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The Bible as Library
Authority, Classification, Hierarchy
"[Resources in Biblical Studies|^Biblestudieschart.doc]" (online via Moodle)
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 \[220.5 K91c\]
Tools of the Trade
    Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
        _Anchor Bible Dictionary_, 1992 \[Ref. 220.3 A539a\]
        _New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible_, 2006-2009 \[Ref. 220.3 N5323n\]
        [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_ \[Kittel\] \[Ref 487.332 K62tE\]
        _Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament _\[Ref. 492.43 B751tE\]
    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 \[Ref. 220.603 D554di\]
        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/depts/library/er-title.aspx]    
        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/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
    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/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
ATLA
Periodical databases beyond ATLA
   [ OT OT Abstracts|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]    
    [NT Abstracts|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
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 School |http://www.library.yale.edu/div/bibleworks.html]   
Websites
    [New Testament Gateway|http://www.ntgateway.com/]    
    [Old Testament Gateway       Gateway       |http://www.otgateway.com/]