Recommended Reading for your own personal studies.

1. A Survey of Israel’s History

   

   Author: Leon Wood Revised by: David O'Brien Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 1986 ISBN: 031034770X Description:... More Details

2. Aegean Turkey

   

   Author: George Bean Publisher: Norton, W.W& Company, Inc. IBSN: 0393013286 Description: An archelogical guide focusing on various aspects... More Details

3. Anchor Bible Dictionary

   

   Editor: David Noel Freedman Publisher: Doubleday IBSN:038542583x Description: This six-volume set offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment... More Details

4. Ancient Civilizations and Ruins of Turkey

   

   Author: Ekrem Akurgal Publisher: Kegan Paul Intl. IBSN: 0710307764 Description: Contains detailed information on the main sites to... More Details

5. Archeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000- 586 B.C.E

   

   Author: Amihai Mazar Publisher: Doubleday, New York, 1990 ISBN: 0385425902 Description: This text illustrates what each major archaeological... More Details

6. Baker Encyclopedia of Bible Plants: Flowers and Trees, Fruit and Vegetables, Ecology

   

   Author: F. Nigel Hepper Editor: J. Gordon Melton Publisher: Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1993 ASIN: 0801043611... More Details

7. Building God’s House in the Roman World

   

   Author: L. Michael White Publisher: Trinity Press International IBSN: 156338180X Description: In this volume, White uses literary, archaeological,... More Details

8. Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism

   

   Editor: Hershel Shanks Publisher: Biblical Archaeology Society IBSN: 1880317087 Description: This parallel history of Judaism and Christianity presents... More Details

9. Cities of the Biblical World

   

   Author: Lamoine F. DeVries Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. IBSN: 1565631455 Description: This text introduces the archaeology, geography, and... More Details

10. Constantine’s Sword

    

    Author: James Carroll Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company IBSN:0395779278 Description: A Catholic priest turned novelist, Carroll traces the 2,000-year... More Details

11. Dead Sea Scrolls Today

    

    Author: James C. Vander Kam Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Co. IBSN:0802807364 Description: A renowned Dead Sea Scrolls researcher offers... More Details

12. Dead Sea Scrolls Translated

    

    Author: Florentino Martinez Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated IBSN:9004100881 Description: Provides an authoritative new English translation of the... More Details

13. Desert and Shepherd in Our Biblical Heritage

    

    Author: Nogah Hareuveni Publisher: The Biblican Landscape Reserve in Israel IBSN:9652330175 Description: Text and photos transport the reader... More Details

14. Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period

    

    Author: Jacob Neusner Publisher: Simon & Schuster IBSN:0028972929 Description: This accurate and readable reference defines concepts, religious practices,... More Details

15. Eerdmans’ Handbook to the Bible

    

    Edited by David Alexander and Pat Alexander Published by Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, 1983, 1993 (New Revised... More Details

16. Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 14: Shavuot

    

    Editors: Cecil Roth, Geoffrey Wigoder Publisher: Coronet Books, 2002 ISBN: 9650702040 Description: In-depth articles on all subjects within... More Details

17. Every Man’s Talmud

    

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18. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah

    

    Author: Shaye J.D. Cohen Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press IBSN: 0664250173 Description: A thematic study of Judaic religion... More Details

19. God in Search of Man

    

    Author: Abraham Heschel Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux IBSN: 0374513317 Description: Heschel discusses in rich and lucid prose... More Details

20. Holman Bible Dictionary

    

    Editor: Trent C. Butler Publisher: Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, 1991 ISBN: 1558190538 Description: This excellent reference tool provides... More Details

21. Israel: An Echo of Eternity

    

    Author: Abraham Heschel Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing IBSN: 1879045702 Description: Israel: An Echo of Eternity discusses the past,... More Details

22. Israel: Splendors of the Holy Land

    

    Author: Sarah Kochav Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1995 ISBN: 0500016682 Description: This text brings together some of the... More Details

23. Jesus

    

    Author: David Flusser Publisher: Magnes Press, Hebrew University IBSN: 965223978X Description: A compelling portrait of Jesus which gains... More Details

24. Jesus and His Jewish Parables

    

    Author: Brad H. Young Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1989 ASIN: 0809130319 Description: Jesus and His Jewish Parables presents... More Details

25. Jesus in the Eyes of His Followers

    

    Author: Peter Pokorny Publisher: D. & F. Scott Publishing, Incorporated IBSN: 0941037657 Description: Describes the various early Christologies... More Details

26. Jesus in the World of Judaism

    

    Author: Geza Vermes Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers IBSN: 0800617843 More Details

27. Jesus the Jew

    

