Bibliography for NT Biblical Theology

Compiled by Rodney J. Decker, Th.D. Professor of NT, Baptist Bible Seminary <NTResources.com> 2003; rev. February 2009 The following bibliography does not pretend to be exhaustive. The primary focus is on actual published volumes that profess to be NT theologies. A few journal articles and more specialized studies are included, as is a select group of OT biblical theologies (at the end) which may be useful in terms of method. Most are English works, though a limited selection of non-English titles is also included. Adam, A. K. M. Making Sense of New Testament Theology: Modern Problems and Prospects. Studies in American Biblical Hermeneutics, 11. Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 1995. Adam, Andrew Keith Malcolm. New Testament Theology and the Problem of Modernity. PhD diss., Duke University, 1991. (UMI full text: AAT 9127518.) Adeney, Walter F. The Theology of the New Testament. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. Alexander, T., et al., ed. New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000. Note especially these introductory articles: B. S. Rosner, Biblical Theology, 3 11; C. H. H. Scobie, History of Biblical Theology, 1120; P. Balla, Challenges to Biblical Theology, 2027; and D. A. Carson, Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology, 89104. Armstrong, Ryan Melvin. Canonical Approaches to New Testament Theology: An Evangelical Evaluation of Childs and Trobisch. ThM thesis, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007. (UMI full text: AAT 1444806.) Baird, William. History of New Testament Research. 3 vols. (projected). Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992, 2003, . Balla, Peter. Challenges to Biblical Theology. In New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by T. Alexander, et al., 2027. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000. Balla, Peter. Challenges to New Testament Theology. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997. Barr, James. Biblical Theology. In Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary Volume. Edited by G. Buttrick, 10411. Nashville: Abingdon, 1976. Barr, James. The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.

2 Baur, Ferdinand Christian. Vorslesungen ber neutestamentliche Theologie. [Lectures on NT Theology.] 2 vols. Bibliothek theologischer Klassiker, 45-46. Gotha: Perthes, 1892. Bernard, Thomas Dehany. The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament: Considered in Eight Lectures Delivered before the University of Oxford, on the Bampton Foundation. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1868. Betz, O. Biblical Theology, History of. In Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by G. Buttrick, 1:43237. New York: Abingdon, 1962. Beyschlag, W. New Testament Theology: or, Historical Account of the Teaching of Jesus and of Primitive Christianity According to the New Testament Sources. 2 vols. Translated by N. Buchanan. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1895. Boers, Hendrikus. What is New Testament Theology? The Rise of Criticism and the Problem of a Theology of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979. Bonsirven, Joseph. Theology of the New Testament. Translated by S. Tye. London: Burns & Oates, 1963. Bowell, Daniel J. and J. Julius Scott. Bibliography of Works on New Testament Theology. In The New Testament Student and His Field. Edited by J. Skilton, 23446. The New Testament Student, 5. Philipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1982. Breytenbach, C. and J. Frey. Aufgabe und Durchfhrung einer Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007. Brown, Raymond Edward. An Introduction to New Testament Christology. New York: Paulist, 1994. Bultmann, Rudolf Karl. Theology of the New Testament. 2 vols. Translated by K. Grobel. New York: Scribner, 195155. Burrows, Millar. An Outline of Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1946. Caird, George Bradford. Completed and edited by L. D. Hurst. New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Carson, D. A. Current Issues in Biblical Theology: A New Testament Perspective. BBR 5 (1995): 1741. Carson, D. A. Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology. In New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Alexander, T., et al., 89104. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000. Childs, Brevard S. Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.

3 Childs, Brevard S. Biblical Theology: A Proposal. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002. [Adapted from Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments.] Childs, Brevard S. The New Testament as Canon: An Introduction. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1984. Clowney, Edmund P. Preaching and Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961. Conzelmann, Hans. An Outline of the Theology of the New Testament. Translated by J. Bowden. New York: Harper & Row, 1968. (ET of Grundriss der Thologie des Neuen Testaments. 2d ed. Munich: Christian Kaiser, 1968.) Deissmann, Adolf. Zur Method der Biblischen Theologie des Neuen Testaments. ZTK 3 (1893): 12639. Reprinted in Das Problem der Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Edited by G. Strecker. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1975. Dennison, James T. Jr. What Is Biblical Theology? Reflections on the Inaugural Address of Geerhardus Vos. Kerux. Posted at <http://www.kerux.com/documents/KeruxV02N1A4.asp>. Dodd, C. H. The Apostolic Preaching and Its Developments: Three Lectures with an Appendix on Eschatology and History. New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Dunn, James D. G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998. Dunn, James D. G. Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: An Inquiry into the Character of Earliest Christianity. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1977. Dunn, J. D. G. and J. P. Mackey. New Testament Theology in Dialogue. London: SPCK, 1987. Ebeling, G. The Meaning of Biblical Theology. JTS n.s. 6 (1955): 21025. Elwell Walter A. & J. D. Weaver, ed. Bible Interpreters of the 20th Century. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999. Elwell Walter A., ed. Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996. Esler, Philip Francis. New Testament Theology: Communion and Community. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. Estes, David Foster. An Outline of New Testament Theology. New York: Silver, Burdett, 1900. Fuller, Reginald H. New Testament Theology. In The New Testament and Its Modern Interpreters. Edited by Eldon Jay Epp and George W. MacRae, 56584. Philadelphia: Fortress/Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989. Gabler. J. P. An Oration on the Proper Distinction Between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the Specific Objectives of Each (1787). See s.v. Sandys-Wunsch. Gaffin, Richard B. Jr. Systematic and Biblical Theology. WTJ 38 (1976): 28199.

