North Park Theological Seminary – New Testament Bibliography, Fall 2012

Several students have asked the New Testament Professors for the best available literature for interpreting the New
Testament. This bibliography gives a selection of titles that we regard as excellent in a number of different
categories and for each New Testament book. The list could be much longer. We have also marked with an asterisk
the two or three texts for each category or book that we think that should be the top priorities for acquisition for your
own libraries. This means that we think the volume in question has truly valuable things to say, but not necessarily
that we agree with all of its contents. Some items are listed because they represent excellently a position we do not
hold.
In preparing this bibliography we have made use of the excellent exegesis bibliography produced by the New
Testament Faculty at Denver Seminary that is available on Denver’s web-site (Copyright © August 2007 William W.
Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Susan M. Hecht) and we are very grateful for the work they have done. Inevitably,
however, their judgments are not always the same as our own and although their bibliography and ours overlap to
some degree, all the recommendations made in this bibliography are our responsibility.
–Stephen Chester, Max Lee, Klyne Snodgrass

1. Textual Criticism
Aland, K. and B. The Text of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989 (2nd Edition).
Black, D.A. New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.
*Greenlee, J.H. Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995 (2nd Edition)
Metzger, B.M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. London & N.Y.: United Bible Societies, 1994
(2nd Edition).
Metzger, B.M. and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration.
4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
*Omanson, R.L. A Textual Guide to the Greek New Testament. Stuttgart: German Bible Society, 2006.
*Wegner, P.D. A Student’s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results. Downers
Grove: InterVarsity, 2006.

2. Grammar
Black D.A. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
Blass, F., A. Debrunner, and R. Funk. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian
Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
Moulton, James M., Wilbert Francis Howard and Nigel Turner (Moulton-Howard-Turner). A Grammar of New
Testament Greek. 4 vols. London: T&T Clark, 1963–2006.
Mounce, W.D. The Morphology of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
Porter, S. E. Idioms of the Greek New Testament. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992.
Wallace, D. B. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.
*Wallace D. B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
*Young, R. A. Intermediate New Testament Greek. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.

3. Introduction
*Brown, R.E. An Introduction to the New Testament. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1997.
Carson D.A. and D.J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005 (2nd Edition).
*deSilva, D. A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Context, Methods and Ministry Formation. Downers Grove,
IL: lnterVarsity, 2004.
Elwell, W.A. and Yarbrough, R.W. Encountering the New Testament and Readings from the First-Century World
[with CD- ROM]. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
Guthrie, D. New Testament Introduction. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1990 (4th Edition).
Kümmel, W.G. Introduction to the New Testament. Edited by Paul Feine and Johannes Behm. Revised edition.
Translated by H.C. Kee, Nashville: Abingdon, 1975.
Theissen, G. The New Testament: An Introduction. Translated by J. Bowden. London and New York: T and T Clark,
2003.
Wenham, D. and S. Walton. Exploring the New Testament, vol. 1: A Guide to the Gospels & Acts. Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsity, 2001
Marshall, I.H., Travis, S. and Paul, I., Exploring the New Testament, vol. 2: A Guide to the Epistles and Revelation.
Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.

There is one New Testament web-site that is undoubtedly the best general site available. It is the New Testament
Gateway site (www.ntgateway.com). It will provide you with many links to other sites dealing with particular
aspects of the New Testament.

