New Readng List: Comprehensive Church History

MJ. Smith

I recently had reason to suggest readings for a comprehensive history of Christian to someone who knew generic church history and dogmatic history but nothing about worship, prayer, Bible interpretation. I placed my suggestions in a Reading List available through Logos/Verbum but shown in full below. I have tried to use resources available in Logos but at times failed. I am interested in suggestions to flesh it out especially in areas I am less familiar.

Comprehensive History of Christianity

Reading List

Development of Canon

• The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church and Its Background in Early Judaism | Roger Beckwith
• The Origin of the Bible | Philip Wesley Comfort, editor
• Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective | Craig A. Evans and Emmanuel Tov, editors
• The Formation of the Jewish Canon | Timothy H. Lim
• The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority | Lee Martin McDonald
• The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon 1995 | Arthur G. Patzia
• The New Testament: A Literary History | Gerd Theissen

Biblical Interpretation

See also Hughes Oliphant Old in Preaching

• History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen | Henning Graf Reventlow
• History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2: From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages | Henning Graf Reventlow
• History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3: Renaissance, Reformation, Humanism | Henning Graf Reventlow
• History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 4: From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century | Henning Graf Reventlow

• A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period | Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson
• A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2: The Medieval through the Reformation Periods | Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson

• A Short History of the Interpretation of the Bible | David Tracy and Robert McQueen Grant

• Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Middle Ages (Until 1300). Part 1: Antiquity/ | Magne Saebo
• Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Middle Ages (Until 1300). Part 2: The Middle Ages/ | Magne Saebo
• Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 2: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment/ | Magne Saebo
• Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 3: From Modernism to Post-Modernism. Part I: 19th Century/ | Magne Saebo
• Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 3: From Modernism to Post-Modernism. Part II: 20th Century/ | Magne Saebo

Preaching

• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period | Hughes Oliphant Old
• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 2: The Patristic Age | Hughes Oliphant Old
• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 3: The Medieval Church | Hughes Oliphant Old
• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 4: The Age of the Reformation | Hughes Oliphant Old
• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 5: Moderatism, Pietism, and Awakening | Hughes Oliphant Old
• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 6: The Modern Age | Hughes Oliphant Old
• The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 7: Our Own Time | Hughes Oliphant Old

• A History of Preaching, Volume 1 From the Apostolic Fathers to the Great Reformers | Edwin Charles Dargan
• A History of Preaching, Volume 2 From the Close of the Reformation Period to the End of the Nineteenth Century | Edwin Charles Dargan

• Jewish Preaching, 1200-1800: An Anthology (Yale Judaica Series) | Marc Saperstein
• Jewish Preaching in Times of War, 1800-2001 (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) | Marc Saperstein
• Your Voice Like a Ram’s Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College) | Marc Saperstein
• Hear O Israel: The History of American Jewish Preaching, 1654-1970 (Studies in Rhetoric and Communication) | Robert V Friedenberg

Hymnody

• Christian Music: A Global History | Tim Dowley
• The Story of Christian Music: From Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel, an Authoritative Illustrated Guide to All the Major Traditions of Music for Worship | Andrew Wilson-Dickson

Worship

• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 1: The Biblical Foundations of Christian Worship | Robert E. Webber, editor
• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 2: Twenty Centuries of Christian Worship | Robert E. Webber, editor
• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 3: The Renewal of Sunday Worship | Robert E. Webber, editor
• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 4: Music and the Arts in Christian Worship | Robert E. Webber, editor
• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 5: The Services of the Christian Year | Robert E. Webber, editor
• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 6: The Sacred Actions of Christian Worship | Robert E. Webber, editor
• Library of Christian Worship: Volume 7: The Ministries of Christian Worship | Robert E. Webber, editor

• Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, Volume 1 | Lawrence J. Johnson
• Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, Volume 2 | Lawrence J . Johnson
• Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, Volume 3 | Lawrence J. Johnson
• Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, Volume 4 | Lawrence J. Johnson

• Do This in Remembrance of Me: The Eucharist from the Early Church to the Present Day | Bryan D. Spinks
• Liturgy: The Illustrated History | Keith F. Pecklers
• Introduction to Christian Worship 3rd Edition: Revised and Enlarged | James F. White
• Introduction to Christian Liturgy | Frank C. Senn

Mysticism

• The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 1 The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century | Bernard McGinn
• The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 2 The Growth of Mysticism: Gregory the Great Through the 12th Century | Bernard McGinn
• The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 3 The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism 1200-1350 | Bernard McGinn
• The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 4 The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany | Bernard McGinn
• The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 5 The Varieties of Vernacular Mysticism 1350-1550 | Bernard McGinn

