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Here is a wide listing of theological resources which we recommend for anyone in today’s Messianic community building a thorough personal or congregational library. The materials listed below are broad and diverse: Jewish, Christian, conservative, liberal.
A listing here does not necessarily imply an endorsement of all of the ideas or views presented in each publication. They are listed here as a means of being important reference sources for Biblical Studies.
Afterlife Issues
Beasley-Murray, Paul. The Meaning of the Resurrection (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000).
Cooper, John W. Body, Soul & Life Everlasting: Biblical Anthropology and the Monism-Dualism Debate (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989).
Crockett, William V., ed. Four Views on Hell (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996).
Hasker, William. Metaphysics: Constructing a World View (Downers Grove, IL: 1983).
Hasker, William. The Emergent Self (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1999).
Moreland, J.P., & Scott B. Rae. Body & Soul: Human Nature & the Crisis in Ethics (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000).
Morey, Robert A. Death and the Afterlife (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1984).
Morgan, Christopher W., and Robert A. Peterson, eds. Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004).
Motyer, J.A. After Death: What Happens When You Die? (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus Publications, 1996).
Peterson, Robert A. Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1995).
Wittmer, Michael E., gen. ed. Four Views on Heaven (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2022).
Wright, N.T. The Resurrection of the Son of God (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003)
Wright, N.T. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church (New York: HarperCollins, 2008).
Bible Versions & Study Bibles
Abegg, Jr., Martin, Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich, trans. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (New York: HarperCollins, 1999).
Alter, Robert, trans. The Five Books of Moses (New York and London: W.W. Norton, 2004).
Alter, Robert, trans. The Book of Psalms (New York and London: W.W. Norton, 2007).
Alter, Robert, trans. The Wisdom Books (New York and London: W.W. Norton, 2010).
Alter, Robert, trans. Ancient Israel—The Former Prophets (New York and London: W.W. Norton, 2015).
Alter, Robert, trans. Strong as Death is Love (New York and London: W.W. Norton, 2013).
American Standard Version (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901).
Barker, Kenneth L., ed., et. al. NIV Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002).
Beck, William F., trans. The Holy Bible: An American Translation (New Haven, MO: Leader Publishing Company, 1976).
Begg, Alistair, et. al. CSB Spurgeon Study Bible (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2017).
Berlin, Adele, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds. The Jewish Study Bible (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
Bratcher, Robert G., ed. Good News Bible: The Bible in Today’s English Version (New York: American Bible Society, 1976).
Brown II, A. Phillip, and Bryan W. Smith. A Reader’s Hebrew Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008).
Bullinger, E.W., ed. The Companion Bible, KJV (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1999).
Cabal, Ted, gen. ed. The Apologetics Study Bible, HCSB (Nashville: Holman, 2007).
Carson, D.A., gen. ed. NIV Zondervan Study Bible, 2011 NIV (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015).
Chronological Study Bible, 2011 NIV (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2014).
Coogan, Michael D., ed. et. al. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: Fully Revised Fourth Edition, NRSV (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
Currid, John D., and David W. Chapman, eds. Archaeology Study Bible, ESV (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017).
Dake, Finish Jennings. Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible, KJV (Lawrenceville, GA: Dake Bible Sales, 1991).
Dobson, Kent. NIV First-Century Study Bible: Explore Scripture in Its Jewish and Early Christian Context, 2011 NIV (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).
Ecclesia Bible Society. The Voice Bible: Step into the Story of Scripture (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012).
Fox, Everett, trans. The Five Books of Moses (New York: Schocken Books, 1995).
Fox, Everett, trans. The Early Prophets (New York: Schocken Books, 2014).
Friedman, Richard Elliot. Commentary on the Torah (New York: HarperCollins, 2001).
Garrett, Duane A., ed., et. al. NIV Archaeological Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005).
Goldingay, John., trans. The First Testament: A New Translation (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018).
Goodrich, Richard J., and Albert L. Lukaszewski. A Reader’s Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007).
Green, Jay P., trans. The Interlinear Bible (Lafayette, IN: Sovereign Grace Publishers, 1986).
Green, Joel B., ed. The Wesley Study Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2009).
God’s Game Plan: The Athlete’s Bible 2007, HCSB (Nashville: Serendipity House Publishers, 2007).
Grudem, Wayne, ed. ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008).
Harrelson, Walter J., ed., et. al. New Interpreter’s Study Bible, NRSV (Nashville: Abingdon, 2003).
Hart, David Bentley, trans. The New Testament: A Translation (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2017).
Holman Christian Standard Bible (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2004).
Holy Bible, King James Version (edited 1789).
Holy Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978, 1984, 2011).
Jones, Alexander, gen. ed. The Jerusalem Bible (New York: Doubleday, 2000).
Keener, Craig S., and John H. Walton, eds. NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016).
Keter Crown Bible Chorev (Jerusalem: Chorev Publishing House, 2006).
Kohlenberger III, John R., ed. The NIV Integrated Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013).
LaHaye, Tim, ed. Tim LaHaye Prophecy Study Bible, KJV (Chattanooga: AMG Publishers, 2000).
