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]
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]
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