Discussion Questions for Colossians 4:2-6
TEXT: Colossians 4:2-6
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Discussion Questions:
- Paul encourages the Colossians to be steadfast, vigilant (watchful), and thankful in prayer. Why do you think he lists these three things? How accurately does this describe your prayer life?
- Alexander Maclaren says that, “Our lives will then be noble and grave, and woven into a harmonious unity, when they are based upon continual communion with, continual desire after, and continual submission to, God. If they are not, they will be worth nothing and will come to nothing.” Do you agree? What is the significance of this statement for your life?
- One nineteenth century preacher said, “Some have zealously used truth to convert men, and laid very little stress on prayer. They have preached, and talked, and distributed tracts with great zeal, and then wondered that they had so little success.” Do you think that some ministries fail simply because they are not bathed in prayer?
- How does Paul ask that they pray for him? Is this the kind of prayer request that you make of others?
- Paul is in prison, yet his concern is primarily that the gospel of Christ be declared. How concerned are you that the mystery of Christ be proclaimed to those in need of him?
- Paul assumes that they are living their lives in the midst of unbelievers, and encourages them to be wise in word and conduct. Do you think it is hard to be in the world but not of it? How much wisdom is required to successfully live a Christian life in a potentially hostile environment?
- What do you think Paul means when he writes, “Let your speech always be gracious”? Is it possible to be gracious and to still present a message that might be hard to receive?
- He encourages them to let their conversation be “seasoned with salt”. “In classical writers ‘salt’ expressed the wit with which conversation was flavoured.” (Peake) What is the implication of this for the way we share the gospel with others?
Christology bibliography
I believe that the following bibliography for the study of Christology was compiled a few years ago by some of the faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Strongly Recommended Texts:
Denney, J. The Death of Christ. Tyndale,1951; Paternoster, 1997.
Green, J. B., and M. D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross. Paternoster, 2000.
Hawthorne, Gerald F., and Ralph P. Martin, eds. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993
I. H. Marshall, The Origins of New Testament Christology (IVP, 19902)
Reference:
There are important articles on most of the key terms in the four IVP reference volumes: the required Dictionary of Paul and his Letters (DPL), as well as Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (DJG), Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments (DLNTD), and Dictionary of New Testament Background (Consult all 4 volumes, since sometimes a topic is covered in more than one volume). See also the articles in NIDNTT (not quite so up-to-date and patchy) and the more technical articles in TDNT.
Recommended reading
Relevant articles in the four IVP Dictionaries of the New Testament.
R. N. Longenecker (ed.), Contours of Christology in the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2005)
J. R. W. Stott, The Cross of Christ (Leicester; Inter-Varsity Press, 1986).
B. Witherington, III, The Many Faces of the Christ (New York: Crossroad, 1998).
I. Bradley, The Power of Sacrifice (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1995).
M. Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991).
A. J. Hultgren, Christ and His Benefits (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988).
L. W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).
B. Witherington, III, The Christology of Jesus (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990).
General
(Books marked with * are introductory.)
