Hamartiology - Doctrine of Sin

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	R.M. Burns, "The Origins of Human Evil," Scottish Journal of Theology 53.3 (2000): 292-315.
	Jonathan Burnside, Signs of Sin: Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780567346742. pp.312. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Charles M. Cameron, "A Biblical Approach To Theodicy," Evangel 10.2 (Summer 1992): 25-29. pdf
	James Smith Candlish [1835–1892], The Biblical Doctrine of Sin. handbooks for Bible Classes and Private Students. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1893. Hbk. pp.128. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Richard J. Coleman, Original Sin in the Twenty-First Century. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2021. ISBN: 9781666704686. pp.120. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Leo G. Cox, "John Wesley's Concept of Sin," Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 5.1 (March 1962): 18-20. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Robert D. Culver, "The Nature and Origin of Evil," Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol. 129: 514 (1972): 106-115.
	Philip Davies, "The Origin of Evil in Ancient Judaism," Australian Biblical Review 50 (2002): 43-54.
	Jerome L. Ficek, "The Paradox of the Fortunate Fall in Contemporary Theology," Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 2.3 (Summer 1959): 1-7. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Peter Taylor Forsyth [1848–1921], The Justification of God: Lectures for War- Time on a Christian Theodicy. London: Duckworth & Co., 1916. Hbk. pp.233. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Mary Grey, "Fall into Freedom: Searching for New Interpretations of Sin in a Secularl Society," Scottish Journal of Theology 47 (1994): 223-
	Loren Haarsma, When Did Sin Begin? Human Evolution and the Doctrine of Original Sin. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2021. ISBN: 9781493430697. pp.288. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	William K. Harrison, "The Origin of Sin," Bibliotheca Sacra 130: 517 (1973): 58-61.
	John D. Hannah, "The Doctrine of Original Sin in Post-revolutionary America," Bibliotheca Sacra 134: 535 (1977): 238-256.
	David Wesley with John King-Farlow, "Perspectives on Fall of Man," Scottish Journal of Theology 35 (1982): 193-
	John J. Johnson, "Should the Holocaust Force Us to Rethink Our View of God and Evil?" Tyndale Bulletin 52.1 (2001): 118-128. pdf
	S. Lewis Johnson, Jr., "G. C. Berkouwer and the Doctrine of Original Sin," Bibliotheca Sacra 132: 528 (1975): 316-327.
	John King-Farlow with David Wesley Hunt, "Perspectives on the Fall of Man," Scottish Journal of Theology 35 (1982): 193-
	Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, "'Evil, Love and the Left Hand of God': The Contribution [in Finland] of Luther's Theology of the Cross to an Evangelical Theology of Evil," The Evangelical Quarterly 74.3 (July-Sept. 2002): 215-234. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Lester J. Kuyper, "Righteousness and Salvation," Scottish Journal of Theology 30 (1977):233-
	John Laidlaw [1832-1906], Foundation Truths of Scripture as to Sin and Salvation. Handbooks for Bible Classes and Private Students. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, [1897]. Hbk. pp.131. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	John F. MacArthur, "Mortification of Sin," The Master's Seminary Journal 5.1 (Spring 1994): 3-22. pdf
	Ross McCullough, Freedom and Sin. Evil in a World Created by God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. ISBN: 9781467464291. pp.256. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Ian A. McFarland, In Adam's Fall. A Meditation on the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN: 9781444351651. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction, 6th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2016. ISBN: 9781118869567. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Hans Madueme & Michael Reeves, eds., Adam, The Fall, and Original Sin. Theological, Biblical, and Scientific Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014. ISBN: 9781441246417. pp.352. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Karl Menninger, Whatever Became of Sin? New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 055327368X.
	Bruce A. Milne, "The Idea of Sin in Twentieth-Century Theology," Tyndale Bulletin 26 (1975): 3-33. pdf
	Leon Morris, The Wages of Sin. Tyndale New Testament Lecture, 1954. London: The Tyndale Press, 1954. pp. 30. pdf
	Reginald Stuart Moxon [1875-1950], The Doctrine of Sin. A Critical and Historical Investigation into the Views of the Concept of Sin Held in Early Christian, Medieval & Modern Times. London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1922. Hbk. pp.251. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James Orr [1844/6-1913], Sin as a Problem of To-day. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Hbk. pp.324. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Randall E. Otto, "The Solidarity of Mankind in Jonathan Edwards' Doctrine of Original Sin," The Evangelical Quarterly 62.3 (July-Sept. 1990): 205-221. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	James I. Packer, "The Way of Salvation, Part III: The Problems of Universalism," Bibliotheca Sacra 130 517 (1973): 3-11.
	David Parker, "Original Sin: A Study in Evangelical Theory," Evangelical Quarterly 61:1 (1989): 51-69. pdf
	Ted Peters, Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 0802801137. pp.347.
	Michael L. Peterson, "Christian Theism And The Problem Of Evil," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 21.1 (1978): 35-46. pdf
	Alvin C. Plantinga, God, Freedom and Evil. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978. Pbk. ISBN: 9781467421683. pp.121. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Bernard Ramm, Offence to Reason: The Theology of Sin. San Fransisco: Harper & Row, 1985.
	Robert L. Saucy, "'Sinners' Who Are Forgiven or 'Saints' Who Sin?" Bibliotheca Sacra 152: 608 (1995): 400-412.
	Mark S. Smith, The Genesis of Good and Evil. The Fall(out) and Original Sin in the Bible. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781611649000. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Paul R. Sponheim, "Sin and Evil," C.E. Braaten & R.W. Jenson, eds. Christian Dogmatics, Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. pp.363-463. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	J.B. Stump & Chad Meister, eds., Original Sin and the Fall. Five Views. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020. ISBN: 9780830853939. pp.200. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Daniel Strange, "Salvation, Atonement and Accessibility: Towards a Solution of the 'Soteriological Problem of Evil'," Foundations 44 (Spring 2000): 9-20. pdf
	Robert B. Strimple, "Bernard Ramm and the Theology of Sin," Westminster Theological Journal 49.1 (1987): 143-152.
	Kenneth Surin, "The Impassibility of God and the Problem of Sin," Scottish Journal of Theology 35 (1982): 97-
	Melvin Tinker, "Evil, Evangelism and Ecclesiastes," Themelios 28.2 (Spring 2003): 4-15.
	John E. Toews, The Story of Original Sin. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013. ISBN: 9781498271035. pp.144. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Merrill F. Unger, "The Old Testament Revelation of the Beginning of Sin," Bibliotheca Sacra 114: 456 (1957): 326-333.
	Gordon Wenham, "Original Sin in Genesis 1-11," Churchman 104 (1990): 309-21.
	Norman Powell Williams [1883-1943], The Ideas of the Fall and of Original Sin. A Historical and Critical Study. Being Eight Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, in the year 1924, on the foundation of the Rev. John Bampton, canon of Salisbury. Bampton Lectures,1924. London: Longmans, Green & Co., Ltd., 1927. Hbk. pp.571. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]