Library Research: Biblical

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See especially:

Levels of Inquiry:

after engaging the text itself with appropriate language helps.

Concordances--words in context and range of semantic use (REF BS2555.5 /BS2302)

Encyclopedic/dictionary—topical, overview, summary (Anchor; IDB: EDNT TDNT;)

Commentaries—another point of view with methodological and/or theological bias, hopefully faithful to the text, to past scholarship, and bibliographic, but immediately dated.

Books: historical and/or topical—like the commentary, often more specific than summary, but not always expository (mostly in Circulation)—also Introductions.

Articles: more detailed and pointed, often technical and experimental, peer reviewed. The stuff from which future commentaries and topical books are shaped after sifting, rebuttal and refinement.

Points of Access: (on- or off-campus)

Library Online Resources: http://www.ctsnet.edu/library/libintro.asp

CALVIN Catalog: http://web2.ctsnet.edu/ (search: titles/author/keyword/subject headings)

ATLA web (http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=atla) (ID + password = cts1 + cts1)

(citations and many fulltext: title/author/keyword/subject headings/scripture)

(search for: articles, polygraphs, reviews, essay, reviews in Religion Index)

ATLA includes by default EBSCO’s Academic Premier and Religion&Philosophy databases.

Galileo automatic on-campus, (off campus password changes quarterly)

WorldCat—book & periodical title inquiries (not articles)—some fulltext books

(citation search by: title/author/keyword/subject headings, etc.)

ProQuest—full text (search by: title/author/keyword/subject headings)

NetLibrary—full text e-books (WorldCat): (search by title/author/topic)

Encyclopedia Britannica--useful overviews and in-depth commentary

JBCL Periodicals Listing (Library Resources page)

(for updated use: \\Web2.ctsnet.edu\ref\Periodicals\menu.htm

–some full text (=ACCESS), some abstract/toc (=INFO)

–includes EBSCO & ATLAS & HomePage Websites.

Bound + Current Periodicals shelved alphabetically by title

Paper Resources with some Online Duplication: (on-campus)

Don’t neglect paper indices on Reference Index Shelf.

NOTE: online vs. paper index: online is not 100% comprehensive—online has selective 15-20

year coverage, but is more current, yet selectively indexed.

Book Review Index (blue& yellow binding) gives periodical citation for reviews.

Book Review Digest (maroon binding) gives brief reviews.

OT/NT Abtracts—(paper versions & DOS-based at Reference Computers with icons.)

ATLA Index (red bound= RIT/RIO on Reference Index Shelf arranged by topic & scripture)

Includes polygraph books & articles. ATLA Religion Index —(DOS-based at Reference

Computers with icon—tracks books and dissertations better than Web Version above)

Bible Studies Index (DOS-based at Reference Computers / icon.)--a subset of ATLA

Elenchus of Biblica on Reference Index Shelf: arranged by topic & scripture Very Useful.

Internationale Zeitschriftenshau für Biblewissenschaft und Grenzgebiete on Reference

Index Shelf; citations arranged by topic & scripture--in English & European languages.

The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index on Reference Index Shelf; citations arranged

by topic including Biblical--duplicates much of the other indices, but worth checking

.

New Testament Reference Resources

New Testament word studies / by John Albert Bengel ; a new translation by Charlton T. Lewis and Marvin R. Vincent. Grand Rapids : Kregel, 1971.

REF BS2335 .B413 1971

Scripture index to The new international dictionary of New Testament theology : and index to selected extrabiblical literature / David Townsley and Russell Bjork. Grand Rapids, MI : Regency Reference Library, c1985. 

REF BS2397.N483 T68 1985

An Expository dictionary of Biblical words / by W.E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, William White, Jr.  Nashville : T. Nelson, c1984

REF BS537 .E96 1984

Expository dictionary of New Testament words : with their precise meanings for English readers / W.E. Vine.
Grand Rapids, Mich : Zondervan, 1981

REF BS2312 .V56 1981

An expository dictionary of Old Testament words / W. E. Vine ; edited by F. F. Bruce. Old Tappan, N.J. : Revell, c1978. 

REF BS440 .V75 1978

A Theological word book of the Bible/ edited by Alan Richardson. London: SCM Press, 1950, c1957

REF BS440 .R53  

"Seeks to elucidate key 'theological' words of the Bible, omitting historical, geographical, archeological, and philosophical details."--Cully.

A Theological word book of the Bible/ edited by Alan Richardson. New York: Macmillan, 1960, c1950.

REF BS440 .R53 1960 

"Seeks to elucidate key 'theological' words of the Bible, omitting historical, geographical, archeological, and philosophical details."--Cully.

A Parsing guide to the Greek New Testament / compiled by Nathan E. Han ; with an introduction by Merrill C. Tenney. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, c1971

REF PA847 .H3

Greek Reference Grammars:

Good to use for solving complicated language issues--forms, paradigms, prefixes/suffixes, etc.  Use indexes as well as tables of content.

