Books I Plan to Finish Someday...

[These are now sorted into a list of abbreviations that I use in the CTT writings...hope it helps. I have also begun filing previous years books in their own file--to shorten file access times. I have all of 1997, 1996, and most of 1995 books. I have added a small Recommended Books table, as well.]

New acquisitions...
(and old "I found it in the closet" ones!)...

• [HI:AHMU2] Ancient History in a Modern University: Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, and Beyond (vol 2), T. W. Hillard, R.A. Kearsley, C.E.V. Nixon, and A. M. Nobbs (eds), Macquarie/Eerdmans:1998.
• [HI:BA] Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience, Frank M. Snowden Jr., Belknap/Harvard:1970. [
• [HI:DID] The Didache: A Commentary, Kurt Niederwimmer (Linda Maloney, trans.), Fortress:1998.
• [HI:EAR] Education in Ancient Rome, Stanley F. Bonner, UCalPress:1977.
• [HI:GRM] Greek and Roman Maps, O.A. W. Dilke, JohnsHopkins:1985.
• [HI:NSG] News and Society in the Greek Polis, Sian Lewis, UNCPress;1996.
• [HI:RA] Rabbinic Authority, Michael S. Berger, OxfordUP:1998.
• [HI:RL] Roman Letters: History from a Personal Point of View, Finley Hooper and Matthew Schwarz. WayneState:1991.
• [NT:GAC] The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences, Richard Bauckham (ed), Eerdmans:1998. [A must have! Argues that information flow was immediate and pervasive in the first-century world, that the gospels must have been authored for the entire church, instead of specialized 'communities'.]
• [NT:JLH] Jesus and the Logic of History, Paul Barnett, Eerdmans: 1997. [I have always respected Barnett's careful work.]
• [NT:LFD] Life in the Face of Death: The Resurrection Message of the New Testament, Richard Longnecker (ed.), Eerdmans:1998. [Outstanding collection of evangelical scholars.]
• [OT:HLAE] Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt, Rosalie David, FactsonFile:1998.
• [OT:I] The Israelites, B.S.J. Isserlin, Thames and Hudson:1998.
• [OT:LAE] Letters from Ancient Egypt, Edward Wente, ScholarsPress:1990. [OT:LEM] Letters from Early Mesopotamia, Piotr Michalowski, ScholarsPress:1993.
• [PS:MD] Maxwell's Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes, Hans Christian von Baeyer, Random:1998.
• [PS:MT] The Mathematical Tourist (updated), Ivars Peterson, WH Freeman:1998. [HI:RR1] The Religions of Rome: Volume I-a History, Mary Beard, John North, and Simon Price, Cambridge:1998.
• [WR:HRI1] A History of Religious Ideas: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries, Mircea Eliade (Willard R. Trask, trans.), UChicagoPress: 1978.
• [WR:HRI2] A History of Religious Ideas: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity, Mircea Eliade (Willard R. Trask, trans.), UChicagoPress: 1982.

[WR:HRI3] A History of Religious Ideas: From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms, Mircea Eliade (Alf Hiltebeitel, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, trans.), UChicagoPress:1985.

Nov 3, 1998

• [PH:GN] Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals, Frans De Waal, Harvard:1996. [Fascinating--field documentation of social cooperation in higher primates.]
• [PH:TEE] The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics, Paul Lawrence Farber, UCpress:1994. [Excellent survey of the history of evolutionary ethics.]
• [PH:OV] The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation, Matt Ridley, Viking:1996
• [PH:IEE] Issues in Evolutionary Ethics, Paul Thompson (ed.), SUNY:1995. [SUNY does very intense research in this field.]