4 Goldsworthy, Graeme. According to Plan, The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible: An Introductory Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1991. Goppelt, Leonhard. Theology of the New Testament. 2 vols. Translated by John E. Alsup. Edited by Jurgen Roloff. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981, 1982. (ET of Theologie des Neuen Testaments. 2 vols. Edited by J. Roloff. Gttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1976.) Gould, Ezra Palmer. The Biblical Theology of the New Testament. New York: Macmillan, 1900. Gromacki, Gary Robert. To God be Glory in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Ephesians. PhD diss., Baptist Bible Seminary, 2006. Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1981. Hafemann, Scott, ed. Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2002. Hafemann, Scott. The Righteousness of God: An Introduction to the Theological and Historical Foundation of Peter Stuhlmachers Biblical Theology of the New Testament. In How to Do Biblical Theology by Peter Stuhlmacher, xvxli. Princeton Theological Monographs, 38. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick, 1995. Harrington, Wilfrid. The Path of Biblical Theology. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1973. Hasel, Gerhard F. New Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978. Hasel, Gerhard F. Relationship Between Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology. Trinity Journal 5 (1984): 11327. Hill, David. What is Biblical Theology. Biblical Theology 15 (1965): 1723. Hoch, Carl B. Jr. All Things New: The Significance of Newness for Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995. Hbner, Hans. Biblische Theologie des Neuen Testaments. 3 vols. Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 199095. Hunter, Archibald Macbride. Introducing New Testament Theology. Philadelphia : Westminster, 1958. Jeremias, Joachim. New Testament Theology: The Proclamation of Jesus. Translated by J. Bowden. New York: Scribners, 1971. (ET of Neutestamentliche Theologie I. Teil: Die Verkndigung Jesu, 1971.) Jeremias, Joachim. The Central Message of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1965.

5 Khler, Martin. Biblische Theologie. Realencyklopdie fr protestantische Theologie und Kirche. 24 vols. 3d ed. Leipzig: Hinrichssche, 18961913. 3:192200. Kaiser, Walter C. Jr., The Promise-Plan of God: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008. Ksemann, E. The Problem of a New Testament Theology. NTS 19 (1973): 23545. Kraftchick, Steven J., Charles D. Myers Jr., and Ben C. Ollenburger, eds. Biblical Theology: Problems and Perspectives. In Honor of J. Christiaan Beker. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Knudsen, Ralph Edward. Theology in the New Testament: A Basis for Christian Faith. Valley Forge: Judson, 1964. Kmmel, Werner Georg. The New Testament: The History of the Investigation of Its Problems. Translated by S. Gilmour and H. Kee. London: SCM, 1972. Kmmel, Werner Georg. The Theology of the New Testament According to Its Major Witnesses: Jesus, Paul, John. Translated by J. Seely. Nashville: Abingdon, 1973. (ET of Die Theologie des Neues Testaments. Gttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1969.) Ladd, George Eldon. The Search for Perspective. Interpretation 25 (1971): 4162. Ladd, George Eldon. A Theology of the New Testament. 2d ed. Edited by Donald A. Hagner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. Lehman, Chester Kindig. Biblical Theology. 2 vols. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1971, 1974 (vol. 2 covers the NT). Marshall, I. Howard. A Concise New Testament Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2008. Marshall, I. Howard. New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004. Matera, Frank J. New Testament Theology: Exploring Diversity and Unity. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007. Matera, Frank J. New Testament Theology: History, Method, and Identity. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67 (2005): 1-21. (Full text in ATLA/EBSCO.) Mead, James K. Biblical Theology: Issues, Methods, and Themes. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007. Merk, Otto. Biblische Theologie des Neuen Testaments in ihrer Anfangszeit: ihre methodischen Probleme bei Johann Philipp Gabler und Georg Leorenz Bauer und deren Nachwirkungen. Marburger theologische Studien, 9. Marburg: Elwert, 1972. Morgan, Robert, ed. The Nature of New Testament Theology: The Contribution of William Wrede and Adolf Schlatter. Studies in Biblical Theology, 2d series, v. 25. [London]: SCM, 1973. Reprint, Naperville, IL: Allenson, n.d. (This book includes English