Basics of biblical Greek : grammar / William D. Mounce. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, c1993.

PA817 .M63 1993

A primer of Biblical Greek / N. Clayton Croy.  Grand Rapids, Mich : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c1999.

PA817 .C76 1999

New Testament exegesis: a handbook for students and pastors. Rev. (Fee, Gordon D. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993.)

REF BS2331 .F44 1993  CURRENT REF 1983--UPDATE in stacks

A guide for New Testament historical-critical exegesis written for students who know Greek, but with much of the guide accessible to students without knowledge of Greek. The guide describes steps of exegesis with the goal of writing an exegesis paper and also gives a shorter series of steps for sermon preparation. The use of resources for the study of the NT is included in the description of the steps, with a final chapter giving a bibliography of resources organized according to the exegetical step in which the resource would be used. (Introduction)

Interpreting the New Testament: a Practical Guide. (Daniel J. Harrington, Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, c1979.)

REF BS2331.2 .H37 1979 v.1

An introduction to the basic methods used in the study of the New Testament. "The expositions of the methods focus on the questions to be asked of the biblical text and on what can be legitimately expected as answers to these questions. Usually some indications are provided about the origin and development of the methods and about the broader theological and historical problems raised by them." Sample applications of each method are included and brief bibliographies of works published in English follow each chapter. (Introduction)

Basic Tools of Biblical Exegesis: a Student's Manual. (Stanley B. Marrow, Rome: Biblical Institute, 1978.)

REF  Z7770 .M33 1978  

"An excellent but brief introductory bibliography for the study of the Bible . . .. Its main purpose is to help students beginning exegetical work whether in preparation for the ministry, as part of theological study, or in the technical study of the Bible." Fitzmyer

Literary forms in the New Testament : a handbook / James L. Bailey and Lyle D. Vander Broek. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, c1992.

REF BS2361.2 .B25 1992

". . . a wonderfully useful book, providing definition and examples of the prominent literary and rhetorical forms found in the New Testament." Cousar One notes the bibliographies seem dated.

Dictionary of biblical interpretation / John H. Hayes, general editor. Nashville : Abingdon, c1999.

REF BS500 .D53 1999

Greek Lexicons

A Greek-English Lexicon. (Henry George Liddell, and Robert Scott, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.) 

REF PA445.E5 L6 1968  (1996 EDITION IN PROCESS)

"This excellent lexicon, mainly devoted to classical Greek, frequently includes references to the LXX and the NT. It is especially useful for tracing the early history of a NT word or for determining its etymology." Fitzmyer

"The Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott was first published in 1843 ... it has gone through nine editions, the last being augmented by a Supplement published in 1968 ... Much new material has become available since the publication of the first Supplement and the incorporation of this is again the main aim of the new Supplement."--Pref.

Greek-English Lexicon. A Supplement.  (Henry G. Liddell, Robert Scott, H. Stuart Jones; edited by E.A. Barber with the assistance of P. Maas, M. Scheller and M.L. West. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. )

REF PA445 E5 L6 1996 Suppl. 

A supplement to the Liddell and Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon "which sought to take account of new material in the publications of more recently discovered inscriptions and papyrus texts or new critical editions. It includes the "addenda et corrigenda" to the two main volumes [bound in one volume], accumulated since 1940. New word entries are prefixed with a superscript x."  Fitzmyer

A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature / revised and edited by Frederick William Danker. [3RD EDITION BDAG] Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.

REF PA881.B413 2000

"Based on Walter Bauer's Griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der frühchristlichen Literatur, sixth edition, ed. Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, with Viktor Reichmann and on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker."--T.p.

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. William F. Arndt and F. Wilbur Gingrich. 2d ed., rev. and augmented by F. Wilbur Gingrich and Frederick W. Danker from Walter Bauer's 5th ed., 1958. (Walter Bauer, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1979.)

REF PA881.B413 1979

The second English edition has utilized much of the new material that Bauer introduced into his 5th ed. and added some other material gathered by the present editors. The Bauer lexicon's "value lies in the attempt to give succinctly the history of the Greek word, indicating its terminus a quo in Greek literature, its use in the LXX, papyri, and later Greek, as well as the NT occurrences themselves. Abundant bibliographical references to articles and books on the word concerned are also supplied."Fitzmyer

An Index to the Revised Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich Greek Lexicon.  (John R. Alsop, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981.)

PA881 B42 1981

This index is designed to help one quickly locate the discussion of any given word. The lexical forms are given in the biblical order with the chapter and verse indicated. The Greek lexical form is followed by an indication of the section and subsections in which the discussion of the word is found in BAG, an English gloss and the page number with a letter indicating the quadrant of the page where the discussion of this word is to be found (a - the upper half of the left column, b - the lower half of the left column, c - the upper half of the right column, and d - the lower half of the right column.)

A Reader's Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament / by Sakae Kubo.  Berrien Springs, Mich. : Andrews University Press, 1971

REF PA881 .K8

Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament / edited by Horst Balz and Gerhard Schneider. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, c1990-

REF BS2312 .E913 1990  

Translation of: Exegetisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. Includes bibliographical references.