4. Lexical Analysis
Bachman, H. and W. Slaby, eds. A Computer Concordance to the Novum Testamentum Graecae. Berlin: Walter de
Gruyter, 1985.
Balz, H. and G. Schneider, eds. Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990-
93.
*Bauer, W. (Danker/Arndt/Gingrich). A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian
Literature (BDAG). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
*Brown, C., ed. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1975-1978.
*Danker, Frederick W. The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (CL). Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2009. More than an abridgment of BDAG, this volume includes improved linguistic analysis
within its shorter entries.
Hatch, E. and H.A. Redpath, eds. A Concordance to the Septuagint. 2 vols. Graz: Akademische Druck- und
Verlaganstalt, 1975. (Reprint of the 1897 Clarendon Press edition.)
Kittel, G. and G. Friedrich, eds. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), 10 vols. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1964-76.
Kittel, G. and G. Friedrich; eds. and abridged by G. Bromiley. TDNT, 1 vol. edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985.
Kubo, S. A Reader’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975.
Liddell, H.G. and R. Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1925–40; repr, 1968 (for classical
Greek).
Louw, J. P. and E. A. Nida. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains, 2 vols. New
York: United Bible Societies, 1988.
Marshall, I.H., ed. Moulton and Geden’s Concordance to the Greek New Testament. New York: Continuum, 2002
(6th Edition).
Lust, J. and E. Eynikel and K. Hauspie eds. A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint. Stuttgart: Deutsche
Bibelgesellschaft, 1992.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG for short) is a comprehensive database of ancient Greek Literature. It was
originally produced in CD format (the last updated disk was 2000) but is now available online to subscribing
institutions and individuals and is updated regularly. The Brandel Library does not subscribe (www.tlg.uci.edu).
Diogenes is a free software program for browsing and searching TLG (www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/
Diogenes).

5. History and Historical Background

Barclay, J.M.G. The Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.
Barnett, P. Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999.
Bock, D. and G.J. Herrick. Jesus in Context: Background Readings for Gospel Study. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Boring, M.E. and K. Berger and C. Colpe eds. A Hellenistic Commentary on the New Testament. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1995.
*Evans, C. A. and Porter, S.E. eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity,
2000.
Ferguson, E. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993 (2nd Edition).
*Grabbe, Lester L. Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of
Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus. London: T & T Clark, 2010.
*Jeffers, J. S. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999.
Keener, C. S. The IVP Biblical Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1993.
Murphy, F.J. The Religious World of Jesus: An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism. Nashville: Abingdon, 1991.
Neusner, Jacob. Introduction to Rabbinic Literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
Schnabel, E. Early Christian Mission. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
*Skarsaune, O. In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity, 2002.
Theissen, G. The Religion of the Earliest Churches: Creating a Symbolic World. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.
Vanderkam, J. C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
Witherington, Ben III. New Testament History: A Narrative Account. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.
Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992.

6. Introductions to Primary Sources

DeSilva, D.A. Introducing the Apocrypha. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.
*Evans, C.A. Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. Peabody:
Hendrickson, 2005.
Helyer, L.R. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.
Jobes, K.H. and Silva, M. Invitation to the Septuagint. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
Mason, S. Josephus and the New Testament. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1992
7. Primary Sources
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English. Edited by R.H. Charles. Oxford: Clarendon,
1913.
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Study Edition. 2 vols. Edited and translated by Florentino García Martínez and Elbert J. C.
Tigchelaar. Leiden: Brill, 1997.
The Jerusalem Talmud, A Translation and Commentary. 28 vols. Edited by Jacob Neusner. Peabody: Hendrickson,
2006.
The Mishnah. Translated by Herbert Danby. Oxford: Clarendon, 1933. New Testament Apocrypha. 2 vols. Edited by
Edgar Hennecke; Wilhelm Schneemelcher. Translated by R. McL. Wilson. Philadelphia: Westerminster, 1963.
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. 2 vols. Edited by James H. Charlesworth. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1983.
The Soncino Babylonian Talmud. 30 vols. Edited by Isidore Epstein. Brooklyn: Soncino Press, 1990.

Students should also be aware that the major works of Greek and Latin literature are available in the Loeb Classics
Edition with the English text and the original text arranged on facing pages. Of particular relevance for New
Testament Studies are the works of Flavius Josephus and those of Philo of Alexandria.