Lattimore, Richmond, trans. The New Testament (New York: North Point Press, 1996).
Laughlin, Rodney S., and Brendan I. Kennedy, trans. and eds. The Readable Bible (Birmingham, AL: Iron Stream, 2022).
Levine, Amy-Jill, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds. The Jewish Annotated New Testament, NRSV (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Literal Standard Version of the Holy Bible (Covenant Christian Coalition, 2020).
MacArthur, John, gen. ed. The MacArthur Study Bible, 2nd Edition, NASB (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2020).
May, Herbert G., and Bruce M. Metzger, eds. The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha, RSV (New York: Oxford University Press, 1977).
McKenzie, Steven L., Kristen De Troyer, F. Scott Spencer, gen. eds., et. al. The SBL Study Bible, NRSVue (New York: HarperOne, 2023).
McKnight, Scot, trans. The Second Testament: A New Translation (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2023).
Meeks, Wayne A., ed., et. al. The HarperCollins Study Bible, NRSV (New York: HarperCollins, 1993).
Messianic Jewish Shared Heritage Bible, JPS/TLV (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 2012).
Messianic Jewish Family Bible—Tree of Life Version (Snellville, GA: Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society, 2014).
Moffatt, James A.R., trans. The Bible: James Moffatt Translation (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1994).
Montgomery, Helen Barrett, trans. Montgomery New Testament (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1988).
Morris, Henry M., ed., et. al. The Henry Morris Study Bible, KJV (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2016).
Newman, Barclay M., ed. Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version (New York: American Bible Society, 1995).
New American Standard Bible (La Habra, CA: Foundation Press Publications, 1971).
New American Standard, Updated Edition (Anaheim, CA: Foundation Publications, 1995).
New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge: Oxford and Cambridge University Presses, 1970).
New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
New Revised Standard Version (National Council of Churches of Christ, 1989).
Packer, J.I., ed. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2001).
Penner, Ken M., gen. ed. The Lexham English Septuagint (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019).
Peterson, Eugene H. The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2002).
Phillips, J.B., trans. The New Testament in Modern English (New York: Touchstone, 1972).
Pietersma, Albert, and Benjamin G. Wright, eds. A New English Translation of the Septuagint (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).
Rubin, Barry, gen. ed. The Complete Jewish Study Bible (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2016).
Ryrie, Charles C., ed. The Ryrie Study Bible, NASB (Chicago: Moody Press, 1978).
Scharfstein, Sol. The Five Books of Moses, an Easy-to-Read Translation (Jersey City, NJ: KTAV Publishing House, 2005).
Scharfstein, Sol. The Book of Haftarot, an Easy-to-Read Translation (Jersey City, NJ: KTAV Publishing House, 2006).
Scherman, Nosson, and Meir Zlotowitz, eds. ArtScroll Tanach (Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1996).
Scofield, C.I., ed. The Scofield Study Bible, KJV (New York: Oxford University Press, 1945).
Self-Pronouncing Edition: The Holy Bible, KJV (Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, n.d.).
Siewert, Frances E., ed. The Amplified Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1965).
Smith, J.M. Powis, and Edgar J. Goodspeed, trans. The Complete Bible: An American Translation (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1948).
Suggs, M. Jack, and Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, and James R. Mueller, et. al. The Oxford Study Bible, REB (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).
Stamps, Donald C., ed., et. al. Fire Bible: Modern English Version (Springfield, MO: Life Publishers International, 2015).
Steinsaltz, Adin Even-Israel. The Steinsaltz Humash (Jerusalem: Koren, 2018).
Steinsaltz, Adin Even-Israel. The Steinsaltz Neviim (Jerusalem, Koren, 2019).
Steinsaltz, Adin Even-Israel. The Steinsaltz Ketuvim (Jerusalem: Koren, 2019).
St. Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology. The Orthodox Study Bible (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008).
Stern, David H., trans. Complete Jewish Bible (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998).
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999).
The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version (Nashville: Cokesbury, 1952).
The Jerusalem Bible (Jerusalem: Koren Publishers, 2000).
The NET Bible, New English Translation (Dallas: Biblical Studies Press, 2005).
NET Thinline Bible (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2017).
Today’s New International Version (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005).
Tree of Life Messianic Family Bible—New Covenant (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 2011).
Wansbrough, Henry. The New Jerusalem Bible (New York: Doubleday, 1999).
Weisz, Tuly, ed. The Israel Bible (Jerusalem: Menorah Books, 2018).
Williams, Charles B., trans. The New Testament: A Private Translation in the Language of the People (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1937).
Wright, N.T. The Kingdom New Testament: A Contemporary Translation (New York: HarperCollins, 2011).
Young, Robert, trans. Young’s Literal Translation.
Zodhiates, Spiros, ed. Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, NASB (Chattanooga: AMG Publishers, 1994).
Christian Reference Sources
Alexander, T. Desmond, and David W. Baker, eds. Dictionary of the Old Testament Pentateuch (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003).
Arnold, Bill T., and H.G.M. Williamson, eds. Dictionary of the Old Testament Historical Books (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005).
