REL 102 Introduction To the
New Testament
Bibliography
NOTES: 1) Some entries contain two related articles with must be read together (these are connected by
“AND”); 2) Codes appear: WCC indicates the item is available in the Rouse Library of WCC (books
generally will be placed on class reserve); DCB indicates the item is only available locally from Dr.
Browning; 3) Other articles of sufficient interest found by students may be approved for substitution/
addition to the list; 4) Online sources may no longer be available or may be modified—use common
sense in accessing them.
Abbreviations
BA
BAR
BASOR
BR
CBQ
JBL
JSNT
Biblical Archaeologist
Biblical Archaeology Review
Bulletin of the American Schools or Oriental Research
Bible Review
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Journal of Biblical Literature
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
New Testament Text and Canon
Birdsall, J. N. “The New Testament Text.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible. Vol. 1: From the
Beginnings to Jerome, 308-77. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. WCC
Black, Matthew. “The Biblical Languages.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible. Vol. 1: From the
Beginnings to Jerome, 1-10. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. WCC
Bruce, F. F. “The Greek Language.” Chapter 5 In The Books and the Parchments. 3rd edition. Old
Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1963. WCC
Bruce, F. F. “The Text of the New Testament.” Chapter 14 In The Books and the Parchments. 3rd
edition. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1963. WCC
Bruce, F. F. “The New Testament Apocrypha and Other Early Christian Books.” Appendix II In The
Books and the Parchments. 3rd edition. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1963. WCC
Bruce, F. F. “The ‘Secret’ Gospel of Mark.” In Canon of Scripture, 298-315. Downer’s Grove, IL:
InterVarsity Press, 1988. WCC
Davis, Glenn. “Apocryphal New Testament Writings.” Online at
http://shell5.ba.best.com/~gdavis/ntcanon/ntawrit.htm. February 20, 1998.
Davis, Glenn. “The Development of the Canon of the New Testament.” Online at
http://shell5.ba.best.com/~gdavis/ntcanon. February 20, 1998.
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Ehrman, Bart. “Text and Tradition: The Role of New Testament Manuscripts in Early Christian
Studies—Lecture One: Text and Interpretation: The Exegetical Significance of the ‘Original’ Text,”
and “Lecture Two: Text and Transmission: The Historical Significance of the ‘Altered’ Text.”
Kenneth W. Clark Lectures, Duke Divinity School, 1997. Online at
http://shemesh.scholar.emory.edu/scripts/TC/extras/ehrman-clarklec1.html and
http://shemesh.scholar.emory.edu/scripts/TC/extras/ehrman-clarklec2.html. February 20, 1998.
(Excellent articles; Knowledge of Greek helpful and Greek font needed on browser, hard
copies are available if needed).
Grant, R. M. “The New Testament Canon.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible. Vol. 1: From the
Beginnings to Jerome, 284-308. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. WCC
Hartono, W. “Canon of the New Testament.” Online at http://webusers.anetstl.com/~nosmo/canonnew.htm. February 20, 1998. (A Catholic perspective).
Miller, Robert J. “The Gospels That Didn’t Make the Cut.” BR 9/4 (August 1993).
Osiek, Carolyn. “The Shepherd of Hermas—An Early Tale That Almost Made It Into the New
Testament.” BR 10/5 (October 1994): 48-54. DCB
Seid, Timothy W. “Interpreting Biblical Manuscripts Web.” Online at
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/mss/overview.html. February 20, 1998. (This site is excellent,
but extensive).
Waltz, Robert B. “An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism.” Online at
http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/intro.html. February 20, 1998. (Other major articles may be
accessed at the root directory of this site: http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn.)
Waltz, Robert B. “Text Types and Textual Kinship.” Online at http://www.skypoint.com/
~waltzmn/TextTypes.html. February 20, 1998.
Historical Background
Kaufman, Asher S. “Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Stood.” BAR 9 (March/April 1983): 40-59.
(A controversial and 'loaded' view of the Temple's location) WCC
Netzer, Ehud. “The Last Days and Hours at Masada.” BAR 17 (November/December 1991): 20-32. (A
great story of archaeological detective work on an old dig) WCC
Netzer, Ehud. “Search for Herod's Tomb,” “Herod's Family Tomb in Jerusalem.” BAR 9 (May/June
1983): 30-59. WCC
Ritmeyer, Leen and Kathleen. “Reconstructing Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem,” “A Pilgrim's
Journey,” “Quarrying and Transporting Stones for Herod's Temple Mount,” and “Reconstructing the
Triple Gate.” BAR 15 (Nov./Dec. 1989): 23-53. (Extremely well done) WCC
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First Century Judaism
Binder, Donald D. “Second Temple Synagogues.” Online at http://www.smu.edu/~dbinder/index.html.
Accessed August 19, 1999.
Mason, Steve. “Will the Real Josephus Please Stand Up?” BAR 23/5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 58-65, 67-68.
