A.New Testament Introduction, Theology and Interpretation (back to top)

Bultmann, R. Theology of the New Testament. K. Grobel, trans. 2 vols. Scribner's, 1951-55.
________. The New Testament and the People of God. Fortress, 1992.
Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making: A New Testament Inquiry into the Origins of the Doctrine of the Incarnation. 2nd ed., SCM, 1989; Eerdmans, 1996.
________. The Partings of the Ways Between Christianity and Judaism and their Significance for the Character of Christianity. Trinity Press Int., 1991.
Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. Oxford, 1997.
Evans, Craig A. and Donald A. Hagner, Anti-Semitism and Early Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith. Fortress, 1993.
Green, J. B. ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Eerdmans, 1995.
Hays, Richard B. The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. HarperCollins, 1996.
Johnson, Luke T. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. Fortress, 1986.
Malherbe, A. J. & W. A. Meeks, The Future of Christology: Essays in Honor of L. E. Keck. Fortress, 1993.
Silva, Moisés. Explorations in Exegetical Method: Galatians as a Test Case. Baker, 1996.
Spivey, R. A. and D. M. Smith, Anatomy of the New Testament. Fifth ed.; Prentice Hall, 1995.
Witherington, Ben, III. Jesus, Paul and the End of the World: A Comparitive Study in New Testament Eschatology. IVP, 1992.
Wright, N. T. and Stephen Neill, The Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1986. Oxford, 1988.

B.New Testament Backgrounds (back to top)

Aune, D. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Westminster, 1987.
________. Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World. Eerdmans, 1983.
Barrett, C. K. ed. The New Testament Background: Writings from Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire That Illuminate Christian Origins. HarperSanFrancisco, 1987.
Bruce. F. F. New Testament History. Doubleday, 1972.
Cohen, Shaye J. D. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah. Westminster, 1987.
Daniel-Rops, Henri. Daily Life in the Time of Jesus. Servant Books, 1980 (1961).
Daube, D. The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism. Athlone, 1956.
Evans, C.A. Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation. Hendrickson, 1992.
Ferguson, E. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Eerdmans, 1987.
García Martínez, F. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. 2nd ed., Eerdmans, 1992.
Hellholm, D., ed. Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World and the Near East. J. C. B. Mohr, 1983.
Hengel, M. Jews, Greeks and Barbarians: aspects of the hellenization of Judaism in the pre-Christian period. trans., John Bowden. Fortress, 1980.
________. Judaism and Hellenism. 2 vols.; Fortress, 1974.
Jeremias, J. Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus. Fortress, 1969.
Kee, H.C. The Origins of Christianity: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: 1973.
McKnight, S. A Light Among the Gentiles: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period. Fortress, 1990.
Meeks, Wayne A. The Moral World of the First Christians. Westminster, 1986.
Moore, G.F. Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era. 2 vols.; Harvard, 1927, 1930. Reprint by Schocken Books, 1971.
Murphy-O'Connor, J. & J.H.Charlesworth, edd. Paul and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Christian Origins Library, 1990.
Neusner, J. Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity. Fortress, 1984.
________. The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before AD 70. 3 vols.; Brill, 1971.
Nickelsburg, G.W.E. Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah. Fortress, 1981.
Russell, D.S. Divine Disclosure: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic. Fortress, 1992.
Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief 63BCE-66. Trinity, 1992.
Stambaugh, John E., and David L. Balch. The New Testament in Its Social Environment. Westminster, 1986.
Stone, M.E. ed., Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period: Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran Sectarian Writings, Philo, Josphus. CRINT; Fortress, 1984.
Stowers, S. Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Westminster, 1986.
Urbach, E.E. The Sages: Their Concepts and Beliefs. 2 vols.; Magnes, 1975. 

C. Gospels Criticism and Introduction (back to top)

Alter, Robert and Frank Kermode. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Harvard, 1987.
Aune, David E. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Westminster, 1987.
Blomberg, Craig. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. IVP, 1987.
Bultmann, R. History of the Synoptic Tradition. J. Marsh, trans. Second ed.; Harper & Row, 1968.
Burridge, R. What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography. SNTSMS 70. Cambridge, 1992.
________. Four Gospels, One Jesus? Eerdmans, 1994.
Farmer, W. R. The Synoptic Problem. MacMillan, 1964.
Green, J., McKnight, S. and Marshall, I.H. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. IVP, 1992.
Moore, Stephen D. Literary Criticism and the Gospels: The Theoretical Challenge. Yale, 1989.
Ryken, Leland. How to Read the Bible as Literature. Zondervan, 1984.
________. Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible. Baker, 1987.
________. Words of Life: A Literary Introduction to the New Testament. Baker, 1987.
Sanders, E.P. and M. Davies, Studying the Synoptic Gospels. Trinity Press International, 1989.
Stein, R. The Synoptic Problem: An Introduction. Baker, 1987.
Smith, D. Moody, Anatomy of the New Testament. Fifth ed. Prentice-Hall, 1995.
Streeter, B. H. The Four Gospels: A Study of Origins. MacMillan, 1925.
Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Fortress, 1992. 