8. New Testament Theology

*Bock, Darrell, L. A Theology of Luke and Acts. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012.
Bultmann, R. Theology of the New Testament. 2 vols. New York: Scribner & Sons, 1951 and 1955.
Caird, G. B. (completed and edited by L.O. Hurst). New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.
Goppelt, L, Theology of the New Testament. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981- 82.
Guthrie, D. New Testament Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1981.
Hurtado, L. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Ladd, G. E. A Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993 (2nd Edition).
*Marshall, I. H. New Testament Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2004.
Strecker, G. Theology of the New Testament. Louisville: WJKP, 2000.
Thielman, F. New Testament Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

9. New Testament Ethics

*Hays, R. The Moral Vision of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T and T Clark, 1996.
Meeks, W. The Origins of Christian Morality. New Haven: Yale, 1993.
Schrage, W. The Ethics of the New Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1988.
Stassen, G.H. and Gushee, D.P. Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context. Downer’s Grove:
InterVarsity, 2003.
Swartley, W. Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women: Case Studies in Biblical Interpretation. Scottdale, PA: Herald
Press.
Webb, W.J. Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis. Downer’s Grove,
IL: InterVarsity, 2001.
10. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
*Alexander, T.D. ed. New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000.
Bromiley, G. W., ed. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, revised, 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1979-86.
Freedman, N. (ed.) The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Green, Joel B., et al. Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011.
*Green, J.B., S. McKnight, and I. H. Marshall, (eds.) Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity, 1992.
*Hawthorne, G. F., R. P. Martin, and D.G. Reid, (eds.) Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity, 1993.
*Martin, R. P. and P. H. Davids, (eds.) Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments. Downers
Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998.
Ryken, L. et al., (eds.) Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998.
Sakenfeld, K. D., (ed.) New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible, 6 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 2006
*Vanhoozer, K.J., (ed.) Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.

11. New Testament Interpretation: Theories and Practices

Blomberg, Craig L. and Jennifer F. Markley. A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker
Academic, 2010.
Bovon, François. New Testament and Christian Apocrypha. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011.
Brown, J. Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.
Caird, G.B. The Language and Imagery of the Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980.
*Davis, E. and R. Hays (eds.), The Art of Reading Scripture. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.
Dockery, D. S and D.A. Black, (eds.) Interpreting the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman & Homan, 2001 (2nd
Edition).
Goldingay, J. Models for the Interpretation of Scripture. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Green, J.B., (ed.) Hearing the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
*Green, J. and M. Turner. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Study and Systematic Theology. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
*Jasper, D. A Short Introduction to Hermeneutics. Louisville: WJKP, 2004
*Klein, W. W., C. L. Blomberg and R. L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Nelson,
2004 (2nd Edition).
Longman, T. and L. Ryken , eds. A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993.
*Osborne, G. R. The Hermeneutical Spiral. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1991.
*Parris, D.P. Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed Light on Old Texts.
Atlanta: Paternoster, 2006.
Seitz, C. and K. McCreight-Greene (eds.). Theological Exegesis: Essays in Honor of B.S. Childs. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1999.
Thiselton, A. The Two Horizons: New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description. Exeter: Paternoster,
1980.
Thiselton, A. New Horizons in Hermeneutics: The Theory and Practice of Transforming Biblical Reading. London:
Harper Collins, 1992.
Vanhoozer, K. J. Is There a Meaning in this Text? Downers Grove: InterVarsty, 1998.
Watson, F. Text, Church and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective. Edinburgh: T and T Clark,
1992.

