From the Bibliography

So I decided to do an annotated bibliography for the upcoming book. Here I have selected a set of samples to give an idea of what I said. If anyone wants to comment on how these short notes can be improved that would be great:

A * means I recommend it even if I may disagree.  A # means I have reviewed the work.

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Abasciano, Brian J., “Clearing Up Misconceptions About Corporate Election,” Ashland Theological Journal, 41:1 (NA 2009).  A response to several misunderstandings, among which is the idea that corporate election is antithetical to individual election.*

Alexander, T. Desmond & David W. Baker, editors, Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003.  While liberal in areas this is a must buy.*

Alexander, T. Desmond & Brian S. Rosner, editors, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Downers Grove, IVP, 2000.  Grab it if you can.  Many good articles.

Allen, David L., Lukan Authorship of Hebrews, Nashville, B&H, 2010.  I’m not convinced by Lukan authorship, but this is an interesting book.    

Allen, David L. & Steve W. Lemke, editors, The Return of Christ: A Premillennial Perspective, Nashville, B&H, 2011.  A mixed bag.  Good chapters by Blaising, Allen, Cooper, Vlach.  Poor stuff from Vines, Caner, Cox and Stanton. #

Allison, Gregg R. & Stephen J. Wellum, editors, Building of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology: Essays in Honor of John S. Feinberg, Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015.  A fine collection with a response from Feinberg.  

Anderson, Sir Robert, The Coming Prince or The Seventy Weeks of Daniel, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1865. Classic treatment of the 70th Week.*

Arnold, Clinton E. General Editor, Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, Volume 1, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.  This is a well-illustrated and helpful set.

Attridge, Harold W., Hebrews: A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Philadelphia, Hermeneia, Fortress, 1989.  Standard treatment.  Buy it if you can get a good price.  I was surprised by the rather sagging treatment of Heb. 9:16-17.  

Averbeck, Richard E., “Israel, the Jewish People and God’s Covenants,” in Israel, the Church, and the Middle East: A Biblical Response to the Current Conflict, edited by Darrell L. Bock and Mitch Glaser, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2018.  Fine overview.*

  • “Sacrifices and Offerings,” in Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, edited by T. Desmond Alexander & David W. Baker, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003.  Excellent article that covers all the bases.*

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Baker, David L., Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments, third edition, Downers Grove, IL, IVP, 2010.  Highly recommended for those studying the subject.  Solid and cautious.*

Balz, Horst and Gerhard Schneider, editors, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.  Very useful short yet accurate definitions. 

Bar, Eitan and Golan Broshi, Rabbinic Judaism Debunked: Debunking the Myth of Rabbinic Oral Law, One For Israel, 2022.  Polemical, but a needed short book on the divergence of the Oral Law from the Bible.

Barbieri, Louis, Mark, Chicago: Moody, 1995.  A solid Dispensational commentary.

Barnett, Paul, Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity, Downers Grove, IL., IVP, 1999.  Excellent Introduction to NT times.*

  • Jesus and the Logic of History, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.  A top-notch brief defense of the Jesus of history.*

Barrett, C. K., The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Peabody, MA: Hendricksen, 1985. A bit liberal but helpful.  Obtuse in places.  

Bartholomew, Craig G., et al, editors, Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, Formation, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, Scripture and Hermeneutics, Volume 6, 2005.  I didn’t get a lot from this book, or from the others in the series overall.  Many chapters borrowed from other publications.

Bateman IV, Herbert W., editor, Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2007. Very good to and fro discussions.*

Bateman IV, Herbert W. & William C. Varner, James: An Exegetical Guide for Preaching and Teaching, Big Greek Idea Series, Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2022. If you can handle Greek, this is terrific.*#

Bateman IV, Herbert W., Darrell L. Bock, Gordon H. Johnston, Jesus the Messiah: Tracing the Promises, Expectations, and Coming of Israel’s King, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2012.  A solid, glossy paged study.  I found Bateman’s section a tad below Johnston and Bock, but all the authors do well.

