This page features a curated selection of books, articles, and dissertations that explore and support a pronomian (law-affirming) perspective related to history and theology.

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.

Christian Torah Observance in History

Articles

Geraty, Lawrence T. “From Sabbath to Sunday: Why, How and When?” In Partings: How Judaism and Christianity Became Two. Edited by Hershel Shanks. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 2013.

Zetterholm, Karin H. “Jesus-Oriented Groups and the Emergence of a Rabbinic Jewish Identity.” In Parting of the Ways: The Variegated Ways of Separations between Jews and Christians. Boston: Brill, 2023.

Books

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance in Early Christianity. Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University, 1977.

Master’s Theses

Constantin, Ani I. “An Analysis of the Methods of Interpretation of the Leviticus 11 Dietary Laws in Second Temple and Early Christian Non-Canonical Sources.” Master’s Thesis, Andrews University, 2022.

Paul the Torah Observant Jew

Articles

Collman, Ryan D. “For Who Has Known the Mind of the Apostle? Paul, the Law, and His Syngeneis in the Messiah.” Pages 147-160 in Paul within Judaism: Perspectives on Paul and Jewish Identity. Edited by Michael Bird, Ruben A. Bühner, Jörg Frey, and Brian Rosner. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023.

Nanos, Mark D. “The Myth of the ‘Law-Free’ Paul Standing Between Christians and Jews.” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 4 (2009): 1-21.

Books

Hegg, Tim. The Letter Writer: Paul's Background and Torah Perspective. Tacoma, WA: TorahResource, 2008.

Lambert, Ryan C. The Weird Apostle: The Strange Jewish Mission of a Global Game Changer. Ryan Lambert Forum, 2024.

Thiessen, Matthew. A Jewish Paul: The Messiah’s Herald to the Gentiles. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023.

Ritual Purity

Books

Thiessen, Matthew. Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021.

Temple and Sacrifices

Books

Barber, Michael P. The Historical Jesus and the Temple: Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Rillera, Andrew. Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understanding of Jesus’s Death. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2024.

Svartvik, Jesper. Reconciliation and Transformation: Reconsidering Christian Theologies of the Cross. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2021.

Theology

Dissertations

Szumskyj, Benjamin J. S. “The Role of the Law in the Sanctification of the Believer Today: A Brief Introduction to Pronomianism.” Ph.D. diss., Liberty University, 2024.