October 10, 1998
 

• [PH:CBW] Can a Bishop be Wrong?--Ten Scholars Challenge John Shelby Spong, Peter C. Moore (ed.), Morehouse:1998. [from the cover: "In the spirit of Christian brotherhood, an eminent group of Episcopal scholars and bishops presents an eloquent challenge to the orthodoxy and accuracy of Bishop Spong's writings and teachings..."]
• [PH:IDFB] In Defense of the Faith: Biblical Answers to Challenging Questions, Dave Hunt, Harvest House:1996.
• [HI:DECB] A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, David W. Bercot (ed), Hendrickson:1998. [Very useful, citations from the Ante-Nicene fathers on 700+ topics]
• [HI:JCAW] John Calvin and the Will: A Critique and Corrective, Dewey J. Hoitenga, Jr., Baker:1997. [Great discussion of the philosophical inconsistencies within Calvin's view of the will.]
• [CKC2] Chronos, Kairos, Christos II, E. Jerry Vardaman (ed), Mercer UPress: 1998.
• [WR:GEML] Good and Evil in Myth & Legend, Anthony Mercatante, Barnes & Nobles:1978.
• [WR:MNNA] The Mythology of Native North America, David Leeming and Jake Page, UoklahomaPress:1998.
• [HI:DOD] The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought, Neil Gillman, Jewish Lights Publishing:1997.
• [HI:GFAGH] Galilee from Alexander the Great to Hadrian 323BCE to 135CE: A Study of Second Temple Judaism, Sean Freyne, T&T Clark:1980
• [HI:GLAJJ] Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism (3vols), Menahem Stern, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities:1980. [Every mention in the original languages!]
• [HI:JPCA] The Jewish People in Classical Antiquity from Alexander to Bar Kochba, John H. Hayes and Sara R. Mandell, WJK:1998.
• [HI:JSS53] Jesus and the Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 and Christian Origins, William Bellinger, Jr', and William Farmer (eds), Trinity Press:1998.
• [HI:PRE] The Provinces of the Roman Empire, Theodor Mommsen, Barnes & Nobles:1996 (reprint of 1909 ed).
• [HI:RITC] Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, David Landes, Barnes & Nobles:1983.
• [HI:TG] The Greeks, Jean-Pierre Vernant (ed), UchicagoPress:1995. [Organized by topic, very useful]
• [HI:TR] The Romans, Andrea Giardina (ed), UchicagoPress:1993. [Organized by occupation and social class, very useful]
• [NT:CRP] The City in Roman Palestine, Daniel Sperber, Oxford:1998.
• [NT:JGIS] Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey, Craig L. Blomberg, Broadman & Holman:1997. [Excellent, excellent book!]
• [NT:L7C] The Letters to the Seven Churches, Updated Edition, W. M. Ramsey (edited by Mark W. Wilson), Hendrickson:1994. [The classic!]
• [OT:ALANE] Archives and Libraries in the Ancient Near East, 1500-300 BC, Olof Pedersen, CDL Press: 1998. [Documents scores of literary archives for cuneiform works during this period.]
• [OT:AOT] Archaeology and the Old Testament, Alfred J. Hoerth, Baker:1998. [Outstanding, a 'must-have', evangelical, replaces Free's outdated work.]
• [OT:EIAI] Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence, James L. Crenshaw, Doubleday: 1998.

• [HI:ACCS_Mark] Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Thomas Oden and Christopher Hall (eds.). IVP:1998. [First volume of a series, citing the exegetical writings of the Church Fathers, passage by passage through the NT. First volume is for the Gospel of Mark.]
• [DDD] Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter W. van der Horst (eds.). Brill:1995.
• [HI:ACLCAR] The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome. Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge. Oxford:1998. [One of the best books to illustrate via picture and drawing, the various facets of 'everyday' life back then.]
• [HI:BPEUIB] Biblical Perspectives: Early Use & Interpretation of the Bible in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Michael Stone and Esther Chazon (eds.). Brill:1998.
• [HI:DSS50A] The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years (vol 1). Peter Flint and James Vanderkam (eds.). Brill:1998.
• [HI:ECF] Early Christian Fathers. Cyril C. Richardson (ed.). Macmillan:1970.
• [HI:EMPI] Exploratio: Military and Political Intelligence in the Roman World from the Second Punic War to the Battle of Adrianople. N.J.E. Austin and N. B. Rankov. Routledge:1995.
• [HI:HJAELC] The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ. Gary R. Habermas. College Press:1996. [Good discussion on the modern theories of mythicism, the new Gnosticism, Jesus Seminar, etc.]
• [HI:HSJ] Hidden Sayings of Jesus: Words Attributed to Jesus Outside the Four Gospels. William Morrice. Hendrickson:1997. [Excellent work! Very detailed, combs all extra-biblical material, including Islamic, and works thru each possible saying.]
• [HI:JAGR] The Jews among the Greeks & Romans: A Diaspora Sourcebook. Margaret K. Williams. Johns Hopskins:1998.
• [HI:JPFC] The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious Life and Institutions. S. Safai and M. Stern (eds.). Fortress:1974.
• [HI:SRRW] Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World, 140 B.C.-70 B.C. Keith R. Bradley. Indiana UP:1989. [Discussion of the three major slave revolts of the period.]
• [HI:SSCHS] Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures. Philip R. Davies. WJK:1998.
• [HI:UONTCR] The Use of the Old and New Testaments in Clement of Rome. Donald A. Hagner, Brill:1973.
• [NT:TSH] The Two-Source Hypothesis: A Critical Appraisal. Arthur Bellinzoni, Jr (ed.). Mercer UP:1985. [Out of print, but one of the most thorough and balanced discussion I had seen on this.]
• [OT:AHT] The History of Tyre (Revised Edition). H.J. Katzenstein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press/Beer Sheeva:1997. [Only covers up to 539 BCE]
• [OT:HAE] A History of Ancient Egypt. Nicolas Grimal. Barnes&Noble/Blackwell:1994.
• [OT:MPHB1] Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible at the Interface of Hermeneutics and Structural Analysis (vol 1). J. P. Fokkelman. Van Gorcum:1998.
• [PH:CGBT] Can God be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil. John G. Stackhouse, Jr.Oxford:1998.
• [PH:EG] Eternal God: A Study of God without Time. Paul Heim. Oxford:1988.[Defends the logical coherence of a God "outside of" time.]
• [PH:PTE] Probability and Theistic Explanation. Robert Prevost. Oxford:1990.
• [WR:HIS] The History of Islam. Robert Payne. Barnes&Noble:1959.
• [WR:MLES] Muhammad: His Life based on the Earliest Sources. Martin Lings. Inner Traditions International:1983. [Good discussion of the various Christian/Jewish influences on the life of the "pre-Islamic" Muhammad.]
• [WR:NAMBW] The New Age Movement and the Biblical Worldview: Conflict and Dialogue. John P. Newport. Eerdmans:1998. [Excellent, 600page interaction with all facets of New Age movements. Very detailed and thorough.]

