Bibliography #2:
The Gospels
| BIBLIOGRAPHIES |
| - New Testament |
| - Early Christianity |
| - Medieval Christianity |
| - The Reformation |
| - Spirituality & Mysticism |
| - Sacraments |
| - 20th-Century Theology |
| #1: Surveys, Intros |
| #2: The Gospels |
| #3: Paul & NT Letters |
| #4: Historical Jesus |
| #5: Christology |
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3. The Gospel of Luke & the Acts of the Apostles 5. Special Topics: The Parables; Infancy, Passion & Resurrection Narratives 1. THE GOSPEL OF MARK
John R. Donahue & Daniel J. Harrington, Gospel of Mark, Sacra Pagina 2 (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2001) paperback, $30. This up-to-date commentary, like others in the series, offers a thorough but not overly technical examination of the text. It is a good place to start one’s study of what scholars believe is the earliest of the four gospels.
Stephen Ahearne-Kroll, The Psalms of Lament in Mark’s Passion, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph series (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007) hardcover, $90. NEW. Robert R. Beck, Nonviolent Story: Narrative Conflict Resolution in the Gospel of Mark (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996) paperback, $16. Ernest E. Best, Mark: The Gospel as Story, rev. ed. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2000) paperback, $27. Ernest E. Best, The Temptation and the Passion: The Markan Soteriology, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990). M. Eugene Boring, Mark: A Commentary, New Testament Library (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2006) hardcover, $50. NEW. Christopher Bryan, A Preface to Mark: Notes on the Gospel in Its Literary and Cultural Settings (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993) paperback, $21. Jonathan A. Draper & John Miles Foley, eds., Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory and Mark: Essays Dedicated to Werner Kelber (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006) paperback, $35. NEW. Robert A. Guelich, Mark 1:1-8:26 & Mark 8:27-16:20, Word Biblical Commentary 34A & B (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1989 & 2001) hardcover, $35. Robert G. Hammerton-Kelly, The Gospel and the Sacred: the Politics of Violence in Mark (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993). Daniel J. Harrington, What Are They Sayings About Mark? (New York: Paulist Press, 2005) paperback, $13. Peter M. Head, Christology and the Synoptic Problem: An Argument for Markan Priority, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 94 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997) hardcover, $60. Suzanne Watts Henderson, Christology and Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) hardcover, $90. NEW. Morna D. Hooker, ed., The Gospel According to Saint Mark, Black’s New Testament Commentary 2 (Hendrickson, 1993) hardcover, $25. Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark’s Gospel (Louisville, KY: Westminster/ John Knox, 2001) paperback, $30. Donald H. Juel, The Gospel of Mark, Interpreting Biblical Texts (Nashville: Abingdon, 1999) paperback, $20. Werner H. Kelber, The Oral and Written Gospel (reprint: Indiana University Press, 1997) paperback, $19. Jack Dean Kingsbury, The Christology of Mark’s Gospel (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1989). Jack Dean Kingsbury, Conflict in Mark: Jesus, Authorities, Disciples (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989) paperback, $16. Eugene LaVerdiere, The Beginning of the Gospel: Introducing the Gospel According to Mark, 2 vol. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1999) paperback, $25 per volume. Bruce J. Malina & Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, 2nd ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003) paperback, $27. Joel Marcus, Mark 1-8, Anchor Bible 27A (New York: Doubleday, 2000) hardcover, $50. Frank J. Matera, What are they saying about Mark? (New York: Paulist Press, 1987). John Painter, Mark’s Gospel: Worlds in Conflict, New Testament Readings (New York: Routledge, 1997). David M. Rhoads & Joanna Dewey, Mark as Story: An Introduction to the Narrative of A Gospel, 2nd ed. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1999) paperback, $19. Vernon K. Robbins, Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992). Stephen H. Smith, A Lion With Wings: A Narrative-Critical Approach to Mark’s Gospel, The Biblical Seminar 38 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996). Vincent Taylor, The Gospel According to St. Mark, 2nd ed. (London: Macmillan, 1966). A classic. W.R. Telford, The Theology of the Gospel of Mark, New Testament Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) paperback, $20. Mary Ann Tolbert, Sowing the Gospel: Mark’s World in a Literary-Historical Perspective (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989) paperback, $27. Ben Witherington III, The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001) paperback, $35.
2. THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Daniel J. Harrington, Gospel of Matthew, Sacra Pagina 1 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991) NEW in paperback, $30. Harrington’s gift is to sort through a wide range of contemporary interpretations and highlight the best and most helpful. This offers a good thorough introduction.
