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  The bibliography below includes general titles in New Testament higher criticism.  Titles specific to the various exegetical methods may be found at the Exegesis page, which you can also access through the Research tab to the left.

General Titles
 
Aageson, James W.  In the Beginning: Critical Concepts for the Study of the Bible.  Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 2000.
 
Brown, Raymond E.  The Birth of the Messiah.  New York: Bantam, 1999.
 
--------.  The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels.  New York: Anchor Doubleday, 1994.
 
--------.  An Introduction to the New Testament, ABRL.  New York: Doubleday, 1997.
 
Bultmann, Rudolf.  History of the Synoptic Tradition, rev. ed., trans. John Marsh.  Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, n.d.; original translation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963, based on the 5th German edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
 
Cartlidge, David R. and David L. Dungan.  Documents for the Study of the Gospels, rev. ed.  Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.
 
Conzelmann, Hans and Andreas Lindemann.  Interpreting the New Testament: An Introduction to the Principles and Methods of N. T. Exegesis.  Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 1999.
 
Dungan, David L.  A History of the Synoptic Problem: The Canon, the Text, the Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels, ABRL.  New York: Doubleday, 1999.
 
Ehrman, Bart D.  The New Testament: An Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, 2d ed.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
 
Fee, Gordon D.  New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors, rev. ed.   Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993.
 
Fitzmyer, Joseph A., S. J.  The Biblical Commission's Document, "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church": Text and Commentary, StudBib 18.  Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1995.
 
Hartin, P. J.  Text and Interpretation: New Approaches in the Criticism of the New Testament, New Testament Tools and Studies 15.  Leiden: Brill, 1997.
 
Koester, Helmut.  Ancient Christian Gospels: Their History and Development.  Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990.
 
MacDonald, Dennis R., ed.  Mimesis and Intertextuality in Antiquity and Christianity, Studies in Antiquity and Christianity.  Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 2001.
 
Metzger, Bruce M.  The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance.  Oxford: Clarendon, 1997; original 1987.
 
Pontifical Biblical Commission.  "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church."  Washington, D. C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1996.
 
Porter, Stanley E., ed.  Handbook to the Exegesis of the New Testament.  Leiden: Brill, 2002.
 
Sanders, E. P. and Margaret Davies.  Studying the Synoptic Gospels.  Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1989.
 
Weren, Wilhelmus J. C.  Windows on Jesus: Methods in Gospel Exegesis.  Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Trinity Press International, 1999.
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