The person of Christ
*R. E. Brown, An Introduction to New Testament Christology
R. Bultmann, Theology of the New Testament
G. B. Caird, New Testament Theology
C. C. Caragounis, The Son of Man
M. Casey, Son of Man
M. Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
J. H. Charlesworth (ed.), The Messiah
O. Cullmann, The Christology of the New Testament
C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel
J. D. G. Dunn, Christology in the Making SCM
J. D. G. Dunn, The Theology of Paul the Apostle
R. H. Fuller, The Foundations of New Testament Christology
J. B. Green & M. Turner, Jesus of Nazareth: Lord and Christ
F. Hahn, The Titles of Jesus in Christology
M. J. Harris, Jesus as God
M. Hengel, The Son of God
M. Hengel, Studies in Early Christology
J. Hick (ed.), The Myth of God Incarnate
M. D. Hooker, The Son of Man in Mark
L. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
M. de Jonge, Christology in Context
S. Kim, The Origin of Paul’s Gospel
S. Kim, “The ‘Son of Man’” as the Son of God
W. Kramer, Christ, Lord, Son of God
B. Lindars, Jesus Son of Man
R. N. Longenecker, Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period
R. N. Longenecker (ed.), Contours of Christology in the New Testament
*I. H. Marshall, The Origins of New Testament Christology
I. H. Marshall, Jesus the Saviour: Studies in NT Theology
R. P. Martin. Carmen Christi
*C. F. D. Moule, The Origin of Christology
J. Neusner (et al.), Judaisms and their Messiahs
P. Pokorný, The Genesis of Christology
M. A. Powell and D. R. Bauer, Who do you say that I am? Essays on Christology
H. H. Rowdon (ed.), Christ the Lord
P. Satterthwaite (ed.), The Lord’s Anointed
S. S. Smalley, John: Evangelist and Interpreter
V. Taylor, The Person of Jesus in New Testament Teaching
C. Tuckett (ed.), The Messianic Secret
J. Verheyden, The Unity of Luke-Acts
G. Vermes, Jesus the Jew
G. Vos, The Self-Disclosure of Jesus
B. Witherington, III, The Christology of Jesus
*B. Witherington, III, The Many Faces of the Christ
N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God
The work of Christ
C. E. Arnold, Powers of Darkness
R. T. Beckwith and M. J. Selman, Sacrifice in the Bible
W. H. Bellinger, Jr. and W. R. Farmer (ed.), Jesus and the Suffering Servant
I. Bradley, The Power of Sacrifice
R. J. Daly, The Origins of the Christian Doctrine of Sacrifice
J. Denney, The Death of Christ
J. T. Forestell, The Word of Salvation
R. B. Gaffin, Jr, The Centrality of the Resurrection: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology
J. B. Green and M. D. Baker, Recovering the Scandal of the Cross
D. Hill, Greek Words and Hebrew Meanings
A. J. Hultgren, Christ and His Benefits
A. T. Hanson, The Paradox of the Cross in the Thought of St Paul
M. Hengel, The Atonement
M. D. Hooker, Jesus and the Servant
W. Horbury & B. McNeil, Suffering and Martyrdom in the New Testament
R. Leivestad, Christ the Conqueror
B. H. McLean, ‘The absence of an atoning sacrifice in Paul’s soteriology’, NTS 38 (1992), 531-55.
B. H. McLean, The Cursed Christ: Mediterranean Expulsion Rituals and Pauline Soteriology
*I. H. Marshall, The Work of Christ
R. P. Martin, Reconciliation
G. F. Moore, Judaism in the first centuries of the Christian era: The age of the Tannaim
L. Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross
*L. Morris, The Cross in the New Testament
J. I. Packer, Celebrating the Saving Work of God
J. S. Pobee, Persecution and Martyrdom in the Theology of Paul
E. P. Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism
T. Smail, One and For All: A Confession of the Cross
D. M. Stanley, Christ’s Resurrrection in Pauline Soteriology
J. R. W. Stott, The Cross of Christ
V. Taylor, Jesus and his Sacrifice
V. Taylor, The Atonement in New Testament Teaching
V. Taylor, Forgiveness and Reconciliation
D. E. H. Whiteley, The Theology of St Paul
F. Young, Sacrifice and the Death of Christ
Commenting on Commentaries on the Book of John
Many years ago I worked for John A. Burns in the Wallace Library. I was always impressed by the breadth of his knowledge of theological literature. Twenty-five years ago the Criswell Theological Journal included an article by Burns entitled Commenting On Commentaries on the Book of John. That has been quite awhile ago, but a survey of his recommendations reveals that most of his suggestions have stood the test of time. Below are some of his recommendations that are still in print.
Books that will assist in the literary study of the Fourth Gospel:
A study aid for the student that does not require facility of New Testament Greek:
More resources for the study of key words:
Resources for background information on John:
Seminal studies in the Gospel According to John:
Devotional studies in this gospel:
For those who can find their way through theological divergences:
Study guides reinforcing the unity of the book:
And, four commentaries that are “usable by everyone, their cost is not prohibitive, they have verse-by-verse, exposition of the Greek text, and they are not conditioned by severe and unsympathetic methodologies that are destructive to confidence in the Bible”:
New Testament Comprehensive Bibliography – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
The following books and articles are some of those appearing on the Comprehensive Reading List for PhD candidates in New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
INTRODUCTORY STUDIES
Relevant major articles in the following reference collection published by InterVarsity Press,
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Dictionary of New Testament Background: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter. 2000.
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Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Edited by Joel B. Green, Scott McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall. 1992.
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Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne and Ralph P. Martin. 1993.
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Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments. Edited by Ralph P. Martin. 1997.
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and in The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Introduction
Bauer, W. Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971.
Carson, D. A., and Douglas J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.
Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction. 4th rev. ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1990.
Käsemann, E. Essays on New Testament Themes. Translated by W. J. Montague. London: SCM, 1964; reprint, Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982.
Kümmel, W. G. Introduction to the New Testament. Rev. ed. Translated by Howard Clark Kee. Nashville: Abingdon, 1975.
Lohse, Eduard. The Formation of the New Testament. Translated by M. Eugene Boring. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981.
Moule, C. F. D. The Birth of the New Testament. 3rd rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1982.
Background and History
Alexander, Philip S. “Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament.” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche 74 (1983): 237-46.
Aune, David E. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Library of Early Christianity. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1987.
Carson, D. A., P. T. O’Brien, & M. A. Seifrid, eds. The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism. Vol. 1 of Justification and Variegated Nomism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.
Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1983-85.
deSilva, David A. Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, & Significance. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.
Elliott, M. A. The Survivors of Israel: A Reconsideration of the Theology of Pre-Christian Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Fitzmyer, J. A. Essays on the Semitic Background of the New Testament. Chico: Scholars, 1974.
