This unique reference work gathers into one handy volume the key extrabiblical texts that provide the necessary background for passages in the Gospels, along with introductory comments by the editors.
Overview of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
By: Darrell L. BockOverview of the Gospels
Matthew
Irenaeus, Against the Heresies 3.1.1
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 5.8
Josephus, Antiquities 20.197-203
Mark
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.39.15
Irenaeus, Against the Heresies 3.1.1-2
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 6.14
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 106
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 2.15.2
John Chysostom, Homilies of Matthew 1.3
Luke
Justin Martyr, Dialogues with Trypho 103.19
Irenaeus, Against the Heresies 3.1.1 and 3.14.1
Tertullian, Against Marcion 4.2.2 and 4.5.3
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.4.7
1, 2 Clement
John
Anti-Marcionite Prologue to John
Muratorian Canon
Ireneaus, Epistle to Florinus
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 5.20.6
Irenaeus, Against the Heresies 3.1.2

