The HarperCollins Study Bible
Fully Revised and Updated
New Revised Standard Version
Including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
General Editor, Revised Edition
Harold W. Attridge
General Editor, Original Edition
Wayne A. Meeks
Associate Editors
Jouette M. Bassler
Werner E. Lemke
Susan Niditch
Eileen M. Schuller
With the Society of Biblical Literature
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Names and Order of the Books of the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
Alphabetical List of the Books of the New Revised Standard Version (Including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books)
Editorial Board
Contributors
Introduction to the HarperCollins Study Bible
To the Reader
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables
Names and Order of Books of the Bible in Several Traditions
Time Line
Strategies for Reading Scripture
Israelite Religion
The Greco-Roman Context of the New Testament
The Bible and Archaeology
Archaeology and the New Testament
The Hebrew Scriptures/The Old Testament
The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books in Various Bibles
Designations for Books Asssociated with Ezra and Nehemiah
The New Testament
A Table of Parallel Passages in the Four Gospels
Quotations of the Jewish Scriptures in the New Testament
Index to Color Maps
Maps
Copyright
About the Publisher
Names and Order of the Books of the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
The Old Testament
THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel (1 Kingdoms in Greek)
2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms in Greek)
1 Kings (3 Kingdoms in Greek)
2 Kings (4 Kingdoms in Greek)
1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon in Greek)
2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon in Greek)
Ezra
Nehemiah (2 Esdras in Greek)
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
THE APOCRYPHAL/DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS are listed here in four groupings.
(a) Books and Additions to Esther and Daniel that are in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavonic Bibles:
Tobit
Judith
The Additions to the Book of Esther (with a translation of the entire Greek text of Esther)
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach
Baruch
The Letter of Jeremiah (= Baruch ch. 6)
The Additions to the Book of Daniel:
The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews
Susanna
Bel and the Dragon
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
(b) Books in the Greek and Slavonic Bibles; not in the Roman Catholic canon:
1 Esdras (= 2 Esdras in Slavonic, = 3 Esdras in Vulgate Appendix)
Prayer of Manasseh (in Vulgate Appendix)
Psalm 151 (following Psalm 150 in the Greek Bible)
3 Maccabees
(c) In the Slavonic Bible and in the Latin Vulgate Appendix:
2 Esdras (= 3 Esdras in Slavonic, = 4 Esdras in Vulgate Appendix)
(Note: In the Latin Vulgate, Ezra–Nehemiah = 1 and 2 Esdras.)
(d) In an Appendix to the Greek Bible:
4 Maccabees
The New Testament
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
Alphabetical List of the Books of the New Revised Standard Version (Including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books)
Acts
Amos
Baruch
Bel and the Dragon
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Colossians
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Daniel
Deuteronomy
Ecclesiastes
Ephesians
1 Esdras
2 Esdras
Esther
Esther with the Additions
Exodus
Ezekiel
Ezra
Galatians
Genesis
Habakkuk
Haggai
Hebrews
Hosea
Isaiah
James
Jeremiah
Job
Joel
John
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jonah
Joshua
Jude
Judges
Judith
1 Kings
2 Kings
Lamentations
Letter of Jeremiah
Leviticus
Luke
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees
4 Maccabees
Malachi
Mark
Matthew
Micah
Nahum
Nehemiah
Numbers
Obadiah
1 Peter
2 Peter
Philemon
Philippians
Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews
Prayer of Manasseh
Proverbs
Psalm 151
Psalms
Revelation
Romans
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Song of Solomon
Susanna
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Tobit
Wisdom of Solomon
Zechariah
Zephaniah
Editorial Board
REVISED EDITION
GENERAL EDITOR
Harold W. Attridge, Ph.D.
Dean and
Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament
Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut
ORIGINAL EDITION
GENERAL EDITOR
Wayne A. Meeks, Ph.D.
Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Jouette M. Bassler, Ph.D.
Professor of New Testament
Perkins School of Theology
New Testament
Werner E. Lemke, Th.D.
Baptist Missionary Training School Professor Emeritus
of Biblical Interpretation
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School,
Rochester, New York
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Susan Niditch, Ph.D.
Samuel Green Professor of Religion
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Eileen M. Schuller, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
CONSULTING EDITOR
James Luther Mays, Ph.D.