Dale C. Allison, The New Moses: A Matthean Typology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993) paperback, $28. David E. Aune, ed., The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001) paperback, $25. David R. Bauer, Mark Allan Powell, eds., Treasures Old and New: Recent Contributions to Matthean Studies, SBL Symposium Series 1 (Atlanta, GA: Scholar’s Press, 1996) Warren Carter, Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996) paperback, $17. Warren Carter, What are they saying about Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount (New York: Paulist Press, 1994). Jack Dean Kingsbury, Matthew: Structure, Christology, Kingdom (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989). Jack Dean Kingsbury, Matthew as Story, 2nd ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1988) paperback, $19. Ulrich Luz, The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew, New Testament Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995) paperback, $18. John P. Meier, The Vision of Matthew: Christ, Church, and Morality in the First Gospel (New York: Crossroad, 1991). Daniel Patte, The Gospel According to Matthew: A Structural Commentary on Matthew’s Faith (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987). Rudolf Schnackenburg, The Gospel of Matthew, trans. Robert R. Barr (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002) paperback, $24. Donald Senior, What are they saying about Matthew?, rev. ed. (New York: Paulist Press, 1996) paperback, $12. Donald Senior, Matthew, Abingdon New Testament Commentary (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998) paperback, $25. David C. Sim, Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). Augustine Stock, The Method and Message of Matthew (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1995). Huub van de Sandt, ed., Matthew and the Didache: Two Documents from the Same Jewish Christian Milieu?, Compendia rerum iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005) hardcover, $49.
3. THE GOSPEL OF LUKE & THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Luke Timothy Johnson, Gospel of Luke, Sacra Pagina 3 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1991) paperback, $30. Luke Timothy Johnson offers a good in-depth and lucid study of the rich theology of the Gospel of Luke. A good place to start.
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The Gospel According to Luke, Anchor Bible 28-28A, 2 vol. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981-1985) hardcover, $50 per volume. One of the most exhaustive studies of Luke’s gospel. See especially the lengthy introduction.
G.C. Bartholomew, J.B. Green, and A.C. Thiselton, eds., Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, Formation, Scripture and Hermeneutic 6 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005) paperback, $40. François Bovon, Luke the Theologian: Fifty-Five Years of Research (1950-2005), 2nd edition (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006) paperback, $35. NEW. François Bovon, Luke 1: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1-9:50, Hermeneia Series (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002) hardcover, $59. Hans Conzelmann, The Theology of St. Luke (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981). A classic. Conzelmann’s work (published in 1961) began redaction criticism of the gospel. Hans Conzelmann, Acts of the Apostles, Hermeneia Series (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987). Craig A. Evans & James A. Sanders, Luke and Scripture: the Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993). Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Luke the Theologian: Aspects of His Theology (New York: Paulist Press, 1989). Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The Acts of the Apostles, Anchor Bible 31 (New York: Doubleday, 1998) hardcover, $45. Joel B. Green, The Theology of the Gospel of Luke (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995) paperback, $18. Jacob Jervell, The Theology of the Acts of the Apostles, New Testament Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) paperback, $13. R. J. Karris, Eating Your Way Through Luke’s Gospel (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006) paperback, $10. NEW. Luke Timothy Johnson, The Acts of the Apostles, Sacra Pagina 5 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1992) NEW in paperback, $35. Sean P. Kealy, The Interpretation of the Gospel of Luke, 2 vol., Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity 63 & 64 (Edwin Mellen Press, 2005) $150 per volume. Jack Dean Kingsbury, Conflict in Luke: Jesus, Authorities, Disciples (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991). Jonathan Knight, Luke’s Gospel, New Testament Reading (New York: Routledge, 1998) paperback, $27. Bruce J. Malina, and John J. Pilch, Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008) paperback, $34. Forthcoming in March 2008. David W. Pao, Acts and the Isianic New Exodus, Biblical Studies Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006) paperback, $37. NEW. Jaroslav Pelikan, Acts, Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2006) paperback, $30. NEW. Mark Allan Powell, What are they saying about Luke? (New York: Paulist Press, 1989) paperback, $12. Mark Allan Powell, What are they saying about Acts? (New York: Paulist Press, 1992) paperback, $11. David A.S. Ravens, Luke and the Restoration of Israel (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). Robert C. Tannehill, Luke, Abingdon New Testament Commentaries (Nashville: Abingdon, 1996) paperback, $28. Robert C. Tannehill, The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation, 2 vol. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1991-1994) paperback, $22 per volume. Charles H. Talbert, Reading Acts: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Reading the New Testament (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback, $19. C.M. Tuckett, Luke’s Literary Achievement: Collected Essays, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement 116 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995).
4. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
Francis J. Moloney, The Gospel of John, Sacra Pagina 4 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998) paperback, $30. A good current analysis of the text, which introduces you the basic themes, structure, and critical history of the text. A good place to start.
Raymond E. Brown & Francis J. Maloney, An Introduction to the Gospel of John (New York: Doubleday, 2003) hardcover, $30. This century has seen a number of great commentaries on John’s Gospel (Bultmann, Dodd, Schnackenburg). Brown’s two-volume commentary, The Gospel of John, Anchor Bible 29-29A (New York: Doubleday, 1969-1970), was arguably the most famous. Whereas many scholars emphasize John’s difference from the Synoptics, Brown emphasized their similarities; whereas many scholars deny or downplay its historical value, Brown emphasized it. Brown was at work revising and updating his classic, but died before he could complete things. Maloney, a leading expert on John, brought Brown’s work to completion.
John Ashton, Understanding the Fourth Gospel (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993) paperback, $45. John Ashton, Studying John: Approaches to the Fourth Gospel (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995) paperback, $25. David M. Ball, ‘I AM’ in John’s Gospel: Literary Function, Background, and Theological Implications (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996). Raymond E. Brown, The Community of the Beloved Disciple (New York: Paulist Press, 1979) paperback, $13. Thomas L. Brodie, The Gospel According to John: A Literary and Theological Commentary (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) paperback, $25. Rudolf Bultmann, The Gospel of John: A Commentary (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971). One of the great Johannine commentaries of the century—but controversial and wrong-headed in many of its interpretations, especially the way he divides things into sources. Use with great care. Donald Carson, The Gospel According to John: An Introduction and Commentary, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1991) hardcover, $38. Warren Carter, John: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006) paperback, $20. NEW. R.M. Chennattu, Johannine Discipleship as a Covenant Relationship (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006) paperback, $30. NEW. James H. Charlesworth, The Beloved Disciple: Whose Witness Validates the Gospel of John? (Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995). P. Alan Culpepper, Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987). P. Alan Culpepper & C. Clifton Black, Exploring the Gospel of John: In Honor of D. Moody Smith (Louisville, KY: Westminister John Knox, 1996). C.H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968). Dated, but a classic study. Peter F. Ellis, The Genius of John: a Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1984). P.F. Esler & R.A. Piper, Lazarus, Mary and Martha: Social-Scientific Approaches to the Gospel of John (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006) paperback, $22. NEW. Robert Tomson Fortna, The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessor (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988). Ernst Haenchen, John, Hermeneia, 2 vol., trans. Robert W. Funk (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984). Susan E. Hylen, John, Westminster Bible Companion (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2006) paperback, $25. NEW. Craig R. Koester, Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community, 2nd ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003) paperback, $27. Robert Kysar, John, the Maverick Gospel, rev. ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1993). Dorothy A. Lee, Symbolic Narratives of the Fourth Gospel (Sheffield Academic Press, 1994) hardcover, $105. Dorothy A. Lee, Flesh and Glory: Symbol, Gender, and Theology in the Gospel of John (New York: Herder & Herder, 2002) paperback, $27. A.T. Lincoln, The Gospel According to Saint John, Black’s New Testament Commentaries (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005) paperback, $30. Bruce J. Malina & Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Social Science Commentary on the Gospel of John (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998) paperback, $20. James F. McGrath, John’s Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 111 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001) hardcover, $60. Francis J. Moloney, Glory Not Dishonor: Reading John 13-21 (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998) paperback, $20. John Painter, The Quest for the Messiah: the History, Literature, and Theology of the Johannine Community (Nashville: Abingdon, 1993). John Painter, R. Alan Culpepper & Fernando Segovia, eds., Word, Theology, and Community in John (St. Louis: Chalice, 2002). Norman R. Peterson, The Gospel of John and the Sociology of Light: Language and Characterization in the Fourth Gospel (Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1993). Herman Ridderbos, The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997) hardcover, $42. Rudolf Schnackenburg, The Gospel According to St. John, 2 vol. (New York: Seabury Press, 1968, 1980). One of the great Johannine commentaries of the century. Sandra M. Schneiders, Written That You May Believe: Encountering Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback, $25. Fernando F. Segovia, ed., What is John? Readers and Readings of the Fourth Gospel, SBL Symposium Series 3 (Atlanta, GA: Scholar’s Press, 1996). Donald Senior, The Passion in the Gospel of John (reprint: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 2001) paperback, $15. Gerald Sloyan, What are they saying about John? (New York: Paulist Press, 1991). D. Moody Smith, The Theology of the Gospel of John (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995). D. Moody Smith, John Among the Gospels, 2nd ed. (University of South Carolina Press, 2001) paperback, $15. D. Moody Smith, Johannine Christianity: Essays on Its Setting, Sources, and Theology (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1989). D. Moody Smith, John, Abingdon New Testament Commentary (Nashville: Abingdon, 1999) paperback, $28. Charles H. Talbert, Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles, Reading the New Testament Series (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback, $19. Tom Thatcher, Why John Wrote a Gospel: Jesus, Memory, History (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2006) paperback, $25. NEW. Ben Witherington III, John’s Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1995).