Beale, G.K., D.A. Carson, Benjamin L. Gladd, and Andrew David Naselli, eds. Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023).
Bercot, David W., ed. A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998).
Bettenson, Henry, and Chris Maunder, eds. Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
Blaiklock, E.M., & R.K. Harrison, eds. The New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983).
Boda, Mark J., and J. Gordon McConville, eds. Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophets (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2012).
Bromiley, Geoffrey, ed. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 4 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988).
Buttrick, George, ed. et. al. The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1962).
Cairns, Alan. Dictionary of Theological Terms (Greenville, SC: Ambassador Emerald International, 2002).
Copan, Paul, Tremper Longman III, Christopher L. Reese, Michael Strauss, eds. Dictionary of Christianity and Science (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017).
Crim, Keith, ed. Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible: Supplementary Volume (Nashville: Abingdon, 1976).
Elwell, Walter A. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001).
Evans, Craig A., and Stanley E. Porter, eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000).
Evans, C. Stephen. Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002).
Feldmeth, Nathan P. Pocket Dictionary of Church History (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2008).
Freedman, David Noel, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. (New York: Doubleday, 1992).
Freedman, David Noel, ed. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).
Geisler, Norman L., ed. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999).
Green, Joel B., Scot McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1992).
Green, Joel B., ed. et. al. Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011).
Green, Joel B., Jeannine K. Brown, and Nicholas Perrin, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Second Edition (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013).
Grenz, Stanley J., David Guretzki, and Cherith Fee Nordling. Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999).
Grenz, Stanley J., Jay T. Smith. Pocket Dictionary of Ethics (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003).
Harrison, Everett F., ed. Baker’s Dictionary of Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1960).
Hawthorne, Gerald F., Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid, eds. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993).
Holmes, Michael W., ed. and trans. The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, third edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007).
Kapic, Kelly M., & Wesley Vander Lugt. Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2013).
Longman III, Tremper, and Peter Enns, eds. Dictionary of the Old Testament Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2008).
Longman III, Tremper, & Mark L. Strauss., eds. The Baker Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2023).
Martin, Ralph P., and Peter H. Davids, eds. Dictionary of the Later New Testament & its Developments (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997).
McKim, Donald S. Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996).
McKnight, Scot, and Lynn H. Cohick, Nijay K. Gupta, eds. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, Second Edition (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2023).
McLay, R. Timothy. The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).
Mounce, William D., gen. ed. Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006).
Patzia, Arthur G., and Anthony J. Petrotta. Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002).
Provance, Brett Scott. Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy & Worship (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009).
Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob, gen. ed. The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 5 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon, 2006-2009).
Schaff, Philip. History of the Christian Church, 8 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995).
Tenney, Merrill C., ed. The New International Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987).
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., gen. ed. Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005).
Verbrugge, Verlyn D., ed. New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, abridged (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000).
Creation / Evolution / Early Genesis
Applegate, Kathryn, and J.B. Stump, eds. How I changed my mind about Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016).
Barrett, Matthew, and Ardel B. Caneday, gen. eds. Four Views on the Historical Adam (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013).
Carlson, Richard F., and Tremper Longman III. Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origins (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010).
Chaffey, Tim. and Jason Lisle. Old-Earth Creationism on Trial: The Verdict is in (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2008).
Charles, J. Daryl, ed. Reading Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2013).
Collins, C. John. Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2006).
Collins, C. John. Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? Who They Were and Why You Should Care (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011).
Dowd, Michael. Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World (New York: Viking, 2007).
Enns, Peter. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say About Human Origins (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2012).
Grudem, Wayne, ed. A Biblical Case Against Theistic Evolution (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022).
Hagopian, David G., ed. The Genesis Debate: Three Views on the Days of Creation (Mission Viejo, CA: Crux Press, 2001).
Halton, Charles, gen. ed. Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither? Three Views on the Bible’s Earliest Chapters (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015).
Lamoureux, Denis O. Evolution: Scripture and Nature Say Yes! (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016).
Lane, William Craig. In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021).
Lennox, John C. Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).
Longman III, Tremper, and John H. Walton. The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018).
Miglio, Adam E., Caryn A. Reeder, Joshua T. Walton, and Kenneth C. Way, eds. For Us, but Not to Us: Essays on Creation, Covenant, and Context in Honor of John H. Walton (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2020).
Miller, Johnny V., and John M. Soden. In the Beginning…We Misunderstood: Interpreting Genesis 1 in Its Original Context (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012).
Moreland, J.P., and John Mark Reynolds, gen. eds. Three Views on Creation and Evolution (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999).
Osborn, Ronald E. Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014).
Rana, Fazale, with Hugh Ross. Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2004).
Rana, Fazale. The Cell’s Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator’s Artistry (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008).
Rana, Fazale. Creating Life in the Lab: How New Discoveries in Synthetic Biology Make a Case for the Creator (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2011).
Rana, Fazale, and Hugh Ross. What Darwin Didn’t Know (Glendora, CA: Reasons to Believe, 2012).
Rana, Fazale, with Hugh Ross. Who Was Adam? A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Humanity (Covina, CA: Reasons to Believe, 2015).
