Library catalog
Library databases
The Bible as Library
Authority, Classification, Hierarchy
["Resources in Biblical Studies"|Research Skills for Theo Students 1.5, 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|Research Skills for Theo Students 1.5, Biblical Studies^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
[Ref. BS440 .E539]
Online encyclopedias: Macmillan andOxford
Concordances, e.g. Strong's
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
Book List of Journal for the Study of the Old Testament [online through Drew catalog]
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 [using subheading: --Periodicals]
Library catalogs: Drew and Worldcat
Authority term vs. keyword
Bible O T Genesis xvi
Genesis w1 16
Commentaries vs. monographs
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
ATLA
Periodical databases beyond ATLA
OT Abstracts
NT Abstracts
Electronic Bibles
Unbound Bible
BibleWorks
Drew tip sheet
Some help from Yale Divinity School
Websites
New Testament Gateway
Old Testament Gateway