Bible

Recommended Resources: Bible

The Credo Reference platform provides access to several good Bible reference works including topical IVP dictionaries such as Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, and Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online

EBW discusses how the books of the Bible, and the persons and ideas portrayed therein, have been used, interpreted, and adapted elsewhere in the Bible, and how they have been portrayed or cited or alluded to in literature, music, and film.

Ministry Matters Research Library
Ministry Matters provides online access to essential Bible reference works such as New Interpreter's Bible and New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible.

Commentaries (e-books - off-campus access requires Austin Seminary log-in)

By series

	Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture A post-critical revival of the early commentary tradition known as the glossa ordinaria, a text artfully elaborated with ancient and authoritative reflections and insights from the writings from the church fathers.
	Hermeneia: A Historical and Critical Commentary on the Bible
	New International Commentary on the New Testament A multi-faceted commentary dealing with exegetical and theological issues while also giving a comprehensive review of scholarship.
	New International Commentary on the Old Testament A multi-faceted commentary dealing with exegetical and theological issues while also giving a comprehensive review of scholarship.

By book of the Bible: Old Testament

Law	History	Poetry and Wisdom	Prophets
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy	Joshua Judges Ruth 1-2 Samuel 1-2 Kings 1-2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther	Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs	Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

Apocrypha	Pseudepigrapha
Tobit Judith Additions to Esther Wisdom of Solomon Ecclesiasticus (Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach) Baruch (and Letter of Jeremiah) Additions to Daniel (Song of the Three Jews, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon) 1-4 Maccabees 1-4 Esdras Psalm 151 Prayer of Manasseh	Enoch Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs Odes of Solomon

By book of the Bible: New Testament

Gospels and Acts	Pauline Epistles	Other Epistles	Revelation and Christian Apocrypha
Matthew Mark Luke John Acts	Romans 1-2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1-2 Thessalonians Pastoral Epistles Philemon	Hebrews James 1-2 Peter 1-3 John Jude	Revelation Didache Shepherd of Hermas Apostolic Tradition

Lectionary commentaries

Feasting on the Word (A)

Year A

Feasting on the Word: Year A, volume 1: Advent Through Transfiguration
Feasting on the Word: Year A, volume 2: Lent Through Eastertide
Feasting on the Word: Year A, volume 3: Pentecost and Season After Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16)
Feasting on the Word: Year A, volume 4: Season After Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ)

Advent Companion

Feasting on the Word Advent Companion: A Thematic Resource for Preaching and Worship. [access limited to one simultaneous reader]

Children's Sermons

Feasting on the Word: Children's Sermons for Year A

Lenten Companion

Feasting on the Word Lenten Companion: A Thematic Resource for Preaching and Worship

Worship Companion

Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year A, volume 1: Advent through Pentecost

Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year A, volume 2: Trinity Sunday through Reign of Christ

Scripture Index

Feasting on the Word/Feasting on the Gospels series Scripture index

Feasting on the Word (B)

Year B

Feasting on the Word: Year B, volume 1: Advent Through Transfiguration
Feasting on the Word: Year B, volume 2: Lent Through Eastertide
Feasting on the Word: Year B, volume 3: Pentecost and Season After Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16)
Feasting on the Word: Year B, volume 4: Season After Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ)

Advent Companion

Feasting on the Word Advent Companion: A Thematic Resource for Preaching and Worship. [access limited to one simultaneous reader]

Children's Sermons

Feasting on the Word Children's Sermons for Year B

Lenten Companion

Feasting on the Word Lenten Companion: A Thematic Resource for Preaching and Worship

Worship Companion

Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year B, volume 1: Advent through Pentecost

Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies of Year B, volume 2: Trinity Sunday through Reign of Christ

Scripture Index

Feasting on the Word/Feasting on the Gospels series Scripture index

Feasting on the Word (C)

Year C

Feasting on the Word: Year C, volume 1: Advent Through Transfiguration
Feasting on the Word: Year C, volume 2: Lent Through Eastertide
Feasting on the Word: Year C, volume 3: Pentecost and Season After Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16)
Feasting on the Word: Year C, volume 4: Season After Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ)