Cyrus McCormick Professor Emeritus of Hebrew
and Old Testament Interpretation
Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School
of Christian Education, Richmond, Virginia
Contributors
Paul J. Achtemeier, Th.D. Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation; Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education; Richmond, Virginia; 1 Peter
James S. Ackerman, Th.D. Professor of Religious Studies; Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana; Jonah
Harold W. Attridge, Ph.D. Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament; Yale University Divinity School; New Haven, Connecticut; John, Philemon, Hebrews, 1, 2, 3 John
David E. Aune, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Theology; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana; The Greco-Roman Context of the New Testament, Revelation
David L. Balch, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament; Brite Divinity School; Texas Christian University; Fort Worth, Texas; 1 Peter
John Barton, D.Phil., D.Litt. Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture; University of Oxford, Oriel College; Oxford, England; Strategies for Reading Scripture
Jouette M. Bassler, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University; Dallas, Texas; 2 Thessalonians, 1, 2 Timothy, Titus
Richard J. Bauckham, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament; St. Mary’s College; University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews, Scotland; 2 Peter, Jude
Ehud Ben Zvi, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies; University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Obadiah
Adele Berlin, Ph.D. Robert H. Smith Professor of Hebrew Bible; University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland; Ruth
C. Clifton Black, Ph.D. Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology; Princeton Theological Seminary; Princeton, New Jersey; Mark
†Robert G. Boling, Ph.D. Joshua, Judges
Roger S. Boraas, Ph.D. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; Consultant for Maps
Claudia V. Camp, Ph.D. Professor of Religion; Texas Christian University; Fort Worth, Texas; Proverbs
Richard J. Clifford, Ph.D. Professor of Old Testament; Weston Jesuit School of Theology; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Letter of Jeremiah
David J. A. Clines, M.A. Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies; University of Sheffield; Sheffield, England; Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 Esdras
John J. Collins, Ph.D. Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation; Yale University Divinity School; New Haven, Connecticut; Daniel, Judith, 3 Maccabees
Stephen L. Cook, Ph.D. Associate Professor Old Testament; Virginia Theological Seminary; Alexandria, Virginia; Hosea
Toni Craven, Ph.D. I. Wylie and Elizabeth Briscoe Professor of Hebrew Bible; Brite Divinity School; Texas Christian University; Fort Worth, Texas; Judith
Sidnie White Crawford, Ph.D. Professor of Hebrew Bible; University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Lincoln, Nebraska; Esther, Additions to Esther
James L. Crenshaw, Ph.D. Robert L. Flowers Professor of Old Testament; The Divinity School; Duke University; Durham, North Carolina; Job
J. Andrew Dearman, Ph.D. Professor of Old Testament; Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; Austin, Texas; Amos
Carol J. Dempsey, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Theology; University of Portland; Portland, Oregon; Micah
Dennis C. Duling, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies; Canisius College; Buffalo, New York; Matthew
John T. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Associate Professor of New Testament; University of Miami; Coral Gables, Florida; 2 Corinthians
Carole R. Fontaine, Ph.D. Taylor Professor of Biblical Theology and History; Andover-Newton Theological School; Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Proverbs
Michael V. Fox, Ph.D. Jay C. and Ruth Halls-Bascom Professor of Hebrew; University of Wisconsin; Madison, Wisconsin; Song of Solomon
Victor Paul Furnish, Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University; Dallas, Texas; 1 Corinthians
Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Ph.D. Helen H. P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis; Princeton Theological Seminary; Princeton, New Jersey; Acts
Jeffrey C. Geoghegan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Theology; Boston College; Boston, Massachusetts; Letter of Jeremiah
Edward L. Greenstein, Ph.D. Professor of Bible; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv, Israel; Exodus
Jo Ann Hackett, Ph.D. Professor of the Practice of Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic Epigraphy; Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Numbers
Daniel J. Harrington, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament; Weston Jesuit School of Theology; Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1, 2 Maccabees
Richard B. Hays, Ph.D. George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament; The Divinity School; Duke University; Durham, North Carolina; Galatians
Ronald Hendel, Ph.D. Professor of Hebrew Bible; University of California at Berkeley; Berkeley, California; Israelite Religion, Genesis
Richard A. Henshaw, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Old Testament; Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School; Rochester, New York; Joel, Obadiah
Ronald F. Hock, Ph.D. Professor of Religion; University of Southern California; Los Angeles, California; Philippians, Philemon
W. Lee Humphreys, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Esther, Esther with the Additions
Leander E. Keck, Ph.D. Winkley Emeritus Professor of Biblical Theology; Yale University Divinity School; New Haven, Connecticut; Romans
Philip J. King, S.T.D. Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies; Boston College; Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; Micah
Ralph W. Klein, Th.D. Christ Seminary–Seminex Professor of Old Testament; Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; 1, 2 Chronicles
Edgar M. Krentz, Ph.D. Christ Seminary–Seminex Professor of New Testament, Emeritus; Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; 1 Thessalonians
Sophie Laws, B.Litt., M.A. Oxon. Professor of History and Religion; Regent’s College; London, England; James
Werner E. Lemke, Th.D. Baptist Missionary Training School Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation; Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School; Rochester, New York; Lamentations
S. Dean McBride Jr., Ph.D. Cyrus H. McCormick Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation; Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education; Richmond, Virginia; Deuteronomy
P. Kyle McCarter Jr., Ph.D. William Foxwell Albright Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland; 1, 2 Samuel
Burton L. Mack, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of New Testament; Claremont School of Theology; Claremont, California; Sirach
Christopher R. Matthews, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor of New Testament; Weston Jesuit School of Theology; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Luke
James Luther Mays, Ph.D. Cyrus McCormick Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation; Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education; Richmond, Virginia; Hosea
Eric M. Meyers, Ph.D. Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic Studies; Duke University; Durham, North Carolina; The Bible and Archaeology
Jacob Milgrom, D.H.L. Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Bible; University of California at Berkeley; Berkeley, California; Leviticus
Patrick D. Miller, Ph.D. Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology Emeritus; Princeton Theological Seminary; Princeton, New Jersey; Psalms
Pamela J. Milne, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies; University of Windsor; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Daniel
Richard D. Nelson, Ph.D. W. J. A. Power Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament; Interpretation; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University; Dallas, Texas; Joshua, Judges
Carol A. Newsom, Ph.D. Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament; Candler School of Theology; Emory University; Atlanta, Georgia; Baruch