Biblical Theology List of Required Books
Below are the lists of required books for each MA Theology class.⇒Unless otherwise noted, the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (=RSVCE) of the Bible is required for every Theology (THEO) or Biblical Theology (BIBL) class.
Classes
- HUMA106 - Logic
- PHIL102 - Philosophy of Man
- PHIL105 - Classical Philosophy
- PHIL200 - Epistemology
- PHIL300 - Philosophy of Nature
- PHIL305 - Metaphysics
- PHIL405 - Metaphysics and Natural Theology
- THEO100 - Introduction to Scripture I
- THEO200 - Introduction to Scripture II
- THEO201 - Fundamentals of Catholicism
- THEO202 - Early Church Fathers
- THEO300 - Sacraments, Liturgy, & Prayer
- THEO511 - Liturgical Theology
- BIBL501 - Biblical Hermeneutics
- BIBL511 - The Pentateuch
- BIBL512 - Historical Books of the Old Testament
- BIBL513 - Prophets
- BIBL514 - Psalms
- BIBL521 - Synoptic Gospels
- BIBL523 - Pauline Epistles
- BIBL525 - Apocalyptic Literature
- BIBL531 - New Testament Greek I
- BIBL532 - New Testament Greek II
- BIBL541 - Biblical Hebrew I
- BIBL542 - Biblical Hebrew II
- THEO501 - Fundamental Theology
- THEO503 - Trinity and Divine Economy
- THEO504 - Christology and Soteriology
- THEO505 - Ecclesiology & Eschatology
- THEO521 - Moral Theology
- Peter Kreeft, Socratic Logic: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions and Aristotelian Principles.
3rd Edition. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press. 2010. Buy Now
- The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Norton Critical Edition. Tr. Benjamin Foster. Buy Now - Aristotle, De Anima.
Tr. R. D. Hicks Buy Now - Blaise Pascal, Pensées.
Penguin Edition. Tr. A. J. Krailsheimer. Buy Now - Nietzsche, The Portable Nietzsche.
Penguin Books. Tr. Walter Kaufmann. Buy Now - Freud, The Ego and the Id.
Standard Edition. Buy Now
PHIL105 - Classical Philosophy
- Plato, Meno and Apology, in Five Dialogues.
Tr. G. M. A. Grube. Class Handout. - St. Augustine, De Ordine.
Class Handout. - Boethius, On the Consolation of Philosophy.
Tr. P. G. Walsh. Buy Now
- Texts Provided in Class
PHIL300 - Philosophy of Nature
- Aristotle, Physics; Physics, or Natural Hearing.
Tr. Glen Coughlin. Buy Now - René Descartes, Discourse on Method.
Hackett Publishing, tr. Donald Cress. Buy Now
- David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
Hackett Publishing, tr. Richard H. Popkin. Buy Now - Immanuel Kant, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics.
Hackett Publishing, tr. James W. Ellington. Buy Now - Reader: Download Reader Here (PDF)
PHIL405 - Metaphysics and Natural Theology
- Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica.
Available Online here or here. - Reader: Download Reader Here (PDF)
THEO100 - Introduction to Scripture I
- Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, eds., Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010. ISBN-10: 1586174843; ISBN-13: 978-1586174842.Buy Now - The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Second Edition. ISBN-10: 0385508190; ISBN-13: 978-0385508193Buy Now - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). Jesus of Nazareth.
New York: Doubleday, 2007. ISBN-10: 0385523416; ISBN-13: 9780385523417 Buy Now - Scott Hahn, ed., Catholic Bible Dictionary.
New York: Doubleday, 2009. ISBN-10: 0385512295; ISBN-13: 978-0385512299.Buy Now
THEO200 - Introduction to Scripture II
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church. Second Edition.
Second Edition. ISBN-10: 0385508190; ISBN-13: 978-0385508193 Buy Now - Scott Hahn, Understanding the Scriptures
Didache Series; Woodridge, Ill.: Midwest Theological Forum, 2005. Buy Now - Scott Hahn, A Father Who Keeps His Promises
Servant Books. Buy Now - Scott Hahn, ed., Catholic Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 2009)
New York: Doubleday, 2009. ISBN-10: 0385512295; ISBN-13: 978-0385512299. Buy Now - Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Old Testament
Baker Academic; 2nd edition. Buy Now
THEO201 - Fundamentals of Catholicism
- Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Second Edition. ISBN-10: 0385508190; ISBN-13: 978-0385508193 Buy Now - Frank Sheed, Theology and Sanity.
Reprinted. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993. ISBN-10: 0898704707; ISBN-13: 978-0898704709 Buy Now
THEO202 - Early Church Fathers
- St. Augustine, Confessions.