Hanson, K. C., and Douglas E. Oakman. Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1998.
Hengel, Martin. Judaism and Hellenism: Studies in their Encounter in Palestine during the Early Hellenistic Period. Translated by J. Bowden. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1981.
Hoehner, Harold. Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977.
Koester, Helmut. History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age. 2nd ed. New York: de Gruyter, 1995.
Marshall, I. Howard. “Palestinian and Hellenistic Christianity: Some Critical Comments.” NTS 19 (1972-73): 271-87.
McLay, R. T. The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Neusner, Jacob. Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002.
Strack, H. L., and G. Stemberger. Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash. 2nd rev. ed. Translated by M. Bockmuehl. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1991.
VanderKam, James C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
Formation
Baird, J. A. Holy Word: The Paradigm of New Testament Formation. Sheffield: Trinity Academic, 2002.
Bauckham, R. J. “Pseudo-Apostolic Letters.” JBL 107 (1988): 469-94.
Bruce, F. F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? 6th ed. Grand Rapids: InterVarsity, 2003.
Campenhausen, H. von. The Formation of the Christian Bible. Translated by J. A. Baker. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984.
Dodd, C. H. The Apostolic Preaching and Its Development. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Ellis, E. E. The Making of the New Testament Documents. Boston: Brill Academic, 1999, 2002.
________. The Old Testament in Early Christianity. WUNT 54. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck); Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991.
Gamble, Harry Y. The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning. Guides to Biblical Scholarship. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
Gerhardsson, Birger. The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001.
Grant, Robert McQueen. The Formation of the New Testament. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1965.
Meade, D. G. Pseudonymity and Canon: An Investigation into the Relationship of Authorship an Authority in Jewish and Earliest Christian Tradition. Tübingen: Mohr, 1986.
Metzger, Bruce. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997.
Robinson, J. A. T. Redating the New Testament. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976.
Sysling, Harry, and Martin J. Mulder, eds. Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, Section 2, Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.
Wilder, Terry. Pseudonymity, the New Testament, and Deception. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004.
History of Interpretation
Baird, William. History of New Testament Research. 2 vols. to date. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992-.
Epp, Eldon J. and George W. MacRae, eds. The New Testament and Its Modern Interpreters. The Bible and Its Modern Interpreters. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989.
Kümmel, W. G. The New Testament: The History of the Investigation of its Problems, trans. S. M. Gilmour and H. C. Kee. Nashville: Abingdon, 1973.
Neill, Stephen and N. T. Wright. The Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1986. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
READING STRATEGIES, CRITICAL METHODS, HERMENEUTICS
Aland, Kurt. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
Augustine, St. On Christian Teaching. Translated by R. P. H. Green. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Barclay, J. M. G. “Mirror-Reading a Polemical Letter: Galatians as a Test Case.” JSNT 31 (1987): 73-93.
Barr, James. Semantics of Biblical Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961.
Beale, G. K. The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts: Essays on the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.
Black, David Alan, and David S. Dockery, eds. New Testament Criticism and Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.
Blomberg, Craig. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1987.
Carson, D. A. Exegetical Fallacies. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1984; reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996.
Cotterell, Peter, and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1989.
Ellis, E. Earle. “New Directions in Form Criticism.” In Prophecy and Hermeneutic in Early Christianity, 237-53. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2002.
Goppelt, L. Typos: The Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New. Translated by D. H. Madrig. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Gruenler, R. Meaning and Understanding: The Philosophical Framework for Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.
Hall, David R. The Seven Pillories of Wisdom. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1990.
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. Validity in Interpretation. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1967.
LaRondelle, Hans K. The Israel of God in Prophecy: Principles of Prophetic Interpretation. Berrein Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1983.
Linnemann, Eta. Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology or Ideology; Reflections of a Bultmannian Turned Evangelical. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990.
Marshall, I. Howard, ed. New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.
Osborne, Grant R. The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1991.
Sandmel, S. “Parallelomania.” JBL 81 (1962): 1-13.
VanHoozer, Kevin J. Is There a Meaning in this Text? The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
Yeago, David S. “The New Testament and the Nicene Dogma: A Contribution to the Recovery of Theological Exegesis.” Pro Ecclesia 3 (1994): 152-64.
NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
Baker, David. Two Testaments, One Bible: A Study of the Theological Relationship between the Old and New Testaments. Rev. ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1991.
Blaising, Craig A., and Darrell L. Bock. Progressive Dispensationalism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament. Translated by Kendrick Grobel. 2 vols. London: SCM, 1951-55.
Childs, B. Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflections on the Christian Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992. Pages 1-94 only.
Cullman, Oscar. The Christology of the New Testament. Translated by S. H. Guthrie and C. A. M. Hall. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1959.
________. Salvation in History. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
Dodd, C. H. According to the Scriptures: The Substructure of New Testament Theology. London: Nisbet & Co., 1952.
