New Testament Exegesis Bibliography – 2008
A New Testament Annotated Bibliography compiled by the New Testament Faculty of Denver Seminary.
Exegesis Bibliography
Prepared by and Copyright © January 2008
William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Susan M. Hecht
of the New Testament Department of
DENVER SEMINARY
Items marked with an asterisk [*] are top priority for acquisition. Others would be good to have if and when finances allow. (All are selected as excellent out of a much larger list that could have been compiled.)
1. Textual Criticism
Aland, K. and B. The Text of the New Testament. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1989.2
Black, D. A. New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide. G.R.: Baker, 1994.
Greenlee, J. H. Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995.2
*Metzger, B. M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. London & N.Y.: United Bible Societies, 1994.2
Omanson, R. L. A Textual Guide to the Greek New Testament. Stuttgart: German Bible Society, 2006.
*Wegner, P. D. A Student’s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.
2. Grammar
*Black, D. A. It’s Still Greek to Me. G.R.: Baker, 1998.
Blass, F., A. Debrunner, and R. Funk. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
Mounce, W. D. The Morphology of Biblical Greek. G.R.: Zondervan, 1994.
Porter, S. E. Idioms of the Greek New Testament. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992.
Wallace, D. B. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. G.R.: Zondervan, 2000.
*Wallace, D. B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. G.R.: Zondervan, 1996.
Young, R. A. Intermediate New Testament Greek. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.
3. Introduction
Achtemeier, P. J., J. B. Green, and M. M. Thompson. Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2001.
Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1997.
*Carson, D. A. and D. J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament. G.R.: Zondervan, 2005.2
Burge, G. M., L. H. Cohick, and G. L. Green. The New Testament in Antiquity. G.R.: Zondervan, 2008.
*deSilva, D. A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Context, Methods and Ministry Formation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
Elwell, W. A. and Yarbrough, R. W. Encountering the New Testament and Readings from the First-Century World [with CD-ROM]. G.R.: Baker, 2005.2
Gundry, R. A Survey of the New Testament. G.R.: Zondervan, 2003.4
Guthrie, D. New Testament Introduction. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1990.4
Wenham, D. and S. Walton. Exploring the New Testament, vol. 1: A Guide to the Gospels & Acts. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2001; Marshall, I. H., Travis, S. and Paul, I., vol. 2: A Guide to the Epistles and Revelation (2002).
4. Historical Background
A. Lexical Analysis
Balz, H. and G. Schneider, ed. Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 3 vols. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1990-93.
*Bauer, W. (Danker/Arndt/Gingrich). A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. 3
*Brown, C., ed. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3 vols. G.R.: Zondervan, 1975-1978.
Kittel, G. and G. Friedrich, ed. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1964-76.
Kittel, G. and G. Friedrich; ed. and abridged by G. Bromiley. TDNT, 1 vol. edition. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1985.
Liddell, H. G. and R. Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1925-40; repr. 1968 [for classical Greek].
*Louw, J. P. and E. A. Nida. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains, 2 vols. New York: United Bible Societies, 1988.
Marshall, I. H., ed. Moulton and Geden Concordance to the Greek New Testament. New York: Continuum, 2002.6
Mounce, W. D., ed. Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. G.R.: Zondervan, 2006.
Verbrugge, V.D. The NIV Theological Dictionary of NT Words. G.R.: Zondervan, 2000 [abridgment of C. Brown]
B. History and Religion
Barnett, P. Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999.
Evans, C. A. and S. E. Porter, eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000.
*Ferguson, E. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2003.3
Jeffers, J. S. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999.
*Keener, C. S. The IVP Biblical Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993.
Skarsaune, O. In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.
*Witherington, B., III. New Testament History: A Narrative Account. G.R.: Baker, 2001.
Wright, N. T. The New Testament and the People of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.
C. Primary Source Material
DeSilva, D. A. Introducing the Apocrypha. G.R.: Baker, 2002.
*Evans, C. A. Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2005.
Helyer, L. R. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.
Holmes M. W. The Apostolic Fathers. Greek Texts and English Translations. G.R.: Baker, 2007.3
Jobes, K. H. and M. Silva. Invitation to the Septuagint. G.R.: Baker, 2000.
VanderKam, J. C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2001.
5. Theology
Caird, G. B. (Completed and edited by L. D. Hurst). New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.
