MY TOP 3 LIST OF THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES: BOOKS YOU NEED FOR YOUR LIBRARY

MY TOP 3 LIST OF THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES:

BOOKS YOU NEED FOR YOUR LIBRARY

By: Daniel McMillin

APOLOGETICS

• William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith

• Josh and Sean McDowell, Evidence That Demands a Verdict

• Khaldoun A. Sweis and Chad V. Meister, Christian Apologetics

HERMENEUTICS: BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

• Andreas J. Köstenberger, Invitation to Biblical Interpretation.

• Craig A. Carter, Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition

• Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Is There a Meaning in this Text?

GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT

• Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament

• Miles V. Van Pelt, A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament

• Eugene H. Merrill, Mark Rooker, Michael A. Grisanti, The World and the Word

GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT

• D.A. Carson and Douglas Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament

• Andreas Köstenberger, L. Scott Kellum, Charles L. Quarles, The Cradle, the Cross, and

the Crown

• Michael Kruger, A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

• G.K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd, The Story Retold

• Andreas Köstenberger, Biblical Theology

• Geerhardus Vos, Biblical Theology

NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

• G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old

Testament

• G.K. Beale, Benjamin L. Gladd, D.A. Carson, Andrew David Naselli, Dictionary of the

New Testament Use of the Old Testament

• G.K. Beale, Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament

HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

• Greg R. Allison, Historical Theology

• Lewis Ayers, Nicaea and Its Legacy

• Alister McGrath, Historical Theology

CHURCH HISTORY

• Eusebius, The Church History

• Everett Ferguson, Church History

• Everett Ferguson, Encyclopedia of Early Christianity

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

• Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics

• Michael Horton, The Christian Faith

• Stephen Wellum, Systematic Theology

BIBLIOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE

• Doug Burleson, The Faith Once and For All Delivered

• Norman L. Geisler and William E. Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible

• B.B. Warfield, The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible

THEOLOGY PROPER: THE DOCTRINE OF GOD

• Matthew Barrett, None Greater

• Stephen Charnock, The Essence and Existence of God

• James Dolezal, All That Is in God

TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

• Augustine, The Trinity

• Matthew Barrett, On Classical Trinitarianism

• Brandon D. Smith, The Trinity in the Canon

CHRISTOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST

• Athanasius, On the Incarnation

• Steven J. Duby, Jesus and the God of Classical Theism

• Stephen Wellum, God the Son Incarnate

PNEUMATOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

• Gregg Allison and Andreas Köstenberger, The Holy Spirit

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit

• Graham Cole, He Who Gives Life

ECCLESIOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH

• Gregg R. Allision, Sojourners and Strangers

• G.K. Beale, The Temple and the Church’s Mission

• Everett Ferguson, The Church of Christ

ANTHROPOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF MAN

• John Piper and Wayne Grudem, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

• John S. Hammett and Katie J. McCoy, Humanity

• Andreas J. and Margret E. Köstenberger, God's Design for Man and Woman

HAMARTIOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF SIN

• Thomas H. McCall, Against God and Nature

• John Owen, The Mortification of Sin

• John Owen, Overcoming Sin and Temptation

SOTERIOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION

• Bruce Demarest, The Cross and Salvation

• Christopher W. Morgan and Thomas R. Schreiner, Salvation

• Fred Sanders, Fountain of Salvation

ESCHATOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE END TIMES

• G.K. Beale, A New Testament Biblical Theology

• Benjamin L. Gladd and Matthew S. Harmon, Making All Things New

• Thomas R. Schriener, The Justice and Goodness of God

RESURRECTION

• G.K. Beale, Union with the Resurrected Christ

• Gary Habermas, On the Resurrection

• N.T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY SERIES

• New Studies in Dogmatics

• Short Studies in Systematic Theology

• Theology for the People of God

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY SERIES

• New Studies in Biblical Theology

• New Testament Theology

• Zondervan Biblical Theology of the New Testament

COMMENTARY SERIES

• Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary

• Pillar New Testament Commentary or Zondervan Exegetical Commentary

• Truth for Today Commentary

• The IVP Bible Background Commentary

OLD TESTAMENT BACKGROUND

• Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn, The World Around the Old Testament

• K.A. Kitchen, On the Reliability of the Old Testament

• Jonathan S. Greer, John W. Hilber, John H. Walton, Behind the Scenes of the Old

Testament

NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND

• Richard Bauckham, The Christian World around the New Testament

• Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity

• N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird, New Testament in Its World

INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD

• George Athas, Bridging the Testaments: The History and Theology of God’s People in the Second Temple Period

• Flavius Josephus, Josephus: The Complete Works

• Philo, Works of Philo

ARCHAEOLOGY

• John D. Currid, The Case for Biblical Archaeology

• H. Wayne House and Randall Price, Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology

• Jack P. Lewis, Biblical Archaeology

BIBLICAL HEBREW

• Duane A. Garrett and Jason S. DeRouchie, A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew

• H.H. Hardy II and Matthew McAfee, Going Deeper with Biblical Hebrew

• Gary D. Patico and Miles V. Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew

BIBLICAL GREEK

• William W. Mounce, Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar

• Andreas J. Köstenberger, Benjamin L Merkle, Robert L. Plummer, Going Deeper with

New Testament Greek

• Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics

DICTIONARIES/LEXICONS

• BDAG, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian

Literature

• William D. Mounce, Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New

Testament Words

• IVP Bible Dictionary Series

MISCELLANEOUS

• Augustine, City of God

• Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

• John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Faith