Reading List: MA - BTS

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        In the spirit of the reading list published by the University of Austin, here are the books read for each class in the Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies degree program.

  •  HT501 - Church History 1: Early Church to the Great Schism of 1054
    1. Augustine. Confessions. London, England: Penguin, 1961.
    2. Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy. London, England: Penguin, 1999.
    3. Fairbairn, Donald. The Global Church: The First Eight Centuries—From Pentecost Through the Rise of Islam. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2021.
    4. Ferguson, Everett. Church History: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. 2nd ed. Vol. One. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013.
    5. Norris Jr., Richard A, ed. The Christological Controversy.  Philadelphia, PA: Fortress, 1980.
    6. Rusch, William G., ed. The Trinitarian Controversy. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1980.
  •  HT511 - Church History 2: The Middle Ages to Modern Day in the West
  1. Anselm. Proslogion. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979.
  2. Calvin, John. A Little Book on the Christian Life. Sanford, FL: Ligonier, 2017.
  3. Calvin, John. Justification by Faith. Peterborough, ON: H&E Publishing, 2018.
  4. Ferguson, Everett. Church History: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. 2nd ed. Vol. One. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013.
  5. Kidd, Thomas S. Church History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2024.
  6. Woodbridge, John D., and Frank A. James III. Church History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to Present Day: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2013.
  • NT671 - The Gospel of Mark
    1. Garland, David. A Theology of Mark's Gospel: Good News about Jesus the Messiah, Son of God. BTNT. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015
    2. Gladd, Benjamin L. Handbook on the Gospels. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021.
    3. Williams, Peter J. Can We Trust the Gospels? Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018
  • OT634 - Exposition of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs
  1. Gibson, Davis. Living Life Backwards. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017.
  2. Longman, Tremper III. The Book of Ecclesiastes. NICOT. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.
  3. Longman, Tremper III. Song of Songs. NICOT. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001.
  4. Webb, Barry G. Five Festal Garments: Christian Reflection on The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. NSBT 10. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000. 

 

     

     

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