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Aland, Kurt. Synopsis of the Four Gospels, 10th ed. Stuttgart and New York: United Bible Society, 1993.
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Bokser, Ben Zion. The Talmud - Selected Writings. Mahweh, NJ: Paulist Press, 1989.Boring,
M.Eugene, Klaus Berger, and Carsten Colpe. Hellenistic Commentary to the New Testament. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.
Buth, Randall. Living Biblical Hebrew for Everyone, Vol. 1 and Living Koine Greek for Everyone, Vol. 1. Jerusalem: The Biblical Language Center; www.biblicalulplan.org), 2002.
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Hammer, Reuven. The Classic Midrash: Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible Classics of Western Spirituality Series. New York: Paulist Press, 1994.
Hamp, Douglas. Discovering the Language of Jesus: Hebrew or Aramaic? Costa Mesa, CA: Calvary Chapel Publishing, 2005.Hertz, J.H. The Authorized Daily Prayer Book. New York: Bloch, 1959.
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Lachs, Samuel. A Rabbinic Commentary On The New Testament: The Gospels Of Matthew, Mark And Luke. Hoboken, NJ: KTAV, 1987.
Lindsey, Robert, L. A Comparative Greek Concordance of the Synoptic Gospels. Jerusalem: Dugit, 1985-1989 3 vols.
Lindsey, Robert L. A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark: A Greek-Hebrew Diglot with English Introduction, 2nd ed. Jerusalem: Dugit, 1973.
Maier, Paul L., trans. and ed. Josephus: The Essential Writings. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1988.
Metzger, Bruce M., ed. The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Oden, Thomas C., ed.,Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: 26 Volumes Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
Price, R. M. and John Binns, Cyril Of Scythopolis: The Lives Of The Monks Of Palestine. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian, 1991.
Reddish, Mitchell G., ed. Apocalyptic Literature: A Reader. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995.
Ross, Allen P. Introducing Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.
Sparks, H.F.D. ed. The Apocryphal Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon, 1984.
Stern, Menahem. Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism. 3 vols. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1974, 1980, and 1984.
Washburn, David L. A Catalog of oBiblical Passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.
Ward, Benedicta (trans. and ed.). The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers: Systematic Sayings from the Anonymous Series of the 'Apophthegmata Patrum.' Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1986.
Whiston, William. The Works of Josephus. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1994.
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Bahat, Dan and Chaim T. Rubinstein, The Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Carta, 1996.
Barclay, John, and John Sweet, eds. Early Christian Thought in its Jewish Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Bivin, David. New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus: Insights from His Jewish Context. Holland, MI: En-Gedi Resource Center, 2005.
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Meyers, Eric M., and James F. Strange. Archaeology, the Rabbis, and Early Christianity. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981.
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__________. The Sea of Galilee and Its Fisherman in the New Testament. Kibbutz Ein Gev, Israel, 1989.
__________. The Sea of Galilee: Newly Discovered Harbours from New Testament Days. Kibbutz Ein Gev, Israel, 1992.
__________. Gergesa (Kursi): Site of a Miracle, Church and Fishing Village. Kibbutz Ein Gev, 1989.
Oegema, Gerbern S. The Anointed and His People. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.
Pearl, Chaim. Theology in Rabbinic Stories. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1997.
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Pritz, Ray A. Nazarene Jewish Christianity: From the End of the New Testament Period until its disappearance in the Fourth Century. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1988.
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Safrai, Shmuel, and Menahem Stern, eds. The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious Life and Institutions, Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum: Section I, 2 volumes. Assen, Netherlands and Philadelphia: Van Gorcum and Fortress Press, 1974 and 1976.
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Santala, Risto. The Messiah in the Old Testament: in the Light of Rabbinical Writings. Translated by W. Kinnaird. (http://www.kolumbus.fi/hjussila/rsla/OT/index.html) Jerusalem: Keren Ahvah Meshihit, 1992.
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Shinan, Avigdor. The World of the Aggadah. Tel Aviv: MOD, 1990.
Skarsaune, Oskar. In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Downing Grove, Illinois, 2002.
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Tomson, Paul J. Paul and the Jewish Law: Halakha in the Letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles. Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum Section III Vol 1. Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum and Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.
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Thanks to Brian Kvasnica for his help in compiling this bibliography.