Advent Companion

Feasting on the Word Advent Companion: A Thematic Resource for Preaching and Worship. [access limited to one simultaneous reader]

Lenten Companion

Feasting on the Word Lenten Companion: A Thematic Resource for Preaching and Worship

Worship Companion

Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, volume 1 : Advent through Pentecost

Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies of Year C, volume 2: Trinity Sunday through Reign of Christ

Scripture Index

Feasting on the Word/Feasting on the Gospels series Scripture index

Feasting on the Gospels

Matthew

Feasting on the Gospels: Matthew, volume 1: chapters 1-11
Feasting on the Gospels: Matthew, volume 2: chapters 14-28

Mark

Feasting on the Gospels: Mark

Luke

Feasting on the Gospels: Luke, volume 1: chapters 1-11
Feasting on the Gospels: Luke, volume 2: chapters 12-24

John

Feasting on the Gospels: John, volume 1: chapters 1-9
Feasting on the Gospels: John, volume 2: chapters 10-21

Scripture Index

Feasting on the Word/Feasting on the Gospels series Scripture index

Connections: A Lectionary Commentary

Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship : Year A,

Year A, volume 1: Advent through Epiphany
Year A, volume 2: Lent through Pentecost
Year A, volume 3: Season after Pentecost

Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship : Year B,

Year B, volume 1: Advent through Epiphany
Year B, volume 2: Lent through Pentecost
Year B, volume 3: Season after Pentecost

Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship : Year C,

Year C, volume 1: Advent through Epiphany
Year C, volume 2: Lent through Pentecost
Year C, volume 3: Season after Pentecost

One-volume commentaries

Whole Bible

Burge, Gary M. and Andrew E. Hill. Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012.

Durken, Daniel. New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament. The New Collegeville Bible Commentary. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2015.

Lapsley, Jacqueline E., Sharon H. Ringe, and Carol A. Newsom. Women’s Bible Commentary. 3rd ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.

Muddiman, John, and John Barton. The Oxford Bible Commentary. Oxford: OUP, 2007.

Petersen, David L., and Gail R. O’Day. Theological Bible Commentary. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009. [access limited to three simultaneous readers]

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

New Testament

Databases (for finding journal articles and essays)

Databases

Databases

Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS

The Atla Religion Database is the premier resource for journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with the largest collection of full text religion and theology journals.

Biblical Archaeology Society Library

The Biblical Archaeology Society Library is a searchable collection of BAS publications including Biblical Archaeology Review (1975 to present), Bible Review (1985 to 2005 complete) and Archaeology Odyssey (1998 to 2006 complete), as well as video lectures on key issues in archaeology and the Bible and curated topical collections on selected subjects.

JSTOR: Religion and Theology archive collection

This collection covers the history and philosophy of religious thought spanning traditions, periods, and critical approaches. As an archival collection, it includes the full text of journals from their inception through approximately five years ago.

New Testament Abstracts

Offers a growing collection of abstracts on current literature devoted to research of the New Testament and the times in which it was formed.

Old Testament Abstracts

Offers abstracts on literature covering an array of subjects including antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology and philology.

Thesaurus linguae Graecae (TLG)

This digital library of Greek texts allows users to search a large corpus of Greek literature spanning the time from Homer (c. 800 BCE) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 CE. Note that first-time users will need to register for a TLG account.

Digital Reference Works

Biblical Languages (Grammars, Lexicons, etc.)

Hebrew
Greek

Hebrew

Andersen, Francis I., and A. Dean Forbes. Biblical Hebrew Grammar Visualized. Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012.

Arnold, Bill T., and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon [Based on the 1906 edition originally published by Clarendon Press: Oxford]

Burton, Marilyn E. The Semantics of Glory: A Cognitive, Corpus-Based Approach to Hebrew Word Meaning. Studia Semitica Neerlandica. Leiden: Brill, 2017.

