The following works were referenced, cited, or influential in the development of this book. This is not an exhaustive academic bibliography. It is a record of the voices that shaped the framework, whether by agreement or by contrast.
The King James Version (KJV). All Scripture quotations in this book are from the Authorized Version of 1611.
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. London: Penguin Books, 1997.
Wise, Michael, Martin Abegg Jr., and Edward Cook. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.
Josephus, Flavius. Antiquities of the Jews. Book XIII, Chapter V, Section 9.
Clark, Gordon H. Religion, Reason, and Revelation. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1961.
Gill, John. A Body of Doctrinal Divinity. London, 1769.
Luther, Martin. The Bondage of the Will. 1525.
Toplady, Augustus. The Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England. London, 1774.
Higby, Bob. “Dead Sea Scroll Evidence.” pristinegrace.org.
Higby, Bob. Various articles on sovereign grace theology. pristinegrace.org.
Kraft, Brandan. “Grace Gems from the Dead Sea Scrolls.” pristinegrace.org.
Kraft, Brandan. “Modified Covenant Theology.” pristinegrace.org.
Kraft, Brandan. Various articles on sovereign grace theology, 2005-2026. pristinegrace.org.
Johnson, Phil. Correspondence regarding pristinegrace.org and the charge of “hyper-Calvinism.” See Appendix F.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. 1667. Referenced in Chapter 13 regarding the literary tradition of Satan’s “fall.”
Plato. Republic. Circa 380 BC. The “law of Plato,” that the deity must never be proposed as the author of evil, is critiqued throughout this book.
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