Introduction to the Old Testament:
Prophetic Literature and Writings

Lynn Nakamura
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
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• An NRSV Bible with Apocrypha (Recommended: Harper Collins Study Bible; Oxford Annotated Bible; The Access Bible).
• Birch, Bruce C. Let Justice Roll Down. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991.
• Brueggemann, Walter. The Message of the Psalms. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984.
• Collins, John J. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004.
• Hayes, John H. and Carl R. Holladay. Biblical Exegesis. Rev. Ed. Atlanta: John Knox, 1987.
• Newsome, Carol and Sharon Ringe, eds. The Women's Bible Commentary (WBC). Expanded Ed. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1998.

You may order the textbooks through Donna Schmidt at the Augsburg Fortress bookstore at Trinity Lutheran Seminary (bookstore@trinitylutheranseminary.edu) or through Amazon.com or other book dealers. Orders should be received at least three weeks before the beginning of the course.

In addition, various readings will be assigned from online resources. During the course of the quarter the instructor will provide a bibliography of recommended resources to assist you in your future research interests

In addition, various readings will be assigned from online resources. During the course of the quarter the instructor will provide a bibliography of recommended resources to assist you in your future research interests

New Testament Greek

Jim Boyce
Luther Seminary
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• Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
• Novum Testamentum Graece (Greek New Testament)

Prophets - A Survey

Rolf Jacobson
Luther Seminary
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Synoptic Gospels - Matthew

Mary Hinkle Shore
Luther Seminary
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Required texts for the course are listed in the course syllabus.
Here are some related titles from Augsburg Fortress which may be useful as you
take this course:

• Matthew as Story, by Jack Dean Kingsbury
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/item.asp?isbn=0800620992&clsid=25168

• Social -Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, by Bruce J. Malina and Richard L. Rohrbaugh
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/item.asp?isbn=0800634918&clsid=25269

• Fortress Introduction to the Gospels, by Mark Allan Powell
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/item.asp?isbn=0800630750&clsid=25125

An Overview of Christian Teachings

Paul Lokken
Luther Seminary
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Reform of the Church

Instructor TBA
Luther Seminary
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Required texts for the course are listed in the course syllabus.
Here are some related titles from Augsburg Fortress which may be useful as you take this course:

• Luther the Reformer: The Man and His Career, by James M. Kittelson
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/searchresults.asp?searchstring=luther+the+reformer

• Documents from the History of Lutheranism, by Eric Lund
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/item.asp?isbn=0800634403&clsid=25969

• The Imaginative World of the Reformation, by Peter Matheson
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/item.asp?isbn=0800632915&clsid=25489

• Three Treatises, by Martin Luther
  http://www.fortresspress.com/store/item.asp?isbn=0800616391&clsid=25956

Systematic Theology I:
Creation & the Triune God

Duane Priebe
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Description / Requirements
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Required texts for the course are listed in the course syllabus.
Here are some related titles from Augsburg Fortress which may be useful as you take this course:

• God-the World's Future: Systematic Theology for a Postmodern Era, by Ted Peters
  

• How to Think Theologically, James O Duke and Howard W. Stones
  

• Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes, with CD-ROM, Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland
  

Song, Mission and Culture

Gil Waldkoenig
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
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