BI 451:  New Testament Theology

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Purpose and Methods Theology of Paul Canon & Inspiration
Historical Jesus Deutero-Pauline Theology OT & NT
New Testament Christology Theology of the Apocalypse NT Theology & Mission
Theology of Mark Theology of John NT Eschatology
Theology of Matthew NT Ecclesiology Major Works in NT Theology
Theology of Luke Ministry & "Early Catholicism" History of the Discipline
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Purpose & Methods of NT Theology:

A. K. M. Adam, Making Sense of New Testament Theology: "Modern" Problems and
        Prospects
. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1995.

Peter Balla,  Challenges to New Testament Theology: An Attempt to Justify the Enterprise.
       
Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.

J. Christiaan Beker, "Reflections on Biblical Theology," Interpretation 24 (1970): 303-320.

Rudolf Bultmann, "Is Exegesis Without Presuppositions Possible?" In Existence and Faith,
    289-296.

_______, Jesus Christ and Mythology. New York: Scribners, 1958.

_______, "New Testament and Mythology," in Kerygma and Myth, ed. Hans Werner Bartsch
    (New York: Harper & Row, 1961), 1-44.

Dunn, James D. G. and James P. Mackey. New Testament Theology in Dialogue. Christology
    and Ministry
. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987.

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, "The Crisis of Scriptural Authority. Interpretation and Reception."
    Int 44 (1990): 353-368.

Reginald Fuller, "New Testament Theology," in The New Testament and Its Modern
    Interpreters, ed. Eldon Jay Epp and George W. MacRae. Philadelphia: Fortress,
     1989, pp. 565-584.

Green, Joel B. and Max Turner, eds. Between Two Horizons. Spanning New Testament
    Studies & Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

________.  "Scripture and Theology: Failed Experiments, Fresh Perspectives." 
    Interpretation 56 (January 2002): 5-20.

Gerhard Hassel, New Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Grand
    Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Richard B. Hays, "Salvation By Trust? Reading the Bible Faithfully." The Christian
    Century (Feb 26, 1997): 218-223. Available online at:
        <http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=1>

David Hill, "What is Biblical Theology." Biblical Theology 15/3 (1965): 17-23.

Luke TimothyJohnson,  Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity. Minneapolis:
        Fortress, 1998.

Ernst Käsemann, "The Problem of a New Testament Theology." NTS 19 (1973): 235-245.

Steven Kraftchick, ed., Biblical Theology: Problems and Perspectives. In Honor of J.
    Christiaan Beker. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.

Lazareth, William H., ed. Reading the Bible in Faith. Theological Voices from the Pastorate.
        Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.

James Earl Massey . "Reading the Bible as African Americans."  In The New Interpreter's Bible, Volume 1,
    pp. 154-160. Nashville:  Abingdon.

Frank J Matera .  "New Testament Theology: History, Method, and Identity." Catholic
        Biblical Quarterly
67 (2005): 1-21.

Robert Morgan, transl. & ed. The Nature of New Testament Theology. The Contribution
    of William Wrede and Adolf Schlatter. London: SCM, 1973.

Robert Morgan and John Barton, Biblical Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
    1988.

Heikki Räisänen, Beyond New Testament Theology. London: SCM, 1990.
 

Christopher Rowland and Christopher Tuckett, eds. The Nature of New Testament Theology.
        Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2006.

Rudolf Schnackenburg, New Testament Theology Today, Present and Future: Modern
    Aspects of  New Testament Theology. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1966.

Robin Scroggs. "Can New Testament Theology Be Saved? The Threat of
     Contextualizations." In The Text and the Times, 212-233. Minneapolis: 
     Fortress, 1993.

Peter Stuhlmacher. How to Do Biblical Theology. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick, 1995.

Robert Wall. "Reading the Bible from Within Our Traditions: The 'Rule of Faith' 
    in Theological Hermeneutics." In Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament
    Studies and Systematic Theology
, 88-107. Edited by Joel B. Green and Max Turner.
    Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

John Howard Yoder, "The Use of the Bible in Theology." In The Use of the Bible in 
    Theology: Evangelical Options
, chapter 6. Edited by Robert K. Johnston. Louisville:
    John Knox, 1984.  Available online at:
    <http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=12>

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Historical Jesus:

Paul J. Achtemeier, "Is the New Quest Docetic?" Theology Today 19 (1962): 355-368.

Dale C. Allison, Jr., "The Eschatology of Jesus," in The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism,
    Vol. 1, ed. J. J. Collins. Continuum, 1998, pp. 267-302.

________, Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.

Dale C. Allison, Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Stephen J. Patterson, edited by
     Robert Miller.  The Apocalyptic Jesus: A Debate. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge, 
      2001.

James Barr, "Abba Isn't Daddy." Journal of Theological Studies 39 (1988): 28-47.

Bockmuehl, Marcus, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Jesus. Cambridge: Cambridge
        University Press, 2001.

Günther Bornkamm, Jesus of Nazareth. New York: Harper & Row, 1960.

Marcus Borg, "A Temperate Case for a Non-eschatological Jesus." Forum 2 (Sept. 1986):
    81-102.

________, Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International,
    1994.

________, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of
    Contemporary Faith. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.

Eugene Boring, "The 'Third Quest' and the Apostolic Faith." Int 50 (1996): 341-345.

James L. Boyce, "The Quest for Jesus and the Church's Proclamation." In The Quest for
    Jesus and the Christian Faith, Word and World Supplement Series 3 (1997): 191-202.

R. Bultmann, Jesus and the Word. New York: Scribner's, 1958; original, 1926.

________, "The Message of Jesus," in Theology of the New Testament, chapter 1. New
    York: Scribners, 1965.

________, "Primitive Christian Kerygma and the Historical Jesus." In Kerygma and
    History, ed. C. Braaten and R. Harrisville. New York: Abingdon, 1962.

J. J. Collins, "The Son of Man in First Century Judaism." New Testament Studies
    38 (1992): 448-66.

John Dominic Crossan, The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish
    Peasant. New York: Harper Collins, 1991.

________, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography. San Francisco: Harper SanFrancisco, 1994.

Nils A. Dahl, "The Crucified Messiah." In The Crucified Messiah and Other Essays, 10-36.
    Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1974.

________, "Messianic Ideas and the Crucifixion of Jesus." In The Messiah, ed. J.
    Charlesworth. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.

________, "The Problem of the Historical Jesus," in Kerygma and History, ed. C.
    Braaten and R. Harissville. New York: Abingdon, 1962, pp. 138-171.

Gregory W Dawes,  ed. The Historical Jesus Quest. Landmarks in the Search for the
        Jesus of History
. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

Avery Dulles, "Historians and the Reality of Christ." First Things 28 (Dec 1992): 20-25.

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet. New York:
    Continuum, 1994.

Paula Fredricksen, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. New York:
     Random House, 1999.

Robert W. Funk, Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996.

________ and The Jesus Seminar, The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds
    of Jesus. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998.

________ and the Jesus Seminar, The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words
    of Jesus. New York: Macmillan, 1993.

John P. Galvin, "'I Believe...in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord.' The Earthly Jesus
    and the Christ of Faith." Interpretation 50 (1996): 373-382.

Joel Green & M. Turner, eds. Jesus of Nazareth Lord and Christ: Essays on the
    Historical Jesus and New Testament Christology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.

Richard B. Hays, "The Corrected Jesus." First Things 43 (May 1994): 43-48.

Douglas Hare, The Son of Man Tradition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.

Paul Hollenbach, "The Historical Jesus Today." Biblical Theology Bulletin 19 (1989): 11-22.

Gregory C. Jenks, "Honest to Jesus: Giving the Historical Jesus a Say in Our Future."
     Speech given to the National Forum of the Center for Progressive Christianity, Irvine
     California, June 1-3, 2000. Available on-line at:   
        <http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=1643>

Joachim Jeremias, "Abba." In The Central Message of the New Testament, 9-30. New York:
    Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965.

Luke Timothy Johnson,  The Real Jesus. The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus
    and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996.

________. "The Search for (the Wrong) Jesus." Bible Review 11 (Dec. 1995): 20-25, 44.

Donald Juel, "The Trial and Death of the Historical Jesus." In The Quest for Jesus and
    the Christian Faith, Word and World Supplement Series 3 (1997): 94-106.

Martin Kähler, The So-Called Historical Jesus and the Historic Biblical Christ.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1964; original 1892.

Ernst Käsemann, "The Problem of the Historical Jesus." In Essays on NT Themes, 15-47.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1964, 1982.

Kloppenborg Verbin, John S., "The Life and Sayings of Jesus." In The New Testament
    Today
, pp 10-30. Edited by Mark Allan Powell. Louisville: John Knox Press, 1999.

Mary Knutsen, "The Third Quest for the Historical Jesus: Introduction and Bibliography."
    In The Quest for Jesus and the Christian Faith, Word and World Supplement Series
    3 (1997): 13-32.

John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, vol. 1, The Roots of the
    Problem and the Person; vol. 2, Mentor, Message, and Miracles; vol 3, Rethinking the
    Historical Jesus: Companions and Competitors
. New York:  Doubleday, 1991, 1994
    2001.

