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This guide provides an introduction to basic sources for research on topics related to Biblical Studies. This guide is intended for use at Hardin-Simmons University Libraries, however, most of the listed items will be available at other academic libraries.

Biblical Studies Reference Sources
Bibles Dictionaries Encyclopedias

Handbooks & Guides Concordances Bible Atlases

Commentaries Aprocryphal Literature Hebrew & Greek Reference Tools

BIBLES

American Standard Living Bible New King James

Authorized (King James) New American Standard New Revised Standard

Geneva Bible New English Revised Standard

Jerusalem Bible New International Septuaginta

To search a database for a Bible by title use: Bible (language)(translation).
For example in ALCON: "t=Bible English Authorized Version"

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DICTIONARIES

Dictionary of the New Testament (Leon-Dufour) Ref. BS 2312 .L4513 1980b

Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
(series in progress) Ref. BS 2312 1990

Expository Dictionary of the Bible Ref. BS 440 .R525 1985

Holman Bible Dictionary Ref. BS 440 .H69 1990

Illustrated Dict. and Concordance of the Bible Ref. BS 440 .I36 1986

Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (4 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .I63

Mercer Dictionary of the Bible Ref. BS 440 .M429 1990

New International Dict. of Biblical Archaeology Ref. BS 622 .N48 1983

New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology
(3 vols.) Ref. BS 2397 .N48

New International Dictionary of the Bible Ref. BS 440 .N4 1987

New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible Ref. BS 440 .G4

Smith's Dictionary of the Bible (4 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .S62 1971

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Kittel) Ref. PA 881 .K513

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (Botterwick)
(5 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .B5 .713

Theological Word Book of the Bible Ref. BS 440 .R53 1962

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land Ref. DS 111 .A2 A73 1990

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (2 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .B26 1988

Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land (4 vols.) Ref. DS 111 .A2 E5313 1975

Encyclopedia of Judaism Ref. BM 50 .E63 1989

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (3 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .I6 1979

Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (2 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .W92

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (5 vols.) Ref. BS 440 .Z63

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HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES

Abingdon Bible Handbook Ref. BS 475.2 B5

Companion to the Bible (Manson) Ref. BS 475 .R67

Companion to the Bible (Oxford) Ref. BS 440 .A473

Handbook for Biblical Studies Ref. BS 417 .T78 1982

Handbook of Biblical Criticism Ref. BS 417 .S6

Harper's Bible Pronunciation Guide Ref. BS 435 .H35 1989

Home Book of Bible Quotations Ref. BS 432 .S667

New Testament Exegesis: a Handbook Ref. BS 2331 .F44 1983

Old Testament Exegesis: a Primer Ref. BS 476 .S83

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CONCORDANCES

Analytical Concordance to the RSV Ref. BS 2305 .M67

Concordance to the New English Bible Ref. BS 2305 .E4 1965a

Cruden's Unabridged Concordance Ref. BS 425 .C85 1960

Eerdman's Analytical Concordance to the RSV Ref. BS 425 .W48 1988

Living Bible Concordance, Complete Ref. BS 425 S6.7

NIV Exhaustive Concordance Ref. BS 425 .S8 G62 1990

NRSV Concordance Unabridged Ref. BS 425 .K645 1991

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Ref. BS 425 .S8 1977z

Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible Ref. BS 425 .Y7 1955

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BIBLE ATLASES

Atlas of the Bible (Rogerson) Ref. BS 630 .R6 1985

Atlas of the Bible (Grollenberg) Ref. BS 620 .G752 1956

Macmillan Bible Atlas Ref. G 2230 .A2 1977

NIV Atlas of the Bible Ref. BS 630 .R37 1989

Oxford Bible Atlas Ref. BS 630 .096 1984

Rand McNally Bible Atlas Ref. BX 630 .K7 1962

Reader's Digest Atlas of the Bible Ref. BS 635.2 R4

Westminster Historical Atlas of the Bible Ref. BS 630 .W7

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COMMENTARIES
American Commentary on the New Testament (7 vols.) BS 2341 .A6

Anchor Bible (series in progress; also in circulation) Ref. BS 192.2 A1 1964 .G3

Broadman Bible Commentary (12 vols.; also in circulation) Ref. BS 491.2 B6.7

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges BS 491 C3

Commentary on the Holy Scriptures (Lange) BS 494 L3.2

Daily Study Bible Series (Barclay) cataloged individually

Expositor's Bible (Nicoll, 6 vols.) BS 491 .E9 1956

Expositor's Bible Commentary with the NIV BS 491.2 .E96

Hermenia cataloged individually

International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures
(44 vols.) BS 491 .I6

Interpreter's Bible (12 vols.; also in circulation) Ref. BS 491.2 .I55

Keil and Delitzsch Commentaries on the Old Testament
(25 vols.) BS 1154 .K414

Lenski, Richard, Interpretation of...(books of the New Testament) cataloged individually

Moffatt New Testament Commentary BS 2341 .M6

New American Commentary (in progress) cataloged individually

New Century Bible cataloged individually

New International Commentary on the New Testament cataloged individually

New Jerome Bible Commentary Ref. BS 491.2 .N485 1990

New International Commentary on the Old Testament cataloged individually

New Testament for Spiritual Reading (25 vols.) BS 2341.5 .N382 1981

Notes on the Old and New Testament (Barnes) cataloged individually

Old Testament Library (Westminster) cataloged individually

Torch Bible Commentaries cataloged individually

Tyndale New Testament Commentaries cataloged individually

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries cataloged individually

Westminster Commentaries cataloged individually

Word Biblical Commentary (in progress) BS 491.2 .W671

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APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE
Apocryphal and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English Ref. BS 1692 1913 .A6

Concordance to the Apocryphal Deuterocanonical

Books of the Revised Standard Version Ref. BS 1700 .C66 1983

New Testament Apocrypha BS 2832 .S3

New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; a Guide to Publications Z 7772 .Z5 C45 1987

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha BS 1830 .A3 1983

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HEBREW AND GREEK REFERENCE TOOLS
Analytical Key to the Old Testament (series in progress) Ref. PJ 4731 .B53 094 1989

Computer-Konkordance zum Novum Testamentum Graecae von Nestle Aland Ref. BS 2302 .C651

Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Holladay) Ref. PJ 4833 .H6

Concordance to the Greek Testament (Moulton) Ref. BS 2302 M8

Concordance to the Septuagint and the Other Greek

Versions of the Old Testament (Hatch) Ref. BS 1122 .H37 1983

Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation (9 vols.) Ref. BS 1225 K3.63

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon Ref. PJ 4833 .G393 1949

Greek-English Lexicon (Liddell) Ref. PA 445 E5 L6 1961

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Thayer) Ref. PA 881 G8 1889

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Arndt) Ref. PA 881 .B38 1979

Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other

Early Christian Literature (Blass) Ref. PA 813 B513 1961

Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Brown, Driver and Briggs) Ref. PJ 4833 .B67 1907

Index to Brown, Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon Ref. PJ 4833 .B683 E35

NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament Ref. BS 715 1979

Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament Ref. BS 440 .T49

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Kittel, 10 vols.) Ref. PA 881 K513

Theological Wordbook of the New Testament Ref. BS 440 .T49

Word Study Concordance Ref. BS 2305 .W53 1978a

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