Pardon me a moment whilst I mop up the drool puddle from my desk ...

Ok, I'm ready now.

Flipping through the SBL Annual Meeting program book, I noticed an advert for Hendrickson Publishers.

Specifically, I noted a book by Craig A. Evans, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. So, I hopped to Amazon.com and see that it is to be released in November. This thing sounds awesome; here's an excerpt from the blurb from Hendrickson's site:

Evans’s dexterous survey—a thoroughly revised and significantly expanded edition of his Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation—amasses the requisite details of date, language, text, translation, and general bibliography. Evans also evaluates the materials’ relevance for interpreting the NT. The vast range of literature examined includes the Old Testament apocrypha, the Old Testament pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, assorted ancient translations of the Old Testament and the Targum paraphrases, Philo and Josephus, Rabbinic texts, the New Testament pseudepigrapha, the early church fathers, various gnostic writings, and more. Six appendixes, including a list of quotations, allusions, and parallels to the NT, and a comparison of Jesus’ parables with those of the rabbis will further save the interpreter precious time.

Nota Bene: It's cheaper at Amazon by around twelve bucks. But I'm hoping it'll be even cheaper at the SBL Annual Meeting ...