6 translations of major essays by Wrede and Schlatter, with an extensive introduction by Morgan.) Morgan, Robert. New Testament Theology. In Biblical Theology: Problems and Perspectives: In Honor of J. Christian Beker. Edited by S. Kraftchick, C. Myers Jr., and B. Ollenburger, 10430. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Morgan, Robert. Theology (NT). In Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. Freedman, 6:47383. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Morris, Leon. New Testament Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986. Motyer, Steve. Two Testaments, One Biblical Theology. In Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology. Edited by Joel B. Green and Max Turner, 14364. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Neil, Stephen and Tom Wright. The Interpretation of the New Testament, 18611986. 2d ed. New York: Oxford, 1988. Neill, Stephen. Jesus Through Many Eyes: Introduction to the Theology of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976. Ollenburger, Ben C. Biblical Theology: Situating the Discipline. In Understanding the Word: Essays in Honor of Bernhard W. Anderson. Edited by J. Butler, E. Conrad, and B. Ollenburger, 3762. JSOTSupp, 37. Sheffield, JSOT Press, 1985. Penner, T. C. and C. van der Stichele. Beyond New Testament Theology. Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society, 2005. Peterson, David Gilbert. Possessed by God: A New Testament Theology of Sanctification and Holiness. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Poythress, Vern Sheridan. Kinds of Biblical Theology. Westminster Theological Journal 70 (2008): 12942. (Full text pdf in EBSCO.) Purkiser, W. T., Richard S. Taylor, and Willard H. Taylor. God, Man, and Salvation: A Biblical Theology. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1977. Risnen, Heikki. Beyond New Testament Theology: A Story and a Programme. 2d ed. London: SCM, 2000. Reumann, John Henry Paul. Variety and Unity in New Testament Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Reventlow, Henning Graf. Problems of Biblical Theology in the Twentieth Century. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.

7 Reventlow, Henning Graf. Theology (Biblical), History of. Translated by F. Cryer. In Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. Freedman, 6:483505. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Richardson, Alan. An Introduction to the Theology of the New Testament. New York: Harper, 1958. Robinson, D. W. B. Faiths Framework: The Structure of New Testament Theology. Blackwood, S. Aust.: New Creation, 1996. Rosner, B. S. Biblical Theology. In New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by T. Alexander, et al., 311. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000. Rowland, Christopher and Christopher Tuckett, eds. The Nature of New Testament Theology: Essays in Honour of Robert Morgan. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006. Rust, E. C. Salvation History: A Biblical Interpretation. Richmond, VA: John Knox, 1963. Ryrie, Charles Caldwell. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1959. Sandys-Wunsch, John and Laurence Eldredge. J. P. Gabler and the Distinction between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology: Translation, Commentary, and Discussion of His Originality. Scottish Journal of Theology 33 (1980): 13358. (Includes an ET of Gablers famous essay.) Schelkle, Karl Hermann. Theology of the New Testament. 3 vols. Translated by W. Jurgens. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1971. Schlatter, Adolf. Die Geschichte des Christus and Die Theologie der Apostel. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Calwer Vereinsbuchhandlung, 192223. (ET: Schlatter, Adolf. The History of the Christ: The Foundation for New Testament Theology and The Theology of the Apostles: The Development of New Testament Theology. 2 vols. Translated by A. Kstenberger. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997, 1998.) Schlatter, Adolf. Die Theologie des Neuen Testaments und die Dogmatik, Beitrge zur Frderung christlicher Theologie 13 (1909): 782. Reprinted in idem. Zur Theologie des Neuen Testaments und zur Dogmatik, 20355. Reprint. Christian Kaiser, 1969. (ET, The Theology of the New Testament and Dogmatics, 11766 in Robert Morgan, The Nature of New Testament Theology Theology: The Contribution of William Wrede and Adolf Schlatter. Studies in Biblical Theology, 2d series, v. 25. [London]: SCM, 1973. Reprint, Naperville, IL: Allenson, n.d.) Schmid, Christian Friedrich. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Translated and edited by C. Weizacker and G. H. Venables. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1870. Schnackenburg, R. New Testament Theology Today. Translated by D. Askew. New York: Herder and Herder, 1963.

