This is a solid book sale. The prices aren’t as low as some others (such as $0.99-$2.99), but the books on sale here are all worth having at the prices they’re being offered at.
Understanding Biblical Theology, by Klink and Lockett, $3.99 . This book describes five different types of biblical theology and analyzes the method of one practitioner that represents that type. I’ve reviewed it here, and I think everyone should read this book if you’re into biblical theology at all.
The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology, by Jeremy R. Treat, $3.99. A colleague of mine just reviewed this book. While he didn’t find it uncovering new ground, he thought it was a good summary of atonement in both biblical and systematic theology. This would be a good work for theology of atonement and for seeing the two different types of theology at work on the same topic.
Advancing Trinitarian Theology: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics, by Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders, $7.99. This is a good set of essays. If you have a Books At a Glance membership, you can read the summary here.
Faith Alone-The Doctrine of Justification: What the Reformers Taught…and Why It Still Matters, by Thomas Schreiner, $5.99. This is a solid book that analyzes justification from the perspective of exegesis, biblical theology, systematic theology, and historical theology. Schreiner has really covered all his bases here. See an interview with Schreiner about this book here.
Biblical Theology of the New Testament series, $7.99 each
This series takes a book or corpus and looks at it historically, literarily (is that a word?), and theologically. This follows Kostenberger’s (the series editor) hermeneutical triad. I’ve reviewed two of these for journals (none for the blog). While I enjoy them, my main concern is that it doesn’t seem much like biblical theology to me. It traces theological themes within that corpus, but there often lacks much OT and inter-testamental work (or at least it’s often too brief). And the thematic approach is not something I’m entirely enthralled by. In any case, positively, the literary analysis of the book is helpful and the theological themes do provide a good quick overview of the types of messages the books emphasize. These are great to own on Kindle so you can browse through them and check out sections you’re interested in without having to take up shelf space with them. Kostenberger’s is an absolute-must-have.
Mark, by David Garland
Luke-Acts, by Darrell Bock
James, Peter, and Jude, by Peter Davids
John, by Kostenberger