12. New Testament Interpretation: History

Baird, W. A History of New Testament Research. 2 vols. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.
Bray, G. Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1996.
Epp, E.J. and G.W. MacRae, eds. The New Testament and its Modern Interpreters. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989.
George, Timothy F. and Scott M. Manetsch, eds. Reformation Commentary on Scripture. 28 projected vols. Downers
Grove: InterVarsity, 2011–2012.
*Hauser A.J. and D.F. Watson, eds. A History of Biblical Interpretation Vol. 1: The Ancient Period. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2003.
Hayes, J.H. ed. New Testament History of Interpretation: Excerpted from the Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation.
Nashville: Abingdon, 2004.
Kümmel, W.G. The New Testament: A History of the Investigation of its Problems. Trans. by S. McLean Gilmour
and H.C. Kee. Nashville: Abingdon, 1972.
Levy, Ian Christopher, ed. The Bible in Medieval Tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011.
*Neill, S. and N.T. Wright, Interpretation of the New Testament 1861-1986. Oxford: OUP, 1988 (2nd Edition).
Oden, Thomas C., ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. 12 vols. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2001–
2005.
Riches, J.K. A Century of New Testament Study. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1993.
Wilken, Robert L. ed. The Church’s Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003–2012.
*Yarchin, W., ed. The History of Biblical Interpretation: A Reader. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2004.

13. Jesus and the Gospels

Allison, D. Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.
Bauckham, R., ed. The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1998.
*Bauckham, R. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.
*Beasley-Murray, G. R. Jesus and the Kingdom of God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.
Borg, M. Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity, 1994.
Chilton, B. Pure Kingdom: Jesus’ Vision of God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
Dunn, J.D.G. Jesus Remembered. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Goodacre, Mark. Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas’s Familiarity with the Synoptics. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2012.
Kähler, Martin. The So-Called Historical Jesus and the Historic Biblical Christ. Translated by Carl Braaten.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1964.
McKnight, S. A New Vision for Israel: Jesus’ Teaching in National Context. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 3 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1991, 1994, 2001.
*Meyer, Ben F. The Aims of Jesus. London: SCM, 1979.
*Snodgrass. K. Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2008.
Stein, R.H. Studying the Synoptic Gospels. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001 (2nd Edition)
*Strauss, M .L. Four Portraits, One Jesus: An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
2007.
*Wright, N.T. and M. Borg. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions. Harper: San Francisco, 1999.
*Wright, N.T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.
Wright, N.T. The Resurrection of the Son of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.

14. Paul
Dunn, J. D.G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Fee, G.D. God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994.
Fee, G.D. Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2007.
Gorman, Michael J. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.
*Gorman, M.J. Reading Paul. Cascade Books, 2008.
*Horrell, D. An Introduction to the Study of Paul. New York: Continuum, 2000.
Meeks, W. The First Urban Christians. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.
Sanders, E.P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. London: SCM, 1977.
*Westerholm, S. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The ‘Lutheran’ Paul and his Critics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2004.
*Wright, N.T. Paul in Fresh Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.

15. Major Commentaries

The following lists of top commentaries for each NT book are divided into three sections: the first contains those we
consider the best detailed, critical commentaries; the second lists more mid-level works; and the third consists of
briefer commentaries often with a special focus on application. Usually commentaries in the first category are on the
Greek text and those in the second on the English text, but not always. Some heavyweight critical commentaries
expound the English text but make extensive use of footnotes to engage with the Greek. At least one priority title is
asterisked for each level. Abbreviations for series: AB = Anchor Bible; BECNT = Baker Exegetical Commentary on
the New Testament; BNTC = Black’s New Testament Commentary; BST = Bible Speaks Today; EBC = Expositor’s
Bible Commentary; ECC = Eerdman’s Critical Commentary; ICC = International Critical Commentary; Int =
Interpretation; NAC = New American Commentary; NCB = New Century Bible; NCBC = New Cambridge Bible
Commentary; NIBC = New International Biblical Commentary; NICNT = New International Commentary on the
New Testament; NIGTC = New International Greek Testament Commentary; NIVAC = NIV Application
Commentary; NTC = New Testament Commentary; NTL New Testament Library; NTR = New Testament Readings;
PNTC = Pillar New Testament Commentary; SP = Sacra Pagina; THNTC = Two Horizons New Testament
Commentary; TNTC = Tyndale New Testament Commentary; WBC = Word Biblical Commentary.

