My Top 6 Books on NT Bible Backgrounds

Top Two is a new weekly video series with me, Dr. Carmen Joy Imes, where I talk about influential books in biblical scholarship. In this video, I discuss my top two picks at each academic level for books concerning New Testament Backgrounds. If you have any topics you would like to cover, please comment below!

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Green, Joel B., and Lee Martin McDonald, eds. The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017.

DeSilva, David A.Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000.

Richards, E. Randolph, and Richard James. Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020.

Bailey, Kenneth E. Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2008.

Culpepper, R. Alan. The People of the Parables: Galilee in the Time of Jesus. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2024.

Hylen, Susan E. Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023.

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