Ross, Hugh. Beyond the Cosmos: What Recent Discoveries in Astronomy and Physics Reveal About the Nature of God (Colorado Springs, NavPress, 2006).
Ross, Hugh, The Creator and the Cosmos (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2001).
Ross, Hugh, Kenneth Samples, and Mark Clark. Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men: A Rational Christian Look at UFOs and Extraterrestrials (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2002).
Ross, Hugh. Genesis One: A Scientific Perspective (Glendora, CA: Reasons to Believe, 2006).
Ross, Hugh. Creation as Science: A Testable Model Approach to End the Creation/Evolution Wars (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006).
Ross, Hugh. Why the Universe is the Way It is Is (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008).
Ross, Hugh. More Than a Theory: Revealing a Testable Model for Creation (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2011).
Ross, Hugh. Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job: How the Oldest Book in the Bible Answers Today’s Scientific Questions (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2011).
Ross, Hugh. Navigating Genesis: A Scientist’s Journey through Genesis 1-11 (Covina, CA: Reasons to Believe, 2014).
Ross, Hugh. A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy (Covina, CA: Reasons to Believe, 2015).
Ross, Hugh. Improbable Planet: How Earth Became Humanity’s Home (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2016).
Sarfati, Jonathan. Refuting Compromise: A Biblical and Scientific Refutation of “Progressive Creationism” (Billions of Years) As Popularized by Astronomer Hugh Ross (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004).
Smith, Jr., Benjamin D. Genesis, Science, and the Beginning: Evaluating Interpretations of Genesis One on the Age of the Earth (Theolosaurus Rex Publications, 2015).
Stanhope, Ben. (Mis) Interpreting Genesis: How the Creation Museum Misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Bible (Louisville, KY: Scarab Press, 2020).
Stump, J.B., gen. ed. Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017).
Snoke, David. A Biblical Case for an Old Earth (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2006).
Swamidass, S. Joshua. The Genealogical Adam & Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019).
Walton, John H. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009).
Walton, John H., and D. Brent Sandy. The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary and Biblical Authority (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013).
Walton, John H. The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015).
Walton, John H., and J. Harvey Walton. The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2017).
Walton, John H., and J. Harvey Walton. The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019).
Wickman, Leslie. God of the Big Bang: How Modern Science Affirms the Creator (Brentwood, TN: Worthy Publishing, 2015).
Wilkinson, David. The Message of Creation (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002).
Young, Davis A. , and Ralph F. Stearley. The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2008).
End-Times / Eschatology Issues
Bock, Darrell L., gen. ed. Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999).
Brown, Michael L., and Craig S. Keener. Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Don’t Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture (Minneapolis: Chosen Books, 2019).
Erickson, Millard J. Contemporary Options in Eschatology: A Study of the Millennium (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977).
Gundry, Robert H. The Church and the Tribulation: A Biblical Examination of Posstribulationism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1973).
Gundry, Robert H. First the Antichrist (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997).
Gundry, Stanley N., ed. Three Views on the Rapture: Pre; Mid; or Post-Tribulation? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996).
Hindson, Ed, and Mark Hitchcock, Tim LaHaye, gen. eds. The Harvest Handbook of Bible Prophecy (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2020).
Juster, Dan. Revelation: The Passover Key (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 1991).
Juster, Dan, and Keith Intrater. Israel, the Church and the Last Days (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 1990).
Kaiser, Walter C. Preaching and Teaching the Last Things: Old Testament Eschatology for the Life of the Church (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011).
Ladd, George Eldon. The Blessed Hope: A Biblical Study of the Second Advent and the Rapture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1956).
MacPherson, Dave. The Rapture Plot (Simpsonville, SC: Millennium III Publishers, 1995).
Pate, C. Marvin, gen. ed. Four Views on the Book of Revelation (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998).
Pentecost, J. Dwight. Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1958).
Walvoord, John F. The Millennial Kingdom (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1958).
Walvoord, John F. The Nations, Israel, and the Church in Prophecy (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988).
Walvoord, John F. Every Prophecy of the Bible (Colorado Springs: Chariot Victor Publishing, 1999).
Wasson, Jack. No Rapture (Tishbite Press, 2019).
Wasson, Jack, and Paul Liberman. Jacob’s Trouble: Birth Pangs of The Messiah (Tishbite Press, 2021).
Gender Roles / Complementarianism / Egaltiarianism
Beck, James R., ed. Two Views on Women in Ministry (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005).
Cowan, Steven B., ed. Who Runs the Church? 4 Views on Church Government (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004).
Cunningham, Loren, and David Joel Hamilton. Why Not Women? A Fresh Look at Scripture on Women in Missions, Ministry, and Leadership (Seattle: YWAM Publishing, 2000).
Evans, Rachel Held. A Year of Biblical Womanhood (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012).
Evans, Tim & Anne. Together: Reclaiming Co-Leadership in Marriage (Colorado Springs: Real Life Ministries, 2014).
George, Janet. Still Side by Side: A Concise Explanation of Biblical Equality (Minneapolis: Christians for Biblical Equality, 2009).
Gregoire, Sheila Wray, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky. The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You’ve Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2021).
James, Carolyn Custis. Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010).
James, Carolyn Custis. Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015).
Johnson, Alan F., ed. How I Changed My Mind About Women in Leadership: Compelling Stories from Prominent Evangelicals (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010).
Keener, Craig S. Paul, Women & Wives: Marriage and Women’s Ministry in the Letters of Paul (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1992).
Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Margaret E. Köstenberger. God’s Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014).
Krizo, Susanna. Recovering from Un-Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Patriarchy (Author, 2015).
Mathews, Alice. Gender Roles and the People of God: Rethinking What We Were Taught about Men and Women in the Church (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017).
McKnight, Scot. Junia Is Not Alone: Breaking Our Silence About Women in the Bible and the Church Today (Englewood, CO: Patheos Press, 2011).
Padgett, Alan G. As Christ Submits to the Church: A Biblical Understanding of Leadership and Mutual Submission (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011).
Payne, Philip B. Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009).
Piper, John, and Wayne Grudem, eds. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1991).
Piper, John, and Wayne Grudem. 50 Crucial Questions: An Overview of Central Concerns about Manhood and Womanhood (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2016).
Stackhouse, Jr., John G. Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015).
Tidball, Derek & Dianne. The Message of Women (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012).
Tucker, Ruth A. Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife: My Story of Finding Hope after Domestic Abuse (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016).
Wagner, Zachary. Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2023).
Greek Language Resources
Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds. The Greek New Testament, Fourth Revised Edition (Stuttgart: Deutche Bibelgesellschaft/United Bible Societies, 1998).
Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds., eds. Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland 27th Edition (New York: American Bible Society, 1993).
Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds. Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th Revised Edition (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012).
Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds., with Holger Strutwolf. The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition (Stuttgart: Deutche Bibelgesellschaft/American Bible Society/United Bible Societies, 2014).
Archer, Jr., Gleason L., and Gregory Chirichigno. Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1983).
Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994).
Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998).
Bratcher, Robert G. Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament (London and New York: United Bible Societies, 1987).
Brenton, Sir Lancelot C. L., ed & trans. The Septuagint With Apocrypha (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999).
Bromiley, Geoffrey W., ed. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, abridged (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985).
Brown, Robert K., and Philip W. Comfort, trans. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 1990).
Comfort, Philip W. New Testament Text and Translation Commentary (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2008).
Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999).
Danker, Frederick William, ed., et. al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, third edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000).
Diggle, J., ed. The Cambridge Greek Lexicon, 2 Vols. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Friberg, Timothy, Barbara Friberg, and Neva F. Miller. Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Trafford Publishing, 2006).
Liddell, H.G., and R. Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994).
Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott, eds. et. al. Greek-English Lexicon, Ninth Edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996).
Marshall, Alfred. The Interlinear KJV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975).
McLay, R. Timothy. The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).
Metzger, Bruce M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (London and New York: United Bible Societies, 1975).
Metzger, Bruce M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Second Edition (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1998).
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009).
Mounce, William D., and Robert H. Mounce, eds. The Zondervan Greek and English Interlinear New Testament (NASB/NIV) (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008, 2011).
Nestle-Aland Greek-English New Testament, NA27-RSV (Stuttgart: United Bible Societies/Deutche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001).
Newman, Jr., Barclay M. A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament (Stuttgart: United Bible Societies/Deutche Bibelgesellschaft, 1971).
Rahlfs, Alfred, ed. Septuaginta (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1979).
Rogers, Cleon L., Jr., and Cleon L. Rogers III. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998).
Thayer, Joseph H. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003).
Vine, W.E. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1968).
Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996).
Wigram, George W. The Englishman’s Greek Concordance of the New Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006).
Zodhiates, Spiros, ed. Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (Chattanooga: AMG Publishers, 1993).
Hebrew Language Resources
Arnold, Bill T., and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Baker, Warren, and Eugene Carpenter, eds. Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament (Chattanooga: AMG Publishers, 2003).
Baltsan, Hayim. Webster’s NewWorld Hebrew Dictionary (Cleveland: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 1992).
Brown, Francis, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979).
Clark, Mattityahu. Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (Jerusalem: Feldheim Publishers, 1999).
Davidson, Benjamin. The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1970).
Dotan, Aron, ed. Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001).
Elliger, Karl, and Wilhelm Rudolph, et. al., eds. Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Stuttgart: Deutche Bibelgesellschaft, 1977).
Gabe, Eric S., ed. New Testament in Hebrew and English (Hitchin, UK: Society for Distributing the Hebrew Scriptures, 2000).
Gesenius, H.F.W.: Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, trans. Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979).
Harris, R. Laird, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, eds. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980).
Holladay, William L., ed. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Leiden, the Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1988).
Jastrow, Marcus. Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi, and Midrashic Literature (New York: Judaica Treasury, 2004).
Kelley, Page H., Daniel S. Mynatt, and Timothy G. Crawford, eds. The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).
Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, eds. The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 2 vols. (Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2001).
Kohlenberger III, John R., trans. The Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987).
Lambdin, Thomas O. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1971).
