{"id":247,"date":"2005-08-05T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-05T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/08\/top-ten-books-new-testament-th.html"},"modified":"2005-08-05T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-05T16:40:00","slug":"top-ten-books-new-testament-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/08\/top-ten-books-new-testament-th.html","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Books: New Testament Theology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’re in a series of blogs about Top Ten Books. We’ve looked at Spiritual Formation<\/a>, Missional Formation<\/a>, Jesus books<\/a>, and the Apostle Paul<\/a>. This one is on New Testament Theology, by which I mean books that take on the big picture of the New Testament synthetically (which is rare) or which sort out the “theologies” of the various authors\/figures in the New Testament (which is what most do).<\/p>\n

But, first this: some have suggested we read the NT first. Of course. It goes without saying. But most people don’t need suggestions on where to find a Bible. With the incredible variety and overwhelming number of books (and blogs!) being published, sometimes it is of help to hear what others recommend.<\/p>\n

1. G.E. Ladd, A New Testament Theology<\/span>
2. G.B. Caird, New Testament Theology<\/span> (finished by Lincoln Hurst)
3. P. Stuhlmacher, Biblical Theology of the New Testament<\/span> (2 vols.; forthcoming; available now only in German; but soon to come out from Eerdmans)
4. J.D.G. Dunn, Unity and Diversity in the New Testament<\/span>
5. O. Cullmann, Christ and Time<\/span> and Salvation in History<\/span> (two classics rarely read today)
6. R. Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament<\/span> (limited theme; rich study)
7. R. Bultmann, Theology of the New Testament<\/span> (hard to know where to put this; but has to be here somewhere)
8. C. Rowland, Christian Origins<\/span>
9. G. Strecker, Theology of the New Testament<\/span>
10. E. Stauffer, New Testament Theology<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two others by noted Evangelicals:<\/p>\n

D. Guthrie, New Testament Theology<\/span>
I.H. Marshall, New Testament Theology<\/span> (which I nominated for a Gold Medallion Award, but don’t know if it won or not)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, if you can read German or French, there are some others:<\/p>\n

K. Berger, Theologiegeschichte des Urchristentums<\/span>
J. Gnilka, Theologie des Neuen Testaments<\/span>
F. Vouga, Une th\u00c3\u00a9ologie du Nouveau Testament<\/span><\/p>\n

Tomorrow: My favorite Top Ten Books: New Testament Studies, on just great books with a big influence.<\/p>\n

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