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The Bible as Library
Authority, Classification, Hierarchy
Resources in biblical studies
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]
English translations
Unbound BIble

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] [also online]
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception [Ref. BS440 .E539]
- Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 1992 [Ref. 2555.2 D53]
- Other online encyclopedias: Macmillan and Oxford
Concordances, e.g. Strong's
Harmonies [catalog search: ti Bible harmonies] [online example]
Interlinear Bibles
- NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament [Ref. BS715]
- New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament [BS1965.5]
- Online interlinear Bible
Lexicons and word studies
- Analytic Lexicon of the Greek New Testament [Ref. PA881 .F75 2000]
- Theological Dictionary of the New Testament [Kittel] [Ref BS2312 .K5813]
- Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament [Ref. BS440 .B5713]
- BDB [Ref. PJ4833 .B67]
- Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament (BDAG) [Ref. PA881 .B38]
Commentaries
- New Testament Commentary Survey, 7th ed., 2013
- Old Testament Commentary Survey, 5th ed., 2013l
- New Interpreter's Bible (see, for example, Genesis)
- Abingdon Old Testament Commentary (see under Bible Commentaries, e.g. Deuteronomy)
Interpretive methods
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation, 2013 (Ref. BS511.3 .O88)
- Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation,1999 [Ref. BS500 .D5]
- And see chapters on methods in The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament [BS2330.3 B53]

Bibliography
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies
- Religion compass
- An Index to English Periodical Literature on the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies [Ref. BS1171.2 H.1987]
- Book list for Journal for the Study of the Old Testament [online through Journal List]

Key journals

Library catalogs: Drew and Worldcat

Authority term vs. keyword
Bible O T Genesis xvi
Genesis-16
Commentaries vs. monographs
Publishers
- Denominational, university, for-profit academic, trade
- Perspectives: Pilgrim Press, Zondervan, Baker Academic
Biblical history [e.g. Bible History of Biblical events]
Social background [e.g. Poor Biblical teaching]
Interpretive methods [e.g. Bible postcolonial criticism]
Finding commentaries and criticism online
- Ministry Matters
- Drew Catalog: Advanced

Online books

ATLA
Periodical databases beyond ATLA

Electronic Bibles

Websites

Chicago style