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New Testament Theology

*Beale, G. K. A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011. Massive, detailed, insightful. Unlike most New Testament theologies which typically focus exclusively on the NT canon, Beale traces and builds upon the OT storyline, and so this book overlaps with whole-Bible biblical theologies.

Blomberg, Craig L. A New Testament Theology. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2018. One of the newest NT theologies, Blomberg adopts a chronological approach, treating themes within the various corpora as they proceed, and identifies as the unifying topic of the NT the fulfillment of God’s Word and promises.

Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Theology. Leicester, MA: IVP, 1990. Guthrie’s is a major work that has served evangelicals for decades. Unlike most, he proceeds thematically instead of canonically—this provides a thorough treatment of themes but less insight into how various writers contribute to and treat those themes.

Ladd, George Eldon, and Donald A. Hagner. A Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001. Ladd’s work has long stood as perhaps the most influential among evangelicals, and it remains a work worth consulting. Many will question whether kingdom is quite the unifying theme he claims, but his presentation of the eschatological nature of the kingdom is illuminating nonetheless.

*Marshall, I. Howard. New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2014. An illuminating, book-by-book work by a giant of NT studies. In his synthesis, Marshall identified mission as the topical center of the NT.

Morris, Leon. New Testament Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1990.

*Schreiner, Thomas R. Magnifying God in Christ: A Summary of New Testament Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2010. Schreiner’s is perhaps now the best from an evangelical, Reformed perspective. He proceeds thematically but in a redemptive-historical fashion, which strengthens the synthetic nature of the work. Yet Schreiner’s exegetical rigor protects him from domesticating texts in favor of a project imposed upon them.

Thielman, Frank. Theology of the New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005. Thielman proceeds in a book-by-book fashion, with a concluding chapter of synthesis. Its strength is in clear, edifying treatment of the theology of each NT writer.