Matthew
*Davies, W. D. and D. C. Allison, Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew
(ICC, rev.), 3 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1988-97.
Hagner, D. A. Matthew (WBC), 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1993-95.
Luz, U. Matthew: A Commentary. 3 vols. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1989, 2001, 2005.
Nolland, J. The Gospel of Matthew (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
*Osborne, Grant R. Matthew. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
2010.
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Blomberg, C. L. Matthew (NAC). Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
Carson, D. A. ‘Matthew’, In EBC, ed. F. E. Gaebeleln, vol. 8. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.
*France, R. T. The Gospel of Matthew (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007
*Keener, C. S. A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
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Green, M. The Message of Matthew (BST). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000.
Keener, C. S. Matthew (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997.
*Wilkins, M. J. Matthew (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.

Mark
Collins, Adela Yarbo. Mark: A Commentary. Philadelphia: Fortress, 2007.
*France, R. T. The Gospel of Mark (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
*Guelich, R. A. Mark 1-8:26 (WBC). Dallas: Word, 1989; and Evans, C. A. Mark 8:27-16:20 (WBC). Nashville:
Nelson, 2001.
Gundry, R. H. Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
Marcus, Joel. Mark 1-8 (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2000.
Marcus, Joel. Mark 8–16 (AB). New York: Doubleday, 200.
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*Hooker, M.D. The Gospel according to Saint Mark (BNTC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1991.
Lane, W. L. The Gospel according to Mark (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974.
Moloney, Francis J. The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012.
Witherington, Ben, III. The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
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*Garland, D. Mark (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Kernaghan, R.J. Mark (IVPNTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2007.

Luke
Bock, D.L. Luke (BECNT). 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994-96.
Bovon, F. Luke, vol. 1 (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.
*Garland, David E. Luke. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
2011.
Marshall, I.H. The Gospel of Luke (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
*Nolland, J. Luke (WBC), 3 vols. Dallas: Word, 1990-93.
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Fitzmyer, J.A. The Gospel According to Luke (AB). 2 vols. Garden City: Doubleday, 1981–85.
*Green, J.B. The Gospel of Luke (NICNT, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.
Johnson, L.T. The Gospel of Luke (SP). Collegeville: Liturgical, 1992.
Stein, R.H. Luke (NAC). Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
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*Bock, D.L. Luke (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Bock, D.L. Luke (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1994.
*Gooding, D. According to Luke: A New Exposition of the Third Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

John
Barrett, C.K. The Gospel according to John. London: S.P.C.K., 1978 (2nd Edition).
*Brown, R.E. The Gospel according to John (AB). 2 vols. Garden City: Doubleday, 1966, 1970.
*Keener, C.S. The Gospel of John: A Commentary. 2 vols. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2003.
Kostenberger, A. John (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007
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Borchert, Gerald L. John. 2 vols (MAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1996–2002.
*Brodie, T. The Gospel according to John: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1993.
Lincoln, A. The Gospel according to St. John (BNTC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 2005.
Morris, L. Commentary on the Gospel of John (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995 (2nd Edition).
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*Burge, G. M. John (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.
*Newbigin, L. The Light Has Come: An Exposition of the Fourth Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Talbert, C. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel. Macon, GA: Smyth &
Helwys, 2005 (2nd Edition).
Witherington, B., III. John’s Wisdom. Louisville: WJKP, 1996.
Whitacre, R. A. John (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1999.

Acts
Barrett, C. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (ICC, rev.). 2 vols. Edinburgh: T &
T Clark, 1994–1998.
*Bock, Darrell L. Acts (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.
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Bruce, F.F. The Book of the Acts (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988 (2nd edition).
Fitzmyer, J.A. The Acts of the Apostles (CAB). New York: Doubleday, 1998.
*Johnson, L.T. The Acts of the Apostles (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
Keener, Craig S. Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol 1: Intro and 1:1-2:47. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012.
Marshall, I.H. The Acts of the Apostles (TNTC, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.
Marshall, I.H. and D. Peterson eds. Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998
(not a commentary, but helpful theologically for anyone planning a series of sermons or studies on Acts).
Polhill, J.B. Acts (NAC). Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
Witherington, Ben, III. The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
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Fernando, A. Acts (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
Green, M. Thirty Years that Changed the World: The Book of Acts for Today. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.
Larkin, W. J. Acts (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1995.
*Willimon, W. Acts (Int). Atlanta, GA: JKP, 1988.

