The IVP Bible Dictionary Series: Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Development
The IVP Bible Dictionary Series: Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Development
Editors: Martin, Ralph P. and Davids, Peter H.
Publication Year: 1998
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Single-User Purchase Price:
$60.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$90.00
ISBN: 978-0-8308-1779-5
Category: Religion & Theology - Christianity
Book Status: Available
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The Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments offers a summa of New Testament studies. Designed to bring students, teachers, pastors and general readers up to date and up to speed, this one-of-a-kind reference volume presents more information than any other single work--dealing exclusively with the theology, literature, background and scholarship of the later New Testament and the apostolic church.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Dictionary
- Abbreviations
- Transliterations
- List of Contributors
- A
- ABBA.
- ABRAHAM
- ABYSS.
- ACTS OF ANDREW.
- ACTS OF JOHN.
- ACTS OF PETER.
- ACTS OF PETER AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
- ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
- ACTS OF THOMAS.
- ADOPTIONISM.
- ADULTERY.
- ADVERSARIES
- AGAPE, THE.
- ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIAN CHRISTIANITY
- ALLEGORY.
- ALLUSIONS, OLD TESTAMENT.
- AMEN.
- AMORAIM.
- ANCESTORS
- ANGELS, HEAVENLY BEINGS, ANGEL CHRISTOLOGY
- ANOINTING
- ANTICHRIST
- ANTIOCH ON THE ORONTES
- APOCALYPSE, THE.
- APOCALYPSE OF PETER.
- APOCALYPSE OF THOMAS.
- APOCALYPTIC, APOCALYPTICISM
- APOCALYPTIC ESCHATOLOGY.
- APOCALYPTICISM.
- APOCRYPHAL AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHAL WRITINGS
- APOSTASY
- APOSTLE, APOSTLESHIP
- APOSTLE'S CREED.
- APOSTOLIC FATHERS
- APOSTOLIC TRADITION.
- ARCHITECTURE, EARLY CHURCH
- ARMY, ROMAN.
- ASCENSION
- ASCENSION OF ISAIAH.
- ASSURANCE
- ASTROLOGY.
- ATONEMENT.
- AUTHORITY
- B
- BABYLON
- BAPTISM, BAPTISMAL RITES
- BAR KOKHBA
- BARNABAS, EPISTLE OF
- BASILIDES.
- BEASTS, DRAGON, SEA, CONFLICT MOTIF
- BENEDICTIONS.
- BENEFACTORS.
- BIBLICAL THEOLOGY.
- BISHOPS.
- BLESSING
- BODY.
- BORN AGAIN.
- BOWLS
- BROTHERS OF JESUS
- C
- CAIN.
- CANON
- CATECHETICAL SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA.
- CELIBACY.
- CENTERS OF CHRISTIANITY
- CERINTHUS.
- CHILDREN, CHILDREN OF GOD.
- CHRIST
- CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM: PARTINGS OF THE WAYS
- CHRISTOLOGY
- CHRONOLOGY
- CHURCH
- CHURCH AS ISRAEL, PEOPLE OF GOD
- CHURCH ORDER, GOVERNMENT
- CIRCUMCISION
- CITY.
- CIVIC CULT.
- CIVIL AUTHORITY
- CLAUDIUS, EDICT OF.
- CLEAN AND UNCLEAN.
- 1 CLEMENT.
- 2 CLEMENT.
- CLEMENT OF ROME
- CLEMENTINE LITERATURE.
- COMMANDMENTS
- CONFESSIONAL FORMS.
- CONFLICT MOTIF.
- CONSCIENCE
- CONVERSION.
- COPTIC APOCALYPSE OF PETER.
- CORINTH.
- CORNELIUS
- CORNERSTONE.
- COSMOLOGY.
- COVENANT, NEW COVENANT
- CREATION, COSMOLOGY
- CREEDS, CONFESSIONAL FORMS
- CROSS, THEOLOGY OF THE
- CULT, EMPEROR.
- CURSE.
- D
- DARKNESS.
- DAVID.
- DAY OF THE LORD
- DEACONS.
- DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
- DEATH.
- DEATH OF CHRIST
- DECONSTRUCTION.
- DELAY OF PAROUSIA.
- DEMONS.
- DESPOSYNOI.
- DESTRUCTION.
- DEVIL.
- DIASPORA JUDAISM
- DIDACHE, THE
- DIDACHE.
- DIOGNETUS, EPISTLE TO
- DISCIPLINE
- DISCOURSE ANALYSIS.
- DIVINE PRESENCE.
- DIVORCE
- DOCETISM
- DOXOLOGY.
- DRAGON.
- DUALISM.
- E
- EARLY CATHOLICISM
- EBIONITES
- ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE
- EDESSA.
- ELDERS.
- ELECTION
- ELKESAITES
- EMPEROR, EMPEROR CULT
- END TIMES.
- ENDURANCE, PERSEVERANCE
- ENTHRONEMENT
- EPHESUS.
- EPISTLES.
- ESAU.
- ESCHATOLOGY
- ESSENES.
- ETERNAL LIFE.
- ETERNITY, ETERNAL
- ETHICS
- ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH.
- EUCHARIST.
- EVANGELISM IN THE EARLY CHURCH
- EVIL ONE.
- EVIL SPIRITS.
- EXALTATION, ENTHRONEMENT
- 5 EZRA AND 6 EZRA.
- F
- FAITH, FAITHFULNESS
- FAITH AND WORKS
- FALSE PROPHETS.
- FALSE TEACHERS.
- FAMILY.
- FASTING.
- FEAR
- FELLOWSHIP
- FLESH
- FLOCK
- FOOD, FOOD LAWS, TABLE FELLOWSHIP
- FORGIVENESS
- FREEDOM, LIBERTY
- FULFILLMENT
- G
- GALILEAN CHRISTIANITY
- GENTILES, GENTILE MISSION
- GEONIM
- GIFTS.
- GLORY
- GLOSSOLALIA
- GNOSIS, GNOSTICISM
- GNOSTICISM
- GOD
- GOD-FEARERS.
- GOSPEL
- GOSPEL OF PETER.
- GOSPEL OF THOMAS.
- GRACE
- GUESTS
- H
- HALLELUJAH.
- HAUSTAFEL
- HEALING, ILLNESS
- HEART.
- HEAVEN, NEW HEAVENS
- HEAVENLY ASCENT.
- HEAVENLY BEINGS.
- HEBREWS
- HELL, ABYSS, ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
- HELLENISTIC CHRISTIANITY.
- HELLENISTIC-JEWISH CHRISTIANITY.
- HELLENISTS, HELLENISTIC AND HELLENISTIC-JEWISH CHRISTIANITY
- HERESY
- HERMAS, SHEPHERD OF
- HERMENEUTICS
- HIGH PRIEST.
- HOLINESS.
- HOLY, HOLINESS
- HOLY CITY.
- HOLY SPIRIT
- HOMILY GENRE.
- HOMOSEXUALITY.
- HOPE
- HOSPITALITY
- HOUSE CHURCHES.
- HOUSE OF GOD.
- HOUSE, SPIRITUAL HOUSE
- HOUSEHOLD, FAMILY
- HOUSEHOLD CODES
- HUMILITY.
- HYMNS, SONGS
- I
- IDOLATRY
- IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
- ILLNESS
- IMITATION
- IMMORTALITY
- IMPERIAL CULT.
- IMPURITY.
- INCARNATION
- INTERCESSION.
- INTERTEXTUALITY IN EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
- ISAAC
- ISRAEL, TWELVE TRIBES
- J
- JAMES, LETTER OF
- JAMES THE JUST.
- JERUSALEM, ZION, HOLY CITY
- JESUS TRADITIONS
- JEWISH CHRISTIANITY
- JEWISH WARS.
- JOHANNINE COMMUNITY/SCHOOL.
- JOHN, LETTERS OF
- JOSEPH THE PATRIARCH.