WCC
Stern, Ephraim. “What Happened to the Cult Figurines?: Israelite Religion Purified After the Exile.” BAR
15 (July/August 1989): 22-29. WCC
Terian, Abraham. “Had the Works of Philo Been Newly Discovered.” BA 57/2 (June 1994): 86-97. WCC
The Gospels
Bahat, Dan. “Does the Holy Sepulchre Church Mark the Burial of Jesus?” BAR 12 (May/June 1986): 2645; AND Barkay, Gabriel “The Garden Tomb—Was Jesus Buried Here?” BAR 12 (March/April
1986): 40-57. WCC
Basser, Herbert W. “The Jewish Roots of the Transfiguration.” BR 14/3 (June 1998):30-35. WCC
Greenhut, Zvi. “Burial Cave of the Caiaphus Family;” AND Reich, Ronny. “Caiaphas Name Inscribed on
Bone Boxes.” BAR 18 (September/October 1992): 28-44, 76. WCC
Linnemann, Eta. “Is There a Gospel of Q?” BR 11/4 (August 1995): 18-23, 42-43; AND Patterson,
Stephen J. “Yes, Virginia, There a Q” BR 11/5 (October1995): 39-40. DCB
Mazar, Benjamin. “The Excavations South and West of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem: The Herodian
Period.” BA 33 (March 1970): 47-60. WCC
Meier, John P. “The Circle of Twelve: Did It Exist during Jesus’ Public Ministry?” JBL 116/4 (Winter
1997): 635-72.WCC
Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. “What Really Happened at Gethsemane?” BR 14/2 (April 1998): 28-39, 52.
DCB
Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. “Fishers of Fish, Fishers of Men.” BR 15/3 (June 1999): 22-27, 48-49. WCC
Rahmani, L. Y. “Ancient Jerusalem's Funerary Customs and Tombs, Parts One-Four.” BA 44 (Summer
1981): 171-77, (Fall 1981): 229-35; 45 (Winter 1982): 43-53, (Spring 1982): 109-119. (Great
survey) WCC
Smith, Robert Houston. “The Tomb of Jesus.” BA 30 (September 1967): 74-90. WCC
Stanton, Graham N. “Pray That Your Flight May Not be in Winter or on a Sabbath.” JSNT 37 (1989): 1730. WCC
Strange, James F. and Shanks, Hershel. “Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been
Found?” BAR 8 (November/December 1982): 26-37; AND “Synagogue Where Jesus Preached Found
at Capernaum.” BAR 9 (November/December 1983): 24-31. WCC
Early Jewish Christianity
New Testament Bibliography
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Pixner, Bargil. “Church of the Apostles Found on Mt. Zion.” BAR 16 (May/June 1990): 16-35, 60. WCC
Paganism in the Roman World
Ulansey, David. “Solving the Mithraic Mysteries.” BAR 20/5 (Sept./Oct. 1994): 40-53, 79. WCC.
Paul
Broneer, Oscar. “Athens, ‘City of Idol Worship’.” BA 21/1 (February 1958): 1-28. WCC
Broneer, Oscar. “The Apostle Paul and the Isthmian Games.” BA 25/1 (1962): 2-31. WCC
Furnish, Victor Paul. “Corinth in Paul's Time—What Can Archaeology Tell Us?” BAR 14 (May/June
1988): 14-27. WCC
Furnish, Victor Paul. “On Putting Paul in His Place.” JBL 113/1 (1994): 3-17. WCC
Gager, John G. “Paul’s Contradictions—Can They Be Resolved?” BR 14/6 (Dec 1998): 32-39.
Hirschfeld, Nicolle. “The Ship of Saint Paul: Historical Background, Part I;” AND Fitzgerald, Michael.
“The Ship of Saint Paul: Comparative Archaeology, Part II.” BA 53/1 (1990): 25-39. WCC
Meinardus, Otto F. A. “St. Paul Shipwrecked in Dalmatia.” BA 39 (December 1976): 145-47; AND
“Paul's Missionary Journey to Spain: Tradition and Folklore.” BA 41/2 (1978): 61-63. WCC
Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. “The Corinth that Saint Paul Saw.” BA 47/3 (September 1984): 147-59. WCC
Stendahl, Krister. “The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West.” Harvard
Theological Review 56 (1963): 199-215.DCB
Thompson, Cynthia L. “Hairstyles, Head-coverings, and St. Paul: Portraits from Roman Corinth.” BA
51/1 (March 1988): 99-115. WCC
Revelation
Frisen, Steven. “Ephesus: Key to a Vision in Revelation.” BAR 19/3 (May/June 1993): 24-37. (An
interesting use of archaeology to explain ancient symbolism) WCC
Tabor, James. “Why 2K?” BR 15/6 (Dec 1999): 16-27, 44-45.
Ulansey, David. “Solving the Mithraic Mysteries.” BAR 20/5 (Sept./Oct. 1994): 40-53, 79. WCC.