_______, "Dividing Lines in Jesus Research Today." Int 50 (1996): 346-372.

 

CareyNewman , ed. Jesus and the Restoration of Israel. A Critical Assessment of N. T.
     Wright's 'Jesus and the Victory of God'. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1999.

Stephen J. Patterson, The God of Jesus: The Historical Jesus and the Search for Meaning.
    Harrisburg:  Trinity Press International, 1998.

Mark Allen Powell, Jesus as a Figure in History: How Modern Historians View the
    Man from Galilee.  Louisville: Westminster / John Knox Press, 1998.

John H. P. Reumann, "Jesus and Paul in Our Generation." Taproot 14 (spring 1999): 32-79.

E. P. Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus. London and New York: Penguin, 1993.

________, Jesus and Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

Wilhelm Schneemelcher, ed., New Testament Apocrypha, revised ed. 2 vols. (Louisville:
    Westminster/ John Knox, 1990.

Albert Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress
     from
Reimarus to Wrede. New York: Macmillan, 1906, 1961.

Bernard Brandon Scott, "From Reimarus to Crossan: Stages in a Quest." Critial Review:
    Biblical Studies 2 (1994): 253-280.

Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz, The Historical Jesus. A Comprehensive Guide.
     Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.

Geza Vermes, The Authentic Gospel of Jesus. London: Penguin Books, 2003.

Ben Witherington III, The Christology of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1990.

________, The Jesus Quest. The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. Downers Grove,
     Ill.: InterVarsity, 1995.

________, Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.

N. T. Wright, Who Was Jesus? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

_______, Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.

_______, The Challenge of Jesus. Downer's Grove: InterVarsity, 1999.

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New Testament Christology:

Raymond Brown, An Introduction to New Testament Christology. New York: Paulist, 1994.

Oscar Cullmann, The Christology of the New Testament. London: SCM, 1959.

James D. G. Dunn, Christology in the Making. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980.

Arland Hultgren, Christ and His Benefits. Christology and Redemption in the New Testament.
    Fortress, 1987.

Larry Hurtado, At the Origins of Christian Worship. The Context and Character of Earliest Christian
        Devotion.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

________.  One God, One Lord. Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish
        Monotheism
, 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998.

Leander Keck, "Toward the Renewal of New Testament Christology." New Testament
    Studies 32 (1986): 362-377.

Longenecker, Richard N., ed. Contours of Christology in the New Testament. Grand Rapids:
        Eerdmans, 2005.

Abraham Malherbe & Wayne Meeks, eds. The Future of Christology: Essays in Honor of
    Leander E. Keck. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

C. F. D. Moule, The Origin of Christology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1977.

Jerome H. Neyrey, Christ is Community: The Christologies of the New Testament.
    Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1985.

Christopher Tuckett, Christology and the New Testament. Jesus and His Earliest Followers. Louisville:
    Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Ben Witherington III, The Many Faces of the Christ. New York: Crossroad, 1998.

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Theology of Mark:

Paul J. Achtemeier, "Miracles and the Historical Jesus: A Study of Mark 9:14-29." CBQ
    37 (1975): 471-491.

Jack D. Kingsbury, The Christology of Mark's Gospel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983.

Frank Matera, "'He Saved Others; He Cannot Save Himself.' A Literary-Critical
    Perspective on the Markan Miracles." Int 47 (1993): 15-26.

________, Passion Narratives and Gospel Theologies. New York: Paulist, 1986.

_______, What Are They Saying About Mark? New York: Paulist Press, 1987.

Sallie McFague, Speaking in Parables: A Study of Metaphor And Theology. Philadelphia:
    Fortress, 1975.

Norman Perrin, "The Christology of Mark," in The Interpretation of Mark, ed. William
    Telford. (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985), pp. 95-108.

Robert Tannehill, "The Gospel of Mark as Narrative Christology." In Society of Biblical
    Literature 1980 Seminar Papers, 57-95. Chico, CA: Scholars, 1980.

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Theology of Matthew:

Gerhard Barth, "Matthew's Understanding of the Law." In Tradition and Interpretation
    in Matthew, ed. G. Bornkamm, G. Barth, H. J. Held, 58-164. Philadelphia:
    Westminster, 1963.

Gunther Bornkamm, "End Time Expectation and the Church in Matthew." In Tradition and
    Interpretation in Matthew, ed. G. Bornkamm, G. Barth, H. J. Held, pp. 15-51. Philadelphia:
    Westminster, 1963.

