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For Further Reading on Jesus, Paul, and the Rise of Christianity

© Copyright 2004 by Gretchen Passantino

 

Barmett. Paul, Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1999

 

Barnett, Paul W., Jesus and the Logic of History, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2001

 

Batey, Richard A., Jesus and the Forgotten City, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1991

 

Bennett, Rod, Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words, San Francisco, CA: Ignacious Press, 2002

 

Bock, Darrell L., Studying the Historical Jesus, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002

 

Boyd, Gregory A., Cynic, Sage, or Son of God?, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1977

 

Bruce, F. F., Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1974

 

Bruce, F. F., Paul and Jesus, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1974

 

Bruce, F. F., The Spreading Flame, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1958

 

Cairns, Earle E., Christianity Through The Centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996

 

Carroll, John T., The Return of Jesus in Early Christianity, Peabody, MA: Hendricksen Press, 2000

 

Church, F. Forrester & Mulry, Terrence, The Macmillan Book of Earliest Christian Hymns, New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing, 1988

 

Craig, W. L., and Crossan, J. D., Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1998

 

Curtis, Ken, & Thiede, Carsten Peter, From Christ to Constantine: The Trial and the Testimony of the Early Church, Worcester, PN: Christian History Institute, 1991

 

Das, A. Andrew, Paul and the Jews, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003

 

Downley, Tim, Eerdmans Handbook to the History of Christianity, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997

 

Evans, C. A., & Porter, S. E., Dictionary of New Testament Background, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2000

 

Gentry, Kenneth, The Beast of Revelation, Powder Springs, GA: American Vision, 2002

 

Gerhardsson, Birger, The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2001

 

Grant, Robert M., Greek Apologists of the Second Century. Philadelphia, PA: The Westminster Press, 1988.

 

Green, J. B., Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1992

 

Habermas, Gary R., The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ, Joplin, Missouri: College Press Publishing, 1996

 

Hawthorne, G. F., Dictionary of Paul and his Letters, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1993

 

Hengel, Martin, Between Jesus and Paul, London, UK: Fortress Press, 1983

 

Keener, Craig S., The Bible Background Commentary, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1993

 

Liderbach, Daniel, Christ in the Early Christian Hymns, New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1998

 

Longenecker, Richard N., The Christology of Early Christianity, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1970

 

Machen, J. Gresham. The Origin of Paul’s Religion. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1925.

 

Maier, Paul L., Eusebius the History of the Church, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1999

 

Marshall, I. Howard, The Origins of New Testament Christology~Updated Version, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1990

 

McDonald, L. E., & Porter, S. E., Early Christianity and its Sacred Literature, Peabody, MA: Hendricksen Press, 2000

 

Rebenstein, Richard E., When Jesus Became God, New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1999

 

Schlatter, Adolf, The History of the Christ, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1997

 

Spence, Dean, Early Christianity and Paganism, New York, NY: Cassell and Company, LTD, 2002

 

Thomas, Robert L., Three Views of the Origins of the Synoptic Gospels, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic and Professional, 2002

 

Tuckett, Christopher, Christology and the New Testament, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001

 

Van Voorst, Robert E., Jesus Outside the New Testament, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001

 

Witherington III, Ben, The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2000

 

Witherington III, Ben, The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1998

 

Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1996

 

Wright, N. T. The Resurrection of the Son of God, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2003

 

Wright, N. T., The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2000

 

Wright, N. T., The New Testament and the People of God, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1992

 

Wright, N. T., Who Was Jesus?, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1992