Bates, Matthew W., Salvation By Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2017.  Provides food for thought but ultimately fails, in large part because his thesis about Christ now reigning is faulty.  I prefer to think of faith as dependence.  Great writer though.   

Bauckham, Richard, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2006.  Fascinating multifaceted study which cements the Gospel accounts in their milieu.

  • The Theology of the Book of Revelation, Cambridge University Press, 2001.  See my chapter on The Apocalypse. 

Bavinck, Herman, Reformed Dogmatics: Volume 4, Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2008.  The best of Reformed Systematic Theology.  Excellent translation.  I liked the previous volumes more, but this is still very good.*

Beacham, Roy E., “The Church Has No Legal Relationship to or Participation in the New Covenant,” in Dispensational Understanding of the New Covenant, edited by Mike Stallard.  A sterling effortI respectfully demur*

Beale, G. K., A New Testament Biblical Theology, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011.  A long and determined attempt to impose a “cosmic temple” motif over the Bible.  Amil and speculative. Doesn’t interact much with opposing views. #

  • Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and Interpretation, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2012.  I’m no fan of Beale’s conclusions, but there is some good material in this. 
  • The Book of Revelation, NIGNTC, Grand Rapids, 1999.  Good on the Greek and OT sources, poor on interpretation.
  • “An Exegetical and Theological Consideration of The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart In Exodus 4-14 And Romans 9,” TrinJ 05:2 (Fall 1984).  A solid Calvinistic argument.*
  • “The Eschatology of Paul,” in Matthew S. Harmon and Jay E. Smith, editors, Studies in the Pauline Epistles: Essays in Honor of Douglas J. Moo, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2014.  Beale represents the antithesis of my position.  Good thoughts on the resurrection as an eschatological event though.

Beale, G. K and D. A. Carson, Editors, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.  Although it is predominantly amillennial this is a useful work.  

Beasley-Murray, G. R., Jesus and the Kingdom of God, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1986.  Mostly a review of scholarship up to that point, with the author’s views appended.  Well respected but unpersuasive.

  • John, WBC, Waco, TX: Word, 1987.  Some liberal taints but a very capable commentary.
  • “Dying and Rising with Christ,” in Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, Edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne, et al.  A disappointing article.
  • G. R. Beasley-Murray, “Revelation, Book of,” in Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Development, Editors, Ralph P. Martin & Peter H. Davids, Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity, 1997.  A fine introduction if you reject Dispensational premillennialism.

Beilby, James K. & Paul R. Eddy, editors, The Historical Jesus: Five Views, Downers Grove, IVP, 2009.  Takes a little patience (esp. reading Price and Crossan) but terrific chapters by Johnson, Dunn, and Bock.  

Beker, J. Christiaan, The Triumph of God: The Essence of Paul’s Thought, Minneapolis, Fortress, 1990.  Takes the notion of “apocalyptic” too far.  Although liberal, this is definitely worth skimming because Beker stresses the occasional nature of Paul’s letters.   

Benware, Paul N., Understanding End Times Prophecy: A Comprehensive Approach, Chicago, Moody, 2006.  A very helpful and reliable work.*

Bernard, Thomas Delaney, The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament, various editions.  Classic study and devout.*

Berkouwer, G. C., The Return of Christ, Studies in Dogmatics, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1972.  A standard treatment.  Basically amil.  One of Berkouwer’s most straightforward studies.  

Bird, Michael F., Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2013.  Tries to be readable and “fun.”  I liked that he places eschatology further forward, even if it doesn’t quite work.  A useful second-string work.  

  • “Paul’s Messianic Eschatology and Supercessionism, “ in God’s Israel and the Israel of God, edited by Michael F. Bird & Scot McKnight.   Argues that Israel’s future is inclusion in Christ through the Church.  This guarantees the future disappearance of covenant Israel.

Bird, Michael F. & Scot McKnight, editors, God’s Israel and the Israel of God: Paul and Supercessionism, Bellingham, WA, Lexham, 2023.  A failed attempt to address a serious subject. #

Blaising, Craig A. and Darrell L. Bock, Progressive Dispensationalism, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2000.  An important book for understanding PD.  Two chapters on the covenants spoiled by their “complementary” inclusive hermeneutic which rubberizes them.  This affects the way they view the kingdom in the present.  They also tie dispensations too closely to the covenants, a common error. 

