BIBLICAL STUDIES TOOLS
BIBLICAL STUDIES TOOLS
Concordances
Lists all the words of the Bible (or just the significant ones) in alphabetical order. Useful for identifying where a word you are interested in also appears.
Best:
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (be sure to get one with an original language key)
Biblical Software (if it allows word searches)
Dictionaries
Use for looking up concepts and words to find out what they mean. The better ones also contain short topical articles.
Best:
Harper’s Bible Dictionary
Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (4 vols. + supplement)
Anchor Bible Dictionary (6 vols.)
Atlases
Identify the areas where things took place, distances between places, routes taken.
Best:
Hammonds Atlas of the Bible Lands
MacMillan Bible Atlas
Oxford Bible Atlas
Study Bibles
Contains notes, maps, parallels, introductions to each book, sometimes articles.
Best:
Harper’s NRSV Study Bible
Oxford Annotated Study Bible
Commentaries
There are literally thousands of commentaries, most of them in series. Unfortunately, each series has some good commentaries and some completely worthless. It is helpful to research the same text in several. Be cautious about using commentaries written by evangelical publishers.
Best:
Harper’s Bible Commentary
New Jerome Bible Commentary
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