Warren Carter, "Matthew and the Gentiles: Individual Conversion and/or Systemic Transformation?" Journal
    for the Study of the New Testament 26 (2004): 259-282.

Jack D. Kingsbury, Matthew. Structure, Christology, Kingdom. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975.

______, Jesus Christ in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Proclamation Commentaries. Philadelphia:
    Fortress, 1981.

Eduard Schweizer, "Observance of the Law and Charismatic Activity in Matthew," NTS 16
    (1969-1970): 213-230.

Klyne Snodgrass, "Matthew's Understanding of the Law." Int 46 (1992): 368-378.

Krister Stendahl, The School of St. Matthew and Its Use of the Old Testament, 2nd edition.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1968.

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Theology of Luke:

Croatto, J. Severino. "Jesus, Prophet like Elijah, and Prophet-Teacher like Moses in
        Luke-Acts." Journal of Biblical Literature 124 (2005): 451-465.

Eric Franklin, Christ the Lord: A Study in the Purpose and Theology of Luke-Acts.
    London: SPCK, 1975.

Garrett, Susan R. "The Meaning of Jesus' Death in Luke." Word & World 12 (1992): 11-16.

Jacob Jervell, "God's Faithfulness to the Faithless People: Trends in Interpretation of
    Luke-Acts." Word and World 12 (1992): 29-36.

Donald Juel, Luke-Acts. The Promise of History. Atlanta: John Knox, 1983.

Leander Keck & J. Louis Martyn, eds, Studies in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.

Jack D. Kingsbury, Jesus Christ in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Proclamation Commentaries.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1981.

Mark Allen Powell, "Salvation in Luke-Acts." Word and World 12 (1992): 5-10.

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Theology of Paul:

Paul J. Achtemeier, "The Continuing Quest for Coherence in St. Paul: An Experiment in
    Thought." In Theology and Ethics in Paul and his Interpreters, 132-145. Ed. Eugene
    H. Lovering & Jerry L. Sumney. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996

________, "Righteousness in the New Testament." In IDB Supplement: 91-99.

J. C. Beker, "Paul the Theologian: Major Motifs in Pauline Theology." Int43 (1989): 352-365.

______, "Paul's Theology: Consistent or Inconsistent?" NTS34 (1988): 364-377.

Charles Cousar, A Theology of the Cross: The Death of Jesus in the Pauline Letters.
    Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.

James D. G. Dunn, "The New Perspective on Paul: Paul and the Law." In The Romans Debate,
    Revised and Expanded, 299-308. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1991.

________, The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Joseph Fitzmyer, Paul and His Theology: A Brief Sketch, 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs,
    N.J., 1989.

Victor Paul Furnish, "Development in Paul's Thought." JAAR 38 (1970): 283-303.

Gaventa, Beverly R., "The Cosmic Power of Sin in Paul's Letter to the Romans." Interpretation
    58 (2004): 229-240.

Donald Hagner, "Balancing the Old and the New: The Law of Moses in Matthew and Paul."
    Int 51 (1997): 20-30.

Gabriel Hebert, "Faithfulness and Faith." Theology 58 (1955): 373-379.

Morna Hooker, "Paul and Covenantal Nomism." In Paul and Paulinism: Essays in Honour
    of C. K. Barrett, 47-56. London: SPCK, 1982.

______, "Pistis Christou." In From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul, 165-186. Cambridge:
    Cambridge University, 1990.

George Howard, "On the Faith of Christ." HTR 60 (1967): 459-465.

Arland J. Hultgren, "The Pistis Christou Formulation in Paul." Novum Testamentum 22 (1980):
    248-263.

Joachim Jeremias, "Justification by Faith." In The Central Message of the New Testament.
    51-70. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965.

Jervell, "Paul and the Acts of the Apostles: Tradition, History, Theology." In The Unknown
    Paul, 68-76. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984.

Ernst Käsemann, "The Righteousness of God in Paul." In New Testament Questions of Today,
    168-182. Philadelphia: Fortress.

Leander Keck, "Paul as Thinker." Int 47 (1993): 27-38.

R. Barry Matlock, "'Even the Demons Believe': Paul and pistis christou." Catholic
        Biblical Quarterly
64 (2002): 300-318.

Douglas Moo, "Paul and the Law in the Last Ten Years." Scottish Journal of Theology
    40 (1987): 287-307.

Joseph Plevnik, "The Center of Pauline Theology." CBQ 51 (1989): 461-478.

John H. P. Reumann, "Jesus and Paul in Our Generation." Taproot 14 (spring 1999): 32-79.

E. P. Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison Of Patterns of Religion.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977.

