Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (God’s Word: Bibliography)

Primary Systematic Theologies

Bancroft, Emery H. Christian Theology: Systematic and Biblical. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1976. 21–58.

Buswell, James Oliver, Jr. A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1962–1963. 1:183–220.

Erickson, Millard J. Christian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1986. 153–259.

Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. 47–138.

Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. 3 vols. 1871–1873. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1975. 1:151–88.

Lewis, Gordon R., and Bruce A. Demarest. Integrative Theology. 3 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1987–1994. 1:61–171.

Reymond, Robert L. A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998. 3–126.

Shedd, William G. T. Dogmatic Theology. 3 vols. 1889. Reprint, Minneapolis: Klock & Klock, 1979. 1:61–147.

Strong, August Hopkins. Systematic Theology: A Compendium Designed for the Use of Theological Students. Rev. ed. New York: Revell, 1907. 111–242.

Swindoll, Charles R., and Roy B. Zuck, eds. Understanding Christian Theology. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2003. 1–134.

Thiessen, Henry Clarence. Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1949. 78–115.

Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology. 3 vols. Edited by James T. Dennison Jr. Translated by George Musgrove Giger. 1679–1685. Reprint, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1992–1997. 1:55–167.

Specific Works

Allison, Gregg R. “The Doctrine of the Word of God.” In Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine, 35–184. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011.

Barrick, William D. “Ancient Manuscripts and Biblical Exposition.” The Master’s Seminary Journal 9, no. 1 (1998): 25–38.

Boice, James Montgomery, ed. The Foundation of Biblical Authority. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1978.

Bruce, F. F. The Canon of Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988.

Carson, D. A. Collected Writings on Scripture. Compiled by Andrew David Naselli. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.

Frame, John M. The Doctrine of the Word of God. A Theology of Lordship 4. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2010.

Geisler, Norman L., ed. Inerrancy. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1980.

Geisler, Norman L., and William E. Nix. A General Introduction to the Bible. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.

Grier, James M., Jr. “The Apologetical Value of the Self-Witness of Scripture.” Grace Theological Journal 1, no. 1 (1980): 71–76.

Harris, R. Laird. Inspiration and Canonicity of the Scriptures. Rev. ed. Greenville, SC: Attic, 1995.

Henry, Carl F. H. God, Revelation, and Authority. 6 vols. Waco, TX: Word, 1976–1983.

Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. Recovering the Unity of the Bible: One Continuous Story, Plan, and Purpose. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.

Lightner, Robert P. A Biblical Case for Total Inerrancy: How Jesus Viewed the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1998.

Lillback, Peter A., and Richard B. Gaffin Jr., eds. Thy Word Is Still Truth: Essential Writings on the Doctrine of Scripture from the Reformation to Today. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2013.

MacArthur, John, ed. The Scripture Cannot Be Broken: Twentieth Century Writings on the Doctrine of Inerrancy. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015.

Mayhue, Richard L. “The Authority of Scripture.” The Master’s Seminary Journal 15, no. 2 (2004): 227–36.

Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997.

———. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Packer, J. I. “Fundamentalism” and the Word of God: Some Evangelical Principles. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1958.

———. “The Necessity of the Revealed Word.” In The Bible: The Living Word of Revelation, edited by Merrill C. Tenney, 31–49. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1968.

Radmacher, Earl D., and Robert D. Preus, eds. Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, and the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984.

Thomas, Robert L. How to Choose a Bible Version. Rev. ed. Fearn, Ross-Shire, Scotland: Mentor, 2005.

Warfield, Benjamin B. The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. Edited by Samuel G. Craig. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1948.

Weeks, Noel. The Sufficiency of Scripture. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1988.

Wenham, John. Christ and the Bible. 3rd ed. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009.

Woodbridge, John D. Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers-McKim Proposal. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1982.

Young, E. J. Thy Word Is Truth: Some Thoughts on the Biblical Doctrine of Inspiration. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1957.[1]


[1] MacArthur, J., & Mayhue, R., eds. (2017). Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (pp. 140–141). Crossway.