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Textbooks Required for PLNU Classes

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BIB 102 New Testament (for fall 2005)
             New Interpreter's Study Bible (NRSV)
           K. & B. Aland, Synopsis of the Four Gospels
          
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BIB 101 Old Testament (for fall 2005)
            
           New Interpreter's Study Bible (NRSV)
          
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SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

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Mark

 

Luke

 

MATTHEW

 
 

Most Highly Recommended

Betz, Hans Deiter. The Sermon on the Mount: A Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, Including the Sermon on the Plain (Matthew 5:3-7:27 and Luke 6:20-40). Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.

Carter, Warren.  Matthew and Empire: Initial Explorations. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2001.

 ________.  Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1996.

Davies, W. D. and Dale C. Allison. Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According
          to Saint Matthew
. Edinburgh: T and T Clark, 1997.

 Hagner, Donald A.  Matthew. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 33B. Dallas: Word, 1993-96.

 Luz, Ulrich. Matthew. 3 vols. Hermeneia. Edited by H. Koester. Translated by J. E. Crouch.
           Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001.

 Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Gospel of Matthew. Translated by R. R. Barr.  Grand Rapids:
           Eerdmans, 2002.

 Senior, Donald.  What Are They Saying About Matthew? Rev. ed.  Mahweh: Paulist Press, 1996.

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MARK

 
 

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Donahue, John R. and Daniel J. Harrington. The Gospel of Mark. Sacra Pagina. Minneapolis: Liturgical Press, 2002.

Hooker, Morna D. The Gospel According to Saint Mark. Black's New Testament Commentary. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1991.

Juel, Donald. The Gospel of Mark. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Lane, William L. The Gospel According to Mark: The English Text with Introduction, Exposition and Notes. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974.

Moloney, Francis J. The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2002.

Tolbert, Mary Ann. Sowing the Gospel: Mark's World in Literary-Historical Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.

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LUKE

 
 

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Bovon, François. Luke. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002-  .

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Gospel According to Luke. 2 vols. Anchor Bible. Garden City: Doubleday, 1981-85.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Gospel of Luke. Sacra Pagina, no. 3. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1991.

Nolland, John. Luke. Word Biblical Commentary, 3 vols. Dallas: Word, 1989-93.

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LUKE-ACTS

 
 

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Black, C. Clifton. The Rhetoric of the Gospel: Theological Artistry in the Gospels and Acts. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2001.

Byrne, Brendan. The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke's Gospel. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000.

Keck, Leander E. and J. Louis Martyn, eds. Studies in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.

Malina, Bruce J. and Jerome H. Neyrey, eds. The Social World of Luke-Acts: Models for Interpretation. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1991.

Reid, Barbara E. Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.

Reimer, Ivoni Richter. Women in the Acts of the Apostles: A Feminist Liberation Perspective. Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.

Thompson, Richard P. and Thomas E. Phillips, eds. Literary Studies in Luke-Acts. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.

Witherington, Ben, ed. History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

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JOHANNINE LITERATURE

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Commentaries on John

Commentaries on 1, 2, & 3 John

General Johaninne Studies

   

 

COMMENTARIES ON JOHN

 
 

Most Highly Recommended

Beasley-Murray, George R. John. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 36. Dallas: Word, 1987.

Brown, Raymond E. The Gospel According to John. 2nd ed. Anchor Bible, 2 vols. Garden City: Doubleday, 1985.

Moloney, Francis J. The Gospel of John. Sacra Pagina, no. 4. Minneapolis: Liturgical Press, 1998.

Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Gospel of John. 3 vols. New York: Crossroads,
        1990 (reprint.)

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Resources for Johaninne Studies

 
 

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Brown, Raymond E. The Community of the Beloved Disciple: The Life, Loves, and Hates of an Individual Church in New Testament Times. New York: Paulist Press, 1979.     

Culpepper, R. Alan. Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983.

Martyn, J. Louis. History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel. 3rd ed. New Testament Library. Louisville: John Knox/Westminster, 2003.

Smith, D. Moody. John. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Thompson, Marrianne Meye. The God of the Gospel of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.

Reinhartz, Adele. Befriending the Beloved Disciple. New York: Continuum, 2001.

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COMMENTARIES ON 1, 2 & 3 JOHN

 
 

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Brown, Raymond E.  The Epistles of John. Anchor Bible, no. 30. Garden City: Doubleday, 1982.

Marshall, I. Howard. The Epistles on John. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Johannine Epistles: A Commentary. Translated by Reginald Fuller and Isle Fuller. New York: Crossroad, 1992.

Smalley, Stephen S. 1, 2, 3 John. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 51. Dallas: Word, 1984.