Goppelt, L. Theology of the New Testament. 2 vols. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1981-1982.
Hurtado, L. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2003.
Ladd, G. E. A Theology of the New Testament. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1993.2
*Marshall, I. H. New Testament Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
Matera, F. J. New Testament Theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007.
Schreiner, T. R. New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ. G.R.: Baker, 2008.
*Thielman, F. New Testament Theology. G.R.: Zondervan, 2005.
6. Dictionary / Encyclopedia
Bromiley, G. W., ed. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, revised, 4 vols. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1979-86.
Evans, C. A. and S. E. Porter, eds. Dictionary of NT Background. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000.
Freedman, D. N., ed. The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
*Green, J. B., S. McKnight, and I. H. Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1992.
*Hawthorne, G. F., R. P. Martin, and D. G. Reid, eds. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993.
Martin, R. P. and P. H. Davids, eds. Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998.
Ryken, L. et al., eds. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998.
*Sakenfeld, K. D., ed. New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 6 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 2006- .
Vanhoozer, K. J., ed., Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. G.R.: Baker, 2005.
7. Criticism
Bock, D. L. and B. M. Fanning, Interpreting the New Testament Text. Wheaton: Crossway, 2006.
Carson, D. A. and J. D. Woodbridge, eds. Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon. G.R.: Zondervan, 1986; repr. Baker, 1995.
*Dockery, D. S. and D. A. Black, eds. Interpreting the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001.2
Green, J. B., ed. Hearing the New Testament. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1995.
*McKnight, S. and G. R. Osborne, eds. The Face of New Testament Studies. G.R.: Baker, 2004.
Porter, S. E. and D. Tombs, eds. Approaches to New Testament Study. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
8. Hermeneutics
*Beale, G. K. and D. A. Carson, eds., Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. G.R.: Baker, 2007.
Bray, G. Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1996.
Brown, J. Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. G.R.: Baker, 2007.
Dockery, D. S., K. A. Matthews and R. B. Sloan, eds. Foundations for Biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.
*Klein, W. W., C. L. Blomberg and R. L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Nelson, 2004.2
Longman, T. and L. Ryken, eds. A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. G.R.: Zondervan, 1993.
Osborne, G. R. The Hermeneutical Spiral. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2007.2
Vanhoozer, K. J. Is There a Meaning in this Text? Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998.
9. Jesus and the Gospels
*Bauckham, R. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2006.
Blomberg, C. L. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. Downers Grove: IVP, rev. 2007.
*Blomberg, C. L. Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1997.
Bock, D. L. Studying the Historical Jesus and Jesus according to Scripture. G.R.: Baker, 2002.
Bock, D. L. and G. J. Herrick. Jesus in Context: Background Readings for Gospel Study. G.R.: Baker, 2005.
Dunn, J. D. G. Jesus Remembered. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2003.
Eddy, P. R., and G. A. Boyd. The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition. G.R.: Baker, 2007.
Meier, J. P. A Marginal Jew, 4 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1991- .
Stein, R. H. Studying the Synoptic Gospels. G.R.: Baker, 2001.2
Strauss, M. L. Four Portraits, One Jesus: An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels. G.R.: Zondervan, 2007.
*Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.
*Wright, N. T. The Resurrection of the Son of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.
10. Paul
Bruce, F. F. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1977.
Capes, D. B., R. Reeves and E. R. Richards, Rediscovering Paul. Downers Grove: IVP, 2007.
Dunn, J. D. G. The New Perspective on Paul, rev. ed. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2008.
*Dunn, J. D. G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1998.
*Gorman, M. J. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2004.
Horrell, D. An Introduction to the Study of Paul. N.Y.: Continuum, 2000.
*Polhill, J. B. Paul and His Letters. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999.
Ridderbos, H. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1975.
Schreiner, T. E. Paul: Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2001.
Wenham, D. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? G.R.: Eerdmans, 1995.
Witherington, B., III. The Paul Quest. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998.
*Wright, N. T. Paul: In Fresh Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.
11. Major Commentaries
The lists of top eleven commentaries for each N.T. book are divided into three sections: the first contains those we consider the best detailed, critical commentaries using the Greek text; the second lists more mid-level works using the English text (some with references to the Greek in footnotes); and the third consists of commentaries that are briefer and/or have a special focus on application. At least one priority title is asterisked for each level.