Feinberg, John S., ed. Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Old and New Testaments, Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1988.
Goppelt, L. Theology of the New Testament. Translated by John Alsup. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Hasel, G. New Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Ladd, George E. A Theology of the New Testament. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
Marshall, I. Howard. “Early Catholicism in the New Testament.” In New Dimensions in New Testament Study, ed. R. N. Longenecker and M. C. Tenney, 217-31. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974.
________. Jesus the Saviour: Studies in New Testament Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1990.
________. The Origins of New Testament Christology. Updated ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1990.
Morris, L. Apostolic Preaching of the Cross. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
________. The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1983.
Via, Dan O. What is New Testament Theology? Guides to Biblical Scholarship. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.Wright, N. T. The New Testament and the People of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.
For personal study on individual NT books and/or authors, see the New Testament Theology series (James D. G. Dunn, gen. ed.), published by Cambridge University Press. This is not required reading, but may prove helpful in the future.
GOSPEL STUDIES (General) AND JESUS STUDIES
Bauckham, Richard, ed. The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Blomberg, Craig. Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1997.
Burridge, Richard A. Four Gospels, One Jesus? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
________. What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Conzelmann, H. The Theology of St. Luke. Translated by G. Busell. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982.
Dunn, James D. G. Jesus Remembered. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Fitzmeyer, Joseph A. Luke the Theologian: Aspects of His Teaching. New York: Paulist, 1989.
France, R. T. The Evidence for Jesus. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1986.
________. Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987.
Gerhardsson, Birger. The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001.
Hengel, Martin. The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ: An Investigation of the Collection and Origin of the Canonical Gospels. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000.
Keck, L., and J. Louis Martyn, eds. Studies in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.
Marshall, I. Howard. I Believe in the Historical Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.
________. Luke: Historian and Theologian. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.
Martin, R. P. Mark: Evangelist and Theologian. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1973.
Schweitzer, Albert. The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede. Translated by W. B. D. Montgomery. New York: Macmillan, 1968; paperback, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Strauss, David Friedrich. The Life of Jesus Critically Examined. Edited by P. Hodgson. Translated from the 4th German ed. by George Eliot. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973.
Stuhlmacher, Peter, ed. The Gospel and the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.
Witherington, Ben, III. The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. Expanded ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997.
Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1997.
SYNOPTIC PROBLEM
Black, David Alan, and David R. Beck, eds. Rethinking the Synoptic Problem. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.
Dungan, David Laird. A History of the Synoptic Problem: The Canon, the Text, the Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels. New York: Doubleday, 1999.
Farmer, William. The Synoptic Problem: A Critical Analysis. Dillsboro, NC: Western North Carolina Press, 1976.
Goodacre, Mark S. The Synoptic Problem: A Way through the Maze. London: Sheffield, 2001.
Linnemann, Eta. Is There a Synoptic Problem? Translated by Robert W. Yarbrough. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992.
Reicke, B. The Roots of the Synoptic Gospels. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.
Sanders, E. P. Tendencies of the Synoptic Tradition. Edited by Matthew Black. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
Stein, Robert H. The Synoptic Problem: An Introduction. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987.
Streeter, B. H. The Four Gospels: A Study of Origins. London: MacMillan, 1924.
Wenham, John. Redating Matthew, Mark, and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1992.
JOHANNINE STUDIES
Ashton, J., ed. The Interpretation of John. Rev. ed. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1997.
________. Studying John: Approaches to the Fourth Gospel. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.
Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the Gospel of John. Edited by Francis Moloney. Anchor Bible Reference Library. New York: Doubleday, 2003.
Carson, D. A. The Gospel according to John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.
________. “Historical Tradition and the Fourth Gospel: After Dodd, What?” In Gospel Perspectives II, ed. R. T. France and David Wenham, 83-145. Sheffield: JSOT, 1981.
Culpepper, R. Alan. Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983.
Kysar, R. The Fourth Evangelist and His Gospel: An Examination of Contemporary Scholarship. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1975.
Martyn, J. Louis. History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1979.
Pryor, John W. John: Evangelist of the Covenant People: The Narrative and Themes of the Fourth Gospel. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1992.
Robinson, J. A. T. The Priority of John. London: SCM, 1985.
Schnackenburg, R. The Gospel according to St. John. 3 vols. London: Burns & Oates, 1968-82.
Sloyan, G. What Are They Saying about John? New York: Paulist, 1991.
Smalley, S. John, Evangelist and Interpreter. 2nd ed. Carlisle: Paternoster, 1998.
Smith, D. Moody. John Among the Gospels. 2nd ed. Columbia: University of South Carolina, 2001.
Stibbe, M. W. G. John as Storyteller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
PAULINE STUDIES
Banks, Robert. Paul’s Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Historical Setting. Rev. ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994.
Barrett, C. K. From the First Adam to Last: A Study in Pauline Theology. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1962.