- JOSEPHUS
- JOY
- JUDAISM, POST-A.D. 70
- JUDE
- JUDGMENT
- JUSTIFICATION
- K
- KERYGMA AND DIDACHE
- KINGDOM OF GOD
- KNOWLEDGE
- KOINONIA
- L
- LAMB
- LAND IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY
- LAST DAYS.
- LAW
- LAWLESSNESS.
- LETTER OF PETER TO PHILIP.
- LETTER, LETTER FORM
- LIBERTY
- LIFE AND DEATH
- LIGHT AND DARKNESS
- LITURGICAL ELEMENTS
- LITURGY
- LOGOS CHRISTOLOGY
- LORD
- LORD'S DAY
- LORD'S SUPPER, LOVE FEAST
- LOT.
- LOVE
- LOVE FEAST.
- LUKE-ACTS.
- LUST.
- M
- MAGIC AND ASTROLOGY
- MAN.
- MANDATES OF HERMAS.
- MARANATHA.
- MARCION
- MARK, SECRET GOSPEL OF
- MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND ADULTERY
- MARTYRDOM
- MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP.
- MARY
- MATTHEAN COMMUNITY
- MELCHIZEDEK
- MELITO OF SARDIS
- MERCY
- MESSIAH.
- MIDRASH.
- MILK, SOLID FOOD
- MILLENNIUM
- MIND.
- MINISTRY
- MIRACLES IN ACTS
- MISHNAH.
- MISSION, EARLY NON-PAULINE
- MONARCHICAL BISHOP.
- MONOTHEISM.
- MONTANISM.
- MORALITY.
- MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY
- MOSES
- MYSTERY
- MYSTERY RELIGIONS.
- N
- NAG HAMMADI TEXTS.
- NAME
- NARRATIVE CRITICISM
- NATIONS.
- NAZOREANS.
- NEW BIRTH
- NEW COVENANT.
- NEW HEAVENS.
- NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
- NOAH.
- NONCANONICAL WRITINGS, CITATIONS IN THE GENERAL EPISTLES
- O
- OBEDIENCE AND LAWLESSNESS
- ODES OF SOLOMAN.
- OFFERINGS.
- OLD TESTAMENT IN ACTS
- OLD TESTAMENT IN APOSTOLIC FATHERS
- OLD TESTAMENT IN GENERAL EPISTLES
- OLD TESTAMENT IN HEBREWS
- OLD TESTAMENT IN REVELATION
- OPPONENTS.
- ORACLES.
- P
- PARABLES OF HERMAS.
- PARAENESIS.
- PAROUSIA
- PASCHAL HOMILY.
- PASCHAL LAMB.
- PASTORAL THEOLOGY
- PAUL AND PAULINISMS IN ACTS
- PAULINE LEGACY AND SCHOOL
- PEACE
- PELLA, FLIGHT TO
- PENTECOST
- PERSECUTION
- PERSEVERANCE.
- 1 PETER
- 2 PETER
- PETER, GOSPEL OF
- PHILIP THE EVANGELIST
- PHILO
- POLEMIC, JEWISH-CHRISTIAN.
- POLYCARP OF SMYRNA
- POSTMODERNISM
- POSTSTRUCTURALISM.
- POVERTY.
- POWER
- PRAYER
- PRAYER ACCLAMATIONS.
- PREACHING, APOSTOLIC.
- PREACHING FROM ACTS, HEBREWS, GENERAL EPISTLES AND REVELATION
- PREACHING OF PETER.
- PREEXISTENCE
- PRESBYTERS.
- PRIDE AND HUMILITY
- PRIEST, HIGH PRIEST
- PRISCILLA
- PROMISE
- PROPHECY, PROPHETS, FALSE PROPHETS
- PROPHETS.
- PROSELYTISM, JEWISH.
- PROVIDENCE
- PSEUDEPIGRAPHAL WRITINGS, CHRISTIAN NONCANONICAL.
- PSEUDEPIGRAPHAL WRITINGS, JEWISH.
- PSEUDEPIGRAPHY
- PSEUDO-CLEMENTINES.
- PSYCHOLOGY
- PUNISHMENT.