  • editors, Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church: The Search for Definition, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1992.  A good presentation of Prog. Disp.  With counterarguments.  Some strong chapters.  One pushback from a more traditional Dispy would have been nice.* 

Blaising, Craig A., “Biblical Hermeneutics,” in The New Christian Zionism, edited by Gerald R. McDermott.  Very solid.*

and the Middle East: A Biblical Response to the Current Conflict, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2018.  Nearly any article by this author is worth reading.*

Block, Daniel I., Covenant: The Framework of God’s Grand Plan of Redemption, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2021.  Somewhat informative but hampered by the author’s odd naming of the covenants. #

Blomberg, Craig L., Matthew, Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1992.  Informative and concise.

  • A New Testament Theology, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2018.  Irritating on the Gospels owing to his belief in Q.  Still, Blomberg is a good thinker.
  • Preaching the Parables: From Responsible Interpretation to Powerful Proclamation, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2004.  A good guide overall.  

Bock, Darrell L. and Buist M. Fanning, editors, Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis, Wheaton, IL, 2006.  A strong group of essays.  One of the best works of its kind.

  • and Robert L. Webb, editors, Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus: A Collaborative Exploration of Context and Coherence, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010.  Webb’s introduction is almost positivist in orientation, but that apart this is a great book given its self-imposed limitations.  A bit more critical than I would have liked. *
  • and Mitch Glaser, Israel, the Church, and the Middle East: A Biblical Response to the Current Conflict, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2018.  A good book with fine contributions by Averbeck, Blaising, and Vlach, and a really good chapter by Rydelnik. *#

Bock, Darrell L., Luke, 2 Volumes, BECNT, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.  Many people’s top pick on Luke.*

  •  Acts, BECNT, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2007.  A contender for the best overall work on this Bible book. *
  • “The Reign of the Lord Christ,” in Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church: The Search for Definition, Craig A. Blaising and Darrell L. Bock, editors, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1992.  See my chapter on Acts.  

Boda, Mark J. and J. Gordon McConville, editors, Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophets, Downers Grove, InterVarsity, 2012.  Lots of good things here.  I think this dictionary is one of the best in the series.*

Boettner, Loraine The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, Phillipsburg, NJ, P & R, 1976.  Standard presentation of TULIP, by one of the promulgators of it.  Too much inference for my liking.  

Boice, James M., Witness and Revelation in the Gospel of John, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1970.  An interesting study.  Basically, Boice’s dissertation.  

Bray, Gerald, God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology, Wheaton, Crossway, 2012.  Gets better as one keeps reading.  A fine companion to the author’s excellent Historical Theology.

Brindle, Wayne, “Biblical Evidence for the Imminence of the Rapture,” Bibliotheca Sacra 158 (April-June 2001).  One of the best arguments for this view I have read. *

Brooks, Thomas  Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, Edinburgh, Banner of Truth, 2021.  Terrific and unrivalled (unless one knows Gilpin).  Brooks is heavy on Ramist outlining, but this work is brilliant.*

Brown, Colin, General Editor, New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975Still an important work.  Corrected many of the excesses of Kittel.

Brown, Michael G. and Zach Keele, Sacred Bond: Covenant Theology Explored, Reformed Fellowship Inc, 2012. Touted by many as the best intro to CT.  Belcher is better but this should be read

Brown, Sherri, Gift Upon Gift: Covenant through Word in the Gospel of John, Eugene, OR, Pickwick, 2010.  A unique study which shows how John uses covenant to underpin his thesis.

Bruce, F. F., The Book of Acts, NICNT, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.  Still a standard commentary.*

  • Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1989.  Good, but not Bruce’s best.
  • The Epistle to the Galatians, NIGNTC, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1982.  Outstanding*
  • The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, Tyndale, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1983.  For its length this is excellent, but why so brief?*
  • The Epistle to the Hebrews, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1990.  Definitely one of the best on this book.*  

Bruno, Chris, Jared Compton, and Kevin McFadden, Biblical Theology According to the Apostles: How the earliest Christians told the story of Israel, Downers Grove, IL, IVP, 2020.  I liked this book more than I thought I would.  The authors cover seven episodes for study.  They are careful in their approach, which I respect even when I disagree, which is quite often.

Bullinger, E. W., The Apocalypse, or “The Day of the Lord,” London, Samuel Bagster, 1972.  Hyper-Dispensational, but worth having because Bullinger thinks outside the box.

  • Number in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance, Grand Rapids, Kregel. 1967. A standard work. There is always a danger of seeing what isn’t there.

Bunyan, John, The Pilgrim’s Progress, many editions. Too celebrated for me to add anything.  This ought to be studied by every Christian!*

Burge, Gary M., Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to “Holy Land” Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2012. Replacement theology at its worst.

  • “Territorial Religion, Johannine Christology, and the Vineyard of John 15,” in Jesus of Nazareth: Lord and Christ: Essays on the Historical Jesus and New Testament Christology, edited by Joel B. Green and Max Turner, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1994.  Inference above exegesis.

Burgraff, David L., “Augustine: From the ‘Not Yet’ to the ‘Already,’” in Forsaking Israel: How It Happened and Why It Matters, second edition, edited by Larry D. Pettegrew.  Excellent presentation of Augustine’s influence on eschatology.  Misconstrues Pelagius (see now Ali Bonner’s work).*

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Echevarria, Miguel G. and Benjamin P. Laird, 40 Questions About the Apostle Paul, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2023.  The authors do a good job, but the eschatology is typological. #

Eddy, Paul Rhodes and Gregory L. Boyd, The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Jesus Tradition, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.  Though somewhat over reliant on secular historiography there is a lot of great material in this book.

Edgar, Thomas R., “An Exegesis of Rapture Passages,” in Issues in Dispensationalism, Wesley R. Willis and John R. Master, General Editors, Chicago. Moody, 1994.  A very useful discussion.

English, E. Schuyler, Rethinking the Rapture, Loizeaux Brothers, 1954.  A gallant but unconvincing attempt to find the rapture in 2 Thess. 2:3.

Erickson, Millard J., God in Three Persons: A Contemporary Interpretation of the Trinity, Grand Rapids, Baker, 1995.  A first-class theologian writes a standard book on the topic.*

Evans, Craig A. & Stanley E. Porter, editors, Dictionary of New Testament Background, Downers Grove, InterVarsity, 2000.  A very well put together dictionary.*

Evans, C. A., “Judaism, Post-A.D. 70,” in Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Development, Ralph P. Martin & Peter H. Davids, Editors, Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity, 1997.  A leading authority on the subject.*  

  • Luke, Peabody, MA, Hendricksen, 1990.  A very readable, solid work.   

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Ladd, George Eldon, The Presence of the Future: The Eschatology of Biblical Realism, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1996. Classic study putting forth the concept of already/not yet eschatology.  Very influential.  I demur but I liked some of the chapters.   

  • A Theology of the New Testament, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.  Still a top NT Theology.*
  • The Blessed Hope: A Biblical Study of the Second Advent and the Rapture, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1990.  An argument for posttribulationism.

Lane, William L., The Gospel of Mark, NICNT, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974.  Though critical this is a good commentary.  

  • Hebrews, WBC, 2 Volumes, Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1991.  Perhaps the best all-round work on Hebrews.*

Laney, J. Carl, John, Chicago, Moody, 1992.  A competent premillennial commentary.*

Lanier, Greg, Old Made New: A Guide to the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Wheaton, Crossway, 2022.  From a CT perspective, this work contains much useful information.   

LaRondelle, Hans K., The Israel of God in Prophecy: Principles of Prophetic Interpretation, Berrien Springs, Andrews University Press, 1993.  An SDA work which is routinely utilized by supersessionists.  