Strecker, Georg. The Johannine Letters: A Commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John. Hermeneia. Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.

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COMMENTARIES ON ACTS

 
 

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Barrett, C. K. The Acts of the Apostles, 2 vols. International Critical and Exegetical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1994-98.

________. The Acts of the Apostles: A Shorter Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2002.

Conzelmann, Hans. Acts of the Apostles: A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Edited by Eldon Jay Epp and Christopher R. Matthews. Translated by James Limburg, A. Thomas Krabel and Donald H. Juel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Acts of the Apostles. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Haenchen, Ernst. The Acts of the Apostles: A Commentary. Translated by R. McL. Wilson. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1971.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Acts of the Apostles. Sacra Pagina, no. 5. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1992.

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PAULINE LETTERS & THEOLOGY

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Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Philippians
Paul's Letters & Theology 1 & 2 Thessalonians
Colossians & Philemon
Ephesians
1, 2 Timothy & Titus
 
 

 

PAULINE STUDIES

 
 

Most Highly Recommended

Ascough, Richard S. What Are They Saying About the Formation of Pauline Churches? New York: Paulist Press, 1998.

Koperski, Veronica. What Are They Saying About Paul and the Law. New York: Paulist, 2001.

Lovering, Eugene H. and Jerry L. Sumney, eds. Theology and Ethics in Paul and His Interpreters. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.

MacDonald, Dennis R.  The Legend and the Apostle: The Battle for Paul in Story and Canon. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1983.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. Paul the Letter-Writer: His World, His Options, His Skills. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995.

________. Paul: A Critical Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Sanders, E. P. Paul. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.

________. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977.

Wright, N. T.  What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

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ROMANS

 
 

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Achtemeier, Paul J. Romans. Interpretation. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1985.

Cranfield, C. E. B. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Epistle To The Romans. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1979.

Dunn, James D. G. Romans. Word Biblical Commentary, 2 vols. Dallas: Word, 1988.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Romans. Anchor Bible, no. 33. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

Käsemann, Ernst. Commentary on Romans. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.

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1 CORINTHIANS

 
 

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Conzelmann, Hans. 1 Corinthians: A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians. Hermeneia. Edited by George W. MacRae. Translated by James W. Leitch. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975. ISBN 0800660056

Fee, Gordon D. The First Epistle To The Corinthians. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. ISBN 0802822886

Furnish, Victor Paul.  The Theology of the First Letter to the Corinthians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Thiselton, Anthony. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

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2 CORINTHIANS

 
 

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Furnish, Victor Paul. 2 Corinthians. Anchor Bible. Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. ISBN 0385111991

Lambrecht, Jan. Second Corinthians. Sacra Pagina. Minneapolis: Liturgical Press, 1999. ISBN

Martin, Ralph P. Second Corinthians. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco: Word, 1986. ISBN 0849902398

Thrall, Margaret E. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1994.

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GALATIANS

 
 

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Betz, Hans Dieter. Galatians: A Commentary on Paul's Letter to the Churches in Galatia. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.

Bruce, F. F. Commentary on Galatians. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982. ISBN 0802823874

Dunn, James D. G. The Epistle to the Galatians. Black's New Testament Commentary. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1993.

Martyn, J. Louis. Galatians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible, no. 33A. New York: Doubleday, 1997.

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EPHESIANS

 
 

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Barth, Markus. Ephesians. Anchor Bible, 2 vols. Garden City: Doubleday, 1960-74.

Best, Ernest. Ephesians. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998.

Mitton, C. Leslie. Ephesians, New Century Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973.

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PHILIPPIANS

 
 

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Collange, Jean-François. The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Philippians. Translated by A. W. Heathcote. London: Epworth, 1979.

Hawthorne, Gerald F. Philippians. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 43. Waco: Word, 1983.

Witherington, Ben. Friendship and Finances in Philippi: The Letter of Paul to the Philippians. The New Testament in Context. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1994.

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COLOSSIANS & PHILEMON

 
 

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Dunn, James D. G. The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Lohse, Eduard. Colossians and Philemon. Hermeneia. Edited by Helmut Koester. Translated by William R. Poehlmann and Robert J. Karris. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971.

O'Brien, Peter T. Colossians, Philemon. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 44. Waco: Word, 1982.

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1 & 2 THESSALONIANS

 
 

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Best, Ernest. The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians. Black's New Testament Commentaries. London: A & C Black, 1972.

Bruce, F. F. 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 45. Waco: Word, 1982.

Malherbe, Abraham J. The Letter to the Thessalonians. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

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1, 2 TIMOTHY & TITUS

 
 

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Bassler, Jouette M. 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.