Krister Stendahl, Paul Among Jews and Gentiles and Other Essays. Philadelphia: Fortress,
    1976.

Westerholm, Stephen, Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The 'Lutheran' Paul and His
    Critics
. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

Wright, N. T. What Saint Paul Really Said. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

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Deutero-Pauline Theology:

Paul J. Achtemeier, "An Apocalyptic Shift in Early Christian Tradition." CBQ 45 (1983):
    231-248.

Ernest Best, "Ephesians -- Two Types of Existence," Int 47 (1993): 39-51.

Raymond E. Brown, "The Pauline Heritage in the Pastoral Epistles," in The Churches the
    Apostles Left Behind (New York: Paulist Press, 1984).

Davies, Margaret. The Pastoral Epistles. New Testament Guides. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
     Press, 1996.

Lewis R. Donelson,  Pseudepigraphy and Ethical Argument in the Pastoral Epistles.
    Tubingen: Mohr, 1986.

James D. G. Dunn, "The Problem of Pseudonymity," in The Living Word (Philadelphia:
    Fortress, 1987), 65-85.

Mark Harding, "Disputed and Undisputed Letters of Paul." In The Pauline Canon, ed. Stanley E.
       Porter, 129-168. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

________. What Are They Saying About The Pastoral Epistles? New York: 
    Paulist Press, 2001.

Leander Keck, "Images of Paul in the New Testament," Int 43 (1989): 341-351.

Andrew T. Lincoln & A. J. M. Wedderburn, The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters.
    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Clarice J. Martin, "The Haustafeln (Household Codes) in African American Biblical
    Interpretation:  'Free Slaves' and 'Subordinate Women'." In Stony the Way We Trod,
    ed. C. H. Felder (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991), 206-231.

Bruce Metzger, "Literary Forgeries and Canonical Pseudepigrapha," JBL 91 (1972): 3-24.

Stanley E Porter, "Pauline Authorship and the Pastoral Epistles: Implications for Canon,"
     Bulletin for Biblical Research 5 (1995):105-123.

Philip H. Towner, The Goal of Our Instruction: The Structure of Theology and Ethics
    in the Pastoral Epistles. Sheffield: JSOT, 1989.

Frances Young, The Theology of the Pastoral Epistles. Cambridge: Cambridge University
    Press, 1994.

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History of New Testament Theology:

WilliamBaird, History of New Testament Research, Volume One: From Deism to
        Tubingen
. Volume Two: From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann.
        Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992, 2003.

James Barr, "Biblical Theology." In IDB Supplement, 104-111.

J. C. Beker, "Reflections on Biblical Theology." Int 24 (1970): 303-20.

Bultmann, Rudolf. New Testament Mythology and Other Basic Writings. Fortress, 1984.

Gabler, Johann, "On the Proper Distinction Between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the
        Specific Objectives of Each", 1789. In "J. P. Gabler and the Distinction Between Biblical
        and Dogmatic Theology: Translation, Commentary, and Discussion of His Originality."
        Scottish Journal of Theology 33 (1980): 133-158.

Harrisville, Roy A. and Walter Sundberg, eds. The Bible in Modern Culture. Baruch Spinoza
        to Brevard Childs
, 2nd edition. Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1995, 2002.

Hayes, John H., ed. Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Hendrikus Boers, What is New Testament Theology? Guides to Biblical Scholarship.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.

Kasemann, Ernst. "The Problem of a New Testament Theology." New Testament Studies
        19: 235-245.

McKim, Donald K., ed. Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters. Downer's Grove:
        InterVaristy, 1998.

Robert Morgan,  ed. The Nature of New Testament Theology. The Contribution of William
    Wrede and Adolf Schlatter. London: SCM, 1973.

O'Neill, J. C. The Bible's Authority. A Portrait Gallery of Thinkers from Lessing to Bultmann.
        T & T Clark, 1991.

John K. Riches. A Century of New Testament Study. Valley Forge: Trinity Press
     International, 1993.

James Robinson, "The Future of New Testament Theology." Religious Studies Review
    2/1 (1976): 17-23.

Krister Stendahl, "Biblical Theology, Contemporary." In IDB 1:418-432.

Dan O. Via. What Is New Testament Theology? Guides to Biblical Scholarship.
    Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.

Weiss, Johannes. Jesus' Proclamation of the Kingdom of God. 1892. Atlanta: Scholar's
        Press [reprint], 1985.