    Author: Geza Vermes Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers IBSN: 0800614437 Description: Vermes shows how the major New Testament title... More Details

28. Jesus the Jewish Theologian

    

    Author: Brad H. Young Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass., 1995 ISBN: 1565630602 Description: Jesus the Jewish Theologian establishes... More Details

29. Jesus Within Judaism: New Light from Exciting Archaeological Discoveries

    

    Author: James H. Charlesworth Publisher: Doubleday, New York, 1988 ASIN: 0385236107 Description: Based on manuscript and archaeological discoveries... More Details

30. Jesus, Rabbi and Lord

    

    Author: Robert L. Lindsey Publisher: Cornerstone Pub & Distribution Inc. IBSN: 0962395005 Description: Jesus used the Hebrew language... More Details

31. Jewish New Testament Commentary

    

    Author: David H. Stern Publisher: Jewish New Testament Publications, Clarksville, Md., 1992 ISBN: 9653590111 Description: In this text,... More Details

32. Jewish Sources in Early Christianity

    

    Author: David Flusser Publisher: MOD Books ISBN:9650504664 Description: Discusses, in clear and accessible terms, the Jewish roots of... More Details

33. Judaism and the Origins of Christianity

    

    Author: David Flusser Publisher: MOD Books, 1988 ISBN: 9652236276 Description: For more than three decades, Professor David Flusser... More Details

34. Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era

    

    Author: George F. Moore Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc ISBN:1565632869 Description: Besides looking at the historical issues surrounding Judaism,... More Details

35. King Herod’s Dream: Caesarea on the Sea

    

    Author: Kenneth G. Holum Publisher: W.W Norton, New York, 1988 ASIN: 0393024938 Description: King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on... More Details

36. Listening to the Language of the Bible

    

    Listening to the Language of the Bible is a devotional guide for discovering the richness of the Scriptures... More Details

37. Living in the Time of Jesus of Nazareth

    

    Author: Peter Conolly Publisher: Steimatzky, Tel Aviv, 1983 ASIN: 8475252303 Description: Living in the Time of Jesus of... More Details

38. Mythology

    

    Author: Edith Hamilton Publisher: Warner Books, Incorporated ISBN: 0446607258 Description: A collection of Greek and Roman myths from... More Details

39. Nature in Our Biblical Heritage

    

    Author: Nogah Hareuveni Publisher: Neot Kedumim, Ltd., Kiryat Ono, Israel, 1980 ASIN: 9652330027 Description: This book answers many... More Details

40. Nazarene Jewish Christianity

    

    Author: Ray A. Pritz Publisher: Gefen Publishing House ISBN: 9652237981 Description: A comprehensive study of the heirs of... More Details

41. New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus

    

    New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus is a collection of some of his best writing on... More Details

42. New Testament History: A Narrative Account

    

    Author: Ben Witherington Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 0801022932 Description: In this succinct yet readable narrative, Witherington carries the... More Details

43. Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith

    

    Author: Marvin R. Wilson Publisher: Eedermans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 1986 ISBN: 0802804233 Description: This volume defines... More Details

44. Paul Among the Jews and Gentiles

    

    Author: Krister Stendahl Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers ISBN: 0800612248 More Details

45. Paul and Palestinian Judaism

    

    Author: E.P Sanders Publisher: Fortress Press ISBN: 0800618998 Description: In Paul and Palestinian Judaism, a comparision of Palestinian... More Details

46. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism

    

    Author: W.D Davies Publisher: Sigler Press ISBN: 1888961066 Description: This book calls readers to situate Paul within a... More Details

47. Paul the Jewish Theologian

    

    Author: Brad H. Young Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass., 1999 ISBN: 1565632486 Description: This book reveals Paul as... More Details

48. Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees in Palestinian Society

    

    Author: Anthony Saldarini Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN: 0802843581 Description: Applying a sociological approach to the... More Details

49. Reader’s Digest Atlas of the Bible

    

    Reader's Digest Atlas of the Bible Editor: Joseph L. Gardner Publisher: Reader's Digest, New York, 1993 Description: An... More Details

50. Roots of Rabbinic Judaism

    

    Author: Gabriele Boccaccini Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN: 0802843611 Description: Through careful analysis of Second Temple... More Details

51. Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus

    

    How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith Author: Ann Spangler & Lois Tverberg Publisher: Zondervan Publishing... More Details

52. The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor

    

    Author: Edwin M. Yamauchi Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 0801099153 Description: More Details

53. The Archeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church

    

    Author: Jack Finegan Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1978 ISBN: 0691002207 Description: An authoritative, illustrated account of what... More Details

54. The Changing Faces of Jesus

    

    Author: Geza Vermes Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated ISBN: 0142196029 Description: This book explores the New Testament writings... More Details