Dibelius, Martin and Hans Conzelmann. The Pastoral Epistles. Hermeneia. Edited by Helmut Koester. Translated by Philip Buttolph and Adela Yarbro. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1972.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. Letters to Paul's Delegates: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1996.

Quinn, Jerome D. and William C. Wacker. The First and Second Letter to Timothy. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

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GENERAL WRITINGS

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Hebrews

James

1 & 2 Peter and Jude

   

 

HEBREWS

 
 

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Attridge, Harold W. Hebrews. Hermeneia. Edited by Helmut Koester. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989.

Koester, Craig R.  Hebrews. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2001.

Long, Thomas G.  Hebrews. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.

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JAMES

 
 

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Davids, Peter H. The Epistle of James: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.

Dibelius, Martin. James. rev. ed. Hermeneia. Edited by Heinrich Greeven and Helmut Koester. Translated by Michael A. Williams. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Letter of James: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible, no. 37A. New York: Doubleday, 1995.

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1 & 2 PETER and JUDE

 
 

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Achtemeier, Paul J. 1 Peter. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.

Bauckham, Richard J. Jude, 2 Peter. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 50. Waco: Word, 1983.

Elliot, John H. 1 Peter. Anchor Bible, no. 37B. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

Michaels, J. Ramsey. 1 Peter. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 49. Waco: Word, 1988.

Neyrey, Jerome H. 2 Peter, Jude: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible, no. 37C. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

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REVELATION

 
 

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Aune, David E. Revelation. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 52. Dallas: Word Books, 1997-1998.

Harrington, Wilfrid J. Revelation. Sacra Pagina, no. 16. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1993.

Mounce, Robert H.  The Book of Revelation. Rev. ed. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Talbert, Charles H. The Apocalypse. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1994.

Thompson, Leonard L. The Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Wainwright, Arthur W. Mysterious Apocalypse: Interpreting the Book of Revelation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993. 

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BIBLE DICTIONARIES

 
 

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David Noel Freedman, ed., The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

George A. Buttrick, ed., The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 5 vols. Nashville: Abingdon,
          1962-75.

Paul J. Achtemeier, ed., HarperCollins Dictionary of the Bible. Rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper &
          Row, 1985.

Watson Mills, ed., Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1990.

J. D. Douglas, ed., New International Bible Dictionary, Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999. 

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Greek Language Resources

 
 

Greek Vocabulary Resources

Gerhard Kittel, ed., Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols. Grand Rapids:
            Eerdmans, 1964-76.

Colin Brown, ed., New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3 vols. Grand Rapids:
            Zondervan, 1975.

Ceslas Spicq, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, 3 vols. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994.

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STUDY BIBLES

 
 

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Walter Harrelson, New Interpreter's Study Bible (NRSV) Nashville: Abingdon, 2003.

Meeks, Wayne A. The HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV) San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1993.

Metzger, Bruce & Roland Murphy. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: An
            Ecumenical Study Bible.
Oxford: University Press, 1994. ISBN 0195284119

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Faith & Film

 
 

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Aichele, George and Richard Walsh. Screening Scripture: Intertextual Connections Between Scripture and Film. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2002.

Jewett, Robert. Saint Paul Returns to the Movies. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

Kreitzer, Larry J. Gospel Images in Fiction and Film: On Reversing the Hermeneutical Flow. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 2002.

Lawrence, John Shelton and Robert Jewett. The Myth of the American Superhero. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.

Stone, Bryan. Faith and Film: Theological Themes at the Cinema. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2000.

Tatum, W. Barnes. Jesus At the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years. Santa Rosa: Polebridge Press, 1998. 

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WESLEYAN THEOLOGY

 
 

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Randy L. Maddox. Responsible Grace: John Wesley's Practical Theology. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1994. 

Richard P. Heitzernrater. The Elusive Mr. Wesley. Rev. ed. Nashville: Kingswood Books,

Kenneth J. Collins. A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1999.

Mildred Bangs Wynkoop. A Theology of Love: The Dynamic of Wesleyanism. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1972.

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Reading for Holy Land Travel

 
 

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Jerome Murphy O'Connor, The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from
       Earliest Times to 1700
. Oxford Archaeological Guides (New York: Oxford
       University Press, 1998).

Michael Prior, ed., They Came and the Saw: Western Christian Experiences of the
       Holy Land
(London: Melisende, 2000). 

James H. Charlesworth, The Millennium Guide for Pilgrims to the Holy Land. (D. &
        F. Scott, 2000).

John J. Kilgallen, A New Testament Guide to the Holy Land. (Loyola Press, 1998). 

Gershom Gorenberg, The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the
        Temple Mount
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2000).

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