Biblical Studies New Testament

Articles and Databases

ATLA Religion
Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA’s online collection of major religion and theology journals. Can search for articles by keyword or by Scripture verse.

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This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

Oxford Scholarship Online – Religion
Click on the Religion link on the left side of the screen, login is the same as ATLA or Academic Search Premier
This is a collection of Ebooks published by by OUP in all areas of religion and theology. The books included cover a wide variety of topics including History and the Bible. In addition to major recent titles, the list also includes classic works of enduring influence.

In-Library Journals

Biblica
Biblical Archeology Review
Biblical Interpretation
Horizons in Biblical Theology
Interpretation: a journal of Bible and Theology
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal of Biblical Literature
Neotestamentica
New Testament Studies
Zeitschrift für die Neutestimentliche Wissenschaft

Reference

Reference books cannot be checked out of the library

Biblical Texts

The complete parallel Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books : New Revised Standard Version, Revised English Bible, New American Bible, New Jerusalem Bible.
LC REFERENCE REF BS125 1993

The interlinear Bible, Hebrew-Greek-English : with Strong’s concordance numbers above each word / Jay P. Green, Sr., general editor and translator
LC REFERENCE REF BS3.5 1986

Concordances

The strongest Strong’s exhaustive concordance of the Bible / James Strong.
LC REFERENCE REF BS425 .S8 2001b

The Eerdmans analytical concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible / compiled by Richard E. Whitaker ; with James E. Goehring and research personnel of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity.
LC REFERENCE REF BS425 .W48 1988

The NRSV concordance unabridged : including the apocryphal/deuterocanonical books / John R. Kohlenberger III.
LC REFERENCE BS425 .K645 1991

Bible Dictionaries

Anchor Bible dictionary / David Noel Freedman, editor-in-chief ; associate editors, Gary A. Herion, David F. Graf, John David Pleins ; managing editor, Astrid B. Beck.
LC REFERENCE REF BS440 .A54 1992
LC REFERENCE REF CD-ROM WORKSTATION

Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible / David Noel Freedman, editor-in-chief ; Allen C. Myers, associate editor ; Astrid B. Beck, managing editor.
LC REFERENCE REF BS440 .E44 2000

The HarperCollins Bible dictionary / general editor, Paul J. Achtemeier ; associate editors, Roger S. Boraas … [et al.] with the Society of Biblical Literature.
LC REFERENCE REF BS440 .H235 1996

Dictionary for theological interpretation of the Bible / Kevin J. Vanhoozer, general editor ; Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N.T. Wright, associate editors.
LC REFERENCE REF BS440 .D495 2005

The New Interpreter’s dictionary of the Bible.
LC REFERENCE REF BS440 .N445 2006 v 1-.5

Dictionaries of the New Testament

The Westminster dictionary of New Testament and early Christian literature and rhetoric / David E. Aune.
LC REFERENCE REF BS2312 .A86 2003

Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament / edited by Horst Balz and Gerhard Schneider.
NoteTranslation of: Exegetisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. LC REFERENCE REF BS2312 .E913 1990 v.1-3

Theological dictionary of the New Testament / edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich ; translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley ; abridged in one volume by Geoffrey W. Bromiley.
LC REFERENCE REF BS2312 .T43213 1985

Dictionary of New Testament background / editors, Craig A. Evans, Stanley E. Porter ; project manager, Ginny Evans.
LC REFERENCE REF BS2312 .D53 2000

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels / editors, Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight ; consulting editor, I. Howard Marshall.
LC REFERENCE REF BS2555.2 .D53 1992

Dictionary of Paul and his letters / editors, Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin ; associate editor, Daniel G. Reid.
LC REFERENCE REF BS2650.2 .D53 1993

Lexicons and Language Dictionaries

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English lexicon : based on the lexicon of William Gesenius, as translated by Edward Robinson
LC REFERENCE REF PJ4833 .B684 2007

A concise Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon of the Old Testament / by William L. Holladay.
LC REFERENCE REF PJ4833 .H6 1991

The Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon of the Old Testament / by Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner
LC REFERENCE REF PJ4833 .K61813 1994

The Dictionary of classical Hebrew / David J.A. Clines, editor.
LC REFERENCE REF PJ4833 .D53 1993

A bilingual dictionary of the Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament : English and German / edited by Ludwig Koehler … Walter Baumgartner.
LC REFERENCE REF PJ4833 .K64 1998