 

June 22, 1998

• [ABC] Atlas of the Bible and Christianity, Tim Dowley (ed.), Baker:1997. [Useful book. Covers Church History into this decade!]
• [Daube] The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism, David Daube, Hendrickson:1956 (reprint). [the classic]
• [HI:HSQCPL] Holy Scripture in the Qumran Commentaries and Pauline Letters, Timothy Lim, Oxford:1997.
• [HI:RIA] The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D. Graham Webster, U.Oklahoma: 1979 (3rd ed).
• [HI:TTHT] 'Time and Times and Half a Time': Historical Consciousness in the Jewish Literature of the Persian and Hellenistic Eras, Ida Frohlich (trans. Bea Vidacs), Sheffield:1996.
• [NT:JHC] Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies, Craig Evans, Brill:1995. [Excellent book. Situates Jesus squarely in His Jewish (as opposed to Cynic) setting. $163, but a killer. Covers all the messianic passages from Qumran.]
• [NT:Z] The Zealots, Martin Hengel (trans. David Smith), T&T Clark:1989.
• [OT:HAILXX] Hebrew/Aramaic Index to the Septuagint, Keyed to the Hatch-Redpath Concordance. Takamitsu Muraoka, Baker:1998. [Great new tool!]

 

• The Universe Next Door, James Sire, IVP:1997 (3rd edition)
• [HI:PEBI] The Pseudepigrapha and Early Biblical Interpretation, James Charlesworth and Craig Evans (eds.), Sheffield/JSOT:1993.
• [HI:HLAR] Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins, FactsOnFile:1994.
• [HI:QCM] The Quest for Context & Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders, Craig Evans and Shemaryahu Talmon (eds), Brill:1997. [$261!]
• [HI:ERP] The Economy of Roman Palestine, Ze'ev Safrai, Routledge:1994. [Only applies to the period AFTER the destruction of the 2nd Temple.]
• [HI:ARC] The Ancient Roman City, John Stambaugh, Johns Hopkins:1988]
• [HI:HBC] Handbook of Biblical Chronology, Jack Finegan, Hendrickson:1998 (Rev.ed.)
• [OT:SAAS7] State Archives of Assyria Studies Volume VII: References to Prophecy in Neo-Assyrian Sources, Martti Nissinen, Helsinki:1998.
• [OT:SAAS9] State Archives of Assyria Studies Volume IX: Assyrian Prophecies, Simo Parpola,  Helsinki:1997.
• [OT:OTOT] The Old Testament of the Old Testament: Patriarchal Narratives and Mosaic Yahwism, R.W.L. Moberly, Fortress:1992.

