NO OF PAGES: 281 SUB CAT I: Extra Biblical Writings SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Experts on Christian origins recognize that the 66 canonical writings provide only a partial picture of the vibrant culture that produced the New Testament. Over 500 additional works must be known, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the Versions of the Old Testament that circulated in ancient Palestine before A.D. 70, Philo's and Josephus' writings, the Targumim, Rabbinics (especially the Mishnah and Tosepta), the Nag Hammadi Codices, the early church 'Fathers,' and the New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. There has been no one-volume guide to this vast amount of literature. Now, C. A. Evans fills this lacuna with insight and lively, engaging prose. Evan's introduction is more than a map to terra incognita, it is a helpful companion for all who study Judaism and 'Christianity' before the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire."NOTES: Donated by Tim Hegg. SUBTITLE: