1 Esdras
2 Esdras
Baruch
Bel and the Dragon
Ecclesiasticus
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees
4 Maccabees
Greek Additions to Esther
Judith
Letter of Jeremiah
The Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men
Psalm 151
Susanna
Tobit
The Wisdom of Solomon
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
Other Documents
Dead Sea Scrolls
Diatessaron
Didache
Gospel of Thomas
Mishnah
MT = Masoretic Text
Nag Hammadi Library
Septuagint = LXX
“Q” document
Synoptic Gospels
Talmud
Targumim
Pseudepigrapha
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
Andrew
Antiochus Epiphanes IV
Caesar Augustus
Caiaphas
Elizabeth
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa II
Herod Antipas
Herod Archaleus
Herod Philip
Herod the Great
James the son of Zebedee
John Hyrcanus
John the Apostle
John the Baptist
Joseph (NT)
Josephus
Judas Iscariot
Judas Maccabee
Judas the Galilean
Martha
Mary Magdalene
Mary Mother of Jesus
Mary of Bethany
Matthew
Peter
Philip the Evangelist
Philo
Pompey
Pontius Pilate
Saul / Paul
Simon bar Kochba
Stephen
Teacher of Righteousness
Tiberius
Titus
Vespasian
Zechariah (NT)
GROUPS OF PEOPLE
Essenes
Jews
Gentiles
Pharisees
Sadducees
Sanhedrin
Hasmoneans
Ptolomies
Scribes
Seleucids
Zealots
BIBLICAL PLACES
Palestine
( http://virtualreligion.net/iho/map.html
)
Bethany
Bethlehem
Caesarea
Philippi
Capernaum
Dead
Sea
Galilee
Jerusalem
Jordan
River
Judea
Masada
Nazareth
Qumran
Samaria
(country)
Sea
of Galilee
Sepphoris
DATES
587 BCE Fall of Southern Kingdom
587-539
BCE Period of Babylonian Exile
539 BCE Some exiles return from Babylonia
539-332
BCE Persian Period
332 BCE Alexander the Great captures
Jerusalem
332-141
BCE Greek Period
167 BCE Desecration of Temple by Antiochus
Epiphanes IV
164 BCE
Maccabees rededicate Temple
141-63
BCE Maccabean Period /
Hasmonean Dynasty
63 BCE Romans (Pompey) take control of
Palestine
63 BCE-ca600CE Roman Period
40 BCE Herod the Great named King
~5 BCE Birth of Jesus
4 BCE Herod dies; kingdom divided among 3
sons
6 CE Herod Archelaus exiled; tax revolt
(Judas the Galilean); Roman procurators rule Judea, Idumea, Samaria
30 CE Jesus' death and resurrection
49/50
CE Jerusalem Council (Acts 15)
66 CE First Jewish revolt
70 CE Romans destroy Jerusalem Temple
74 CE Masada falls to Romans
132-135 CE Second Jewish revolt (Simon bar
Kochba)
OTHER WORDS AND CONCEPTS
( http://virtualreligion.net/primer/
)
http://www.ministryserver.com/bible/glbible/gl__.htm
)
Text Criticism
(http://www.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/interp_mss.html -
א = Sinaiticus
A = Alexandrinus
Alexandrian Family
Autograph
B = Vaticanus
Byzantine Family
C = Ephraemi
Codex
D = Bezae
Minuscule
Uncial
Vellum
W = Washingtonensis
Western Family
Papyrus
Form Criticism
(Powell, Gospels, 20ff.)
Sitz im Leben
Parable
Pronouncement Story
(Chreia)
Legend
Myths
Apocalypse / Apocalyptic
Covenant
Day of Atonement
Diaspora
Eschatology
Griesbach Hypothesis
Hellenism
High Priest
Honor
Kerygma
Messiah / Christ
Miracle
Passover
Rabbi
Sabbath
Synagogue
Temple
Two Source Hypothesis