Bible Background Study Package

A collection of classic and modern works dealing with the cultural and historical background of the Bible (and the New Testament, in particular):

• The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old and New Testaments (2 volumes)
• The IVP Dictionary of New Testament Background
• The New Testament Background Commentary, by W. Harold Mare
• Sketches of Jewish Social Life, by Alfred Edersheim
• The Temple, its Ministry and Services, by Alfred Edersheim
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, by James C. Vanderkam
• The Writings of Josephus and Philo of Alexandria (in translation)
• Biblesoft's original 8-volume compilation of translations of the Pseudepigrapha

For more on the world of the Bible, see the Bible Handbooks package, as well as the Biblical History & Archeology bundle.

Also recommended are classic works such as Schürer's History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (included in our Judaism and the New Testament collection).