Commentaries

The Anchor Bible/ Various
LC REFERENCE REF BS192.2.A1 1964 .G3 v.1-44

The Oxford Bible commentary / edited by John Barton and John Muddiman.
LC REFERENCE REF BS491.3 .O94 2001

The HarperCollins Bible commentary / general editor, James L. Mays ; associate editors, Joseph Blenkinsopp … [et al.] ; with the Society of Biblical Literature.
LC REFERENCE REF BS491.2 .H37 2000

Eerdmans commentary on the Bible / James D.G. Dunn, general editor ; John W. Rogerson, editor of the Old Testament and Apocrypha.
LC REFERENCE REF BS491.3 .E37 2003

The New Interpreter’s Bible : general articles & introduction, commentary, & reflections for each book of the Bible, including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books.
LC REFERENCE REF BS491.2 .N484 1994 v.1-13
LC MAIN BS491.2 .N484 1994 v.1-13

Word Biblical Commentary
LC REFERENCE REF BS491.2 .W67 v1-52c

Interpretation Commentaries
LC REFERENCE REF BS491.2.I54 1982 v1-42

Circulating Collection

Items in the Library’s Reading Room may generally be checked out of the Library. The following guide to call numbers will indicate where the more commonly sought after materials may be found. Using the phrases found below (eg. Bible. N.T. Ephesians) can also yield better results when searching by subject in our online catalog.

BS1-2970 The Bible
- BS125-355 Modern texts and versions
  - BS125-198 English Texts
    - BS199-313 Texts in European languages
    - BS 315-324 Asian languages
  - BS 325-329 African languages
- BS410-680 Works about the Bible as a whole
  - BS500-534.8 Criticism and interpretation
- BS1901-2970 New Testament as a Whole
  - BS1937-2020 Early texts and versions (includes Greek)
  - BS2025-2213 Modern texts and versions
    - BS1965.5 Interlinear translations
  - BS2280-2545 Works about the New Testament
  - BS2301-2312 Concordances, Indexes, Dictionaries
  - BS2350-2393 Criticism and interpretation
  - BS2415-2417 The teachings of Jesus
  - BS2430-2520 Men, women, and children of the New Testament
    - BS2450-2520 Individual New Testament characters
  - BS2525-2544 Study and teaching
  - BS2565-2970 Special parts of the New Testament
    - BS2565-2570 Liturgical Gospels
    - BS2570-2577 Matthew
    - BS2580-2587 Mark
    - BS2589-2589.6 Luke and Acts
    - BS2590-2597 Luke
    - BS2610-2617 John
    - BS2617.5 Acts of the Apostle and the Epistles
    - BS2617.8 Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and Revelation
    - BS2620-2677 Acts of the Apostles
    - BS2630-2638 The Epistles
    - BS2640-2765.6 Epistles of Paul
      - BS2660-2667 Romans
      - BS2670-2677 Corinthians, 1st and 2nd
      - BS2680-2687 Galatians
      - BS2690-2695.6 Ephesians
      - BS2700-2705.6 Philippians
      - BS2710-2717 Colossians
      - BS2720-2725.6 Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd
      - BS2730-2735.6 Pastoral Epistles
      - BS2740-2745.6 Timothy, 1st and 2nd
      - BS2750-2755.6 Titus
  - BS2760-2765.6Philemon
- BS2770-2775.6 Hebrews
- BS2777 General Epistles. Catholic Epistles.
  - BS2780-2785.6 James
  - BS2790-2795.6 Peter, 1st and 2nd
  - BS2800-2805.6 Epistles of John, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
  - BS2810-2815.6 Jude
- BS2820-2825.6 Revelation
BS2831-2960 New Testament Apocrypha

On-line Guides and References

Candler School of Theology – Emory University — Biblical Studies Guide
Wabash Center — New Testament (including links to guides to individual books of the Bible)
Wabash Center — Gospels and Acts
Yale Divinity School – Website for Biblical Studies

Websites (many more found in Reference Guides)

Biblical Research – Internet Resources for Students of Scripture
Bible Study Tools – Offers a number of resources including multiple translations, parallel readings, commentaries, and concordances
Early Christian Writings – “Early Christian Writings is the most complete collection of documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary. Includes the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers.” Oremus Bible Browser – The NRSV Online A substantial collection of annotated links, maintained by Roy Ciampa at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
The Greek Language and Linguistics Religious Studies Web Guide (University of Calgary) – This web site, in existence since 1995, focuses on free internet resources of use to researchers involved in the academic study of religion.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm – A freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet
Biblical Art on the WWW – Search by subject or scripture text