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PhD Suggested Pre-Reading List

General Works

Booth ,Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research, 3rd ed.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-2260-6566-3; $17.00.

Dockery, David S., Kenneth A. Mathews, and Robert B. Sloan, eds. Foundations for Biblical

Interpretation. Nashville: B&H Publishers, 1994. ISBN: 978-0-8054-1039-6; $39.99.

Mann, Thomas. The Oxford Guide to Library Research, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University

Press, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-19-518998-8; $18.95.

Strunk, William, and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 1999.

ISBN: 978-0-2053-1342-6; $ 15.95.

Old Testament Concentration

Baker, David W., and Bill T. Arnold, eds. The Face of Old Testament Studies: A Survey of

Contemporary Approaches. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2004. ISBN: 978-0-8010-2871-

7; $42.00.

Barr, James. The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective. Minneapolis:

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 978-0-8006-3191-8; $49.00.

Bright, John. A History of Israel. 4th ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000. ISBN:

978-0-6642-2068-6; $39.95.

Bullock, C. Hassell. An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books. Rev. ed. Chicago:

Moody Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8024-4157-7; $33.99.

_____. An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophetic Books. Rev. ed. Chicago: Moody

Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8024-4154-6; $34.99.

Hallo, William W. and William Kelly Simpson. The Ancient Near East: A History. 2nd ed.

Beverly, MA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997. ISBN: 978-0-1550-3819-6; $115.00.

Howard, David. An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Rev. ed. Chicago:

Moody Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8024-4155-3; $34.99.

Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age Through the Jewish Wars.

Nashville: B&H Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 978-0-8054-3122-3; $ 123.00.

Stuart, Douglas K. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 4th ed.

Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-6642-3344-0; $24.95.

Tov, Emanuel. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. 2nd rev. ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press,

2001. ISBN: 0800634292; $54.00.

Wolf, Herbert. An Introduction to the Old Testament Pentateuch. Rev. ed. Chicago: Moody

Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8024-4156-0; $33.99.

New Testament Concentration

Black, David Alan, and David S. Dockery, eds. Interpreting the New Testament. Nashville: B&H

Academic, 2001. ISBN: 978-0-8054-1850-7; $29.99.

Bock, Darrell L., and Buist M. Fanning, eds. Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction

to the Art and Science of Exegesis. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-5813-

4408-0; $29.99.

Carson, D. A. Exegetical Fallacies. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1996. ISBN: 978-

0-8010-2086-5; $15.99.

Carson, D. A., and Douglas J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 2005. ISBN: 0-310-23859-5; $39.99.

Evans, Craig A., and Stanley F. Porter, eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background. The IVP

Bible Dictionary Series. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2000. ISBN: 978-0-8308-1780-

1; $60.00.

Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans

Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-8028-2221-5; $38.00.

Green, Joel B., Scot McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the

Gospels. The IVP Bible Dictionary Series. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1992. ISBN:

978-0-8308-1777-1; $60.00.

Hawthorne, Gerald F., Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid, eds. Dictionary of Paul and His

Letters. The IVP Bible Dictionary Series. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1993. ISBN:

978-0-8308-1778-8; $60.00.

Martin, Ralph P., and Peter H. Davids, eds. Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its

Developments. The IVP Bible Dictionary Series. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1997.

ISBN: 978-0-8308-1779-5; $60.00.

McKnight, Scot, and Grant R. Osborne, eds. The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of

Recent Research. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004. ISBN: 978-0-8010-2707-9;

$42.00.

Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 978-0-1982-6954-0; $60.00.

Metzger, Bruce M., and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission,

Corruption, and Restoration. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN:

978-0-1951-6122-9; $49.95.

Neill, Stephen, and N. T. Wright. The Interpretation of the New Testament 1861-1986. 2nd ed.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN: 978-0-1928-3057-9; $50.00.

Osborne, Grant. The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical

Interpretation. Rev. exp. ed. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-8308-

2826-5; $30.00.

Porter, Stanley E., ed. A Handbook to the Exegesis of the New Testament. Leiden: Brill

Academic,1998. ISBN: 978-9-0040-9921-0; $363.00. (ISBN: 978-0-3910-4157-8;

$59.00. Paperback).

Scott, J. Julius, Jr. Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic,

2000. ISBN: 978-0-8010-2240-1; $32.99.

Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997. ISBN:

978-0-3102-1895-1; $44.99.