55. The Earth is the Lord’s

    

    Author: Abraham Heschel Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing ISBN: 1879045427 Description: This book powerfully and beautifully portrays a bygone... More Details

56. The First Urban Christians

    

    Author: Wayne A. Meeks Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300032447 Description: What was it like to be an... More Details

57. The Jewish People in the First Century

    

    Authors: Safrai, Shmuel, Stern, Flusser, VanUnnik Publisher: Van Gorcum ISBN:9023210700 Description: Discusses the historical geography, political history, social,... More Details

58. The Jewish Reclamation of Jesus

    

    Author: Donald A. Hagner Publisher: Zondervan ISBN:0310334314 Description: An analysis and critique of the modern Jewish study of... More Details

59. The JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus

    

    Author: Nahum M. Sarna Publisher: Jewish Publication Society, New York, 1991 ISBN: 0827603274 Description: Drawing upon classical and... More Details

60. The Land

    

    Author: Walter Brueggemann Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers ISBN:0800626648 Description: This book identifies six discrete ideologies in the Hebrew... More Details

61. The Letters to Seven Churches

    

    Author: William M. Ramsay Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 1565630599 Description: Anyone interested in Asia Minor or the... More Details

62. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

    

    Author: Alfred Edersheim Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody Mass., 1994 ISBN: 0943575834 Description: The Life and Times of Jesus... More Details

63. The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands

    

    Author: Barry J. Beitzel Publisher: Moody Press, Chicago, 1993 ISBN: 0802404383 Description: The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands... More Details

64. The New Testament and the People of God

    

    Author: N.T. Wright Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers ISBN: 0800626818 Description: By describing the history, social make-up, worldview, beliefs,... More Details

65. The Parables

    

    Author: Brad Young Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated ISBN: 1565632443 Description: Young examines the parables that best illustrate the... More Details

66. The Poet and the Peasant

    

    Author: Kenneth E. Bailey Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company ISBN: 0802819478 Description: Bailey draws on more than... More Details

67. The Poet and the Peasant

    

    Author: Kenneth E. Bailey Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company ISBN: 0802819478 Description: Bailey draws on more than... More Details

68. The Prophets

    

    Author: Abraham Heschel Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 0060936991 Description: The Prophets provides a unique opportunity for readers of... More Details

69. The Religion of Jesus the Jew

    

    Author: Geza Vermes Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers ISBN: 0800627970 Description: Vermes continues his re-evaluation of the 'historic' Jesus... More Details

70. The Revelation of John

    

    Author: William Barclay Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press ISBN: 0664241166 Description: Dr. Barclay does more than clarify the... More Details

71. The Sabbath

    

    Author: Abraham Heschel Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374512671 Description: A scholarly meditation of the nature and... More Details

72. The Sages

    

    Author: Ephraim E. Urbach Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674785231 More Details

73. The Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture

    

    Author: Roland Worth Publisher: Paulist Press ISBN: 0809138778 Description: In this book, each of the seven cities is... More Details

74. The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture

    

    Author: Roland Worth Publisher: Paulist Press ISBN:0809138743 Description: While focusing on Roman government and culture, Worth acquaints the... More Details

75. The Social Origins of Christian Architecture

    

    Author: L. Michael White Publisher: Trinity Press International ISBN: 156338180X Description: White uses literary, archaeological, and documentary sources... More Details

76. The Source

    

    Author: James Michener Publisher: Fawcett Books, 1992 ISBN: 0449211479 Description: Michener presents a magnificent and spellbinding expedition through... More Details

77. The Temple

    

    Author: Alfred Edersheim Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994 ISBN: 1565631366 Description: The Temple works as a tour guide to... More Details

78. The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged

    

    Translator: Willian Whiston Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass., 1987 ISBN: 0913573868 Description: The writings of Josephus—a first-century Jewish... More Details

79. Theology in Rabbinic Stories

    

    Author: Chaim Pearl Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 1565632850 Description: This book introduces readers to the folkloric content... More Details

80. Tree and Shrub in Our Biblical Heritage

    

    Author: Nogah Hareuveni Publisher: The Biblical Landscape Reserve ISBN: 9652330116 Description: Both words and trees take on new... More Details

81. Turkey’s Religious Sites

    

    Author: Anna Edmonds Publisher: Damko ASIN: 9758227009 More Details

82. Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus

    

    How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life   by Lois Tverberg © Zondervan, 2012 ISBN:... More Details

83. With Jesus Through Galilee

    

    Author: Bargil Pixner Publisher: Corazin Publishing, 1992 ASIN: 0814624278 Description: With the help of pictures and historical maps,... More Details