Penguin Classics. Translation by R. S. Pine-Coffin. London: Penguin Books. First published, 1961. ISBN-10: 014044114X; ISBN-13: 978-0140441147 Buy Now - Mike Aquilina, The Fathers of the Church, Expanded Edition: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers.
Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., 2006. ISBN-10: 159276245X; ISBN-13: 978-1592762453 Buy Now - Pope Benedict XVI, Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2008. ISBN-10: 158617245X; ISBN-13: 978-1586172459 [Volume 1] Buy Now - Pope Benedict XVI, Church Fathers: From Saint Leo the Great to Peter Lombard.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2008. ISBN-10: 1586173170; ISBN-13: 978-1586173173 [Volume 2] Buy Now - Mike Aquilina, Companion Guide to Pope Benedict's The Fathers.
Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor Press, 2008. ISBN-10: 1592765424; ISBN-13: 978-1592765423. Buy Now - Robert Louis Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. ISBN-10: 0300105983;ISBN-13: 978-030010598. Buy Now
THEO300 - Sacraments, Liturgy, & Prayer
- Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Second Edition. ISBN-10: 0385508190; ISBN-13: 978-0385508193 Buy Now - St. Francis De Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life.
Available Online or Buy Now - Dom Wulstan Mork, Transformed by Grace: Scripture, Sacraments and the Sonship of Christ.
Cincinnati: Servant Books, 2004. ISBN-10: 1569554005; ISBN-13: 978-1569554005 Buy Now - Scott Hahn, Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession.
New York: Doubleday, 2003. ISBN-10: 0385501706; ISBN-13: 978-0385501705 Buy Now - Scott Hahn, Many are Called: Rediscovering the Glory of the Priesthood.
New York: Doubleday, 2010. ISBN-10: 0307590771; ISBN-13: 978-0307590770. Buy Now - Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper.
New York: Doubleday, 2011. ISBN-10: 0385531842; ISBN-13: 978-0385531849 Buy Now
- Jean Corbon, The Wellspring of Worship.
Second Edition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. ISBN-10: 1586170228; ISBN-13: 978-1586170226 Buy Now - David Fagerberg, Theologia Prima: What is Liturgical Theology?
Second Edition. Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2004. ISBN-10: 156854510X; ISBN-13: 978-1568545103 Buy Now - Enrico Mazza, Mystagogy: A Theology of the Liturgy in the Patristic Age.
New York: Pueblo Publishing Co., 1989. ISBN-10: 0916134938; ISBN-13: 978-0916134938 Buy Now - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Spirit of the Liturgy.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000. ISBN-10: 0898707846; ISBN-13: 978-0898707847 Buy Now
BIBL501 - Biblical Hermeneutics
- Dean P. Bechard, ed. The Scripture Documents: An Anthology of Official Catholic Teachings.
Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2002. Buy Now - Pope Benedict XVI, Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini.
Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 2010. Available Online or Buy Now - Scott Hahn, Covenant and Communion: The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI.
Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2009. Buy Now - Scott Hahn, ed., For the Sake of Our Salvation: The Truth and Humility of God's Word. Letter & Spirit, vol. 6.
Steubenville: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2011. Buy Now
- Victor Hamilton, Handbook on the Pentateuch.
2d ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005. Syllabus abbr.: "Hamilton'. ISBN-10: 0801027160; ISBN-13: 978-0801027161 Buy Now - Andrew Louth, ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1–11 (Old Testament I).
Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001. Syllabus abbr.: "ACCS OT I". ISBN-10: 083081471X ISBN-13: 978-0830814718 Buy Now - Joseph T. Lienhard, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (Old Testament III). Downers Grove:
InterVarsity Press, 2001. Syllabus abbr.: "ACCS OT III". ISBN-10: 0830814736; ISBN-13: 978-0830814732 Buy Now
BIBL512 - Historical Books of the Old Testament
- Victor Hamilton, Handbook on the Historical Books: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001. Buy Now - John McRay and Alfred Hoerth, Bible Archaeology: An Exploration of the History and Culture of Early Civilizations.
Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. Buy Now - Marco Conti, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.
Ancient Christian Commentary; Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008. Buy Now
- Robert B. Chisholm, Handbook on the Prophets.
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009. Buy Now - Walter Kaiser, The Messiah in the Old Testament.
Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995. Buy Now
- C. Hassel Bullock, Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction.
Encountering Biblical Studies Series. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001. ISBN-10: 0801027950; ISBN-13: 978- 0801027956 Buy Now - Roland Murphy, The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990. ISBN-10: 0802839657; ISBN-13: 978-0802839657 Buy Now - Edward M. Curtis and John J. Brugaletta, Discovering the Way of Wisdom: Spirituality in the Wisdom Literature.
Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004. ISBN-10: 0825424046; ISBN-13: 978-0825424045 Buy Now - Walter Kaiser, The Messiah in the Old Testament. Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995. ISBN-10: 0310200307; ISBN-13: 978-0310200307 Buy Now - Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Psalms.
Available Online
- Raymond Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament.
Yale University Press. Buy Now - R.T. France, Matthew: Evangelist & Teacher.
Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1989. Buy Now - Joel Marcus, The Way of the Lord.
Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992. Buy Now
- Pope Benedict XVI, St. Paul.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009. ISBN-10: 1586173677; ISBN-13: 978-1586173678. Buy Now - Michael F. Bird, Bird's-Eve View of Paul.
Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008. ISBN-10: 1844742555; ISBN-13: 978-1844742554. Buy Now - N.T. Wright, The Climax of the Covenant.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991. Buy Now - Raymond Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament.
Yale University Press. Buy Now
BIBL525 - Apocalyptic Literature
- Richard Bauckham, Theology of the Book of Revelation.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN-10: 0521356911; ISBN-13: 978-0521356916 Buy Now - Mark Wilson, Charts on the Book of Revelation: Literary, Historical and Theological Perspectives.
Kregal Charts of the Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Kregal Academic, 2007. ISBN-10: 0825439396; ISBN-13: 978-0825439391 Buy Now
BIBL531 - New Testament Greek I
- Basics of Biblical Greek
2003, 2nd edition (not the 3rd edition) ISBN 0-310-25087-0 Buy Now - Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook.
2003, 2nd edition (not the 3rd edition) ISBN-13 978-0-310-25086-2 Buy Now - Greek New Testament.
Eds. Aland et al. Buy Now
BIBL532 - New Testament Greek II
- William D. Mounce, Morphology of Biblical Greek.
1994. Buy Now - Daniel Wallace, Greek Grammar: Beyond the Basics.
Zondervan, 1997. Buy Now - Basics of Biblical Greek
2003, 2nd edition (not the 3rd edition) ISBN 0-310-25087-0 Buy Now - Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook.
2003, 2nd edition (not the 3rd edition) ISBN-13 978-0-310-25086-2 Buy Now - Greek New Testament.
Eds. Aland et al. Buy Now
- Pratico & Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar.
2nd edition. Buy Now - Pratico & Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Workbook.
2nd edition. Buy Now
- Pratico & Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar.
2nd edition. Buy Now - Pratico & Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Workbook, Second Edition.
2nd edition. Buy Now - Brown-Driver-Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon.
Buy Now - Jewish Publication Society of America, Hebrew-English Tanakh,
Student Edition. Buy Now
THEO501 - Fundamental Theology
- Vatican I, Pastor Aeternus: First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ
July 18, 1870. Available Online - Vatican I, Dei Filius: Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith
April 24, 1870. Available Online - Vatican II, Lumen Gentium: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Nov. 21, 1964. Available Online - Vatican II, Dei Verbum: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
Nov. 18, 1965. Available Online - John Paul the Great, Ordinatio sacerdotalis: Apostolic Letter on Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone
May 22, 1994. Available Online - John Paul the Great, Fides et Ratio: Encyclical Letter on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
Sept. 14, 1998. Available Online
THEO503 - Trinity and Divine Economy
- Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica.
Available Online - Gilles Emery, Trinity, Church, and the Human Person: Thomistic Essays.
Faith & Reason: Studies in Catholic Theology & Philosophy; Naples: Sapientia Press, 2007. Buy Now - Matthias Scheeben, The Mysteries of Christianity.
St. Louis: B. Herder Books, 1946; repr., New York: Crossroad Publishing, 2008. Buy Now
THEO504 - Christology and Soteriology
- F. Ocariz, L.F. Mateo Seco and J.A. Riestra, The Mystery of Jesus Christ.
Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, 1991. Buy Now
THEO505 - Ecclesiology & Eschatology
- Charles Journet, The Theology of the Church.
Ignatius Press, 2004. ISBN-10: 0898708885, ISBN-13: 978-0898708882. Buy Now - Brian Daley, The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology.
Baker Academic, 2002. ISBN-10: 0801045975, ISBN-13: 978-0801045974. Buy Now - Joseph Ratzinger, Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life.
Catholic University of America Press, 2007, ISBN-10: 0813215161, ISBN-13: 978-0813215167. Buy Now
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Second Edition. ISBN-10: 0385508190; ISBN-13: 978-0385508193 Buy Now - D.Q. McInerny, A Course in Thomistic Ethics.
Elmhurst, PA: The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, 1997. Buy Now - Benedict Ashley, Living the Truth in Love: A Biblical Introduction to Moral Theology.
New York: Alba House, 1996. Buy Now
Updated: 12/28/11