5. SPECIAL TOPICS: Parables; Infancy, Passion & Resurrection Narratives
Raymond E. Brown, The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave, 2 vol., Anchor Bible Reference Library (New York: Doubleday, 1994) paperback, $23 per volume. A masterpiece. Brown takes the Passion narrative scene-by-scene carefully examining the theology of each of the account and tracing the historical record within the whole. Must reading for serious New Testament students.
Dale C. Allison, The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination, Companions to the New Testament (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback, $18. Hans Dieter Betz, The Sermon on the Mount: A Commentary, Hermeneia Series (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995) hardcover, $79. François Bovon, The Last Days of Jesus, trans. Kristin Hennessy (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2006) paperback, $18. NEW. George J. Brooke, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005) paperback, $27. Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke, rev. ed. (New York: Doubleday, 1999; original edition, 1977) paperback, $25. Raymond E. Brown, The Virginal Conception and the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus (New York: Paulist Press, 1973). Warren Carter, What Are They Saying About Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount? (New York: Paulist Press, 1994). James H. Charlesworth, C.D. Elledge, J.L. Crenshaw, Hendrickus Boers, W.W. Willis, Jr., Resurrection: The Origin and Future of a Biblical Doctrine, Faith and Scholarship Colloquies (New York: T&T Clark, 2006) hardcover, $60. NEW. Bruce Chilton, Jesus’ Baptism and Jesus’ Healing: His Personal Practice of Spirituality (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998). Bruce Chilton, Jesus’ Prayer and Jesus’ Eucharist: His Personal Practice of Spirituality (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997). Stephen Davis & Gerald O’Collins, ed., The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) hardcover, $35. John R. Donahue, The Gospel in Parable: Metaphor, Narrative, and Theology in the Synoptic Gospels (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1990) paperback, $20. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The Semitic Background of the New Testament, rev. ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997) paperback, $35. Paula Fredriksen, ed., On The Passion of the Christ: Exploring the Issues Raised by the Controversial Movie (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006) paperback, $20. NEW. Richard Q. Ford, The Parables of Jesus (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997) paperback, $18. David Gowler, What are they saying about the Parables (New York: Paulist Press, 2000) paperback, $11. Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, and Stephen R. Spencer, eds., The Sermon on the Mount Through the Centuries: From the Early Church to John Paul II (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2007) paperback, $25. NEW. Morna Dorothy Hooker, Not Ashamed of the Gospel: New Testament Interpretations of the Death of Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995). Eugene LaVerdiere, The Firstborn of God: The Birth of Mary’s Son, Jesus, Luke 2:1-21 (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2007) paperback, $13. NEW. Eugene LaVerdiere, The Annunciation to Mary: A Story of Faith, Luke 1:26-38 (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2004) paperback, $17. Kenan B. Osborne, The Resurrection of Jesus: New Considerations for Its Theological Interpretation (New York: Paulist Press, 1997) paperback, $15. Daniel Patte, Discipleship According to the Sermon on the Mount (Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1996). James M. Robinson, Paul Hoffman, & John S. Kloppenborg, eds., The Critical Edition of Q, Hermeneia (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000). Bernard Brandon Scott, Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991) paperback, $20. R.B. Stewart, ed., The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright in Dialogue (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006) paperback, $18. NEW. J. Samuel Subramanian, Synoptic Gospels and the Psalms As Prophecy , Library of New Testament Studies (New York: T&T Clark, 2008) hardcover, $110. NEW. Claus Westerman, The Parables of Jesus in the Light of the Old Testament (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990).
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