This page features a curated selection of books, articles, and dissertations that explore and support a pronomian (law-affirming) perspective on the Gospels and Acts.
Whenever possible, I’ve provided direct links to open-access PDFs or versions made publicly available by the authors. If you’re unable to access a specific book or article listed here, I recommend reaching out to your local library with the title. Many libraries offer inter-library loans, can email PDFs of academic papers, or arrange to have physical books delivered for you.
Matthew
Articles
Charles, J. D. “Garnishing with the ‘Greater Righteousness’: The Disciple’s Relationship to the Law (Matthew 5:17-20).” Bulletin for Biblical Research 12.1 (2002): 1-15.
Hegg, Tim. “What Does πληρῶσαι (‘to fulfill’) Mean in Matthew 5:17?” ETS Annual Meeting. Nashville, 2000.
Konradt, Matthias. “Matthew Within Judaism.” In Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Karin Hedner Zetterholm and Anders Runesson. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2024.
Lavender, Logan. “Jesus Against Oral Torah in Matthew: The Case Study of Divorce.” The American Journal of Biblical Theology 25.7 (2024): 1-21.
Nguyen, Vien V. “Matthew and the Torah: An Analysis of Matthew 5:17-20.” The American Journal of Biblical Theology 21.21 (2020): 1-31.
Snodgrass, Klyne R. “Matthew’s Understanding of the Law.” Interpretation 46 (1992): 368-378.
Thiessen, Matthew. “Abolishers of the Law in Early Judaism and Matthew 5, 17-20.” Biblica 93, no. 4 (2012): 543-556.
Books
Hegg, Tim. Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (5 vol.). Tacoma, WA: TorahResource, 2007-2013.
Konradt, Matthias. Christology, Torah, and Ethics in the Gospel of Matthew. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2022.
Stiles, Steven James. Jesus’ Fulfilment of the Torah and Prophets. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023.
Wilber, David. How Jesus Fulfilled the Law: A Pronomian Pocket Guide to Matthew 5:17-20. Clover, SC: Pronomian Publishing, 2024.
Dissertations
Oliver, Isaac. “Torah Praxis after 70 CE: Reading Matthew and Luke-Acts as Jewish Texts.” Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 2012.
Mark
Articles
Furstenberg, Yair. “Defilement Penetrating the Body: A New Understanding of Contamination in Mark 7.15.” NTS 54 (2008): 176-200.
Hillel, Vered. “A Post‐Supersessionist Reading of the Temple and Torah in Mark’s Gospel: The Parable of the Vineyard.” Religions 14.487 (2023): 1-15.
Maaren, John Van. “Does Mark’s Jesus Abrogate Torah?: Jesus’ Purity Logion and its Illustration in Mark 7:15-23.” JJMJS 4 (2017): 21-41.
Maaren, John Van. “Mark Within Judaism.” In Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Karin Hedner Zetterholm and Anders Runesson. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2024.
Williams, Logan. “The Stomach Purifies All Foods: Jesus’ Anatomical Argument in Mark 7.18–19.” New Testament Studies. 2024; 70(3): 371-391.
Dissertations
Van Maaren, John R. “The Gospel of Mark Within Judaism: Reading the Second Gospel in its Ethnic Landscape.” Ph.D. diss., McMaster University, 2019.
Luke
Articles
Smith, Joshua P. and Matthew Thiessen. “Luke Within Judaism.” In Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Karin Hedner Zetterholm and Anders Runesson. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2024.
Wilber, David. “Sabbath Observance in Luke-Acts: Situating the Earliest Followers of Jesus Within Judaism,” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 11 no.3 (2025): 51–59.
Dissertations
Oliver, Isaac. “Torah Praxis after 70 CE: Reading Matthew and Luke-Acts as Jewish Texts.” Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 2012.
John
Articles
Papaioannou, Kim. “John 5:18: Jesus and Sabbath Law A Fresh Look at a Challenging Text.” Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 21:1 (2009): 244-261.
Acts
Books
McKenzie, G. S. Walking Orderly, Keeping the Law: A Pronomian Pocket Guide to Acts 21:20-26. Clover, SC: Pronomian Publishing, 2024.
Articles
Staples, Jason A. “‘Rise, Kill, and Eat’: Animals as Nations in Early Jewish Visionary Literature and Acts 10.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 42:1 (2019): 1-15.
Wilber, David. “Sabbath Observance in Luke-Acts: Situating the Earliest Followers of Jesus Within Judaism,” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 11 no.3 (2025): 51–59.
Dissertations
McKenzie, G. S. “Pronomian Paradigm: A Pro-Torah, Christocentric Method of Theology and Apologetics.” Ph.D. diss., Liberty University, 2024.
Oliver, Isaac. “Torah Praxis after 70 CE: Reading Matthew and Luke-Acts as Jewish Texts.” Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 2012.
Master’s Theses
Frostad, Benjamin. “He Made No Distinction: Gentiles and the Role of Torah in Acts 15.” Master’s Thesis, Briercrest Seminary, 2021.