New Testament Introduction

The following is a comprehensive list of introductions to the New Testament, which are either currently in print or easy to acquire. The highlighted volumes are highly recommended.

• Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson. Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
• Barr, David L. New Testament Story: An Introduction. 4th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2008.
• Berding, Kenneth and Matt Williams. What the New Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Their Writings. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2008.

• Brown, Raymond. An Introduction to the New Testament. Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. New Haven: Yale University, 1997.

• Burge, Gary M., Lynn H. Cohick, and Gene L. Green. The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament within Its Cultural Contexts. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009..
• Burkett, Delbert. An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• Carson, Donald A. and Douglas J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament. 2d Edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

• deSilva, David. An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.

• Drane, John. Introducing the New Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001.
• Ehrman, Bart D. A Brief Introduction to the New Testament. 2d Edition. New York: Oxford University, 2008.
• Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. 4th Edition. New York: Oxford University, 2007.
• Elwell, Walter A. and Robert W. Yarbrough. Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey. 2d Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
• Gundry, Robert H. A Survey of the New Testament. 4th Edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
• Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction. Revised Edition. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1990.
• Harris, Stephen L. The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction. 3d Edition. Mayfield, 1998.

• Holladay, Carl R. A Critical Introduction to the New Testament: Interpreting the Message and Meaning of Jesus Christ. Nashville: Abingdon, 2005.

• Johnson, Luke Timothy and Todd C. Penner. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.
• Koester, Helmut. Introduction to the New Testament, Vol. 1: History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age. 2d Edition. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1995. and Introduction to the New Testament, Vol. 2: History and Literature of Early Christianity. 2d Edition. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2000.
• Kostenberger, Andreas J., L. Scott Kellum, and Charles Quarles. The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2009.

• Kümmel, Werner Georg. Introduction to the New Testament. Revised Edition. Translated by H. C. Kee. Nashville: Abingdon, 1975.

• Marshall, I. Howard, Stephen Travis, and Ian Paul. Exploring the New Testament, Vol. 2: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005. [For volume one, see Wenham and Walton below]
• Martin, Ralph P. New Testament Foundations, Vol. 1: The Four Gospels. Revised Edition. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2000. and New Testament Foundations, Vol. 2: The Acts, The Letters, The Apocalypse. Revised Edition. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2000.
• McDonald, Lee Martin and Stanley E. Porter. Early Christianity and its Sacred Literature. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000.
• Metzger, Bruce M. New Testament: Its Background, Growth and Content. 3d Edition. Nashville, Abingdon, 2003.
• Perkins, Pheme. Reading the New Testament: An Introduction. 2d Edition. New York: Paulist, 1988.
• Pregeant, Russell. Encounter with the New Testament: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009.

• Udo Schnelle. The History and Theology of the New Testament Writings. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.

• Shillington, V. George. New Testament in Context: A Literary and Theological Textbook. London: T & T Clark, 2009.
• Theissen, Gerd. Fortress Introduction to the New Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.
• Wenham, David and Steve Walton. Exploring the New Testament, Vol. 1: A Guide to the Gospels and Acts. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005. [For volume two, see Marshall, Travis, and Paul above]