I have focused on books that are (1) recent, (2) scholarly (i.e. not apologetic), and (3) reasonably priced. If a book is expensive, but worth the price, I’ve put a dollar sign ($) in front of it.
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Happy reading!
New Testament
- Mary Ann Beavis and Ally Kateusz, Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam (2021). https://amzn.to/3QA3k54
- Alexander Kocar, Heavenly Stories: Tiered Salvation in the New Testament and Ancient Christianity (2021). https://amzn.to/3wqyBk0
- Erin Roberts and Jennifer Eyl, Christian Tourist Attractions: Mythmaking and Identity Formation (2020). https://amzn.to/3Qwgobt
- Joy Schroeder and Marion A. Taylor, Voices Long-Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries (2022). https://amzn.to/3wgm2rH
- $ Matthias Becker, Lukas und Dion von Prusa (2020). https://amzn.to/4ds9zlb
- $ Robert L. Brawley, Luke: A Social Identity Commentary (2020). https://amzn.to/4a6i7vn
- $ Mina Monier, Temple and Empire: The Context of the Temple Piety of Luke-Acts (2021). https://amzn.to/4adpwsO
- Joshua Noble, Common Property, the Golden Age, and Empire in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35 (2022). https://amzn.to/3UMppzP
- Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, Luke in His Own Words: A Study of the Language of Luke-Acts in Greek (2022). https://amzn.to/3yer2xC
- Ferdinand C. Baur, The Christ Party in the Corinthian Community (2021). https://amzn.to/4dxLny4
- Darian Lockett, ed. The Catholic Epistles: Critical Readings (2021). https://amzn.to/4acNS63
Jesus
- Dale Allison, The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Criticism, History (2021). https://amzn.to/3UQrx9M
- Richard Walsh, T&T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film (2021). https://amzn.to/3QzHoqG
- Richard Walsh and Jeffrey Staley, Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination (2022). https://amzn.to/3wi0N8S
Paul
- Mark D. Given, Paul Unbound: Other Perspectives on the Apostle (2022). https://amzn.to/3Wwrj8U
M. David Litwa, Ph.D. 