Pratico, Gary D., and Miles V. Van Pelt. Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007).
Seow, C.L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, revised edition (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995).
The New Covenant Aramaic Peshitta Text with Hebrew Translation (Jerusalem: Bible Society in Israel, 1986).
Tov, Emanuel. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992).
Torah Nevi’im Ketuvim v’ha’Brit haChadashah (Jerusalem: Bible Society in Israel, 1991).
Unger, Merrill F., and William White. Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of the Old Testament (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1980).
Van Pelt, Miles V. Basics of Biblical Aramaic (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).
Wigram, George V. The Englishman’s Concordance of the Old Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001).
Historical Sources & Ancient Literature
Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol 1 (New York: Doubleday, 1983).
Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol 2 (New York: Doubleday, 1985).
Eusebius of Caesarea: Ecclesiastical History, trans. C.F. Cruse (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998).
González, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1984).
González, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2 (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1985).
Harrington, Joel F., ed. A Cloud of Witnesses: Readings in the History of Western Christianity (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001).
Irvin, Dale T., and Scott W. Sunquist. History of the World Christian Movement, Vol. 1 (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001).
Josephus, Flavius: The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, trans. William Whiston (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1987).
Judaeus, Philo: The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, trans. C.D. Yonge (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1993).
Lanier, Gregory R. Corpus Christologicum: Texts and Translations for the Study of Jewish Messianism and Early Christology (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2021).
Garza Martínez, Florentino. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English, Second Edition (Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 1994).
Shanks, Hershel, ed. Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple (Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1999).
Sparks, H.F.D., ed. The Apocryphal Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).
Tsedaka, Benyamin, trans. and ed. The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah: First English Translation Compared with the Masoretic Version (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013).
Vermes, Geza, trans. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (London: Penguin Books, 1997).
Wise, Michael, Martin Abegg, Jr., and Edward Cook, trans. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996).
Interpretation / Old Testament / New Testament / Pauline Issues
Anderson, Garwood P. Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016).
Bird, Michael F., ed. Four Views on the Apostle Paul (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012).
Bivin, David, and Roy Blizzard, Jr. Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus: New Insights From a Hebraic Perspective (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 1994).
Bockmuehl, Markus. Jewish Law in Gentile Churches: Halakhah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2000).
Bruce, F.F. New Testament History (New York: Doubleday, 1969).
Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981).
Carson, D.A., and Douglas J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament, second edition (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005).
Cassuto, Umberto. The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch (Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2006).
Collins, John J., and Daniel C. Harlow, eds. The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010).
Dillard, Raymond B., and Tremper Longman III. An Introduction to the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994).
Dunn, James D.G. Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 1990).
Dunn, James D.G. The New Perspective on Paul (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).
Eisenbaum, Pamela. Paul Was Not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle (New York: HarperCollins, 2009).
Fee, Gordon D., and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).
Goldingay, John. Old Testament Theology: Israel’s Gospel (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003).
Goldingay, John. Old Testament Theology: Israel’s Faith (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006).
Gundry, Robert H. A Survey of the New Testament, third edition (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994).
Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1990).
Harrison, R.K. Introduction to the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969).
Horrell, David G. An Introduction to the Study of Paul (London: T&T Clark, 2006).
Kaiser, Walter C. Toward An Old Testament Theology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978).
Kaiser, Walter C. Toward Old Testament Ethics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983).
Kaiser, Walter C. Toward Rediscovering the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987).
Kaiser, Walter C. The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable and Relevant? (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2001).
Kaiser, Walter C. The Promise-Plan of God: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008).
Kaiser, Walter C. Recovering the Unity of the Bible: One Continuous Story, Plan, and Purpose (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009).
Nanos, Mark D., and Magnus Zetterholm, eds. Paul Within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015).
Patzia, Arthur G. The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1995).
Piper, John. The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2007).
Sanders, E.P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1977).
Strawn, Brent A. The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017).
Strickland, Wayne G., ed. Five Views on Law and Gospel (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996).
Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works (Nappanee, IN: Evangel Publishing House, 1994).
Tidball, Derek. The Message of the Cross (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2001).
Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).
Wright, Christopher J.H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006).
Wright, N.T. What Saint Paul Really Said (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997).
Wright, N.T. Paul in Fresh Perspective (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005).
Wright, N.T. Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009).
Jewish Reference Sources
Bridger, David, ed. et. al. The New Jewish Encyclopedia (West Orange, NJ: Behrman House, 1976).
Chill, Abraham. The Mitzvot: The Commandments and Their Rationale (Jerusalem: Keter Books, 1974).
Cohen, Abraham. Everyman’s Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages (New York: Schoken, 1995).
Eisenberg, Ronald L. The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2004).
Eisenberg, Ronald L. The 613 Mitzvot: A Contemporary Guide to the Commandments of Judaism (Rockville, MD: Schreiber Publishing, 2021).
Encyclopaedia Judaica. MS Windows 9x. Brooklyn: Judaica Multimedia (Israel) Ltd, 1997.
Frank, Daniel H., Oliver Leaman, and Charles H. Manekin, eds. The Jewish Philosophy Reader (London and New York: Routledge, 2000).