Abbreviations for series:
AB = Anchor Bible
BECNT = Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
BNTC = Black’s New Testament Commentary
BST = Bible Speaks Today
EBC = Expositor’s Bible Commentary
EC = Epworth Commentaries
ECC = Eerdmans Critical Commentary
ICC = International Critical Commentary
Int = Interpretation
NAC = New American Commentary
NCB = New Century Bible
NCBC = New Cambridge Bible Commentary
NIBC = New International Biblical Commentary
NICNT = New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIGTC = New International Greek Testament Commentary
NIVAC = NIV Application Commentary
NTC = New Testament Commentary
NTinC = New Testament in Context
NTL = New Testament Library
NTR = New Testament Readings
PNTC = Pillar New Testament Commentary
SP = Sacra Pagina
THNTC = Two Horizons New Testament Commentary
TNTC = Tyndale New Testament Commentary
WBC = Word Biblical Commentary
MATTHEW
Davies, W. D. and D. C. Allison, Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew (ICC, rev.), 3 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1988-97.
*Hagner, D. A. Matthew (WBC), 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1993-95.
Nolland, J. The Gospel of Matthew (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2005.
Turner, D. L. Matthew (BECNT). G.R.: Baker, 2008.
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Blomberg, C. L. Matthew (NAC). Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
Carson, D. A. “Matthew.” In EBC, ed. F. E. Gaebelein, vol. 8. G.R.: Zondervan, 1984.
*France, R. T. The Gospel of Matthew (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2007
Keener, C. S. A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1999.
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Green, M. The Message of Matthew (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000.
Keener, C. S. Matthew (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997.
*Wilkins, M. J. Matthew (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 2004.
MARK
Collins, A. Y. Mark (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.
France, R. T. The Gospel of Mark (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2002.
*Guelich, R. A. Mark 1-8:26 (WBC). Dallas: Word, 1989; and Evans, C. A. Mark 8:27-16:20 (WBC). Nashville: Nelson, 2001.
Gundry, R. H. Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1993.
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*Edwards, J. R. The Gospel according to Mark (PNTC). G.R. Eerdmans, 2002.
Lane, W. L. The Gospel according to Mark (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1974.
Marcus, J. Mark 1-8 (AB). NY: Doubleday, 2000.
Witherington, B., III. The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2001.
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Culpepper, R. A. Mark (SHBC) Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2007.
*Garland, D. Mark (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1996.
Kernaghan, R. J. Mark (IVPNTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2007.
LUKE
*Bock, D. L. Luke (BECNT), 2 vols. G.R.: Baker, 1994-96.
Bovon, F. Luke, vol. 1 (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.
Marshall, I. H. The Gospel of Luke (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1978.
Nolland, J. Luke (WBC), 3 vols. Dallas: Word, 1990-93.
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Fitzmyer, J. A. The Gospel According to Luke (AB), 2 vols. Garden City: Doubleday, 1981-85.
*Green, J. B. The Gospel of Luke (NICNT, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1997.
Johnson, L. T. The Gospel of Luke (SP). Collegeville: Liturgical, 1992.
Liefeld, W. L. and D. Pao, “Luke,” in EBC, rev., vol. 10, 19-355. G.R.: Zondervan, 2007.
Stein, R. H. Luke (NAC). Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
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*Bock, D. L. Luke (NIVAC). G. R.: Zondervan, 1996.
Bock, D. L. Luke (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1994.
JOHN
Keener, C. S. The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 vols. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2003.
*Köstenberger, A. John (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.
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Borchert, Gerald L. John, 2 vols (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1996-2002.
*Carson, D. A. The Gospel according to John (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1991.
Moloney, F. J. The Gospel of John (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1998.
Morris, L. Commentary on the Gospel of John (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1995.2
Ridderbos, H. L. The Gospel of John. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1997.
Witherington, B., III. John’s Wisdom. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1996.
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*Burge, G. M. John (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 2000.
Kruse, C. G. The Gospel according to John (TNTC, rev.). Leicester: InterVarsity, 2004.
Whitacre, R. A. John (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999.
ACTS
Barrett, C. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (ICC, rev.), 2 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1994-1998.
*Bock, D. L. Acts (BECNT). G.R.: Baker, 2007.
