-----Annotated Bibliography-----
Biblical Theology

1.5 Treatments of Topics

Harris, Murray J. Slave of Christ: A New Testament Metaphor for Total Devotion to Christ. Volume in New Studies in Biblical Theology.  Edited by Donald A. Carson. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
(The New Testament finds many ways to depict Christian's relationships to their Lord. They are his disciples, sons, daughters and friends. But it is hardly ever recognized that they are also his slaves. This study, by Murray J. Harris, sets out to uncover what it means to be a slave of Christ. Harris begins by assessing the nature of actual slavery in the Greco-Roman world and the New Testament's attitude towards it. Drawing insights from this, he goes on to unfold the metaphor of slavery to Christ. Among the topics discussed are slavery and spiritual freedom, lordship, owndership and privilege. Slave of Christ is a model of good biblical theology, providing insights both for future study of the Bible and for practical application.[comments from publisher; ISBN:  0-8308-2608-4])

Peterson, David. Possessed by God: A New Testament Theology of Sanctification and Holiness. Volume in New Studies in Biblical Theology.  Edited by Donald A. Carson. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
(In this book, the first in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series, Dr. David Peterson challenges the common assumption that the New Testament vews sanctification as primarily a process. He argues that its emphasis falls upon sanctification as a definitve event, 'God's way of taking possession of us in Christ, setting us apart to belong to him and to fulfil his purpose for us.' Throughout Dr. Peterson builds his case on the exploration of relevant passages, with a keen eye for the pastoral implications of his findings.[comments from publisher; ISBN:  0-8308-2601-7])
 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Horsely, Richard A. "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. New York: Coninuum, 1998.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Schmidt, Thomas E. and de Silva, Moises, eds. To Tell the Mystery. Essays on New Testament Eschatology in Honor of Robert H. Gundy. Volume 100 in the JSOTSupplements. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994.

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

Koenig, John. New Testament Hospitality.  Overtures to Biblical Theology, ed. Walter Brueggemann and John Donahue, no. 17. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
 
 

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

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

Allison, Dale C., Jr. Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.

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

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

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

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

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

Boring, Eugene. "The 'Third Quest' and the Apostolic Faith." Interpretation 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Crossan, John Dominic. Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography. San Francisco: Harper SanFrancisco, 1994.

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

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

Dahl, Nils A. "The Problem of the Historical Jesus," in Kerygma and History, ed. C. Braaten and R. Harisville, 138-171. New York: Abingdon, 1962.

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

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

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

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

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

Funk, Robert W., ed. The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998.

Funk, Robert W., ed. The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. New York: Macmillan, 1993.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Juel, Donald. "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.

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

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

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.

Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: The Roots of the Problem and the Person.  New York: Doubleday, 1991.

Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Mentor, Message, and Miracles. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Companions and Competitors. New York:  Doubleday, 2001.

Meier, John P. "Dividing Lines in Jesus Research Today." Interpretation 50 (1996): 346-372.

Newman, Carey, 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.

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

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

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

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

Sanders, E. P. Jesus and Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

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

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

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

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

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

Witherington, Ben, III. The Jesus Quest. The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

Witherington, Ben, III. Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994.

Wright, N. T. Who Was Jesus? Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993.

Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.

Wright, N. T. The Challenge of Jesus. Downer's Grove: InterVarsity, 1999.
 
 

Burgess, John P. 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. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, 1-18. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995.

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

Fowl, Stephen and Jones, L. Gregory.  Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life. Volume 4 of Pauline Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

