I teaching NT theology next semester, and it’s that time of year to order textbooks around here. I’ve been going through various texts that people here have used and that I’ve got on my shelf, but I’ve not found anything that just clicks for me. The current prof is using Frank Matera’s New Testament Theology, which is what I might default to myself. The biggest problem that I’m finding is that most New Testament theologies are written for seminary level students and are thus detailed and long. I want to kindle a fire of interest in the topic not beat them to death with reading. At the same time, I’m a fan of having outside texts–articles and relevant selections from key works–as assigned “seminar” reading so student learn to analyse and discuss arguments. So, a huge textbook squeezes out the ability of assigning this other reading.
My questions to the blogging world are these: 1) What NT theology(ies) are your favorites and why? 2) Would you recommend it/them for undergrads or just grad students?