• The Ancient Jewish Mysticism | Joseph Dan
• Jewish Mysticism: Late Antiquity (Jewish Mysticism in Late Antiquity) (Volume 1) | Joseph Dan
• Jewish Mysticism: The Middle ages (Jewish Mysticism in the High Middle Ages) (Volume 2) | Joseph Dan
• Jewish Mysticism: The Modern Period (Main Themes in Mysticism & Jewish Mysticism) (Volume 3) | Joseph Dan
• Jewish Mysticism, Vol. 4: General Characteristics and Comparative Studies (Volume 4) | Joseph Dan

Dogma

• History of Dogma, Volume 1 | Adolph Harnack
• History of Dogma, Volume 2 | Adolph Harnack
• History of Dogma, Volume 3 | Adolph Harnack
• History of Dogma, Volume 4 | Adolph Harnack
• History of Dogma, Volume 5 | Adolph Harnack
• History of Dogma, Volume 6 | Adolph Harnack
• History of Dogma, Volume 7 | Adolph Harnack

• A History of Christian Theology, Second Edition: An Introduction | William C. Placher and Derek R. Nelson
• Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Volume 1: From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation | William C. Placher
• Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present | William C. Placher

Councils

• A History of the Councils of the Church, Volume 1: To the Close of the Council of Nicaea, A.D. 325 |
• A History of the Councils of the Church, Volume 2: A.D. 326 to A. D. 429 | Charles Joseph Hefele
• A History of the Councils of the Church, Volume 3: A.D. 431 to A.D. 451 | Charles Joseph Hefele
• A History of the Councils of the Church, Volume 4: A.D. 451 to A.D. 680 | Charles Joseph Hefele
• A History of the Councils of the Church, Volume 5: A.D. 626 to the Close of the Second Council of Nicaea, A. D. 787 | Charles Joseph Hefele

• Disciplinary Decrees of the General Councils: Text | H. J. Schroeder
• Disciplinary Decrees of the General Councils: Translation and Commentary | H. J. Schroeder

Creeds

• The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes, Volume I: The History of Creeds | Philip Schaff
• The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes, Volume II: The Greek and Latin Creeds, with Translations | Philip Schaff
• The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes, Volume III: The Evangelical Protestant Creeds, with Translations | Philip Schaff

• Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition (4 Volumes with CD-ROM) | by Jaroslav Pelikan and Valerie R. Hotchkiss
• Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition | Jaroslav Pelikan

Generic Church History

• A People’s History of Christianity, Student Edition Volume 1: From the Early Church to the Reformation | Denis R. Janz, editor (in Logos)
• A People’s History of Christianity, Student Edition Volume 2: From the Reformation to the 21st Century Denis R. Janz, editor (in Logos)

• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 1: Christian Origins | Richard Horsley, editor
• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 2: Late Ancient Christianity | Virginia Burns, editor
• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 3: Byzantine Christianity | Derek Krueger, editor
• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 4: Medieval Christianity | Daniel E. Bornstein, Denis R. Janz, editors
• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 5: Reformation Christianity | Peter Matheson, editor
• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 6: Modern Christianity to 1900 | Amanda Porterfield, editor
• A People’s History of Christianity Volume 7: Twentieth-Century Global Christianity | Mary Farrell Bednarowski

• The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation | Justo L. Gonzalez
• The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2: The Reformation to the Present Day | Justo L. Gonzalez

• A Concise History of the Christian Church: From the Birth of the Saviour to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century | James Sabine
• Exploring Church History | James P. Eckman
• Church History in Plain Language | Bruce L. Shelley

Histories of the Pentarchy (Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem)

• The Anglican Tradition: A Handbook of Sources | G. R. Evans and J. Robert Wright [Rome offshoot]

• An Introduction to the History of the Assyrian Church or The Church of the Sassanid Persian Empire 100–640 A.D. | W. A. Wigram [Antioch]

• Calvinism: A History | D. G. Hall [Rome offshoot]

• New Short History of the Catholic Church | Norman Tanner [Rome]

• A History of the Holy Eastern Church: General Introduction | John Mason Neale
• A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria, Volume I | John Mason Neale [Alexandria]
• A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria, Volume II | John Mason Neale [Alexandria]
• A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Antioch | John Mason Neale [Antioch]

• Eastern Christendom: A Study of the Origin and Development of the Eastern Orthodox Church | Nicolas Zernov [Constantinople]

• A History of Lutheranism | Eric W. Gritsch [Rome offshoot]

Glenn Crouch

Impressive list, MJ - I just started Old's Reading and Preaching... Volumes, having recently finished Webber's set on Worship, and I am finding the former quite fascinating.