Baur, F. C. Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ. Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1873-75; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003.
Beker, J. Christian. Paul the Apostle: The Triumph of God in Life and Thought. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.
Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism: Some Rabbinic Elements in Pauline Theology. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.
Dunn, James D. G. “The New Perspective on Paul.” Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 65.2 (Spring, 1983): 95-122. Also in Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians, 95-122. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1990.
________. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
________, ed. The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Ellis, E. Earle. Paul’s Use of the Old Testament. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1957; reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
Fitzmeyer, Joseph. Pauline Theology: A Brief Sketch. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989.
Hays, Richard. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. Reprint ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Hengel, Martin. The Pre-Christian Paul. Translated by J. Bowden. London: SCM, 1991.
Käsemann, Ernst. Perspectives on Paul. Translated by M. Kohl. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1991.
________. “‘The Righteousness of God’ in Paul.” In New Testament Questions of Today, trans. W. J. Montague. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969.
Kim, S. The Origin of Paul’s Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981.
Meeks, Wayne. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. 2nd ed. New Haven: Yale Univ
ersity Press, 2003.Munck, Johannes. Paul and the Salvation of Mankind. Translated by R. Clark. Richmond: John Knox, 1959.
Räisänen, Heiki. Paul and the Law. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1986.
Ridderbos, Herman. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. Translated by John Richard de Witt. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.
Riesner, R. Paul’s Early Period: Chronology, Mission Strategy, and Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.
Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. London: SCM, 1977.
________. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983.
Schreiner, T. Paul: Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2001.
Schweitzer, Albert. The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle. Translated by W. Montgomery. 2nd ed. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1953.
________. Paul and His Interpreters. Translated by W. Montgomery. New York: MacMillan, 1912.
Stendahl, Krister. Paul among Jews and Gentiles. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976.
Stuhlmacher, Peter. “Zur paulinischen Christologie.” Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 74 (1977): 449-63.
Thielman, F. Paul and the Law: A Contextual Approach. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1994.
Wenham, D. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.
Wright, N. T. The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.
ARCHAEOLOGY
DeVries, Lamoine. Cities of the Biblical World. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.
Green, Kevin. Archaeology of the Roman Economy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
McRay, John. Archaeology and the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991.
O’Connor, Jerome Murphy. The Holy Land: An Archaeological Guide from the Earliest Times to 1700. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
QUMRAN AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Charlesworth, James H., ed. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Controversy Resolved. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
________. The Pesharim and Qumran History: Chaos or Consensus? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
Flint, Peter W., ed. The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation. Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
Magness, Jodi. The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
Schiffman, Lawrence W., Emanuel Tov and James C. Vanderkam, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls Fifty Years After Their Discovery: Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society in cooperation with the Shrine of the Book, 2000.
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York: Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1997.
VanderKam, James C. The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002.
ANCIENT LITERATURE
The Hebrew Bible – Gen. 1-2; Deut. 6; Ps. 22; Is. 40
The Septuagint – Gen. 1-2; Deut. 6; Ps. 22; Is. 40
The Apostolic Fathers
Philo of Alexandria
Josephus
OT Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
NT Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Dead Sea Scrolls
Nag Hammadi Library – Gospel of Thomas
THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT
GREEK LANGUAGE
Bibliographical Guides
Danker, F. W. Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study of Scripture. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Concordia, 1970.
Fitzmyer, J. A. An Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture. Subsidia biblica 3. Rome: Biblical Institute, 1981.
Scholer, D. M. A Basic Bibliographic Guide for New Testament Exegesis. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973.
Textual Tools
Aland, K. et al., eds. The Greek New Testament. 4th ed. New York: United Bible Societies, 1993.
Aland, K., ed. Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. 9th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelstiftung, 1976.
Aland, K., and B. Aland. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. 2nd ed. Translated by E. F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
Metzger, B. M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament: A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament. 2nd ed. New York: United Bible Societies, 1994.
________. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Nestle, E., and K. Aland, eds. Novum Testamentum Graece. 27th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelstiftung, 1993.
Grammatical Tools
Burton, E. D. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1898.
Blass, F., and A. Debrunner. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Translated and revised by R. W. Funk. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1961.
Brooks, J. A., and C. L. Winbery. Syntax of New Testament Greek. Washington: University Press of America, 1979.
Dana, H. E., and J. R. Mantey. A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament. New York: Macmillan, 1927; reprint, 1955.
Fanning, B. Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek. Oxford: Clarendon, 1990.
Greenlee, J. H. A Concise Exegetical Grammar of New Testament Greek. 5th rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.
Moule, C. F. D. An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.
Moulton, J. H., W. F. Howard, and N. Turner. A Grammar of New Testament Greek. 4 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1908-1976.
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
Porter, S. E. Idioms of the Greek New Testament. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992.
________. Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the NT, with Reference to Tense and Mood. New York: Peter Lang, 1989.
Robertson, A. T. A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research. 5th ed. Nashville: Broadman, 1934.
