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Subject Guide: Hermeneutics / Exegetical Studies
Topic Overview
These guides suggest books, articles, and dissertations that provide an overview of Freedom. This include freedom from demonization, inner healing, and deliverance from demons. The guides also contain sources covering background information for your research papers in this subject.
Recommended Books

Gordon D. Fee, PhD
- The author provides a detailed analysis of the letters of Paul (including those whose authorship is questioned) individually, exploring the Christology of each one, and then attempts a synthesis of the exegetical work into a biblical Christology of Paul.
Scholarly Books
Available Books
- (Online) Keener, Craig. “The Bible in its Context”
- (ProQuest) Thiselton, Anthony C. Hermeneutics: An Introduction
- (Library)(Library) Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis. 3rd ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002
- (Library) Fee, Gordon D. Gospel and Spirit: Issues in New Testament Hermeneutics
- (Library) Carson, D. A. and John D. Woodbridge. Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon.
- (Library) Porter, Stanley E. Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation
- (Library) Longman, Tremper. Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation.
- (Library) Dunn, James D. G. The Living Word.
- (Library) Moo, Douglas J. Biblical Authority and Conservative Perspectives.
- (Library) Virkler, Henry A. Hermeneutics.
- (Library) Virkler, Henry A. and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo. Hermeneutics.
- (Library) Vanhoozer, Kevin J., Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Dictionary of Theological Interpretation of the Bible.
- (Library) Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez, Ben Witherington, C. Everett Tilson, and Everett Tilson. How United Methodists Study Scripture.
- (Library) Arrington, French L., and Roger Stronstad. Life in the Spirit New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999.
- (Library) Carson, D. A. The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism.
- (Library) Lindars, Barabas and D. A. Carson. It is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture.
- (Library) Elwell, Walter A. and J. D. Weaver. Bible Interpreters of the Twentieth Century: A Selection of Evangelical Voices
- (ProQuest) Porter, Stanley E., and Olbricht, Thomas H., eds. Rhetoric and the New Testament: Essays from the 1992 Heidelberg Conference. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1993.
- (ProQuest) Walters, Patricia, ed. From Judaism to Christianity: Tradition and Transition: A Festschrift for Thomas H. Tobin, S. J. , on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Boston: BRILL, 2010.
- (ProQuest) Murray, Michele. Playing a Jewish Game: Gentile Christian Judaizing in the First and Second Centuries Ce. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004.
- (ProQuest) Runesson, Anders, Binder, Donald, and Olsson, Birger. The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins to 200 C. E.: A Source Book. Boston: BRILL, 2007.
- (ProQuest) Esler, Philip F. The First Christians in Their Social Worlds: Social-Scientific Approaches to New Testament Interpretation. Oxford: Taylor & Francis Group, 1994.
Locked/Paid Books
- Stuart, Douglas. Old Testament Exegesis. 4th ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
- Keener, Craig S.. Spirit Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2016.
- Bailey, Kenneth E. Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press Academic, 2008. (Gospels)
- Craig S. Keener Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019).
- Fuller, Daniel P. Gospel and Law: Contrast or Continuum? Pasadena, CA: Fuller Seminary Press, 1982.
- Mounce, William D., and Recorded Books, Inc. Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
- Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014.
- Walton, John H., Victor Harold Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
- Beale, G. K., and D. A. Carson. Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007.
- Dillard, Raymond B., and Tremper Longman III. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994.
- Fee, Gordon D. God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994. (Epistles)
- Gary Edward Schnittjer. The Torah Story: An Apprenticeship on the Pentateuch. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019.
- Mark J. Boda. The Heartbeat of Old Testament Theology: Three Creedal Expressions. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017.
Popular Books (Academic Author)
Available Books
- (ProQuest) Fuhr, Richard Alan. Inductive Bible Study: Observation, Interpretation, and Application
- (Library) Stott, John R. W. You Can Trust the Bible.
- (Library) Stott, John R. W. God’s Book for God’s People.
Locked/Paid Books
- Fee, Gordon D., and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. 4th ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014.
- Duvall, J. and J. Hays. Grasping God’s Word.
Recommended Journal Articles

Recommended Dissertations

Matthew Craig Larson
Doctor of Ministry at Southeastern University
Recommended Popular Books (non-academic)
Resources
Homiletics / Preaching
Resources
- (Library) Robinson, Haddon W. Biblical Preaching
- (Library) Chapell, Bryan. Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
- (Library) Stott, John R. W. I Believe in Preaching
- (Library) Stott, John R. W. Biblical Preaching Today
- (Library) Mathewson, Steven D. The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative