How to Study Christology: A Beginning Bibliography
This will be an initial compilation of various titles on Christology. Some works may be considered to belong to New Testament or Historical Theology. I make no apology for including a wide array of titles. We need to think long and hard on Jesus Christ. We need all the help we can get. Of course, as a disclaimer, I do not necessarily endorse all the contents of the volumes I include on my site in any given post. However, I have sometimes learned much from those with whom I have specific methodological, presuppositional, religious, and theological differences. This, and subsequent bibliographies, are dedicated to all who want to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. I trust all will be edified and encouraged to dig deeper by obtaining and using the works.
Indispensable Titles:
The Bible (you may have a favored translation, but I would advise on a more literal version for serious study: KJV; NKJV; ESV; NASB are superior, imho).
A Harmony of the Gospels (There are many on the market, from inexpensive paperbacks to the scholarly publications of the German Bible society’s Greek Text editions. Get one and use it!).
Beginner’s Titles:
Allison, Gregg, R. Jesusology: Understanding What You Believe About Jesus and Why (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2005).
Blanchard, John. Meet the Real Jesus (Auburn, MA: Evangelical Press, 1989).
Bray, Gerald. Steps of Understanding: Key Events in Jesus’ Life (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 1998).
Harris, Murray, J. 3 Crucial Questions About Jesus (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994).
Loane, Marcus, L. Jesus Himself: The Story of the Resurrection (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 2007).
Thomas, W. Griffith. Christianity is Christ (New Canaan, CT: Keats, 1981 [1909]).
Beyond Beginner’s Titles:
Guthrie, Donald. A Shorter Life of Christ (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1970).
LaHaye, Tim. Why Believe in Jesus (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2004).
Murray, David. Jesus on Every Page (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2013).
Olyott, Stuart. Jesus is Both God and Man (Auburn, MA: Evangelical Press, 2000 [1984]).
Reardon, Patrick Henry. The Jesus We Missed (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012).
Wright, Chris. The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Monarch Books, 2001 [1997]).
Intermediate Titles:
Barclay, William. Jesus as They Saw Him (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994 [1962]).
Bowman, Jr. Robert M. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989).
Bowman, Jr. Robert M., & J. Ed Komoszewski. Putting Jesus in His Place (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007).
Culver, Robert D. The Earthly Career of Jesus, the Christ (Fearn, UK: Mentor, 2002 [1976]).
Habermas, Gary, & Antony Flew. Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987).
Hoehner, Harold W. Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977 [1973]).
Marshall, I. Howard. I Believe in the Historical Jesus (Iowa Falls, IA: World Bible Publishers, 2002 [1977]).
Thompson, Marianne Meye. The Incarnate Word (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988).
Warrington, Keith. Discovering Jesus in the New Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2010).
Zodhiates, Spiros. Was Christ God? (Chattanooga, TN: AMG, 1966).
Beyond Intermediate Titles:
Bird, Michael F. Jesus is the Christ (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2012).
Bird, Michael F., et al. How God Became Jesus (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).
Carey, George. God Incarnate (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1977).
Chestnut, Glenn F. Images of Christ (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984).
Marshall, I. Howard. The Origins of New Testament Christology (Leicester, UK: Apollos, 1990 [1976]).
McKnight, Scot. The Story of the Christ (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006).
Moule, C.F.D. The Origin of Christology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977).
Peterson, David., ed. The Word Became Flesh (Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 2003).
Spence, Alan. Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed (London, UK: T and T Clark, 2008).
Zahl, Paul F.M. A Short Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).
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