Theological Self Study

[Peter Bell]

Best resource(s) for a rigorous theological self-study? As close to seminary level books and breadth of theological topics (languages, systematics, historical theology, etc).

Think Old Princeton Seminary/Theology.

I'd love a thought out book list of the dead guys, with maybe some solid, confessionally-reformed books from contemporary authors. Something where each book roughly builds off each other.

Please throw them out there! I can compile them as well, to provide a resource for others.

 

[RamistThomist]

Are you doing mainly history, theology, or languages?

Try to find the syllabi by big name professors and work through the recommended reading lists. I see Biola in your signature. I worked through Moreland's syllabi on Mind and Metaphysics a few years ago.

 

[Peter Bell]

Are you doing mainly history, theology, or languages?

Try to find the syllabi by big name professors and work through the recommended reading lists. I see Biola in your signature. I worked through Moreland's syllabi on Mind and Metaphysics a few years ago.

Just edited my question to more specifically answer your question!

And I graduated from there!

 

[TheOldCourse]

The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) has a reading list for seminary preparation that covers a variety of what you're looking for. It is somewhat more focused and leaves out some of the larger works like Turretin or Witsius that are important too, but it's a great place to start:

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/more-reading-lists/


The website above also has more extensive reading lists separated into beginner, intermediate, and advanced that you may find useful:

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/beginner-reading-list/

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/intermediate-reading-list/

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/advanced-reading-list/

 

[Peter Bell]

The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) has a reading list for seminary preparation that covers a variety of what you're looking for. It is somewhat more focused and leaves out some of the larger works like Turretin or Witsius that are important too, but it's a great place to start:

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/more-reading-lists/


The website above also has more extensive reading lists separated into beginner, intermediate, and advanced that you may find useful:

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/beginner-reading-list/

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/intermediate-reading-list/

https://reformedbooksonline.com/suggested-reading/advanced-reading-list/

Thanks! This looks good.

Funny you bring up Turretin and Witsius, I’m looking for something as close to the reading list from Old Princeton Seminary as possible!

 

[Timmay]

I’m going through the TNARS MDiv course now (without enrolling).

All of the resources they list are free which includes lectures and reading. After the MDiv they have 2 PhD courses I’m interested in as well.

Oh and I’m currently reading a Princetonian right now for one of the courses: Hodge’s Systematic Theology.

www.tnars.net


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[Stephen L Smith]

Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, Vos' Reformed Dogmatics, Vos' Biblical Theology - this would provide you a very good foundation.