Finalists for Best Books in New Testament Studies in 2020

The Center for Biblical Studies Book Award

The Center for Biblical Studies is pleased to announce the following finalists for best books in New Testament Studies in 2020 for the Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (listed in no particular order).

The winners in each category (Old Testament, New Testament, and Biblical Theology) will be announced on February 19 and the Center for Biblical Studies Book of the Year will be announced on February 22. We congratulate each of the authors for their outstanding work.


MAJOR WORKS


Paul & the Power of Grace
By John M. G. Barclay
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Paul’s “Works of the Law” in the Perspective of Second Century Reception
By Matthew J. Thomas
Published by IVP Academic

The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel
By Helen K. Bond
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity Within First-Century Judaism
By Matthew Thiessen
Published by Baker Academic

Jesus Against the Scribal Elite: The Origins of the Conflict
By Chris Keith
Published by T&T Clark

The Messianic Theology of the New Testament
By Joshua W. Jipp
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Paul and the Language of Faith
By Nijay K. Gupta
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Defending Shame: Its Formative Power in Paul’s Letters
By Te-Li Lau
Published by Baker Academic

Paul and the Hope of Glory: An Exegetical and Theological Study
By Constantine R. Campbell
Published by Zondervan

Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews: The Recontextualization of Spoken Quotations of Scripture (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 178)
By Madison N. Pierce
Published by Cambridge University Press


COMMENTARIES


The Letter to the Ephesians (The New International Commentary on the New Testament)
By Lynn H. Cohick
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Romans: A Structural, Thematic, & Exegetical Commentary
By Aaron Sherwood
Published by Lexham Press

The Apocalypse of John: A Commentary
By Francis J. Moloney
Published by Baker Academic

Revelation (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
By Buist M. Fanning
Published by Zondervan

Mark (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament)
By Joel F. Williams
Published by B&H


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