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Note: Starred works are by Quaker authors.
I. Introductions
Asimov, Isaac. ASIMOV'S GUIDE TO THE BIBLE. Volume 2: the New Testament. New York, Avon, 1971. 637p.
Bultmann, Rudolf. THEOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Translated by Kendrick Grobel. New York, Scribner, 1951-55. 2v.
Crossan, John D. JESUS: A REVOLUTIONARY BIOGRAPHY. HarperCollins, 1994. 209p.
Davies, W. D. INVITATION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT: A GUIDE TO ITS MAIN WITNESSES. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1966. 540p.
Hamilton, Edith. WITNESS TO THE TRUTH: CHRIST AND HIS INTERPRETERS. New York, Norton, 1957. 230p.
Harrington, Wilfrid T. RECORD OF THE FULFILLMENT: THE NEW TESTAMENT. (Key to the Bible, 3) Rev. ed. Canfield, Ohio, Alba, 1975. 206p. Catholic perspective.
Harvey, A. E. THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE COMPANION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. Cambridge Eng., Oxford Univ. Pr., 1973. 850p. Nontechnical one-volume commentary.
Hazelton, Roger. NEW TESTAMENT HERITAGE. Philadelphia, United Church Pr., 1962. 111p.
INCARNATION: CONTEMPORARY WRITERS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT. Edited by Alfred Korn. New York, Viking, 1990. 361p. Essays on books of the NT by 23 American writers. Companion to Congregation: contemporary writers read the Jewish Bible.
Kee, Howard Clark. UNDERSTANDING THE NEW TESTAMENT. 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1983. 408p. Places the books of the N.T. in their historical context.
Meier, John P. A MARGINAL JEW: RETHINKING THE HISTORICAL JESUS. New York, Doubleday, 1991. V. Anchor Bible reference library. Contents.-v.1. Origins of the problem and the person.
Neill, Stephen. JESUS THROUGH MANY EYES; INTRODUCTION TO THE THEOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1976. 214p. Discusses the different christologies of N.T. writers.
Perkins, Pheme. READING THE NEW TESTAMENT; AN INTRODUCTION. New York, Paulist, 1978. 344p.
II. Special Subjects
Barclay, William. GREAT THEMES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1979. 116p. Expounds six significant NT passages in their original and present-day contexts.
Barclay, William. NEW TESTAMENT WORDS. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1974. 301p. Essays discussing the nuances of 60 key Greek words in the New Testament.
Buechner, Frederick. TELLING THE TRUTH: THE GOSPEL AS TRAGEDY, COMEDY AND FAIRY TALE. New York, Harper & Row, 1977. 100p.
Dunn, James D. G. JESUS AND THE SPIRIT: A STUDY OF THE RELIGIOUS ANE CHARISMATIC EXPERIENCE OF JESUS AND THE FIRST CHRISTIANS AS REFLECTED IN THE N.T. Phila, Westminster, 1975. 515p.
Eisenman, Robert. JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS: THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. Viking, 1996. 1074p.
Ferguson, John. THE POLITICS OF LOVE: THE NEW TESTAMENT AND NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION. Nyack NY, Fellowship, 1979. 118p.
Hammer, Paul L. SHALOM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Philadelphia, United Church Pr., 1973. 30p.
Houlden, J. L. ETHICS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT. New York, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1973. 134p. Examines tbe context of N.T. ethics, the views of major writers, and their treatment of divorce, political obedience, wealth, and toleration.
Hunter, Archibald Macbride. GLEANINGS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1975. 182p. Essays.
*Ives, Kenneth H. RECOVERING THE HUMAN JESUS. Chicago, Progresiv Publishr, 1990. 301p. Reviews issues and literature regarding the historical Jesus. Modern sources are discussed, including Quaker ones.
Jackson, Neta. A NEW WAY TO LIVE: A BIBLE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Scottdale PA, Herald, 1983. 110p. Self-help study of the N.T. on living with others.
*McArthur, Harvey K., ed. NEW TESTAMENT SIDELIGHTS. Essays in honor of Alexander Converse Purdy. Hartford CT, Hartford Seminary Foundation Pr., 1960. 135p. Includes essay "Soluble difficulties in the parables" by Henry Cadbury and a Purdy curriculum vitae by Moses Bailey.
MacGregor, G.H.C. THE NEW TESTAMENT BASIS OF PACIFISM and THE RELEVANCE OF AN IMPOSSILBE IDEAL. Rev. ed. Nyack NY, Fellowship, 1954. 160p.
Mack, Burton L. THE LOST GOSPEL: THE BOOK OF Q AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS. HarperCollins, 1993. 275p.
Mack, Burton L. WHO WROTE THE NEW TESTAMENT? THE MAKING OF A CHRISTIAN MYTH. Harper, 1995. 326p.
McSorley, Richard. NEW TESTAMENT BASIS OF PEACEMAKING. Washington, Center for Peace Studies, 1979. 167p.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. MARY THROUGH THE CENTURIES: HER PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF CULTURE. Yale University, 1996. 267p.
Perkins, Pheme. RESURRECTION: NEW TESTAMENT WITNESS AND CONTEMPORARY REFLECTION. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1984. 504p. Biblical foundations and earlydevelopment of the doctrine of the Resurrection.
Phillips, J. B. RING OF TRUTH: A TRANSLATOR'S TESTIMONY. New York, Macmillan, 1967. 125p. The author shares insights gained in the process of translating the N.T. which convinced him of its historicity and reliability.
Short, Robert L. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PEANUTS. Richmond VA, John Knox, 1965. 127p.
Slusser, Gerald H. FROM JUNG TO JESUS: MYTH AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Atlanta, John Knox, 1986. 170p. Draws analogies between Jung's archetypal symbols of the mythic hero and the Hero Jesus.
Spong, John Shelby. BORN OF A WOMAN: A BISHOP RETHINKS THE BIRTH OF JESUS. HarperCollins, 1992. 245p.
Trocmé, André. JESUS AND THE NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION. Translated by Michael H. Shank and Marlin E. Miller. Scottdale PA, Herald, 1973. (The Christian peace shelf) 211p. Presents Jesus as a vigorous revolutionary who is capable of saving the world without violence.
Wilder, Amos N. NEW TESTAMENT FAITH FOR TODAY. New York, Harper, 1955. 186p. Problems of translating the N.T. language of faith into terms relevant to 20th-century experience.
Wink, Walter. NAMING THE POWERS: THE LANGUAGE OF POWER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1984. (His The Powers, v. 1) 181p. The "principalities and powers" of the N.T. provide a basis for a contemporary social-ecological ethic and a renewed Christian spirituality.
Wink, Walter. UNMASKING THE POWERS: THE INVISIBLE FORCES THAT DETERMINE HUMAN EXISTENCE. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1986. (His The Powers, v.2) 224p. Focuses on seven of the biblical Powers and their relevance to modern society.
Wuellner, Wilhelm H. and Leslie, Robert C. THE SURPRISING GOSPEL: INTRIGUING PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. Nashville, Abington, 1984. 174p.
Yoder, John Howard. THE POLITICS OF JESUS. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1972. 260p. Classic work on the N.T. basis of Christian social ethics and pacifism.
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