New Testament word lists for rapid reading of the Greek Testament / compiled and edited by Clinton Morrison and David H. Barnes.Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1966. 

REF PA881 .M67

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains.  (Johannes P. Louw, editor, Eugene A. Nida, editor; Ronald B. Smith, part-time editor; Karen A. Munson, associate editor. 1st ed. New York, NY, USA: United Bible Societies, 1988.) 2nd edition, 1989.

REF PA881 G68 1989 

This lexicon classifies the Greek words and idioms of the New Testament according to shared and distinctive semantic features. The words are grouped in categories called semantic domains, which are listed on pg xxiv-xxv, following the introduction to the lexicon. The domains are further divided into subdomains, which are listed at the beginning of each domain section. The Greek lexical forms with their definitions are listed under the subdomain headings. The second volume contains three indices; a Greek-English index, an English index, and a passage or scripture index.

Theological dictionary of the New Testament. Translator and editor: Geoffrey W. Bromiley.  Kittel, Gerhard,  Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, c1964-c1976.  Vol. 5- edited by Gerhard Friedrich.

REF PA881 .K513 

The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT or Kittel) is considered by many to be the best New Testament dictionary ever compiled. It contains 2300 entries which cover the spectrum of biblical topics from "A to Z."

MORE GREEK LEXICONS IN REF AND CIRC. (older reprints, classical, & popular formats)

Textual Analysis

Synopsis quattuor Evangeliorum : Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et Patrum adhibitis / edidit Kurt Aland. Ed. 8. Stuttgart : Würtembergische Bibelanstalt, 1973, c1967.

REF BS2560.A2 A35 1973 

Synopsis of the four gospels : Greek-English edition of the Synopsis quattuor Evangeliorum with the text of the Revised Standard Version / edited by Kurt Aland. Ed. 8. Stuttgart : Würtembergische Bibelanstalt, 1973, c1967.

REF BS2560.A2 A35 1973

A Textual commentary on the Greek New Testament : a companion volume to the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament (3d ed.) / by Bruce M. Metzger. London ; New York : United Bible Societies, c1971.

REF BS2325 .M43 

Interlinear

The Interlinear Bible, Hebrew-Greek-English: with Strong's Concordance Numbers above Each Word  (Jay P. Green, Sr., general editor and translator. 1 vol. ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrikson Publishers, 1986).

REF BS715 1986

This interlinear of the OT and NT has Strong's numbers above each Hebrew or Greek word and two English translations, one underneath the Hebrew or Greek text and one in a column on the side. The Hebrew text is the Masoretic text, but the Greek Text (the NT) is Stephens Edition of 1550, which is not the best Greek text.

The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament: a New Interlinear Translation of the Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies' Third, Corrected Edition with the New Revised Standard Version, New Testament  (Translators, Robert K. Brown and Philip W. Comfort; editor, J.D. Douglas. 3rd corr. ed. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Pub., 1990).

REF BS1965 1990

REF BS1965.5 1990b

This interlinear New Testament sets an interlinear translation underneath the Greek text, with the NRSV translation in a column on the side. Symbols are used in the interlinear translation to help clarify Greek grammatical constructions and idioms.

The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament.  (Ed. John R. Kohlenberger III. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1979-1985). 4 volumes.

REF  BS715 1979

1987 one volume edition:

REF BS715 1987

The Hebrew Text is the Masoretic text of the Leningrad Codex B19a (BHS). A grammatically literal translation based on the vocabulary of the NIV is set underneath the Hebrew text and the NIV translation is in a column on the side

The interlinear Bible : Hebrew-Greek-English, with Strong's Concordance numbers above each word / Jay P. Green, Sr., general editor and translator. Peabody, MA : Hendrickson Publishers, c1986.

REF BS3.5 1986

The Interlinear Hebrew/Greek English Bible / Jay Green, general editor and translator. Wilmington, Del. : Associated Publishers and Authors, 1976-1979.

REF BS3.5 1976

Greek Bible Websites

Interactive NT Greek Text with parsing http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/gnt/

Greek New Testament Audio Files http://www.audiogreek.0catch.com/ By Marilyn Phemister: much of the Greek New Testament (Westcott and Hort) is available here for listening or downloading. These are Real Audio files, organised by the chapter. The project is not yet complete, but chapters are being added regularly. Ideal for visually impaired students, or for anyone wanting to listen to the text.

Olive Tree NT Greek Texts http://www.olivetree.com/bible/Frames/GreekNewTestament.htm

Little Greek tips & helps http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/

English to Ancient Greek translator http://www.translatum.gr/

Mark Goodacre's NT Gateway http://www.ntgateway.com/greek/ an excellent resource.

Reference Tools & Resources: Bible The CTS Library webpages. http://web2.ctsnet.edu/ref/BibleReference/Reference_Guide--Bible.htm