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

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

Kostenberger, Andreas J. and O'Brien, Peter T. Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission. Volume in New Studies in Biblical Theology.  Edited by Donald A. Carson. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
(Few biblical topics are as important as mission. Mission is linked inextricably to humanity's sinfulness and need for redemption, and to God's provision of salvation in the person and work of Jesus Christ. This "good news" of salvation must be made known! The saving mission of Jesus constitutes the foundation for Christian mission, and the Christian gospel is its message. According to Andreas Kostenberger and Peter O'Brien, this significant theme has rarely been given its due attention in biblical theology. Motivated by their passion to see God's mission carried out in today's world, they offer a comprehensive study of the theme of mission. In Salvation to the Ends of the Earth they explore the entire sweep of biblical history, including the Old Testament, the second-temple period, each New Testament Gospel, Paul and his writings, and the General Epistles and Revelation. Among other questions, Kostenberger and O'Brien examine whether or not Old Testament Israel was called to mission, whether second-temple Judaism should be characterized as a missionary religion, whether Jesus limited his earthly mission to Israel or also embarked on a Gentile mission, and whether or not there is continuity between the missions of Israel and the missions of Jesus and the early church. They write, "It is our sincere hope that our Christian mission, which is first of all God's, will be founded on a biblical theology that takes its cue from the scriptural revelation as a whole." To that end, they offer this work as a service to the worldwide church.[comments from publisher; ISBN:  0-8308-2601-7])

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

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

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

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

Schneiders, Sandra M. "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.

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

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

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

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

Hanson, Paul. The People Called: The Growth of Community in the Bible with a New Introduction.  Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.

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

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

Juel, Donald. Messianic Exegesis. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.

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

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

Murphy, Roland E.  "The Relationship Between the Testaments," Catholic Biblical Quarterly26 (1964): 349-359.

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

Priebe, Duane A. "The Unity of the Testaments," Word & World3 (1983): 263-271.

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

Blomberg, Craig L. Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions. Volume in New Studies in Biblical Theology.  Edited by Donald A. Carson. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
(Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. (Proverbs 30:8) One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions. In wealthy nations such as Britain and the USA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving children on their TV screens. What action should we take on behalf of the poor? What should we do with our own possessions? In Neither Poverty nor Riches Craig Blomberg asks what the Bible has to say about these issues. Avoiding easy answers, he instead seeks a comprehensive biblical theology of possessions. And so he begins with the groundwork laid by the Old Testament and the ideas developed in the intertestamental period, then draws out what the whole New Testament has to say on the subject, and finally offers conclusions and applications relevant to our contemporary world. Neither Poverty Nor Riches is one book that all should read who are concerned with issues of poverty and wealth.[comments from publisher; ISBN: 0-8308-2607-6])

Neusner, Jacob. The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1973.

Neyrey, Jerome H. “Ceremonies in Luke-Acts: The Case of Meals and Table Fellowship.” In The Social World of Luke-Acts, ed. Jerome H. Neyrey, 361-87. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1991.
 
 

Blocher, Henri. Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle. Volume in New Studies in Biblical Theology.  Edited by Donald A. Carson. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
(We live in a world shot through with evil. The twentieth century has witnessed suffering and human cruelty on a scale never before imagined. Yet, paradoxically, the doctrine of original sin has undergone neglect in recent years. In this sophistocated treatment of biblical evidence for original sin, Henri Blocher offers a robust study that interacts with the best scientific, literary, and theological thinking on the subject. Building his argument on a detailed analysis of the scriptural evidence for original sin, especially looking at key text in Genesis and Romans, Blocher shows, with due consideration to current intellectual objections to the doctrine, that while that nature of original sin is certainly a mystery, only belief in it makes sense of evil and wrongdoing.[comments from publisher; ISBN: 0-8308-2605-X])
 
 

Peterson, David. Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
(Worship is of immense concern in the church and ironically the source of controversy and dispute. David Peterson gets behind the question of what style of whorship we should engage in to understand the bedrock foundation for God's people -- honoring him as he desires. Through careful exegesis in both the Old and New Testaments, Peterson unveils the total life-orientation of worship that is found in Scripture. Rather than determining for ourselves how we should worship, we, his people, are called to engage with God on the terms he proposes and in the way he alone makes possible. This book calls for a radical rethinking of the meaning and practice of whorship, especially those responsible for leading congregations. Here is the starting place for recovering the richness of biblical worship. [comments from publisher in Spring/Summer 2002 academic catalogue, p. 12; ISBN:  0-8511-1428-8])