The New Testament Background: Selected Documents offers a rich anthology of ancient writings that illuminate the cultural, religious, and historical context of the New Testament era. Curated by C. K. Barrett, the collection includes selections from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (e.g., 1 Enoch, 4 Ezra), Dead Sea Scrolls, Eusebius, Gnostic literature (such as Nag Hammadi texts), Greek and Latin authors like Aristotle and Tacitus, inscriptions, Josephus, the Septuagint, Targums, papyri, Philo, and Rabbinic literature (including Midrashim, Mishnah, and Talmuds).