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Bruce, F. F. The Book of the Acts (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1988.2
Fitzmyer, J. A. The Acts of the Apostles (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1998.
Longenecker, R. N. “Acts,” in EBC, rev., vol. 10, 665-1102. G.R.: Zondervan, 2007.
Marshall, I. H. The Acts of the Apostles (TNTC, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1980.
Polhill, J. B. Acts (NAC). Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
*Witherington, B. The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1998.
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*Fernando, A. Acts (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1998.
Green, M. Thirty Years that Changed the World: The Book of Acts for Today. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2004.
Larkin, W. J. Acts (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1995.
ROMANS
*Cranfield, C. E. B. The Epistle to the Romans (ICC, rev.), 2 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. 1975-79.
Dunn, J. D. G. Romans (WBC), 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1988.
Jewett, R. Romans (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.
Schreiner, T. R. Romans (BECNT). G.R.: Baker, 1998.
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Fitzmyer, J. A. Romans (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1993.
*Moo, D. J. The Epistle to the Romans (NICNT, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1996.
Witherington, B., III, with D. Hyatt. Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2004.
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Moo, D. J. Romans (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 2000.
Stott, J. R. W. The Message of Romans (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1994.
*Osborne, G. R. Romans (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
Talbert, C. H. Romans (SHBC). Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2002.
1 CORINTHIANS
*Garland, D. E. 1 Corinthians (BECNT). G.R.: Baker, 2003.
Thiselton, A. C. The First Epistle to the Corinthians (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2000.
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Collins, R. F. First Corinthians (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1999.
Fee, G. D. The First Epistle to the Corinthians (NICNT, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1987.
Keener, C. S. 1- 2 Corinthians (NCBC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
*Thiselton, A. C. First Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2006.
Witherington, B., III. Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1995.
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*Blomberg, C. L. 1 Corinthians (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1994.
Hays, R. B. First Corinthians (Int). Louisville: John Knox, 1997.
Johnson, Alan F. 1 Corinthians (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
Vander Broek, L. D. Breaking Barriers: The Possibilities of Christian Community in a Lonely World. G.R.: Brazos, 2002.
2 CORINTHIANS
*Harris, M. J. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2005.
Martin, R. P. 2 Corinthians (WBC). Waco: Word, 1986.
Thrall, M. E. A Critical & Exegetical Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (ICC, rev.), 2 vols. Edinburgh:
T. & T. Clark, 1994-2000.
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Barnett, P. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (NICNT, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1997.
*Garland, D. E . 2 Corinthians (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999.
Furnish, V. P. 2 Corinthians (AB). Garden City: Doubleday, 1984.
Keener, C. S. 1- 2 Corinthians (NCBC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Matera, F. J. II Corinthians (NTL). Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2003.
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Barnett, P. The Message of 2 Corinthians (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988.
*Belleville, L. 2 Corinthians (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1996.
Hafemann, S. J. 2 Corinthians (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 2000.
GALATIANS
Betz, H.-D. Galatians (Hermeneia). Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.
Bruce, F. F. The Epistle to the Galatians (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1982.
*Longenecker, R. N. Galatians (WBC). Dallas: Word, 1990.
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Dunn, J. D. G. The Epistle to the Galatians (BNTC). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1993.
Fung, R. Y. K. The Epistle to the Galatians (NICNT, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1988.
George, T. Galatians (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.
Martyn, J. L. Galatians (AB). N.Y.: Doubleday, 1997.
*Witherington, B., III. Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Galatians. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1998.
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Braxton, B. R. No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience. Collegeville: Liturgical, 2002.
*Hansen, G. W. Galatians (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1994.
McKnight, S. Galatians (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1995.
EPHESIANS
Best, E. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ephesians (ICC, rev.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1998.
*Hoehner, H. Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary. G.R.: Baker, 2002.
Lincoln, A. T. Ephesians (WBC). Dallas: Word, 1990.
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Barth, M. Ephesians (AB), 2 vols. Garden City: Doubleday, 1974.
Bruce, F. F. The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (NICNT, rev.). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1984.
*Klein, W. W. “Ephesians.” In EBC Revised, ed. T. Longman III and D. E. Garland, vol. 12, 19-173. G.R.: Zondervan, 2006.
*O’Brien, P. T. The Letter to the Ephesians (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1999.
Witherington, B. , III. The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2007.