8 Schreiner, Thomas R. New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. Schweizer, Eduard. A Theological Introduction to the New Testament. Translated by O. Dean Jr. Nashville: Abingdon, 1991. Scobie, Charles H. H. The Challenge of Biblical Theology. Tyndale Bulletin 42 (1991): 31 61. Idem. The Structure of Biblical Theology. Tyndale Bulletin 42 (1991): 16394. Scobie, C. H. H. History of Biblical Theology. In New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by T. Alexander, et al., 1120. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000. Scobie, Charles H. H. New Directions in Biblical Theology. Themelios 17.2 (1992): 48. Scobie, Charles H. H. The Ways of Our God: An Approach to Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Scott, J. Julius. On the Value of Intertestamental Jewish Literature for New Testament Theology. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 23 (1980): 315-323. (Full text in ATLA/EBSCO.) Seebass, Horst. Der Gott der ganzen Bibel: Biblische Theologie zur Orientierung im Glauben. Freiburg: Herder, 1982. Smart, James D. The Past, Present, and Future of Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1979. Stagg, Frank. New Testament Theology. Nashville: Broadman, 1962. Stauffer, Ethelbert. New Testament Theology. Translated by J. Marsh. New York: Macmillan, 1955. (ET of Die Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Gtersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1948.) Stendahl, Krister. Biblical Theology, Contemporary. In Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by G. Buttrick, 1:41832. New York: Abingdon, 1962. Stevens, George Barker. The Theology of the New Testament. New York: Scribner, 1899. Strecker, Georg. Completed and edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Horn. Theology of the New Testament. Translated by M. Boring. New York: W. de Gruyter/Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000. (ET of Theologie des Neues Testaments. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1996.) Stuhlmacher, Peter. Adolf Schlatters Interpretation of Scripture. NTS 24 (1978): 433 46. (This article is a shorter version of an essay Adolf Schlatter als Bibelausleger in ZThK, Beiheft 4 [1978]: 81111.) Stuhlmacher, Peter. Adolf Schlatters Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Zeitschrift fr Theologie und Kirche 100 (2003): 26179.

9 Stuhlmacher, Peter. Historische Kritik und theologische Schriftauslegung. In Schriftauslegung auf dem Wege zur biblischen Theologie. Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1975. Stuhlmacher, Peter. Biblische Theologie des Neuen Testaments. 2 vols. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 199799 (vol. 1, Grundlegung Von Jesus zu Paulus; vol. 2, Von der Paulusschule bis zur Johannesoffenbarung Der Kanon und seine Auslegun). Stuhlmacher, Peter. How to Do Biblical Theology. Princeton Theological Monographs, 38. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick, 1995. Terrien, Samuel. The Elusive Presence: Toward a New Biblical Theology. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978. Thielman, Frank S. Theology of the New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005. VanGemeren, Willem. The Progress of Redemption: The Story of Salvation from Creation to the New Jerusalem. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988. Via, Dan Otto. What is New Testament Theology? Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002. Vos, Gerhardus. The Idea of Biblical Theology as a Science and as a Theological Discipline. In Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., ed., Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation: The Shorter Writings of Geerhardus Vos. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1980: 3-24. Originally published: New York: Randolph, 1894. <http://homepage.mac.com/shanerosenthal/reformationink/gvbiblical.htm> (This was Voss inaugural address as professor of biblical theology at Princeton Seminary). Vos, Gerhardus. Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948. Vouga, Franois. Une thologie de Nouveau Testament. Le Monde de la Bible 43. Geneva: ditions Labor et Fides, 2001. Ward, Ronald A. The Pattern of Our Salvation: A Study of New Testament Unity. Waco, TX: Word, 1978. Watson, Francis. Text and Truth: Redefining Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. Weiss, Bernard. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. 2 vols. Translated from the 3d ed. by David Eaton. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 189293. Wilckens, U., Theologie des Neuen Testaments. In progress. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2002. Wrede, William. ber Aufgabe und Methode der sogennanten neutestamentliche Theologie. Gttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1897. (ET, The Task and Methods of

10 New Testament Theology, 68116 in Robert Morgan, The Nature of New Testament Theology: The Contribution of William Wrede and Adolf Schlatter. Studies in Biblical Theology, 2d series, v. 25. [London]: SCM, 1973. Reprint, Naperville, IL: Allenson, n.d.) Yarbrough, Robert W. The Salvation-Historical Fallacy? Reassessing the History of New Testament Theology. Leiderdorp: The Netherlands: Deo Publishing, 2004. Zuck, Roy B. and Darrell L. Bock, eds. A Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994.

Significant Old Testament Theologies Relevant to a Discussion of Method Brueggemann, Walter. Theology of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997. Eichrodt, Walther. Theology of the Old Testament. 2 vols. Translated by J. A. Baker. Philadelphia: Westminster, 196167. House, Paul R. Old Testament Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998. Jacob, Edmond. Theology of the Old Testament. Translated by Arthur W. Heathcote and Philip J. Allcock. New York: Harper & Row, 1958. Rad, Gerhard von. Old Testament Theology. 2 vols. Translated by D. M. G. Stalker. New York: Harper & Row, 19621965. Sailhamer, John H. Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995. Waltke, Bruce K. with Charles Yu. An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.