May 8, 1998
 

• [OT:CityAM] The Ancient Mesopotamian City, Marc Van De Mieroop, Oxford-Clarendon: 1997.
• [HI:WSAS] Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts, Georges Jean, Harry Abrams: 1992.
• [OT:FHiero] Fascinating Hieroglyphics: Discovering, Decoding, and Understanding the Ancient Art, Christian Jaq, Sterling:1996.
• [WR:NF] Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions, Winfried Corduan, IVP:1998. [Corduan is clearly one of the most lucid, fair, and helpful writers in the fields of apologetics, religious studies, and philosophy of religion.]
• [HI:BHS] The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Palaeography, Script Styles, Calligraphy and Design, Ada Yardeni, Carta Jerusalem:1997.
• [HI:JTANS] The Jewish Temple: A Non-biblical Sourcebook, C.T.R. Hayward, Routledge:1996.
• [HI:LEAP] Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine, Jack Pastor, Routledge:1997]
• [HI:TABTHC] The Aramaic Bible: Targums in their Historical Context, D.R.G. Beattie and M. J. McNamara (eds.), JSOT:1994.
• [HI:ITM2] Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash, H.L. Strack and Gunter Stemberger, Fortress:1992. [The standard into.]
• [HI:CityAI] The City in Ancient Israel, Volkmar Fritz, Sheffield Academic:1995. [quite a 'minimalist' in the Dever/Redford camp]
• [HI:CACD] The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Ecumenical Councils, Peter L'Huillier, St. Vladimir's:1996.
• Hatch and Redpath's Greek concordance to the LXX is back in print [Baker].
• I also got the Soncino CD Rom containing the Midrash (from Davka).

April 24, 1998
 

• [HI:Mikra] Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Martin Jan Mulder (ed.), Fortress:1990.
• [HI:Comet44] The Comet of 44 B.C. and Caesar's Funeral Games, John T. Ramsey and A. Lewis Licht, Scholars:1997. [written by a Classicist and an Astronomer!]
• [HI:Sages] The Literature of the Sages: Oral Tora, Halakha, Mishna, Tosefta, Talmud, External Tractates, Shmuel Safrai (ed), Fortress:1987.
• [HI:JWSTP] Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period: Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran Sectarian Writings, Philo, Josephus. Michael E. Stone (ed.), Fortress:1984.

• [HI:SASQ50] The Scrolls and the Scriptures: Qumran Fifty Years After, Stanley Porter and Craig Evans (eds), Sheffield Academic:1997.
• [HI:TCAW] The Camel and the Wheel, Richard W. Bulliet, Columbia:1990 (orig. ed. 1975). [The definitive work on the history of the camel.]
• [HI:JTOT] Jesus the Only Teacher: Didactic Authority and Transmission in Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism, and the Matthean Community, Samel Byrskog, Almqvist & Wiksell Intl (Stockholm): 1994.

• [AAF] Answering a Fundamentalist, Albert J. Nevins, M.M., Our Sunday Visitor Publishing:1990.
• [HI:ARE] The Archaeology of the Roman Economy, Kevin Greene, UC Press:1986.
• [HI:ASHL] The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, Thomas E. Levy (ed), Facts on File:1995.
• [HI:HLAG] Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins, Facts on File:1997.
• [HI:JGA] The Jews in the Greek Age, Elias J. Bickerman, Harvard:1988.
• [HI:ONT] The Old and New Testaments: Their Relationship and the "Intertestamental" Literature, James Charlesworth and Walter Weaver (eds.), Trinity Press;1993.
• [HI:PFLST] Prophetic Figures in Late Second Temple Jewish Palestine: The Evidence from Josephus, Rebecca Gray, Oxford:1993.
• [HI:SSGTGLL] Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature, L.D. Reynolds and N.G. Wilson, Clarendon/Oxford:1991 (3rd ed).
• [HI:SSK] Skywatchers, Shamans, and Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power, E.C. Krupp, Wiley:1997.
• [NT:AOSSC] Arguments from Order in Synoptic Source Criticism: A History and Critique, David Neville, Mercer:1994.
• [OT:PSIB] Political Satire in the Bible, Ze'ev Weisman, SBL:1998.
• The Soncino Talmud on CD, Davka Corporation: The CD Rom Judaic Classics Library.