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Eschatology:

Dale C. Allison, Jr., The End of the Ages Has Come. An Early Interpretation of the
    Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

J. Christiaan Beker, "The Promise of Paul's Apocalyptic for Our Times." In The Future of
    Christology. Essays in Honor of Leander E. Keck, 152-159. Ed. Abraham J. Malherbe
    & Wayne A. Meeks. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

John Carroll . The Return of Jesus in Early Christianity. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson,
    2000.

Oscar Cullmann, "Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead. The Witness of the New
    Testament." In Immortality and Resurrection, 9-53. Ed. Krister Stendahl. New York:
    Macmillan, 1965.

James D. G. Dunn, "He Will Come Again," Interpretation 51 (1997): 42-56.

E. Earle Ellis, "The Structure of Pauline Eschatology," in Christ and the Future in New
        Testament History
, 147-164. Leiden: Brill, 2000.

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, "The Phenomenon of Early Christian Apocalyptic. Some
    Reflections on Method." In Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World, ed. D.
    Hellholm, 297-316. Tübingen: Mohr, 1983.

Reginald Fuller, "Jesus, Paul, and Apocalyptic." Anglical Theological Review 71.2: 134-142.

Richard A. Horsely, "The Kingdom of God and the Renewal of Israel: Synoptic Gospels, Jesus
    Movements, and Apocalypticism." In The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, Vol. 1,
    303-344. Ed. by John J. Collins. Coninuum, 1998.

Arland Hultgren, "Eschatology in the New Testament: The Current Debate." In The Last
    Things. Biblical & Theological Perspectives on Eschatology
, pp 67-89. Edited by
    Carl Braaten and Richard Jenson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.

Ernst Käsemann, "On the Subject of Primitive Christian Apocalyptic," in New Testament
    Questions of Today (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969), 108-137.

Leander E. Keck, "Paul and Apocalyptic Theology." Int 38 (1984): 229-241.

Joel Marcus & Marion L. Soards, eds. Apocalyptic and the New Testament. Essays in
    Honor of J.  Louis Martyn. JSOTSup. 24. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989.

Wayne A. Meeks, "Social Functions of Apocalyptic Language in Pauline Christianity." In
    Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World, ed. D. Hellholm, 687-705. Tübingen: Mohr,
    1983.

Charles D. Myers, Jr., "The Persistence of Apocalyptic Thought in New Testament Theology."
    In Biblical Theology: Problems and Perspectives, 209-221. Ed. by S. Kraftchick & C.
    Myers. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.

George W. Nickelsburg, Resurrection, Immortality, and Eternal Life in Intertestamental
        Judaism
. Cambridge: Harvard University, 1972.

Thomas E. Schmidt &b Moises Silva, eds, To Tell the Mystery. Essays on New Testament
    Eschatology in Honor of Robert H. Gundy. JSOTSup. 100. JSOT Press, 1994.

Ben Witherington III, Jesus, Paul, and the End of the World. Downer's Grove: InterVarsity,
    1992.

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The Book of Revelation:

Richard Bauckham, The Theology of the Book of Revelation. Cambridge: Cambridge
        University, 1993.

Ellen T. Charry, "A Sharp Two-Edged Sword. Pastoral Implications of Apocalyptic."
    Int 53 (1999): 158-172.

Richard L. Jeske, "The Book of Revelation in the Parish," Word & World 15 (1995): 182-174.

Nancy Koester, "The Future of Our Past: Post-millennialism in American Protestantism,"
    Word & World 15 (1995): 137-144.

Fidon R. Mwombeki, "The Book of Revelation in Africa," Word & World 15 (1995): 145-150.

Rossing, Barbara. The Rapture Exposed. The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation
    Cambridge, Mass.: Westview Press, 2004.

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Theology of John:

John Ashton, Studying John. Approaches to the Fourth Gospel. Clarendon, 1994.

C. K. Barrett, "The Dialectical Theology of St. John." In New Testament Essays, 49-69.
    London: SPCK, 1972.

Raymond E. Brown, The Community of the Beloved Disciple. New York: Paulist Press, 1979.

________, "Johannine Ecclesiology -- the Community's Origins." Int 31 (1977): 379-393.

Jacob Jervell, Jesus in the Gospel of John.

Robert Kysar, "Community and Gospel: Vectors in 4th Gospel Criticism." Int 31 (1977):
    355-366.

J. L. Martyn, History and Theology in the Gospel of John. Nashville: Abingdon, 1968.

Reid, Barbara E., "The Cross and Cycles of Violence." Interpretation 58 (2004):376-385.

Fernando Segovia, "The Journey(s) of the Word of God: A Reading of the Plot of the Fourth
    Gospel." Semeia 53 (1991).

