In the Mail, Fall 2020 SBTS Edition

So, here is what I will be reading (above and beyond the stuff I am already reading) for my first semester (fall, the first two of six class blocks during a year of online instruction):

F1: Biblical Hermeneutics

Required. These, in no particular order, are the required books for my first session:

• From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology, T. Desmond Alexander
• Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible, Daniel M. Doriani
• 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible, Robert Plummer
• How to Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets: How to Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets, Peter J. Gentry

Optional. I ordered before the syllabus was quite online, and found out after that these were optional – meaning possible replacements if you had already read the book by Alexander. I knew they were optional, but not exactly what optional would mean (one or the other, zero or more, etc.) Nevertheless, I got both:

• CrossTalk, Michael R. Emlet
• The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament (2nd Edition), Edmund P. Clowney

F2: Intro to New Testament 2

• Interpreting the Pauline Epistles (2nd Edition), Tom Schreiner
• The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown (2nd Edition), Andreas J. Köstenberger, L. Scott Kellum and Charles L. Quarles

Looking forward to digging in!

G.