Required Textbooks 2012-2013
Nashville, TN
2012-2013
Textbooks required for each course are listed on this information sheet. Textbook lists can also be found in the course’s syllabus on Moodle. If you need any assistance, contact the on-campus LifeWay Christian Bookstore at (502) 897-4506 or visit their webpage at: http://www.sbts.edu/current-students/amenities/campus-bookstore/.
Fall 2012
25000 Intro to Church History I Brand
Earle E. Cairns. Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church. Third edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Tim Dowley, ed. Baker Atlas of Christian History. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
John Hannah. Our Legacy: History of Christian Doctrine. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2001.
Alvin J. Schmidt. How Christianity Changed the World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
Chad Brand and Tom Pratt. Seeking the City. Text available online at Moodle.
25120 Intro to Church History II Brand
Earle E. Cairns. Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church. Third edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
John Hannah. The Kregel Pictorial Guide to Church History: The Reformation of the Church. Grand Rapids: Kregel.
John Hannah. The Kregel Pictorial Guide to Church History: The Church in the Late Modern Period. Grand Rapids: Kregel.
John Hannah. Our Legacy: History of Christian Doctrine. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2001.
Chad Brand and Tom Pratt. Seeking the City, part two, “The Struggle for the City,” document on Moodle.
Alvin J. Schmidt. How Christianity Changed the World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
22100 Biblical Hermeneutics Martin/Vickers
The following is a partial list of books for the part of the class Dr. Vickers will cover. Dr. Vickers will also assign a text book for a book review assignment but that book is not yet available. The review will not be due until later in the semester.
Doriani, Daniel M. Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible. Phillipsburg: P&R, 1996. 0875522386
Goldsworthy, Graeme. According to Plan. Downers Grove: IVP.
Plummer, Robert, 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible, Kregel, 9780825434983
20400 Elementary Hebrew Martin
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
Brown, Driver, Briggs, and Gesenius. The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon. (or a lexicon of your choice; you may consult the professor on this choice)
Weingreen, J. A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.
22400 Elementary Greek Carlson
Ray Summers and Thomas Sawyer, Essentials of New Testament Greek (Nashville: B&H, 1995). The related workbook is recommended but not required: Steven L. Cox, Essentials of New Testament: A Student’s Guide (Nashville: B&H, 1999).
The Greek New Testament, Fourth Revised Edition (Munster, Germany: United Bible Societies, 1994).
30020 Preaching Practicum Henard
Hershael York and Bert Decker, Speaking with Bold Assurance, B&H
Jerry Vines and Jim Shaddix, Power in the Pulpit, Moody
32100 Personal Evangelism Coppenger
Timothy K. Beougher, Overcoming Walls to Witnessing (Charlotte: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1993).
Will Metzger, Tell the Truth, Third Edition (Downers Grove: IVP, 2002)
J.D. Payne, Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions (Colorado Springs: Biblica, 2011).
Alvin Reid, Evangelism Handbook (Nashville: B&H, 2009).
22200 Intro to New Testament I Plummer
Carson, D.A., ed. New Testament Commentary Survey. 6th ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007. ISBN: 0801031249. (This work should be skimmed, not read word-for-word.)
Longenecker, Bruce W. The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. ISNB: 0801026075.
Strauss, Mark. Four Portraits: One Jesus. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-310-22697-0.
Additional readings are listed in the class schedule. Other readings may be added in class. Readings should be completed prior to the day on which they are listed.
22220 Intro to New Testament II Vickers
Kostenberger, Kellum, and Quarles. The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2009. ISBN: 9780805443657
**NOTE: We will follow canonical order (Acts, Rom, 1 Cor, etc.) in class. The text book does not cover Acts-Rev in canonical order. Adjust your reading to fit the class schedule.
Bird, Michael. Introducing Paul. IVP. ISBN: 0830828974
Longenecker, Richard. The Lost Letters of Pergamum. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. ISBN: 0801026075.
Spring 2013
20200 Intro to Old Testament I Martin
The Bible: a standard translation (not a paraphrase).
Goldsworthy, Graeme. According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity. ISBN: 0830826963.
Schultz, Samuel. The Old Testament Speaks: A Complete Survey of Old Testament History and Literature. 5th edition. San Francisco: Harper Collins. ISBN: 0062516744.
One additional book chosen by the student from the document “A Bit of Lagniappe.”
34300 Intro to Biblical Counseling Scott
Brad Bigney, Gospel Treason, 978-1596384026, $14.99
Russell Moore, Counseling and the Authority of Christ, ebook
Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, 978-0875526072, $16.99
David Powlison, Seeing With New Eyes, 978-0875526089, $14.99
BC Majors: Lambert, Heath. The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams, 978-1433528132, $17.99
OR
Non-BC Majors: Stuart Scott, and Heath Lambert, eds., Counseling the Hard Cases, 978-1433672224, $32.99
20220 Intro to Old Testament II Martin
The English Standard Version, or another Bible translation of the student’s choosing. Please do not use a paraphrase version.
Kaiser, Walter C. Mission in the Old Testament: Israel as a Light to the Nations. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2000. ISBN: 0801022289.
Longman III, Tremper. How to Read the Psalms. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988. ISBN : 0877849412.
Schultz, Samuel. The Old Testament Speaks: A Complete Survey of Old Testament History and Literature. 5th edition. San Francisco: Harper Collins. ISBN: 0062516744.
20440 Hebrew Syntax & Exegesis Martin
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia or other approved text of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Brown, Driver, Briggs, and Gesenius. The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon or other approved lexicon.
Weingreen, J. A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.
Williams, Ronald J. William’s Hebrew Syntax. 3rd edition. Revised and expanded by John C. Beckman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. Reprint 2010.
22440 Greek Syntax & Exegesis Carlson
Daniel L. Wallace, The Basics of New Testament Greek Syntax (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000)
The Greek New Testament, UBS, 4th edition revised
William Trenchard, Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992, 1998)
D. A. Carson, Exegetical Fallacies (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996)
32960 Intro to Missiology Martin
Fletcher, Jesse C. Bill Wallace of China. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 2008.
You will read this book as the missionary biography. If you have already read this book, please consult the professor for approval to read a different biography.
Moreau, A. Scott, Gary R. Corwin & Gary B. McGee. Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical and Practical Survey. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2004.
22200 Intro to New Testament I Stubblefield
Strauss, Mark L. Four Portraits, One Jesus. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007. ISBN: 978-0310226970. (Strauss)
Pennington, Reading the Gospels Wisely, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012. ISBN: 978-0801039379 (Pennington)
CHOICE BETWEEN:
Maier, Paul. Pontius Pilate. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1995. ISBN: 978-0-8254-3296-5
OR
Longenecker, Bruce W. The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. ISNB: 0801026075.
OR
Hill, Charles. Who Chose the Gospels? Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy. Oxford: OUP, 2010. ISBN: 978-0199551231.
OR
Rice, Anne. Christ the Lord. New York: Random House, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-345-49273-9.
40150 Personal Spiritual Disciplines Coppenger/Harrod
30000 Christian Preaching Vogel
30020 Preaching Practicum Vogel
