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Books Jesus Read

Gera, Deborah Levine. Judith . Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature. Boston: de Gruyter, 2013. The best one-volume commentary on a book of the Apocrypha. Goldstein, Jonathan A. 1 Maccabees . Anchor Bible 41A. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Standard commentary on 1 Maccabees. Goodspeed, Edgar J. The Story of the Apocrypha . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939. A classic work on the significance of the Apocrypha. Helyer, Larry R. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students . Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2002. The best one-volume historical survey of the Apocrypha and other intertestamental writings. Keck, Leander E. The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary . Vols. 3–5. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996–1997. The standard, widely available commentary on the Apocrypha. Moore, Carey A. Daniel, Esther, and Jeremiah: The Additions . Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995. ______. Tobit . Anchor Bible 40A. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1996. A standard commentary on these books.