Eduard Schweizer, "The Concept of the Church in the Gospel and Epistles of St. John." In New
    Testament Essays: Studies in Honor of Thomas Walter Manson, ed. A. J. B. Higgins
    (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1959), 230-245.

D. Moody Smith, "Johannine Christianity: Some Reflections on its Character and Delineation."
    NTS 21 (1975): 222-248.

_______, "The Presentation of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel." Int 31 (1977): 367-378.

_______, The Theology of the Gospel of John. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1995.

Urban C. von Wahlde, "Community in Conflict. The History and Social Context of the
    Johannine Community." Int 49 (1995):379-389.

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Ecclesiology:

C. K. Barrett, Church, Ministry, & Sacraments in the New Testament. Grand Rapids:
    Eerdmans, 1985.

Raymond E. Brown, The Churches the Apostles Left Behind. New York: Paulist, 1984.

Raymond F. Collins, The Many Faces of the Church. A Study in New Testament Ecclesiology.
        New York: Herder & Herder, 2003.

Victor Paul Furnish, "Theology and Ministry in the Pauline Letters," in A Biblical Basis
    for Ministry, 101-144. Edited by Earl E. Shelp & Ronald Sunderland. Westminster, 1981.

MartinGoodman . Mission and Conversion. Proselytizing in the Religious History of the
         Roman
Empire. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.

Ferdinand Hahn, Mission in the New Testament. London: SCM Press, 1965.

Arland Hultgren, The Church as the Body of Christ: Engaging an Image in the New
    Testament. Word and World 22 (2002): 124-132.

________, "The Church in the New Testament." Dialog 33 (spring 1994): 111-117.

Richard N. Longenecker, ed. Patterns of Discipleship in the New Testament. Grand Rapids:
    Eerdmans, 1996.

Paul S. Minear. Images of the Church in the New Testament. The New Testament Library. Louisville:
        Westminster John Knox, 1960, 2004.

P. T. O'Brien,  Gospel and Mission in the Writings of Paul. An Exegetical and Theological Analysis.
        Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.

Fernando F. Segovia, ed. Discipleship in the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

Daniel W. Ulrich,  The Missional Audience of the Gospel of Matthew. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69
        (2007): 64-83.

James P. Ware,  The Mission of the Church in Paul's Letter to the Philippians in the Context of
         Ancient Judaism
. Leiden: Brill, 2005.

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Ministry & "Early Catholicism":

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. "The Structured Ministry of the Church in the Pastoral Epistles. Catholic
        Biblical Quarterly 66 (2004): 582-596.

Ernst Käsemann, "Paul and Early Catholicism." In New Testament Questions of Today,
    236-251. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969.

______, "Unity and Multiplicity in the New Testament Doctrine of the Church." In New
    Testament Questions of Today, 252-259. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969.

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, "The Patristic Household of God and the Ekklsia of Women." In
    Memory of Her. Crossroads, 1983. Pp. 251-284.

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Canon and Inspiration:

Elizabeth Achtemeier, "The Canon as the Voice of the Living God." In Reclaiming the Bible
    for the Church, ed. Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, 119-130. Grand Rapids:
    Eerdmans, 1995.

Paul J. Acthemeier, The Inspiration of Scripture. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980.

James Barr, Beyond Fundamentalism. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1984.

John Barton, Holy Writings, Sacred Text. The Canon in Early Christianity. Westminster
    John-Knox, 1998.

F. W. Beare, "Canon of the NT." In IDB 1:520-532.

Christopher Bryan, And God Spoke. The Authority of the Bible for the Church Today.
    Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley Publications, 2002.

Clarke, Kent D.  "The Problem of Pseudonymity in Biblical Literature and Its Implications for
        Canon Formation." In The Canon Debate, ed. Lee Martin McDonald and James A. Sanders,
        440-468. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2002.

David L. Dungan, "The New Testament Canon in Recent Study." Int 31 (1977): 339-351.

Harry Gamble, The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning. Guides to Biblical
    Scholarship.  Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

Ernst Käsemann, "The NT Canon and the Unity of the Church." In Essays on NT Themes,
    95-107. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1964, 1982.

Bruce M. Metzger, The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origins, Development, and
    Significance. Oxford: Clarendon, 1987.

Lee Martin McDonald, The Formation of the Christian Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1988.

Sittler, Joseph. The Doctrine of the Word in the Structure of Lutheran Theology. Philadelphia:
    Muhlenberg Press, 1948.

A. C. Sundberg, "Canon of the NT." In IDB Supplement: 136-140.

von Campenhausen, Hans, The Formation of the Christian Bible. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1972.