Friedman, Richard Elliot. Commentary on the Torah (New York: HarperCollins, 2001).
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Hertz, J.H., ed. Pentateuch & Haftorahs (London: Soncino, 1960).
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Kolatch, Alfred J. The Jewish Book of Why (Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers, 1981).
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Kosher Issues
Dresner, Samuel H. The Jewish Dietary Laws: Their Meaning for Our Time (New York: The Rabbinical Assembly of America, 1982).
Egan, Hope. Holy Cow! What the Bible Says About Eating Meat, Fourth Edition (Biblical Eating Press, 2024).
Fishkoff, Sue. Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority (New York: Schoken Books, 2010).
Lipschutz, Yacov. Kashruth: A comprehensive background and reference guide to the principles of Kashruth (Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, Ltd, 1989).
MacDonald, Nathan. What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).
McDurmon, Joel. What Would Jesus Drink? A Spirit-Filled Study (White Hall, WV: Tolle Lege Press, 2011).
Rubin, Jordan S. The Maker’s Diet (Lake Mary, FL: Siloam, 2004).
Russell, Rex. What the Bible Says About Healthy Living (Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 1996).
Stern, Lisë. How to Keep Kosher: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Jewish Dietary Laws (New York: William Morrow, 2004).
Zamore, Mary L., ed. The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic (New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2011).
Messianic Judaism
Appel, James, Jonathan Bernis, and David Levine. Messianic Judaism Class (Copenhagan, NY: Olive Press, 2011).
Appel, James, Jonathan Bernis, and David Levine. Messianic Judaism Class, Teacher Book (Copenhagan, NY: Olive Press, 2011).
Brown, Michael L. Our Hands Are Stained With Blood (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image 1992).
Chernoff, David. Yeshua the Messiah (Havertown, PA: Kesher Ministries International, 1983).
Chernoff, Yohanna, with Jimi Miller. Born a Jew, Die a Jew: The Story of Martin Chernoff A Pioneer in Messianic Judaism (Hagerstown, MD: EBED Publications, 1996).
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, ed. Messianic Judaism (London and New York: Continuum, 2000).
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, ed. Voices of Messianic Judaism (Baltimore: Lederer Books, 2001).
Fischer, John, ed. The Enduring Paradox: Exploratory Essays in Messianic Judaism (Baltimore: Lederer, 2000).
Goldberg, Louis, ed. How Jewish is Christianity? 2 Views on the Messianic Movement (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).
Harvey, Richard. Mapping Messianic Jewish Theology: A Constructive Approach (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2009).
Juster, Daniel C. Growing to Maturity (Denver: The Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations Press, 1987).
Juster, Daniel C. Jewish Roots: Understanding Your Jewish Faith, revised edition (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 2013).
Kinzer, Mark S. Post-Missionary Messianic Judaism: Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2005).
Lessard, Joshua M., and Jennifer M. Rosner. At the Foot of the Mountain: Two Views on Torah and the Spirit (Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, 2021).
Liberman, Joel. Life From The Dead (San Diego: Author, 2018).
Liberman, Paul. The Fig Tree Blossoms: The Emerging of Messianic Judaism (Kudu Publishing, 2012).
Liberman, Paul, & Jack Wasson. Don’t Call Me Christian: A Truly Jewish Story (Arlington, TX: Tishbite Press, 2015).
Linett, Suzanne. Unity of the Faith: Finding Harmony Between Jewish and Gentile Believers by Examining Eight Key Topics (Nashville: Sela Press Publishing, 2021).
Nadler, Sam. Developing Healthy Messianic Congregations (Charlotte: Word of Messiah Ministries, 2016).
Resnik, Russell L. The Root and the Branches: Jewish Identity in Messiah (Albuquerque: Adat Yeshua, 1997).
Robinson, Rich, gen. ed. The Messianic Movement: A Field Guide for Evangelical Christians, from Jesus for Jesus (San Francisco: Purple Pomegranate Productions, 2005).
Rosner, Jennifer M. Finding Messiah: A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2022).
Rosen, Ruth, ed. Jesus for Jews (San Francisco: Jews for Jesus, 1987).
Rudolph, David J., and Joel Willitts, eds. Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial Context and Biblical Foundations (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013).
Stern, David H. Messianic Jewish Manifesto (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1991).
Stern, David H. Jewish New Testament Commentary (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1995)
Stern, David H. Messianic Judaism: A Modern Movement With an Ancient Past (Clarksville, MD: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2007).
Tokajer, David. One New Man Revival: True Unity in the Body of Messiah (Daphne, AL: Author, 2023).
Wolff, Robert F., ed. Awakening the One New Man (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 2011).
Nature and Messiahship of Yeshua
Ammi, Ken. Is Jesus the Messiah? A Judaism vs. Judaism Debate (Author, 2017).
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (One for Israel Ministry, 2019).
Bateman IV, Herbert W., Darrell L. Bock, and Gordon H. Johnston. Jesus the Messiah: Tracing the Promises, Expectations, and Coming of Israel’s King (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012).