Mar 27/98

• [HI:AACSC] After the Apostles: Christianity in the Second Century. Walter Wagner, Fortress:1994.
• [HI:DCH] The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (Volume III). David J. A. Clines (ed), Sheffield Academic:1996.
• [HI:EMDSS] Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Craig Evans and Peter Flint (eds). Eerdmans:1997.
• [HI:HWST] Holy Writings, Sacred Test: The Canon in Early Christianity. John Barton. Westminster John Knox:1997.
• [HI:LCCAI] Labor, Crafts and Commerce in Ancient Israel. Moshe Aberbach, Magnes: 1994.
• [HI:SRESAW] Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World. Steven Fine (ed), Oxford:1996.
• [HI:TCULXX] The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research. Emanuel Tov, Simor: 1997 (2nd ed)
• [HI:TLA] The Lord's Anointed: Interpretation of Old Testament Messianic Texts. Satterthwaite, Hess, and G. Wenham (eds.), Paternoster:1995.
• [NDIEC3] New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity (volume 3). G.H.R. Horsley, Ancient History Documentary Centre, Macquarie University:1983.
• [NDIEC4] New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity (volume 4). G.H.R. Horsley, Ancient History Documentary Centre, Macquarie University:1987.
• [NDIEC5] New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity (volume 5). G.H.R. Horsley, Ancient History Documentary Centre, Macquarie University:1989.
• [NDIEC8] New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity (volume 8). S.R. Llewelyn, Ancient History Documentary Centre, Macquarie University:1997.
• [NT:DictJG] Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Joel Green, Scot McKnight, I Howard Marshall (eds.), IVP:1992.
• [NT:DictLNT] Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Development. Ralph Martin and Peter Davids (eds.), IVP:1997.
• [NT:DictPL] Dictionary of Paul and his Letters. Gerald Hawthorne, Ralph Martin, Daniel G. Reid (eds.), IVP:1993.
• [NT:GECNT] The Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament (NIV). Kohlenberger III, Goodrick and Swanson, Zondervan:1997. [Outstanding tool!]
• [NT:SEC] Studies in Early Christology. Martin Hengel, T&T Clark: 1995.
• [OT:CIANE] Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Near East. Guy Bunnens (ed). Peeters Press, Louvain: 1996.
• [OT:HIBAJW] A History of Israel from the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars. Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Broadman and Holman: 1998.[Good book. Accepts the earlier date for the Exodus. Good interaction with the material of the times.]
• [OT:HVS] Hebrew Verse Structure. M. O'Connor, Eisenbrauns:1980/97. [the standard work]
• [OT:IBHS] An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Bruce Waltke and M. O'Connor, Eisenbrauns:1990. [The standard work]
• Fractals and Chaos: Simplified for the Life Sciences. Larry S. Liebovitch, Oxford:1998.
• (I also bought most of the Targums in English translation)

Mar 13/98

• [HI:AHGL] A History of Greek Literature, Albin Lesky (trans. by de Heer and J. Willis), Hackett:1963/66.
• [HI:ALC] Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations, Russell and Winterbottom (eds), Oxford:1972.
• [HI:BOC] The Birth of the Codex, Roberts and Skeat, Oxford:1983.
• [HI:COCCL] The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Howatson & Chilvers (eds), Oxford:1993.
• [HI:DAH] Disease and History, Cartwright and Biddiss, Barnes&Nobles:1972.
• [HI:GLAA] Greek Literature--An Anthology, Michael Grant, Penguin:1990.
• [HI:IIW] It is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture, DA Carson and H.G.M. Williamson, Cambridge:1988.
• [HI:LLAH] Latin Literature-A History, Gian Biagio Conte (trans. By JB Solodow), John Hopkins:1994 ed.
• [HI:PAPY] Papyrus, Parkinson and Quirke, Utexas:1995.
• [HI:SASAR] Slavery and Society at Rome, Keith Bradley, Cambridge:1994.
• [HI:TCRR] The Classical Roman Reader, Kenneth J. Atchity (ed), Henry Holt:1997.
• [HI:TOS] The Timetables of Science, Hellemans and Bunch, Touchstone: 1991 (2nd ed)
• [HI:WAW] Warfare in the Ancient World, John Hackett (ed), Facts on File:1989.
• [KD] Keil & Delitzch commentaries on the OT.
• [ST:SL] Sociolinguistics, Bernard Spolsky, Oxford:1998.
• [NT:AHOC] A Hymn of Christ: Philippians 2:5-11 in Recent Interpretation & in the Setting of Early Christian Worship, Ralph Martin, IVP:1997(3rd ed).
• [OT:PWVDM] Pharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir El Medina, Lenard Lesko (ed), Cornell:1994.
• [OT:TE] The Egyptians, Sergio Donadoni (ed), Uchicago:1997.

Jan 1/98

• [NT:GAJC] The Gospel according to John, by D.A. Carson, Eerdmans:1991. [Carson is one of my favorite authors.]
• [NT:NTDOTT] New Testament Development of Old Testament Themes, by F.F. Bruce, Eerdmans:1968.
• [NT:PAL] Paul and the Law: A Contextual Approach, by Frank Thielman, IVP:1994.
• [NT:WSPRS] What Saint Paul Really Said--Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity?, by N.T. Wright, Eerdmans:1997. [A major response to the currently en-vogue "Paul as heretic and founder" writings...]
• [OT:OTPFOC] Old Testament Prophecy: From Oracles to Canon, by Ronald E. Clements, WJK:1996.

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