The Bible as Library
Authority, Classification, Hierarchy
["[Resources in Biblical Studies"|^Biblestudieschart.doc]"
Versions, Translations
_Choosing a Bible: A Guide to Modern English Translations and Editions,_ 1999 \[220.52 S541c\]
_Choosing a Bible for Worship, Preaching, Study, Teaching and Prayer_, 2006 \[220.5 K91c\]
[Summary|^English Translations of the Bible.docx]
Tools of the Trade
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
_Anchor Bible Dictionary_, 1992 \[Ref.BS440 .A54\]
_New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible_, 2006-2009 \[Ref. BS440 .N445\]
[Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception|http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/th/thEbrEn.cfm] \[Ref. BS440 .E539\]
Concordances, e.g. [Strong's|http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html]
Lexicons and word studies
_Theological Dictionary of the New Testament_ \[Kittel\] \[Ref BS2312 .K5813\]
_Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament _\[Ref. BS440 .B5713\]
Commentaries
_New Testament Commentary Survey, _6th ed., 2007 \[BS2341.2 .C33\]
_Old Testament Commentary Survey_, 4th ed., 2007 \[BS1151.52 .L66\]
Interpretive methods
_Dictonary of Biblical Interpretation, _1999 \[Ref. BS500 .D5\]
And see chapters on methods in _The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament_
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) \[BS2330.3 B53\]
Bibliography
[Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies|http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title]
Book List of _Journal for the Study of the Old Testament_ \[online through [Drew catalog|https://catalog.drew.edu/]\]
Key journals
_Bible and Critical Theory_ \[online only\]
_Journal of Biblical Literature_
_Journal for the Study of the New Testament_
_ New Testament Studies_
finding others in the [catalog|https://catalog.drew.edu/] \[using subheading: \--Periodicals\]
Library catalogs: [Drew|https://catalog.drew.edu/] and [Worldcat|http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title]
Authority term vs. keyword
Bible O T Genesis xvi
Genesis w1 16
[Commentaries|http://books.google.com/books?id=IbuBa8Qy3AwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:genesis+inauthor:rad&hl=en&ei=gFuXTPKaO8L98AaElMWNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false] vs. [monographs|http://books.google.com/books?id=XyzNO-Om2DwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:forsaken+intitle:first-born&hl=en&ei=RluXTMblOcL68AahvtWMDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false]
Biblical history \[e.g. Bible History of Biblical events\]
Social background \[e.g. Poor Biblical teaching\]
Interpretive methods \[e.g. Bible postcolonial criticism\]
[Oxford Scholarship Online|http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title]
[ATLA|http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title]
Periodical databases beyond ATLA
[OT Abstracts|http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title]
[NT Abstracts|http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title]
Electronic Bibles
[Unbound Bible|http://unbound.biola.edu/]
BibleWorks
[Drew tip sheet|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library.aspx?id=58050]
[Some help from Yale Divinity School |http://www.library.yale.edu/div/bibleworks.html]
Websites
[New Testament Gateway|http://www.ntgateway.com/]
[Old Testament Gateway |http://www.otgateway.com/] |