Bauckham, Richard. Jesus and the God of Israel (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).
Bird, Michael F., Craig A. Evans, Simon J. Gathercole, Charles E. Hill, and Chris Tilling. How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus’ Divine Nature—A Response to Bart Ehrman (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).
Bock, Darrell L., and Mitch Glaser. The Gospel According to Isaiah 53: Encountering the Suffering Servant in Jewish and Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012).
Bowman, Jr., Robert M., and J. Ed Komoszewski. Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007).
Boyarin, Daniel. The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ (New York: The New Press, 2012).
Brown, Michael L. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: General and Historical Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000).
Brown, Michael L. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 2: Theological Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000).
Brown, Michael L. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 3: Messianic Prophecy Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2003).
Brown, Michael L. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 4: New Testament Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2007).
Brown, Michael L. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 5: Traditional Jewish Objections (San Francisco, CA: Purple Pomegranate Productions, 2009).
Brown, Michael L. The Real Kosher Jesus: Revealing the Mysteries of the Hidden Messiah (Lake Mary, FL: Front Line, 2012).
Cole, Graham A. The God who became Human: A biblical theology of incarnation (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2013).
Duguid, Iain M. Is Jesus in the Old Testament? (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2013).
Edgar, Brian. The Message of the Trinity (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004).
Erickson, Millard J. Making Sense of the Trinity: Three Crucial Questions (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000).
Erickson, Millard J. Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? An Assessment of the Subordination Debate (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2009).
Fee, Gordon D. Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007).
Fructenbaum, Arnold G. Ha-Mashiach: The Messiah of the Hebrew Scriptures (San Antonio: Ariel Ministries, 2016).
Frydland, Rachmiel. What the Rabbis Know About the Messiah: A Study of Genealogy and Prophecy (Worthington, OH: Messianic Literature Outreach, 2011).
Gathercole, Simon J. The Pre-existent Son: Recovering the Christologies of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006).
Giles, Kevin. The Trinity & Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God & the Contemporary Gender Debate (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002).
Giles, Kevin. The Eternal Generation of the Son: Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2012).
Glaser, Mitch. Isaiah 53 Explained (New York: Chosen People Productions, 2010).
Hurtado, Larry W. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).
Intrater, Asher. Who Ate Lunch With Abraham: The appearances of God in the form of a Man in the Hebrew Scriptures (Peoria, AZ: Intermedia Publishing Group, 2011).
Jowers, Dennis W., and H. Wayne House, eds. The New Evangelical Subordinationism? Perspectives on the Equality of God the Father and God the Son (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2012).
Kane, Dan. Is Yeshua the Prophesied Messiah of the Hebrew Bible? (Enumclaw, WA: WinePress Publishing, 2009).
Letham, Robert. The Message of the Person of Christ (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2013).
Longenecker, Richard N. The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1970).
Longenecker, Richard N., ed. Contours of Christology in the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).
McCready, Douglas. He Came Down from Heaven: The Preexistence of Christ and the Christian Faith (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005).
McGrath, Alister E. Understanding the Trinity (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988).
Morgan, Christopher W., and Robert A. Peterson, eds. The Deity of Christ (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011).
Morris, Robert. Anti-Missionary Arguments: Meeting the challenges posed by the Anti-Missionary Movement (Irvine, CA: HaDavar Messianic Ministries, 2011).
Pyle, Douglas. Sharing Jesus in a Jewish Way (New York: Chosen People Productions, 2012).
Ronning, John. The Jewish Targums and John’s Logos Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010).
Rose, Tov. Jesus in the Old Testament: Messiah Revealed in the Hebrew Scriptures (Author, 2012).
Rydelnik, Michael. The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Messianic? (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2010).
Rydelnik, Michael, and Edwin Blum, gen. eds. The Moody Bible Handbook of Messianic Prophecy: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2019).
The Borough Park Papers Symposium II (April 12-14, 2010): The Deity of Messiah and the Mystery of God (Clarksville, MD: Lederer Books, 2012).
Swinburne, Richard. Was Jesus God? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).
Ware, Bruce A. The Man Christ Jesus: Theological Reflections on the Humanity of Christ (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013).
Ware, Bruce A., & John Starke, eds. One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015).
Wright, Christopher J.H. Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 1992).
Wright, Christopher J.H. Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006).
Wright, Christopher J.H. Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2007).
Sabbath Issues
Allender, Dan B. Sabbath (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2009).
Bacchiocchi, Samuele. From Sabbath to Sunday (Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University Press, 1977).
Booker, Bruce R. The Lunacy of the Lunar Sabbath (Author, 2008).
Brueggemann, Walter. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014).
Buchanan, Mark. The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath (Nashville: W Publishing Group, 2006).
Carson, D.A., ed. From Sabbath to Lord’s Day (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 1999).
Dawn, Marva J. Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989).
Dresner, Samuel H. The Sabbath (New York: The Burning Bush Press, 1970).
Donato, Christopher John, ed. Perspectives on the Sabbath: Four Views (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2011).
Finkelman, Shimon. Shabbos: The Sabbath—Its Essence and Significance (Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1990).
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