mediator (James R. Davila).
• Titles of Enoch-Metatron in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch (Andrei Orlov).
• The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Andrei Orlov) pdf
• Metatron as the Deity: Lesser YHWH (Andrei Orlov)
• Metatron as the Prince of the Presence (Andrei Orlov).
• Melchizedek in the MT, LXX, and the NT (Joseph A. Fitzmyer).
• Melchizedek: Gen 14, 17-20 in the Targums, in Rabbinic and Early Christian Literature (Martin McNamara).

Qumran, Essenes, DSS and Biblical Studies

• Introduction to Dead Sea Scrolls (Israel Antiquities Authority)
• The Judaism(s) of the Damascus Document (Philip R. Davies).
• Temple and Righteousness in Qumran and Early Christianity (Eyal Regev).
• Communal Prayer at Qumran and among the Rabbis: Certainties and Uncertainties (Richard Sarason).
• Motivation for Communal Prayer in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Judaism (Daniel Falk).
• Read Josephus on the Essenes
• What Josephus Says about the Essenes in His Judean War. Part I (Steve Mason).
• What Josephus Says about the Essenes in His Judean War. Part II (Steve Mason).

Jewish Apocalypticism

• “Priests on Earth as in Heaven: Jewish light on the book of Revelation” (Prof. Torleif Elgvin, Evangelical Lutheran University College, Oslo) pdf
• “Understanding Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic” (Prof. David E. Aune, New Testament Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana) pdf
• “Gabriel’s Revelation” (Prof. Israel Knohl, Senior Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute)

Jewish /Christian Origins and Interactions

• Why the Old Testament Must Not Go Away (by Walter Brueggemann) pdf
• Interactive Diversity: A Proposed Model of Christian Origins (Prof. Larry Hurtado, U of Edinburg) pdf
• Semantic Differences or ‘Judaism’/’Christianity’ (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf
• Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf
• The Christian Invention of Judaism: The Theodosian Empire and the Rabbinic Refusal of Religion (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf
• Rethinking Jewish-Christianity: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf
• Extending or Restricting Covenant?: Abraham and the People of God in Christian Tradition (Dr. Anders Runesson, McMaster University) pdf
• Cursing the Christians? History of Brikhat Haminim (Dr. Ruth Lunger, Boston College)
• Innocent Blood and Halakhic Disagreement: Mat 27:25 (Rebecca Runesson, Galilee Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations)
• Inventing Christian Identity: Paul, Ignatius, Theodosius I (Dr. Anders Runesson, McMaster University)
• Judging Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew: Between ‘Othering’ and Inclusion (Dr. Anders Runesson, McMaster University)
• The Christian Invention of Judaism: The Theodosian Empire and the Rabbinic Refusal of Religion (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, UC Berkley) pdf

Second Temple Jewish Movements: Identity and Theology

• Ancient Evidence for Jesus from Non-Christian Sources (Michael Gleghorn, Probe Ministries)
• Jews in Late Antiquity- ebook (Prof. Lawrence Schiffman, NYU) pdf
• Was Luke a Gentile? (Prof. Thomas S. McCall, Th.D.)
• Redating the schism between the Judeans and the Samaritans (Prof. Alan D. Crown, University of Sidney)
• NascentChristianity Between Sectarian and Broader Judaism: Lessons from the Dead Sea Scrolls (Dr. Serge Ruzer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem)

Rabbinic Texts, Jewish Traditions and Biblical Studies

• What God Has Joined Together (Prof. Robert B. Kruschwitz, Baylor University) pdfDivorce for ‘Any Cause’ (Dr. David Instone-Brewer, Tyndale House, Cambridge)
• The Talmud Page Explanation pdf
• Judaism: Glossary of Key Terms (“Testimony”, Religious and Moral Education, Education Scotland) pdf
• From Jewish Passover to Christian Eucharist: The story of Todah (Dr. Tim Gray, Augustine Institute)
• Pseudepigrapha in Rabbinic Literature (Mark Bregman).
• The Nature and Origins of the 1st-Century Synagogue (Dr. Anders Runesson, McMaster University)
• Use of Rabbinic Sources in Gospel Studies (Dr. David Instone-Brewer, Tyndale House, Cambridge)
• Rabbinic Writings in New Testament Research (Dr. David Instone-Brewer, Tyndale House, Cambridge)

Non-Canonical Jewish Literature and Biblical Studies

• Demonology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (Hermann Lichtenberger).
• The Experience of Demons (and Angels) in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Book of Tobit (George W.E. Nickelsburg).
• The Angel Story in the Book of Jubilees (James C. VanderKam).
• The Sources of Knowledge in Qumran and in Rabbinic Literature: A Study of the Evolution of a Metaphor (Paul Mandel).
• Beholders of Divine Secrets: Mysticism and Myth in the Hekhalot and Merkavah Literature (Daphna Arbel) pdf
• The Temple Scroll and the Halakhic Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple Period (Lawrence H. Schiffman).
• Qumran Pseudepigrapha in Early Christianity (Benjamin G. Wright).
• New Resources for the Study of Josephus (Joseph Sievers).

Archaeology and Biblical Studies

• Dry Bones and Heavenly Bliss: Tombs, Post-Mortal Existence and Life-After-Death in Ancient Judaism (Prof. Jürgen Zangenberg, Leiden University)
• “In Three days, You will live!” (Prof. Israel Knohl, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.)
• Art and the Liturgical Context of the Sepphoris Synagogue Mosaic (Prof. Steven Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University) pdf
• Recent Archaeological Discoveries that lend Credence to the Historicity of Scriptures (Michael A. Grisanti)