- PURITY AND IMPURITY
- Q
- QUMRAN
- QUOTATIONS OF OLD TESTAMENT.
- R
- RABBINICAL SCHOOLS.
- RAHAB.
- READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM.
- REDEMPTION
- REIGN OF GOD.
- RELATIVES OF JESUS
- RELIGIONS, GRECO-ROMAN
- REPENTANCE, SECOND REPENTANCE
- REST.
- RESURRECTION
- REVEAL, REVELATION
- REVELATION.
- REVELATION, BOOK OF
- REVERENCE.
- REWARDS
- RHETORIC, RHETORICAL CRITICISM
- RICHES AND POVERTY
- RIGHTEOUS ONE.
- RIGHTEOUSNESS
- ROMAN ADMINISTRATION.
- ROMAN CHRISTIANITY.
- ROMAN EMPIRE, CHRISTIANS AND THE
- ROME AND ROMAN CHRISTIANITY
- RULE OF FAITH.
- RULER OF THIS AGE.
- S
- SABBATH.
- SABORAIM.
- SACRED SPACE.
- SACRIFICE, OFFERINGS, GIFTS
- SALVATION
- SAMARIA
- SANCTUARY.
- SATAN, DEVIL
- SAVIOR
- SCROLLS, SEALS
- SEA.
- SEALS.
- SECOND APOCALYPSE OF JAMES.
- SECOND REPENTANCE.
- SECRET GOSPEL OF MARK.
- SERMONIC GENRE.
- SERVANT, SERVICE
- SERVICE.
- SEVEN, THE.
- SEXUAL ETHICS.
- SEXUALITY, SEXUAL ETHICS
- SHALOM.
- SHEEP.
- SHEKINAH.
- SHEPHERD, FLOCK
- SHEPHERD OF HERMAS.
- SIBYLLINE ORACLES.
- SIGNS AND WONDERS
- SIMILITUDES OF HERMAS.
- SIMON MAGUS.
- SIN, WICKEDNESS
- SISTERS OF JESUS.
- SLAVE, SLAVERY
- SOCIAL SETTING OF EARLY NON-PAULINE CHRISTIANITY
- SOLID FOOD
- SON OF GOD
- SONGS.
- SONSHIP, CHILD, CHILDREN
- SOUL.
- SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
- SPEECHES OF ACTS.
- SPIRITS
- SPIRITUAL HOUSE.
- STEPHEN
- STONE, CORNERSTONE
- STRANGERS.
- STRUCTURALISM AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
- SUFFERING
- SYNAGOGUE
- SYNCRETISM
- SYRIA, SYRIAN CHRISTIANITY
- T
- TABERNACLE, SANCTUARY
- TABLE FELLOWSHIP.
- TALMUD.
- TANNAIM
- TARGUM.
- TEACHING, PARAENESIS
- TEACHINGS OF SILVANUS.
- TEMPLE
- TEMPTATION
- TER SANCTUS.
- TESTAMENTARY LITERATURE.
- TEXTUAL CRITICISM
- THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS.
- THOMAS, APOSTLE.
- THOMAS, GOSPEL OF
- TONGUES
- TORAH.
- TRADITION.
- TRAVEL AND COMMERCE.
- TRIBULATION, MESSIANIC WOES
- TRUMPETS
- TRUTH
- TWELVE, THE.
- TWELVE TRIBES.
- TWO WAYS.
- TYPOLOGY.
- U
- UNCLEAN.
- UNIVERSALISM
- V
- VALENTINUS.
- VIALS.
- VICES.
- VIRTUES AND VICES
- VISIONS, ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE
- VISIONS OF HERMAS.
- VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS, GRECO-ROMAN.
- W
- WATCHFULNESS
- WICKEDNESS.
- WIDOWS.
- WISDOM
- WITNESS
- WOES, MESSIANIC.
- WOMAN AND MAN
- WOMEN IN THE EARLY CHURCH
- WORKS.
- WORLD
- WORSHIP AND LITURGY
- WRATH, DESTRUCTION
- Z
- ZION.