Library catalog
Library databases
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]
- Summary
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; online through Ministry Matters
]
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- Intervarsity Press dictionaries
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 1992 [Ref. BS2555.2 .D53]
Dictionary of Paul and his Letters, 1993 [Ref. BS2560.2 .D53]
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments, 1997 [Ref. BS2625.5 .D53]
The IVP Dictionary of the New Testament, 2004 [Ref. BS2312 .I89]
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
[Ref. BS440 .E539]
- Online encyclopedias: Macmillan and Oxford
- Intervarsity Press dictionaries
- 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
Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation,1999 [Ref. BS500 .D5]
Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation, 2000 [Ref. BS476 .H36]
And see chapters on methods in The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament [BS2330.3 B63]
- Bibliography
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies
- Book List of Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
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-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]
Periodical Databases
Electronic Bibles
Websites
- New Testament Gateway
- Old Testament Gateway
Wabash Center
[for Biblical studies sites]