Leighton, Robert, Commentary on First Peter, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 1981.  A great Churchman of the past wrote this commentary.  Very devout and not to be missed, but exegetes will need to look elsewhere.  

Letham, Robert, The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship, Phillipsburg, NJ, 2019.  Vies with Erickson as the best treatment on the subject.*

  • Systematic Theology, Wheaton, IL, Crossway, 2019.  This one has not got the attention it deserves.  Letham starts with the Trinity and attaches other doctrines to that hub.  Reformed, erudite, readable.  One of the top five systematics in my book.*

Liefeld, Walter L., “Luke,” in EBC, Vol. 8, edited by Frank E. Gaebelein, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.  Competent work within the limits the author had to work within.   

Lincoln, Andrew T., The Gospel According to Saint John, New York: Continuum, 2005.  Underrated but full of insight.  A great foil for other commentaries on John.*

  • Truth on Trial: The Lawsuit Motif in the Fourth Gospel, Eugene, OR, Wipf & Stock, 2019.  Posits that John’s use of witness terminology creates a lawsuit/counter lawsuit motif reaching back into Isaiah.

Lindars, Barnabas, The Gospel of John, NCBC, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.  A little idiosyncratic but scholarly.

Lindsey, F. Duane, “Isaiah’s Songs of the Servant Part 1: The Call of the Servant in Isaiah 42:1-9,” BSAC 139:553 (Jan 1982).  I think he stops too short in his analysis of Isa. 42:6 but this is a helpful article.

Longenecker, Bruce W. “Moral Character and Divine Generosity: Acts 13:13-52 and the Narrative Dynamics of Luke-Acts,“ in New Testament Greek and Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Gerald F. Hawthorne, edited by Amy M. Donaldson and Timothy B. Sailors, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2003.  Excellent exegesis of Paul’s first speech.*

Longenecker, R. N., The Epistle to the Romans, NIGNTC, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.  Detailed and balanced.  Not stuck in a Reformed mold.  One of the best Romans commentaries.*    

  • “Acts,” ad loc, in EBC., Vol. 10, edited by Frank L. Gaebelein.  A superb work for the format.*

Longman III, Tremper, Revelation Through Old Testament Eyes, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2022.  If you want a short exposition of the amillennial approach to Revelation, this is worth getting.   

Lowery, David K., “2 Corinthians,” in BKCNT, edited by John F. Walvoord & Roy B. Zuck, Victor Books, 1997.  A fine exposition.

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Unger, Merrill F., Unger’s Commentary on the Old Testament, Malachi, Chicago, Moody, 1981.  Unger’s notes on the text.  Good but to my mind (ironically) he jumps too quickly to prophetic interpretation.  

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Vaillancourt, Ian J., The Dawning of Redemption: The Story of the Pentateuch and the Hope of the Gospel, Wheaton: IL., Crossway, 2022.  A very accessible introduction to the Pentateuch. 

VanGemeren, Willem, The Progress of Redemption, Carlisle, UK, Paternoster, 1995.  VanGemeren was very prolific in the 80’s and 90’s.  This is one of the best Reformed Biblical Theologies.  Divides redemptive history into 12 epochs.*    

VanLaningham, Michael G., “A Response to the Progressive Covenantalists’ (and Others’) View of the Land Promises for Israel,” in The Future Restoration of Israel: A Response to Supersessionism, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Alan E. Kurschner, Eugene, OR, Pickwick, 2023.  A very good and needed critique honing in on Gentry and Wellum’s Kingdom through Covenant.*

  • “Romans,” in The Moody Bible Commentary, edited by Michael Rydelnik and Michael VanLaningham.  A solid treatment.  

Van Oosterzee, J. J., The Gospel According to Luke, Lange’s Commentary, Vol. 8, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1980.  Although he took the kenotic position this is a really good older commentary.*

Venema, Cornelis P, Christ and Covenant Theology: Essays on Election, Republication, and the Covenants, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2017.  Written for the gallery.  The first two parts are the best in my opinion.  

Vermes, Geza, Jesus the Jew, Minneapolis, Fortress, 1981.  Does strive to bring Jesus back into His milieu.  Bultmannian.  

