Below you will find books that link to Amazon and the book can be fully searched and completely read. Go to the table of contents and pick a chapter you want to read. Find the page and enter the page # in as a search ‘term’. Once you’ve found the page in the search results you can click on it and read forward and backwards a few pages. When you cannot progress, put the next page you want to view in the search bar and repeat the process. Its a bit cumbersome, but will save you a trip to the library and its accessible 24 hours a day!
Introductory Books
Kee, H.C. et al. The Cambridge Companion to the Bible.
Rogerson, J.W., and J.M. Lieu. The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies.
Historical/Cultural Studies Related to the New Testament
Cohen, S.J.D. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah.
Roetzel, C. J. The World That Shaped the New Testament. Louisville: WJK, 2002 (reprint).
Stambaugh, J.E. and D.Balch. The New Testament in its Social Environment.
Trebilco, P.R. Jewish Communities in Asia Minor (SNTSMS).
Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God.
Literary Context of the New Testament
Aune, D.E. The New Testament in its Literary Environment.
The New Testament in its Jewish Context
Engberg-Pedersen, T., ed. Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide.
Skarsaune, O. In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity.
Judaism and Christianity
Dunn, J.D.G. ed. Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Way.
Finney, P., ed. Early Christianity and Judaism.
Lieu, J. Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World.
Stanton, G. and Stroumsa. Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Judaism and Christianity.
The New Testament in its Graeco-Roman Context
General Gospels Study
Barton, Stephen C. Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew (SNTSMS).
Beaton, R. Isaiah’s Christ in Matthew’s Gospel (SNTSMS).
Bockmuehl, M. The Cambridge Companion to Jesus.
Bond, Helen K. Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation (SNTSMS). 2004.
Head, P.M. Christology and the Synoptic Problem (SNTSMS).
Matthew
Gurtner, D.M. The Torn Veil: Matthew’s Exposition of the Death of Jesus (SNTSMS). 2007.
Mohrland, R. Matthew and Paul (SNTSMS). 2004.
Przybylski, B. Righteousness in Matthew and His World of Thought (SNTSMS). 2004.
Mark
Bolt, P.G. Jesus’ Defeat of Death: Persuading Mark’s Early Readers (SNTSMS).
Luke
Doble, P. The Paradox of Salvation: Luke’s Theology of the Cross (SNTSMS).
John
Acts
Lentz, J.C. Luke’s Portrait of Paul (SNTSMS). 2004.
Marguerat, D. The First Christian Historian (SNTSMS). 2004.
Studies on Paul and His Letters
Carter, T.L. Paul and the Power of Sin (SNTSMS). 2005.
Croy, N. Clayton. Endurance in Suffering (SNTSMS). 2004.
Cummins, S.A. Paul and the Crucified Christ in Antioch (SNTSMS). 2001.
Dabourne, W. Purpose and Cause in Pauline Exegesis (SNTSMS).
Hubbard, M.V. New Creation in Paul’s Letters and Thought (SNTSMS). 2005.
Lentz, J.C. Luke’s Portrait of Paul (SNTSMS). 2004.
Lincoln, A.T. Paradise Now and Not Yet (SNTSMS). 2004.
Macdonald, M.Y. The Pauline Churches (SNTSMS).
Mohrland, R. Matthew and Paul (SNTSMS). 2004.
Moores, J.D. Wrestling with Relationality in Paul (SNTSMS).
Watson, Francis. Paul, Judaism, Gentiles. Cambridge: UP, 2004 (reprint).
Yinger, K.L. Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds (SNTSMS).
Zeisler, J.A. The Meaning of Righteousness in Paul (SNTSMS).
Romans
Guerra, A.J. Romans and the Apologetic Tradition (SNTSMS).
Reasoner, M. The Strong and the Weak: Romans 14.1-15.13 in Context (SNTSMS).
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Howard, G. Crisis in Galatia (SNTSMS).
Kern, P.H. Rhetoric and Galatians: Assessing an Approach to Paul’s Epistle (SNTSMS),
Ephesians
Philippians
Holloway, P.A. Consolation in Philippians: Philosophical Sources and Rhetorical Strategy (SNTSMS).
Peterman, G.W. Paul’s Gift From Philippi (SNTSMS). 2005.
1 Thessalonians
Paddison, A. Theological Hermeneutics and 1 Thessalonians (SNTSMS).
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New Testament Themes/Words
Gundry, R.H. Soma in Biblical Theology (SNTSMS).
Trites, A.A. The New Testament Concept of Witness (SNTSMS). 2004.
Tuckett, C. et al., eds. Nature of New Testament Theology (FS Robert Morgan).
Wallis, I.G. The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions (SNTSMS). 2005.
Varia
Elliott, J.K. A Bibliography of New Testament Manuscripts: 2nd Edition (SNTSMS). 2005.
Stanton, G.N. Jesus of Nazareth in New Testament Preaching (SNTSMS). 2004.
Thanks for your site; keep blogging, I look everyday for new insight you provide on beginning a doctoral program. I myself am headed to Durham in the Fall to begin a Ph.D under Barclay.
Also, do you use ‘google book search’ much? (http://books.google.com/) I am new to it, but it seems to work better than amazon’s search capability.
By: John on March 1, 2007
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thanks. We look forward to having you here next year! As for Google, it has its ups and downs. In Amazon, when you preview a page, you are guaranteed access to the page before and after. In Google, they might cut you off from the next page. Also, in Amazon you can search the page number you want. In Google, it seems to me that less books can be searched by page number.
For more on Google, see my new entry on ‘Tyndale House’.
By: Nijay Gupta on March 2, 2007
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Thanks for the information on book reviews. I like this idea because it keeps you abreast of new books and scholarly journal articles in your field of interest. How did you establish yourself as a reviewer? Did you contact specific publishers? What person and/or department at the various publishers would select book reviewers? Are you usually able to keep the books/articles that you review?
Thanks for sharing your insights and pointers on writing effective book reviews!
By: James T. Fowler on November 13, 2007
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Hi Nijay,
Glad you made it back here from SBL all right.
Thanks for the online book list. Great resource. Do you have an updated list of Amazon-readable books by any chance? Thanks and hope to see you Sunday night.
Robert
By: Robert Cavin on November 23, 2007
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Is this a glitch? Or do they mean to have all of this material available for free?
By: Ben D. on March 10, 2008
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Hi there, Nijay,
I am really enjoying your blog (I recently discovered it). Thanks so much for your work.
By: Chris Tilling on April 24, 2008
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