The Semitic background of the New Testament

Fitzmyer, Joseph A.

The Semitic background of the New Testament Joseph A. Fitzmyer. - Combined ed. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Livonia, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. ; Dove Booksellers, c1997. - xxi, 524, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The biblical resource series .

This combined edition reprints the text of two works, A wandering Aramean, originally published in 1979 by Scholars Press and Essays on the Semitic background of the New Testament, originally published in 1971 by Geoffrey Chapman Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Essays on the Semitic background of the New Testament -- A wandering Aramean : collected Aramaic essays.

0802843441 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament.
Bible.--New Testament--Language, style.


Aramaic philology.
Aramaic literature--Relation to the New Testament.

BS2395 FIT / .F573 1997

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