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*Snodgrass, K. Ephesians (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1996.
Stott, J. R. W. The Message of Ephesians (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1984.
Talbert, C. H. Ephesians and Colossians (Paideia). G.R.: Baker, 2007.
PHILIPPIANS
Hawthorne, G. F. Philippians (WBC). Waco: Word, 1983; rev. R. P. Martin. Nashville: Nelson, 2004.
*O’Brien, P. T. The Epistle to the Philippians (NIGTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1991.
Silva, M. Philippians (BECNT). G. R.: Baker, 2005.2
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Bockmuehl, M. The Epistle to the Philippians (BNTC). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998.
*Fee, G. D. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT, rev.). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1995.
Fowl, S. E. Philippians (THNTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 2005.
Garland, D. E. “Philippians.” In EBC Revised, ed. D. E. Garland and T. Longman III, vol. 12, 175-261. G. R.: Zondervan, 2006.
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Motyer, J. A. The Message of Philippians (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1984.
Fee, G. D. Philippians (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999.
*Thielman, F. Philippians (NIVAC). G. R.: Zondervan, 1995.
Witherington, B., III. Friendship and Finances in Philippi: The Letter of Paul to the Philippians (NTinC). Valley Forge: Trinity, 1994.
COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON
Dunn, J. D. G. The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon (NIGTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1996.
Wilson, R. McL. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Colossians (ICC, rev.). London: T. & T. Clark, 2005.
*O’Brien, P. T. Colossians, Philemon (WBC). Waco: Word, 1982.
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Barth, M. and Blanke, H. Colossians (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1994.
Barth, M. and Blanke, H. The Letter to Philemon (ECC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2000.
Fitzmyer, J. A. The Letter to Philemon (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2000.
*Moo, D. J. The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2008.
Thompson, M. M. Colossians & Philemon (THNTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 2005.
Witherington, B. III. The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2007.
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*Garland, D. E. Colossians/Philemon (NIVAC). G. R.: Zondervan, 1998.
Talbert, C. H. Ephesians and Colossians (Paideia). G.R.: Baker, 2007.
1, 2 THESSALONIANS
Bruce, F. F. I and II Thessalonians (WBC). Waco: Word Books, 1982.
*Wanamaker, C. The Epistles to the Thessalonians (NIGTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1990.
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*Green, G. L. The Letters to the Thessalonians (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2002.
*Malherbe, A. J. The Letters to the Thessalonians (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Marshall, I. H. 1 and 2 Thessalonians (NCB). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1983.
Martin, D. M. 1, 2 Thessalonians (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1995.
Richard, E. J. First and Second Thessalonians (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2007.
Witherington, B., III. 1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2006.
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Beale, G. K. 1-2 Thessalonians (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003.
*Holmes, M. W. 1 & 2 Thessalonians (NIVAC). G. R.: Zondervan, 1998.
Stott, J. R. W. The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1991.
PASTORALS
Knight, G. W., III. The Pastoral Epistles (NIGTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1992.
Marshall, I. H. with P. H. Towner. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (ICC, rev.). Edinburgh:
T. & T. Clark, 1999.
*Mounce, W. D. Pastoral Epistles (WBC). Nashville: Nelson, 2000.
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Johnson, L. T. The First and Second Letters to Timothy (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Kelly, J. N. D. A Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (BNTC). San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1968.
Quinn, J. D. The Letter to Titus (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1990
Quinn, J. D. and W. C. Wacker, The First and Second Letters to Timothy (ECC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2000.
*Towner, P. H. The Letters to Timothy and Titus (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2006.
Witherington, B., III. Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, vol. 1: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.
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Liefeld, W. 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus (NIVAC). G. R.: Zondervan, 1999.
*Towner, P. H. 1 – 2 Timothy and Titus (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1994.
HEBREWS
HEBREWS
Attridge, H. The Epistle to the Hebrews (Hermeneia). Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989.
Ellingworth, P. The Epistle to the Hebrews (NIGTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1993.
*Lane, W. L. Hebrews (WBC), 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1991.
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Bruce, F. F. The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1990.2
deSilva, D. A. Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. G.R.: Eerdmans, 2000.
Hughes, P. E. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. G.R.: Eerdmans, 1977.
Johnson, L. T. Hebrews: A Commentary (NTL). Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2006.
