Josephus, Judea, and Christian Origins: Methods and Categories, by Steve Mason This is a collection of essays focusing on the threads in Josephus (a first century Jewish historian and apologist whose works provide valuable insight into the background of first century Judaism and early Christianity) that are of particular interest to people studying the background and development of Christianity. 464pp Paper
Witness in the Holy Land, Maria C. Khoury This well written book brings to our attention the intolerable conditions under which Orthodox Palestinian Christians and others live in the Holy Land. 222pp Paper