Romans
*Cranfield, C.E.B. The Epistle to the Romans (ICC, rev.). 2 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. 1975–79.
Jewett, R. Romans (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.
Käsemann, E. Romans. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.
Schreiner, T. R. Romans (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
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Dunn, J.D.G. Romans (WBC). 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1988.
Fitzmyer, J.A. Romans (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Kruse, Colin G. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. The Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2012.
*Moo, D.J. The Epistle to the Romans (NJCNT, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
Morris, L. The Epistle to the Romans. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.
Witherington, Ben, III, with Darlene Hyatt. Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.
Ziesler, J. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1989.
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Moo, D. J. Romans (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.
*Stott, J.R.W. The Message of Romans (BST). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1994.
Osborne, G. R. Romans (NAC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2004.

1 Corinthians
Fee, G. D. The First Epistle to the Corinthians (NICNT, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.
*Garland, D.E. 1 Corinthians (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.
*Thiselton, A.C. The First Epistle to the Corinthians (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
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*Barrett, C.K. Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians (BNTC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1993.
Ciampa, Roy E. and Brian S. Rosner. The First Letter to the Corinthians (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.
Collins, R.F. First Corinthians (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1999.
Keener, C.S. 1–2 Corinthians (NCBC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Kovacs, J.L. trans. and ed. 1 Corinthians interpreted by Early Christian Commentators. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2005.
Thiselton, A.C. First Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.
Witherington, Ben, III. Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2
Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
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Blomberg, C. L. 1 Corinthians (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
*Hays, R. First Corinthians (Int). Louisville: John Knox, 1997.
Johnson, Alan F. 1 Corinthians (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2004.

2 Corinthians
*Harris, M. J. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
Martin, R. P. 2 Corinthians (WBC). Waco: Word, 1986.
Thrall, M. E. A Critical & Exegetical Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (ICC, rev.). 2 vols.
Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1994–2000.
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Barnett, P. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (NICNT, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.
*Garland, D. E. 2 Corinthians (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999.
Furnish, V. P. 2 Corinthians (AB). Garden City: Doubleday, 1984.
Matera, F. J. II Corinthians (NTL). Louisville: WJKP, 2003.
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Barnett, P. The Message of 2 Corinthians (BST). Downers Grove: InterVarslty, 1988.
*Belleville, L. 2 Corinthians (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1996.
Hafemann, S. J. 2 Corinthians (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Galatians
Betz, H.D. Galatians (Hermeneia). Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.
Bruce, F. F. The Epistle to the Galatians (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Burton, E. de W. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (ICC). Edinburgh: T and T
Clark, 1921.
*Longenecker, R. N. Galatians (WBC). Dallas: Word, 1990.
*Martyn, J. L. Galatians (AB). Garden City: Doubleday, 1997.
Riches, John. Galatians Through the Centuries. Blackwell Bible Commentaries. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell,
2008.
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Dunn, J. D. G. The Epistle to the Galatians (BNTC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1993.
Fung, R. Y. K. The Epistle to the Galatians (NICNT, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.
Witherington, B., III. Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Galatians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans;
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1998.
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Braxton, B. R. No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience. Collegeville: Liturgical, 2002.
Hansen, G. W. Galatians (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1994.
*McKnight, S. Galatians (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Ephesians
Best, E. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ephesians (ICC, rev.). Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998.
*Hoehner, H. Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.
*Lincoln, A. T. Ephesians (WBC). Dallas: Word, 1990.
Thielman, Frank. Ephesians. Baker Exegetical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010.
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Bruce, F. F. The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (NICNT, rev). Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1984.
Klein, W.W. ‘Ephesians,’ in EBC. T. Longman III and D E Garland, eds. vol. 12. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, rev.
2006.
Muddiman, J. The Epistle to the Ephesians (BNTC). London and New York: Continuum, 2001.
*O’Brien, P. T. The Letter to the Ephesians (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
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*Snodgrass, K. Ephesians (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Stott, J. R. W. The Message of Ephesians (BST). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1984.