Futato, Mark David. Beginning Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

Garr, W. Randall, and Steven Ellis Fassberg, eds. A Handbook of Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016.

Hebrew Keyboard Map (PDF)

Hurvitz, Avi. A Concise Lexicon of Late Biblical Hebrew: Linguistic Innovations in the Writings of the Second Temple Period. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Boston: Brill, 2014.

Landes, George M. Building Your Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary: Learning Words by Frequency and Cognate. Resources for Biblical Study. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001.

Long, Gary A. Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. [access limited to one simultaneous reader]

Reymond, Eric D. Intermediate Biblical Hebrew Grammar: A Student’s Guide to Phonology and Morphology. Resources for Biblical Study. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017.

Reymond, Eric D. Qumran Hebrew: An Overview of Orthography, Phonology, and Morphology. Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.

Williams, Ronald J., and John C. Beckman. Williams’ Hebrew Syntax. 3rd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 2007.

Greek

Estes, Douglas. Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament: An Essential Reference Resource for Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019.

Gignac, Francis T. An Introductory New Testament Greek Course. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2015.

Harris, Murray J. Prepositions and Theology in the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019.

Köstenberger, Andreas J., Benjamin L. Merkle, and Robert L. Plummer. Going Deeper with New Testament Greek: An Intermediate Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the New Testament. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2016.

McLean, Bradley H. New Testament Greek: An Introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Polytonic Greek Keyboard Map

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Entire Bible

Dictionary of the Bible: English-Spanish, Spanish-English = Diccionario De La Biblia: Castellano-Inglés, Inglés-Castellano
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online
Essential Bible Dictionary
New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (available through Ministry Matters)

Old Testament

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry, and Writings

New Testament

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
Dictionary of New Testament Background
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Development
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis

Biblical Interpretation

Concise Dictionary of Bible Origins and Interpretation
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Specialty/Topical Dictionaries

50 palabras de la Biblia
Dictionary of Bible Plants
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
Encyclopedia of English Language Bible Versions
Who's Who of the Bible

Study Bibles

Style Guide (SBL citations)

Guides and Handbooks

Biblical Exegesis and Interpretation

Exegesis

Beale, G. K. Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012.

Bruce, F. F., David Capes, and Graham Hedges. Understanding Biblical Criticism: What It Is, What It Does, Why It Matters. Cork, Ireland: Kingsley Books, 2018.

Croy, N. Clayton. Prima Scriptura: An Introduction to New Testament Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011.

Malcolm, Matthew R. From Hermeneutics to Exegesis: The Trajectory of Biblical Interpretation. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2018.

Sanday, W. Essays in Biblical Criticism and Exegesis. Classics in Biblical and Theological Studies. Supplement Series. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.

Vaage, Leif E. Borderline Exegesis. Signifying (on) Scriptures. University Park, PN: Penn State University Press, 2014.

Heremeneutics

Bauckham, Richard. The Bible in the Contemporary World: Hermeneutical Ventures. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.

Cadwallader, Alan, ed. Hermeneutics and the Authority of Scripture. Task of Theology Today Series. Hindmarsh, Australia: ATF Press, 2012.

Green, Garrett. Theology, Hermeneutics, and Imagination: The Crisis of Interpretation at the End of Modernity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Kalaga, Tomasz. Literary Hermeneutics: From Methodology to Ontology. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Thiselton, Anthony C. Hermeneutics: An Introduction. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 2009.

Types of Criticism

Bruce, F. F., David Capes, and Graham Hedges. Understanding Biblical Criticism: What It Is, What It Does, Why It Matters. Cork, Ireland: Kingsley Books, 2018.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the Historical-Critical Method. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2020.

Mangum, Douglas, and Douglas Estes. Literary Approaches to the Bible. Lexham Methods Series. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018.

History of Biblical Interpretation

Boer, Roland. Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation. Bibleworld. London: Routledge, 2007.

De Groot, Christiana, and Marion Ann Taylor. Recovering Nineteenth-Century Women Interpreters of the Bible. Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.