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Old Testament & New Testament:

Paul J. Acthemeier, "New-born Babes and Living Stones." In To Touch the Text.

Charlesworth, "What Has the Old Testament to do with the New?" in The Old and the New
    Testaments (Valley Forge: Trinity, 1993), 39-87.

Brevard Childs, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments. Philadelphia: Fortress,
    1993.

Paul Hanson, The People Called. T & T Clark.

Richard Hays and Joel Green, "The Use of the Old Testament by New Testament Writers." In
    Hearing the New Testament. Strategies for Interpretation, 222-238. Grand Rapids:
    Eerdmans, 1995.

Donald Juel, Messiah and Temple: The Trial of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. SBLDS 31.
    Missoula, Mont.: Scholars, 1977.

_______, Messianic Exegesis. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.

Barnabas Lindars and Peder Borgen, "The Place of the Old Testament in the Formation of New
    Testament Theology: Prolegomena and Response," NTS 23 (1976-77): 59-75.

Foster McCurley and John Reumann, Witness of the Word. A Biblical Theology of the
    Gosepel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.

Roland E. Murphy, "The Relationship Between the Testaments," CBQ 26 (1964): 349-359.

George Nickelsburg, "Reading the Hebrew Scriptures in the First Century: Christian
    Interpretations in Their Jewish Context." Word and World 3 (1983): 238-250.

Duane A. Priebe, "The Unity of the Testaments," Word & World 3 (1983): 263-271.

Claus Westermann, The Old Testament and Jesus Christ. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1970.

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NT, Theology, & Mission:

John P. Burgess, Why Scripture Matters. Reading the Bible in a Time of Church Conflict.
    Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998.

Brevard S. Childs, "On Reclaiming the Bible for Christian Theology." In Reclaiming the
    Bible for the Church, ed. Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, 1-18. Grand Rapids:
    Eerdmans, 1995.

Stephen Fowl and L. Gregory Jones, Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in
    Christian Life. Pauline Theology Vol. IV. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Robert Kysar, "Preaching as Biblical Theology. In The Promise and Practice of 
     Biblical Theology, pp 143-156. Edited by John Reumann. Minneapolis:Fortress, 
    1991.

George MacRae, "New Testament Theology -- Some Problems and Principles." Scripture
    36 (1964): 97-106.

Foster McCurley and John Reumann, Witness of the Word. A Biblical Theology of the Gospel.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.

Richard Nysse and Donald Juel, "Interpretation for Christian Ministry." Word and World
    13 (1993): 345-355.

John Reumann, Variety and Unity in New Testament Thought. Oxford: Oxford University,
    1991.

Sandra M. Schneiders, "The New Testament as the Church's Book." In The Revelatory
     Text.
Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture, 64-93. San Francisco:
     Harper, 1991.

Peter Stuhlmacher, Historical Criticism and Theological Interpretation of Scripture.
    Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977.

Claus Westermann, "The Bible and the Life of Faith: A Personal Reflection." Word and
    World 13 (1993): 337-344.

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Major Works of New Testament Theology:

Rudolf Bultmann, Theology of the New Testament, 2 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1965.

G. B Caird, New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1994.

Brevard Childs, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments. Philadelphia:
         Fortress, 1993.

Hans Conzelmann, An Outline of the Theology of the New Testament. New York: Harper
    & Row, 1969.

Oscar Cullmann, Christ and Time. Salvation in History. London: SCM, 1962.

James Dunn, Unity and Diversity in the New Testament. 2nd edition. Philadelphia:
    Westminster, 1977, 1990.

Philip F. Esler, New Testament Theology. Communion and Community. Minneapolis: Fortress
     Press, 2005.

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, In Memory of Her. A Feminist Theological Reconstruction
     of
Christian Origins. New York: Crossroad, 1983

Leonhard Goppelt, Theology of the New Testament, 2 vols.Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981,
    1982.

Joachim Jeremias, New Testament Theology: The Proclamation of Jesus. New York:
    Scribner, 1971.

Werner Georg Kümmel, The Theology of the New Testament. Nashville: Abingdon, 1973.

George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974, 1993.

I. Howard Marshall, New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. Downer's
         Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2004.

Alan Richardson, An Introduction to the Theology of the New Testament. New York:
    Harper, 1958.

Walter Schmithals, The Theology of the First Christians. Louisville: Westminster John Knox,
         1997 (German original, 1994).

Rudolf Schnackenburg, New Testament Theology Today, Present and Future: Modern
    Aspects of New Testament Theology. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1966.

Strecker, Georg, Theology of the New Testament. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000
         (German original, 1996).

N. T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1992.



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