The Jewish writings of the Second Temple Period (often called the "Intertestamental Period") are significant for the interpretation of the NT as they bear witness to the historical, literary, and theological context of the apostolic writings. This page will list resources for many of these works in order to provide a basic point of entry into the discussions surrounding them with a focus on their significance for the interpretation of the NT. The following works will be included here: 1. Greek translations of the OT (also called the Septuagint, or LXX); 2. the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS); 3. OT Apocrypha; 4. OT Pseudepigrapha; 5. Rabbinic Literature; 6. Philo; 7. Targums; 8. Josephus.
The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism by 
Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period by 
The Cambridge History of Judaism (4 Vols) by 
From the Maccabees to the Mishnah (2nd ed.) by 
Judaism Before Jesus by 
Judaism and Hellenism by Jews, Greeks and Barbarians by 
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha
The Old Testament Apocrypha by An Introduction to the Apocrypha by 
The Targums by 
Targum and Testament Revisited by 
A New English Translation of the Septuagint by 
Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes by 
Invitation to the Septuagint by 
Septuagint by 
The Septuagint in Context by An introduction to the Old Testament in Greek by The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research by 
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by 
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by The Jewish Pseudepigrapha : An Introduction to the Literature of the Second Temple Period by Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament by The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by 
The Dead Sea Scrolls Today by 
Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls by Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls by 
Dead Sea scrolls : Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts with English translations by 
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature by 
Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash by The Mishnah: A New Translation by 
The Mishnah: An Introduction by 
Philo: In Ten Volumes
Philo of Alexandria by 
The Cambridge Companion to Philo by The Works of Flavius Josephus (4 Vols.) by The Jewish war [by] Josephus by 
Josephus, Judea, and Christian Origins by 
Josephus in Galilee and Rome by 