D. Historical Jesus Research (back to top)

Boyd, Gregory A. Cynic, Sage, or Son of God: Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist Replies. Victor, 1995.
Brown, R. E. The Birth of the Messiah. Doubleday, 1977.
________. The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave. Doubleday, 1994.
Crossan, J. D. The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant. Harper Collins, 1991.
Funk, R. W., and R. W. Hoover. The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. Macmillan, 1993.
Harvey, A. E. Jesus and the Constraints of History. Westminster, 1982.
Horsley, Richard A. Jesus and the Spiral of Violence: Popular Jewish Resistance in Roman Palestine. Harper & Row, 1987.
________. Bandits, Prophets and Messiahs: Popular Movements in the Time of Jesus. Winston, 1985.
Johnson, Luke T. The Real Jesus. Harper, 1995.
Meier, J. P. A Marginal Jew. 2 vols. Doubleday, 1991/1994.
Meyer, Ben F. The Aims of Jesus. SCM, 1979.
Sanders, E.P. The Historical Figure of Jesus. Penguin, 1993.
________. Jesus and Judaism. Fortress, 1985.
Schweitzer, Albert. The Quest of the Historical Jesus. MacMillan, 1968 (1906).
Stein, R. Jesus the Messiah: A Survey of the Life of Christ. IVP, 1996.
Vermes, G. Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels. Fortress, 1973.
Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Fortress, 1996.
________. The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary. Eerdmans, 1996.
Witherington III, Ben. The Jesus Quest: the Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. IVP, 1995.
Young, Brad H. Jesus the Jewish Theologian. Hendrickson, 1995. 

E. Paul and Pauline Theology (back to top)

Banks, Robert. Paul's Idea of Community. Rev. ed. Hendrickson, 1994.
Beker, J. C. Paul the Apostle: The Triumph of God in Life and Thought. Fortress, 1980.
________. Paul's Apocalyptic Gospel: The Coming Triumph of God. Fortress, 1982.
Boyarin, Daniel. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity. Univ. of California, 1994.
Bruce, F. F. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. Eerdmans, 1977.
________. Paul and Jesus. Baker, 1974.
Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism. 4th ed. Fortress, 1980.
Donaldson, T. L. Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World. Fortress, 1997.
Dunn, J. D. G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Eerdmans, 1998.
Fee, Gordon. God's Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Hendrickson, 1994.
Hagner, D. A. & M. J. Harris, Pauline Studies. Eerdmans, 1980.
Hawthorne, G. F., R. P. Martin, D. G. Reid. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. InterVarsity, 1993.
Hay, D. & E. E. Johnson, edd. Pauline Theology Volume III: Romans. Fortress, 1995.
Hays, Richard B. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. Yale, 1989.
Hengel, Martin. The Pre-Christian Paul. Trinity Press Int., 1991.
Horsley, R. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Imperial Roman Society. Trinity Press Int., 1997.
Jervis, L. A. and P. Richardson, ed. Gospel in Paul: Studies on Corinthians, Galatians and Romans for Richard N. Longenecker. JSNTSup 108; Sheffield, 1994.
Keck, Leander. Paul and His Letters. 2nd ed. Fortress, 1988.
Kim, S. The Origin of Paul's Gospel. Eerdmans, 1982.
Longenecker, R. Paul, Apostle of Liberty. Baker, 1964.
Maccoby, Hyam. The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity. Harper and Row, 1986.
________. Paul and Hellenism. Trinity Press Int., 1991.
Machen, J. G. The Origin of Paul's Religion. Eerdmans, 1925.
Meeks, Wayne. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. Yale, 1983.
Ridderbos, H. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. J. R. DeWitt, trans. Eerdmans, 1975.
Roetzel, C. J. The Letters of Paul: Conversations in Context. 3rd ed.; Westminster/John Knox, 1991.
Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. Fortress, 1977.
________. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Fortress, 1983.
________. Paul. Past Masters. Oxford, 1991.
Schreiner, Thomas R. Interpreting the Pauline Epistles. Baker, 1990.
Segal, A. F. Paul the Convert: The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee. Yale, 1990.
Thielman, F. From Plight to Solution: A Jewish Framework for Understanding Paul's View of the Law in Galatians and Romans. NovTest Supp.; Brill, 1989.
Volf, J. Gundry, Paul and Perseverance: Staying in and Falling Away. J. C. B. Mohr, 1990.
Wenham, David. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? Eerdmans, 1995.
Westerholm, Stephen. Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters. Eerdmans, 1988.
________. Preface to the Study of Paul. Eerdmans, 1997.
Wilson, A. N. Paul: The Mind of the Apostle. Norton, 1997.
Witherington, Ben, III. Paul's Narrative Thought World: The Tapestry of Tragedy and Triumph. Westminster/John Knox, 1994.
________. The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus. IVP, 1998.
Wright, N. T. The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology. Fortress, 1991.
________. What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Eerdmans, 1997.
Young, B. Paul the Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee Among Christians, Jews and Gentiles. Hendrickson, 1998

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