  • Jesus in His Jewish Context, Minneapolis, Fortress, 2003.  See above.  A bit of psychologizing thrown in.

Vlach, Michael J., He Will Reign Forever: A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God, Silverton, OR, Lampion, 2017.  The first Biblical Theology I would place into someone’s hands.  I hope one day Vlach will expand this book.* #

  • The New Creation Model: A Paradigm for Discovering God’s Restoration Purposes from Creation to New Creation, Cary, NC, Theological Studies Press, 2023.  A great argument for God’s future refurbishment of this world in the Kingdom of God.  An important step forward for Dispensational theology, especially in terms of prolegomena.*
  • The Old in the New: Understanding How the New Testament Authors Quoted the Old Testament, The Woodlands, Kress, 2021.  A good look at the OT in the NT from a Dispensational point of view.  Needs a fuller coverage of some passages.*
  • The New Covenant Lawgiver: Jesus and Law in Matthew 5:17-48, published independently, 2022. Vlach focusses on the latter part of Matthew 5 to show that Christ issues New Covenant Law.   
  • Has the Church Replaced Israel?: A Theological Evaluation, Nashville, B&H, 2010. A first rate work on supersessionism.*  
  • “Six Views on New Covenant Fulfillment,” https://mikevlach.blogspot.com/2019/07/six-views-on-new-covenant-fulfillment.html  A capable delineation of the subject matter.*
  • “The Eschatology of the Pauline Epistles,” in The Return of Christ: A Premillennial Perspective, edited by David L. Allen & Steve W. Lemke, Nashville, B&H, 2011.  I wish this chapter were longer, but what we’ve got is great.  Believes (correctly) we are living in a New covenant era.* #

Vos, Geerhardus, The Pauline Eschatology, Phillipsburg, NJ, P&R, 1979.  Still one of the best expositions of amillennial eschatology.  Not easy reading.  

  • “Hebrews, the Epistle of the Diatheke,” in The Princeton Theological Review, Vol. 13, No.4, [1915].  A classic essay.  
  • Reformed Dogmatics: Ecclesiology, The Means of Grace, Eschatology, Volume 5, Bellingham, WA, 2016.  Written in typical question and answer format, this is a bit of a bore unless one is into these kinds of things.  Noteworthy though are the deeply reflective brief answers Vos gives, even as a young man.   

4 thoughts on “From the Bibliography”

  1. A couple of questions…

    On David Allen, have you used his commentary on Hebrews? I have his book on Luke as his suggested author. That was my speculation that arose independently before I found his book. I don’t quite agree with everything Allen says about it, but it is the way I lean.

    On Bray, re his history of theology, do you mean *God Has Spoken*? I also have that one and have started it. I find him very readable. I am also reading Roger Olson’s *The Story of Christian Theology*, which I also like.

    I enjoyed reading through your list. I wish I could read more, but am trying to make time each day for extra reading. Getting through a few books that way.

    Maranatha!
    Don Johnson
    Jer 33.3

  2. I don’t have Allen’s commentary on Hebrews, but I have looked at it. Yes, Bray’s book “God Has Spoken” is what I was referring to. Olson is also very good.

    Un-sought-after advice: read the good books!

  3. This is a really helpful guide—thank you for posting! Out of curiosity (since there wasn’t an entry for “K” names) have you interacted with Douglas Kennard’s three-volume work called Biblical Covenantalism? Found it looking for your stuff, only to discover it was a totally different author!

    1. I have read a fair bit of Kennard. I liked what I read even though he is not that clear sometimes, and I saw that he does not mean quite the same thing as I do by “Biblical Covenantalism.” Kennard is not concerned as I am solely with the covenants of God, at least he is also concerned with ANE covenants and inter-testamental and rabbinic issues. I applaud his hope for Israel as a nation, and like I said in my book, I think his book deserves a wider readership.

      I did debate with myself about whether to call my position “Biblical Covenantalism” once I found his book, but I have been using the term in writing since 2007, so I believe I probably coined the term. I hope this helps.

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