Froehlich, Karlfried. Sensing the Scriptures: Aminadab’s Chariot and the Predicament of Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014.

Kannengiesser, Charles. Handbook of Patristic Exegesis: The Bible in Ancient Christianity. The Bible in Ancient Christianity. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Olyan, Saul M. Supplementation and the Study of the Hebrew Bible. Brown Judaic Studies. Providence: Brown Judaic Studies, 2018.

Porter, Stanley E., and Sean A. Adams, eds. Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 1: Prevailing methods before 1980. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016.

- - -. Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 2: Prevailing methods after 1980. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016.

- - -. Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 3: Further essays on prevailing methods. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2021.

Reventlow, Henning, and Benjamin Uffenheimer. Creative Biblical Exegesis: Christian and Jewish Hermeneutics Through the Centuries. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1988.

Sarisky, Darren. Theology, History, and Biblical Interpretation: Modern Readings. London, UK: T&T Clark, 2015.

Taylor, Marion Ann, and Heather E. Weir. Women in the Story of Jesus: The Gospels Through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016.

Weir, Heather E., and Nancy Calvert Koyzis. Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who Challenged the Status Quo. T & T Clark Library of Biblical Studies. New York: T&T Clark, 2010.

Westerholm, Stephen, and Martin Westerholm. Reading Sacred Scripture: Voices From the History of Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016.

Williams, David M. Receiving the Bible in Faith: Historical and Theological Exegesis. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2004.

Interpretive Approaches/Perspectives

Boase, Elizabeth, and Christopher G. Frechette. Bible Through the Lens of Trauma. Semeia Studies. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016.

Boer, Roland. Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next Step. Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia Studies. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.

Byron, Gay L., and Vanessa Lovelace. Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse. Semeia Studies. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016.

Farkasfalvy, Denis M. Inspiration and Interpretation: A Theological Introduction to Sacred Scripture. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2010.

Havea, Jione. Sea of Readings: The Bible in the South Pacific. Semeia Studies. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2018.

Hornsby, Teresa J., and Deryn Guest. Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation. Semeia Studies. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016.

Horrell, David G. Ecological Hermeneutics: Biblical, Historical and Theological Perspectives. London: T&T Clark, 2010.

Kim, Yung Suk. Biblical Interpretation: Theory, Process, and Criteria. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013.

Liew, Tat-siong Benny. What Is Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics? Reading the New Testament. Intersections. Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008.

Lozada, Francisco, and Fernando F. Segovia. Latino/a Biblical Hermeneutics: Problematics, Objectives, Strategies. Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia Studies. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014.

Malcolm, Matthew R., and Stanley E. Porter. The Future of Biblical Interpretation: Responsible Plurality in Biblical Hermeneutics. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013.

Martin, Lee Roy. Pentecostal Hermeneutics: A Reader. Leiden: Brill, 2013.

Morgan, Robert, and John Barton. Biblical Interpretation. Oxford Bible Series. Oxford: OUP Premium, 1988.

Prior, Michael. The Bible and Colonialism: A Moral Critique. Biblical Seminar. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Richards, E. Randolph, and Brandon J. O’Brien. Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2012.

Runesson, Anna. Exegesis in the Making: Postcolonialism and New Testament Studies. Biblical Interpretation Series. Leiden: Brill, 2011.

Scholz, Susanne. Introducing the Women’s Hebrew Bible: Feminism, Gender Justice, and the Study of the Old Testament. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

Schèussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation: With a New Afterword. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.

Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth, and Society of Biblical Literature. Feminist Biblical Studies in the Twentieth Century: Scholarship and Movement. The 20th Century and the Present. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.

Solevåg, Anna Rebecca. Negotiating the Disabled Body: Representations of Disability in Early Christian Texts. Early Christianity and Its Literature. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2018 .

Wainwright, Elaine M., David J. Neville, and Jione Havea. Bible, Borders, Belonging(s): Engaging Readings From Oceania. Semeia Studies. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.