*Koester, C. R. Hebrews (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Witherington, B., III. Letters and Homilies for Jewish Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2007.
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*Guthrie, G. H. Hebrews (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1998.
McKnight, E. V. and C. Church. Hebrews-James (SHBC). Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2004.
JAMES
*Davids, P. H. The Epistle of James (NIGTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1982.
Martin, R. P. James (WBC). Waco: Word, 1988.
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Brosend, W. F. II. James and Jude (NCBC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Hartin, P. J. James (SP). Collegeville: Liturgical, 2003.
Johnson, L. T. The Letter of James (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Laws, S. The Epistle of James (HNTC). San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980.
*Moo, D. J. The Letter of James (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2000.
Witherington, B., III. Letters and Homilies for Jewish Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2007.
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*Baker, W. R. and T. D. Ellsworth. Preaching James. St. Louis: Chalice, 2004.
Nystrom, D. P. James (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1997.
Stulac, G. M. James (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993.
1 PETER
Achtemeier, P. D. 1 Peter (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.
*Jobes, K. H. 1 Peter (BECNT). G.R.: Baker, 2005.
Michaels, J. R. 1 Peter (WBC). Waco: Word, 1988.
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Davids, P. H. The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1990.
*Elliott, J. H. 1 Peter (AB). N.Y.: Doubleday, 2000.
Green, J. B. 1 Peter (THNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2007.
Kelly, J. N. D. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude (BNTC). San Francisco: Harper, 1969.
Schreiner, T. R. 1, 2 Peter, Jude (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003.
Witherington, B., III., Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, vol. 2: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1-2 Peter. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2007.
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*Marshall, I. H. 1 Peter (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1991.
McKnight, S. 1 Peter (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1996.
2 PETER AND JUDE
*Bauckham, R. Jude, 2 Peter (WBC). Waco: Word, 1983.
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Charles, J. D. “2 Peter,” “Jude.” In EBC Revised, ed. D. E. Garland and T. Longman III, vol. 13, 357-411, 539-69. G.R.: Zondervan, 2006.
*Davids, P. H. The Letters of Second Peter and Jude (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2006.
Green, E. M. B. The Second Epistle of Peter and the Epistle of Jude (TNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1990.2
Kelly, J. N. D. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude (HNTC). San Francisco: Harper, 1969.
Neyrey, J. H. 2 Peter, Jude (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Reese, R. A. 2 Peter and Jude (THNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2007.
Schreiner, T. R. 1, 2 Peter, Jude (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003.
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Horrell, D. G. The Epistles of Peter and Jude (EC). London: Epworth, 1998.
*Moo, D. J. 2 Peter, Jude (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1996.
Lucas, D. and C. Green. 2 Peter & Jude (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1995.
1, 2, 3 JOHN
Schnackenburg, R. The Johannine Epistles. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
*Smalley, S. S. 1, 2, 3 John (WBC). Waco: Word, 1984.
Strecker, G. The Johannine Letters (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
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Akin, D. L. 1, 2, 3 John (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001.
Brown, R. The Epistles of John (AB). Garden City: Doubleday, 1982.
*Kruse, C. G. The Letters of John (PNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 2000.
Marshall, I. H. The Epistles of John (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1978.
Stott, J. R. W. The Epistles of John (TNTC). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1988.2
Witherington, B., III. Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, vol. 1: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.
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*Burge, G. M. The Letters of John (NIVAC). G.R.: Zondervan, 1996.
Thompson, M. M. 1- 3 John (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1992.
REVELATION
Aune, D. E. Revelation (WBC), 3 vols. Dallas: Word, 1997; Nashville: Nelson, 1998.
Beale, G. K. The Book of Revelation (NIGTC). G. R.: Eerdmans, 1999.
*Osborne, G. R. Revelation (BECNT). G.R.: Baker, 2002.
Smalley, Stephen S. The Revelation to John. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005.
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Boxall, I. The Revelation of Saint John (BNTC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 2006.
Johnson, D. E. Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2001.
*Mounce, R. H. The Book of Revelation (NICNT). G.R.: Eerdmans, 1997.2
Witherington, B., III. Revelation (NCBC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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*Keener, C. S. Revelation (NIVAC). G. R.: Zondervan, 2000.
Michaels, J. R. Revelation (NTC). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997.
Peterson, E. H. Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.