Robertson, A. T., and W. H. Davis. A New Short Grammar of the Greek Testament. 10th ed. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933.
Vaughan, C., and V. Gideon. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman, 1979.
Wallace, D. B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Zerwick, M. An Analysis of the Greek New Testament. Translated and revised by M. Grosvenor. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981.
________. Biblical Greek. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1963.
Lexical Aids
Bachman, H., and H. Slaby, eds. Computer-Konkordanz zum Novum Testamentum Graece von Nestle-Aland, 26. Auflage, und zum Greek New Testament. 3rd ed. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1980.
Balz, H., and G. Schneider, eds. Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament. 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Translated and edited by W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, F. W. Danker. 3rd ed. Chicago: University Press, 2000.
Brown, C., ed. New Inte
rnational Dictionary of New Testament Theology. 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.Gingrich, F. Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Edited by F. Danker. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.
*Hemer, C. J. “Reflections on the Nature of New Testament Greek Vocabulary.” TynB 38 (1987): 65-92.
Kittel, G., and G. Friedrich. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Translated by G. Bromiley. 10 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-76.
Kubo, S. A Reader’s Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975.
Liddell, H. G., R. Scott, and H. S. Jones. A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon, 1968. 9th rev. ed., 1996.
Louw, J. P. and E. A. Nida. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. 2 vols. New York: United Bible Societies, 1988.
Metzger, B. M. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek. New ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1969.
Moulton, W. F., and A. S. Geden. Concordance to the Greek Testament. Edited by I. H. Marshall. 6th ed., fully revised. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2002.
*Poythress, Vern S. “How Have Inclusiveness and Tolerance Affected the Bauer-Danker Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (BDAG)?” JETS 46 (2003): 577-88.
Spicq, C. Theological Lexicon of the New Testament. Translated and edited by J. D. Ernest. 3 vols. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994.
New Testament Theology – A comprehensive bibliography from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
The following books and articles are some of those appearing on the Comprehensive Reading List for PhD candidates in New Testament Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Relevant major articles in the following reference collection published by InterVarsity
Dictionary of New Testament Background: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter. 2000.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Edited by Joel B. Green, Scott McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall. 1992.
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne and Ralph P. Martin. 1993.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments. Edited by Ralph P. Martin. 1997.
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The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
HISTORY AND METHOD
Augustine, St. On Christian Teaching. Translated by R. P. H. Green. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Balla, Peter. Challenges to New Testament Theology: An Attempt to Justify the Enterprise. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1997.
Beale, G. K. The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts: Essays on the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.
Boers, Hendrikus. What Is New Testament Theology? The Rise of Criticism and the Problem of a Theology of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.
Bultmann, R. “Is Exegesis without Presuppositions Possible?” In Existence and Faith: Shorter Writings of Rudolf Bultmann, ed. Schubert M. Ogden, 289-96. Cleveland: World, 1960.
Carson, D. A. “The Role of Exegesis in Systematic Theology.” In Doing Theology in Today’s World: Essays in Honor of Kenneth S. Kantzer, ed. John D. Woodbridge and Thomas Edward McComiskey, 39-76. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.
Childs, B. Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflections on the Christian Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.
Goppelt, L. Typos: The Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New. Translated by D. H. Madrig. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Green, Joel B. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Greene-McCreight, Kathryn. “Rule of Faith.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Hasel, G. New Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Lane, Anthony N. S. “Sola Scriptura? Making Sense of a Post-Reformation Slogan.” In A Pathway into the Holy Scripture, ed. Philip E. Satterthwaite and David F. Wright, 297-327. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Marshall, I. Howard. “Climbing Ropes, Ellipses and Symphonies: The Relation between Biblical and Systematic Theology.” In A Pathway into the Holy Scripture, ed. Philip E. Satterthwaite and David F. Wright, 199-219. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
________. “Early Catholicism in the New Testament.” In New Dimensions in New Testament Study, ed. R. N. Longenecker and M. C. Tenney, 217-31. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974.
________. “Palestinian and Hellenistic Christianity: Some Critical Comments.” NTS 19 (1972-73): 271-87.
Martens, Elmer A. “Moving from Scripture to Doctrine.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 15 (2005): 77-103.
Räisänen, Heikki. Beyond New Testament Theology: A Story and a Program. London: SCM, 1990.
Rosner, Brian S. “Salvation, History of.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Sandys-Wunsch, John, and Laurence Eldredge. “J. P. Gabler and the Distinction between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology: Translation, Commentary, and Discussion of His Originality.” Scottish Journal of Theology 33 (1980): 133-58.
Treier, Daniel J. “Theological Hermeneutics, Contemporary.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J. First Theology: God, Scripture, and Hermeneutics. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002.
Via, Dan O. What is New Testament Theology? Guides to Biblical Scholarship. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.
