Gospels & Acts:
Books and Articles

Notes: See also: Matthew's Gospel: Articles Mark's Gospel: Articles Luke-Acts: Articles John's Gospel: Articles Synoptic Problem & Q: Articles Historical Jesus: Books, Articles and Reviews.

F. F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
(5th edition; Leicester: Intervarsity Press, 1960), reproduced at the Christian Corps International Libraries   Classic apologetic book by one of the leading conservative scholars in the U.K. in the twentieth century. This book went through several editions, of which this is the fifth.

C. H. Dodd, The Apostolic Preaching and Its Developments
(New York: Harper & Row, 1964): complete reproduction on Religion-Online of a classic from C. H. Dodd. This was a book of three lectures delivered at Kings College, London in 1935.

Richard Heard, An Introduction to the New Testament
(New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950): this complete reproduction on Religion-Online of Richard Heard's book features introductions to critical study of the New Testament, the canon and the text; and the whole of Part Two is a study of the Gospels and Jesus, with chapters on sources, oral tradition, and each of the Gospels. Part Three is devoted to the Acts of the Apostles.

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George Aichele, “The Fantastic in the Discourse of Jesus”, Semeia 60 (1992), pp. 53-66

Joanna Dewey, “Response: Fantasy and the New Testament", Semeia 60 (1992), pp. 83-90

J. D. H. Amador, “Socio-Rhetorical Criticism and the Parable of the Tenants”, Journal for the Study of the New Testament 45 (1992), pp. 27-57

P.-Y. Brandt and A. Lukinovich, “L’adresse à Jésus dans les évangiles synoptiques”, Biblica 82 (2001), pp. 17-50

Roland Mushat Frye, “Literary Criticism and Gospel Criticism”, Theology Today 36 (1979), pp. 207-19

Simon Gathercole, “The Justification of Wisdom (Mt. 11.19b/Lk 7.35)”, New Testament Studies 49 (2003): 476-488 (New)

David B. Gowler, “Parables and their Social Contexts”, Chapter 6 in What Are They Saying About the Parables? (New York: Paulist, 2000), reproduced on Gowler's Homepage

Robert M. Fowler, “Using Literary Criticism on the Gospels”, reproduced from Christian Century May 26 1982, at Religion-online

Johannes C de Klerk, “The literariness of the New Testament Gospels”, Religion and Theology 4/3 (1997), pp. 204-15

U. Victor, “Was ein Texthistoriker zur Entstehung der Evangelien sagen kann”, Biblica 79 (1998), pp. 499-514

 

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New Testament Books
At the Biblical Studies Foundation: some helpful outlines and articles (mainly conservative) on books in the New Testament.