Philippians
Hawthorne, G.F. Philippians (WBC). Waco: Word, 1983; rev. R. P. Martin. Nashville: Nelson, 2004.
*O’Brien, P.T. The Epistle to the Philippians (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.
Silva, M. Philippians (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005 (2nd edition).
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Bockmuehl, M. The Epistle to the Philippians (BNTC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1998.
*Fee, G.D. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Fowl, S. E. Philippians (THNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
Garland, D. E. ‘Philippians’ in EBC, revised, ed. D.E. Garland and T. Longman III, eds. Vol. 12, 175–261. Grand
Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.
Witherington, Ben, III. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2011.
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Motyer, A. The Message of Philippians (BST). Downers Grove: InterVarslty, 1984.
Fee, G. D. Philippians. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1999.
*Thielman, F. Philippians (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Colossians and Philemon

Dunn, J.D.G. The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
Wilson, R.M. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Colossians (ICC, rev.). London: T &T Clark, 2005.
*O’Brien, P.T. Colossians, Philemon (WBC). Waco: Word, 1982.
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*Barth, M. and Blanke, H. Colossians (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1994
Barth, M and Blanke, H. The Letter to Philemon (ECC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Bruce, F. F. The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (NICNT, rev,). Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1984.
*Fitzmyer, J.A. The Letter to Philemon (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2000.
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*Thompson, M. M. Colossians & Philemon (THNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
*Garland, D.E. Colossians/Philemon (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.

1 and 2 Thessalonians
Bruce, F. F. I and II Thessalonians (WBC). Waco: Word Books, 1982.
*Wanamaker, C. The Epistles to the Thessalonians (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
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*Green, G.L. The Letters to the Thessalonians (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
*Malherbe, A. J. The Letters to the Thessalonians (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Marshall, I.H. 1 and2 Thessalonians (NCB). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.
Witherington, Ben, III. 1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.
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Beale, G.K. 1–2 Thessalonians (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2003.
Holmes, M.W. 1 & 2 Thessalonians (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
*Stott, J.R.W. The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians (BST). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1991.

Pastorals
Knight, G. W., III. The Pastoral Epistles (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.
*Marshall, I. H. with P. H. Towner. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (ICC, rev.).
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1999.
Mounce, W.D. Pastoral Epistles (WBC). Nashville: Nelson, 2000.
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Johnson, L.T. The First and Second Letters to Timothy (CAB). New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Kelly, J.N.D. A Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (BNTC). San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1968.
Quinn, J.D. The Letter to Titus (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1990.
Quinn, J.D. and W. C. Wacker, The First and Second Letters to Timothy (ECC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
*Towner, P. H. The Letters to Timothy and Titus (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.
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*Liefeld, W. 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.
Towner, P.H. 1–2 Timothy and Titus (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1994.

Hebrews
Attridge, H. The Epistle to the Hebrews (Hermeneia). Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989.
Ellingworth, P. The Epistle to the Hebrews (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
*Lane, W.L. Hebrews (WBC). 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1991.
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Bruce, F.F. The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990 (2nd edition)
Cockerill, Gareth Lee. The Epistle to the Hebrews. The New International Commentary on the New Testament.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.
deSilva, D.A. Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Hughes, P.E. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977
*Johnson, L.T. Hebrews: A Commentary (NTL). Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2006.
Koester, C.R. Hebrews (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2001.
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*Gooding, D. An Unshakeable Kingdom: The Letter of Hebrews for Today. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
Guthrie, G.H. Hebrews (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.