Wrede, W. “The Tasks and Methods of ‘New Testament Theology.’” In The Nature of New Testament Theology: The Contribution of William Wrede and Adolf Schlatter, ed. and trans. Robert Morgan, 68-116. Studies in Biblical theology 2nd series 25. Naperville, IL: A. R. Allenson, 1973.
Yarbrough, Robert W. The Salvation Historical Fallacy? Reassessing the History of New Testament Theology. History of Biblical Interpretation Series. Leiden: Deo, 2004.
COMPOSITE NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
Baker, David. Two Testaments, One Bible: A Study of the Theological Relationship between the Old and New Testaments. Rev. ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1991.
Barnett, Paul. The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years. Vol. 1 of After Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
Bartholomew, Craig G. “Biblical Theology.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Blaising, Craig A., and Darrell L. Bock. Progressive Dispensationalism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament. Translated by Kendrick Grobel. 2 vols. London: SCM, 1951-55.
Caird, G. B. New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.
Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Edited by John T. McNeill. Translated by Ford Lewis Battles. Library of Christian Classics, vols. 20-21. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960.
Carson, D. A. “Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: The Possibility of Systematic Theology.” In Scripture and Truth, ed. D. A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge, 61-95. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.
Conzelmann, Hans. An Outline of the Theology of the New Testament. London: SCM, 1969.
Cullman, Oscar. Salvation in History. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.Dodd, C. H. According to the Scriptures: The Substructure of New Testament Theology. London: Nisbet & Co., 1952.
________. The Apostolic Preaching and Its Development. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Enns, Peter. “Exodus/New Exodus.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.Feinberg, John S., ed. Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Old and New Testaments, Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1988.
France, R. T. “Relationship between the Testaments.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Goppelt, L. Theology of the New Testament. Translated by John Alsup. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1981.
Kümmel, Werner G. The Theology of the New Testament According to its Major Witnesses. Nashville: Abingdon, 1973; London: SCM, 1974.
Ladd, George E. A Theology of the New Testament, rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
LaRondelle, Hans K. The Israel of God in Prophecy: Principles
of Prophetic Interpretation. Berrein Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1983.Peterson, David. Possessed by God: A New Testament Theology of Sanctification and Holiness. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Ryrie, Charles Caldwell. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Chicago: Moody, 1959.
Schlatter, A. The History of the Christ: The Foundation for New Testament Theology. Translated by Andreas J. Köstenberger. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997.
________. The Theology of the Apostles: The Development of New Testament Theology. 2nd ed. Translated by Andreas J. Köstenberger. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
Scobie, Charles H. H. The Ways of Our God: An Approach to Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Seitz, Christopher. “Canonical Approach.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Strecker, Georg. Theology of the New Testament. Berlin: de Gruyter; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000.
Thielman, Frank. The Law and the New Testament: The Question of Continuity. New York: Crossroad, 1999.
________. Theology of the New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.
Warfield, B. B. The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1948.
Webster, John. “Canon.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Wenham, David. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.
________. The New Testament and the People of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.
________. The Resurrection of the Son of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.
Yeago, David S. “The New Testament and the Nicene Dogma: A Contribution to the Recovery of Theological Exegesis.” Pro Ecclesia 3 (1994): 152-64.
Christology
Athanasius, St. De Incarnatione Verbi Dei (The Incarnation of the Word of God).
Bauckham, Richard. God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Cullman, Oscar. The Christology of the New Testament. Translated by S. H. Guthrie and C. A. M. Hall. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1959.
Dunn, James D. G. Christology in the Making. London: SCM, 1980.
Harris, M. Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992.
Hurtado, Larry W. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Marshall, I. Howard. Jesus the Saviour: Studies in New Testament Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1990.
________. The Origins of New Testament Christology. Updated ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1990.
Morris, Leon. Apostolic Preaching of the Cross. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
________. The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1983.
Treier, Daniel J. “Jesus Christ, Doctrine of.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
JESUS, THE GOSPELS, AND ACTS
Bauckham, Richard J., ed. The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Burridge, Richard A. Four Gospels, One Jesus? A Symbolic Reading. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Green, Joel B. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Smith, Dwight Moody. The Theology of the Gospel of John. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Jervell, Jacob. The Theology of the Acts of the Apostles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Luz, Ulrich. The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew. Translated by J. Bradford Robinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Marshall, I. Howard. Luke: Historian and Theologian. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1970.
Marshall, I. Howard, and David Peterson. Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Smith, Dwight Moody. The Theology of the Gospel of John. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Telford, W. R. The Theology of the Gospel of Mark. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
PAULINE THEOLOGY
Banks, Robert. Paul’s Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Historical Setting. Rev. ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994.
Barth, K. The Epistle to the Romans. London: Oxford University Press, 1933, 1976.
Beker, J. Christiaan. Paul the Apostle: The Triumph of God in Life and Thought. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1980.Dunn, James D. G. “The New Perspective on Paul.” Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 65.2 (Spring, 1983): 95-122. Also in Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians, 95-122. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1990.
________. The Theology of the Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
________. The Theology of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Ellis, E. Earle. Paul’s Use of the Old Testament. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1957; reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
Fee, Gordon D. God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994.
Haacker, Klaus. The Theology of Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Hays, R. B. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.
Kertelge, K. Rechtfertigung bei Paulus. Münster: Aschendorff, 1967.Kim, Seyoon. The Origin of Paul’s Gospel. 2nd ed. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1984.
Lincoln, Andrew T., and A. J. M. Wedderburn. The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Luther, Martin. Commentary on Galatians, vol. 1. Vol. 26 of Luther’s Works. Edited by Jeroslav Pelikan. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg; St. Louis: Concordia, 1955-86.
O’Brien, P. T. Gospel and Mission in the Writings of Paul: An Exegetical and Theological Analysis. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.
Ridderbos, H. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.
Riesner, Rainer. Paul’s Early Period: Chronology, Mission Strategy, Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. London: SCM, 1977.
Schreiner, Thomas R. Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology. Downers Grove: IVP, 2001.
Stuhlmacher, Peter. “Zur paulinischen Christologie.” Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 74 (1977): 449-63.
Vos, Geerhardus. The Pauline Eschatology. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1979.
Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.Wright, N. T. The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY
Anderson, Paul N. The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: Its Unity and Disunity in the Light of John 6. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1996.
Bauckham, Richard. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
H
oskins, Paul M. Jesus as the Fulfillment of the Temple in the Gospel of John. Bletchley, UK: Paternoster, forthcoming.Lieu, Judith. The Theology of the Johannine Epistles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Pate, C. Marvin, ed. Four Views on the Book of Revelation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
Schnackenburg, R. The Gospel according to St. John. 3 vols. London: Burns & Oates, 1968-82. Student is responsible for only the excurses, from all 3 volumes.Smith, Dwight Moody. The Theology of the Gospel of John. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
GENERAL EPISTLES
Bauckham, Richard. Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1990.
Chester, Andrew, and Ralph P. Martin. The Theology of the Letters of James, Peter, and Jude. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Goppelt, L. Theology of the New Testament, vol. 2. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Lane, William. Call to Commitment: Responding to the Message of Hebrews. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1985.
Lindars, Barnabas. The Theology of the Letter to the Hebrews. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Trotter, Andrew H., Jr. Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews. Guides to New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997.
GREEK NEW TESTAMENT
EARLY CHRISTIAN CONFESSIONS
Didache
Apostles Creed
Nicean Creed
Chalcedonian Creed
Athanasian Creed
Kelly, J. N. D. Early Christian Creeds. 3rd ed. London: Longman, 1972
Pelikan, Jaroslav. Credo. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.
Sermon on the Mount
Hell will be full of people who thought highly of the Sermon on the Mount. You must do more than that. You must obey it and take action.
~John MacArthur
In the world of men we find nothing approaching the virtues of which Jesus spoke in the opening words of the famous Sermon on the Mount. Instead of poverty of spirit we find the rankest kind of pride; instead of mourners we find pleasure seekers; instead of meekness, arrogance; instead of hunger after righteousness we hear men saying, `I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing’; instead of mercy we find cruelty; instead of purity of heart, corrupt imaginings; instead of peacemakers we find men quarrelsome and resentful; instead of rejoicing in mistreatment we find them fighting back with every weapon at their command. Of this kind of moral stuff civilized society is composed.
~ A.W. Tozer, in The Pursuit of God (Chapter 9 – “Meekness and Rest”)
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Free Audio Downloads:
The Sermon on the Mount, by Paige Patterson. This series of 12 chapel sermons were originally given at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and are available through iTunes U. You can also access these sermons via the following link – http://www.swbts.edu/events/Patterson/patterson_chapelsp08.cfm
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Life and Death in the First Century
I have been reading and re-reading James S. Jeffers’ book The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity. It is an informative and thoroughly enjoyable book — I highly recommend it. In his chapter on “Life and Death in the First Century” he recommends the following books for further reading:
Labor and the Economy
- The Social Context of Paul’s Ministry: Tentmaking and Apostleship, by Ronald F. Hock
Leisure and Games
- Cruelty and Civilization: The Roman Games, by Roland Auguet
Travel
- Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, by Lionel Casson
- Travel in the Ancient World, by Lionel Casson
- The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting, edited by David W. J. gill and Conrad Gempf
- The Cities of St. Paul: Their Influece on His Life and Thought, by William Ramsay
Dining
- Roman Cookery, by John Edwards
- Rome: Its People, Life and Customs, by Ugo Enrico Paoli
Nearest Book Meme
I was tagged again for the nearest book meme. Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
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How Do Muslims Conceive Of Jesus?
How do Muslims conceive of Jesus? William Lane Craig, Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California, addresses the issue during one of his debates.
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Books By William Lane Craig