James
*Davids, P.H. The Epistle of James (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Martin, R.P. James (WBC). Waco: Word, 1988.
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Brosend, W.F.II. James and Jude (NCBC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Hartin, P.J. James (SP). Collegeville: Liturgical, 2003.
Johnson, L.T. The Letter of James (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Laws, S. The Epistle of James (HNTC). San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980.
*Moo, D.J. The Letter of James (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
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Baker, W.R. and T.D. Ellsworth. Preaching James. St. Louis: Chalice, 2004.
*Nystrom, D.P. James (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.
Stulac, G.M. James (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1993.

1 Peter
*Achtemeier, P. D. 1 Peter (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.
Jobes, K. H. 1 Peter (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
Michaels, J.R. 1 Peter (WBC). Waco: Word, 1988.
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Davids, P. H. The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
*Elliott, J. H. 1 Peter (AB). New York: Doubleday, 2000.
Grudem, W.A. The First Epistle of Peter (TNTC, rev.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.
Kelly, J.N.D. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude (BNTC). San Francisco: Harper, 1969.
Schreiner, T.R. 1, 2 Peter, Jude (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003.
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Horrell, D.G. The Epistles of Peter and Jude. Peterborough, UK: Epworth Press, 1998.
*Marshall, I.H. 1 Peter (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1991.
McKnight, S. 1 Peter (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.

2 Peter and Jude

*Bauckham, R. Jude, 2 Peter (WBC). Waco: Word, 1983.
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Charles, J. D. ‘2 Peter, Jude’ in EBC. Revised, ed. D. E. Garland and T. Longman III, eds. Vol. 13. 357–411, 539–
69. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.
*Davids, P. The Letters of Second Peter and Jude (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.
Green, E.M.B. The Second Epistle of Peter and the Epistle of Jude (TNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990 (2nd
edition).
Green, Gene. Jude and 2 Peter (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008.
Hillyer, N. 1 and 2 Peter, Jude (NIBC). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1992.
Kelly, J.N.D. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude (HNTC). San Francisco: Harper, 1969
Neyrey, I. H. 2 Peter, Jude (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Schreiner, T. R. 1, 2 Peter, Jude (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003.
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*Moo, D.J. 2 Peter, Jude (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Lucas, D. and C. Green. 2 Peter & Jude (BST). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1995.

1, 2, 3 John
Schnackenburg, R. The Johannine Epistles. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
*Smalley, S.S. 1, 2, 3 John (WBC). Waco: Word, 1984.
Strecker, G. The Johannine Letters (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
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Akin, D.L. 1, 2, 3 John (NAC). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001.
Brown, R. The Epistles of John (AB). Garden City: Doubleday, 1982.
*Kruse, C.G. The Letters of John (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Marshall, I.H. The Epistles of John (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Painter, J. 1, 2 and 3 John (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002.
Stott, J.R.W. The Epistles of John (TNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988 (2nd edition).
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*Burge, G.M. The Letters of John (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Thompson, M.M. 1–3 John (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1992.

Revelation
Aune, D.E. Revelation (WBC), 3 vols. Dallas: Word, 1997; Nashville: Nelson, 1998.
*Beale, G.K. The Book of Revelation (NIGTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
*Blount, Brian K. Revelation: A Commentary (New Testament Library). Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009.
Osborne, G.R. Revelation (BECNT). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.
Smalley, S.S. The Revelation to John. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2005.
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*Bauckham, R. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. Cambridge: CUP, 1993 (not a commentary, but helpful
theologically for anyone planning a series of sermons or studies on Revelation).
Johnson, D.E. Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed,
2001.
Mounce, R.H. The Book of Revelation (NICNT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997 (2nd edition).
Witherington, B., III. Revelation (NCBC). Cambridge: C.U.P, 2003.
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Gorman, Michael. Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock,
2010.
*Keener, C. S. Revelation (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.
Michaels, J. R. Revelation (NTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997.
Peterson, E. H. Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination. San Francisco: Harper &
Row, 1988.