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OT & NT Bibliographies
What books should I read in order to better equip myself to understand the Old Testament / New Testament?
Denver seminary has complied very useful bibliographies for both. Take a look here:
- Richard S. Hess, Hélène Dallaire, & M. Daniel Carroll R.:
- Introductions
- Theology
- Histories of Israel
- Archaeology
- Atlases
- Translations of Collections of Ancient Near Eastern Texts
- Ancient Near Eastern Histories
- Hebrew Lexicons
- Biblical-Theological Dictionaries
- Concordances
- Hebrew Grammars
- Old Testament Canon/Textual Criticism
- Sociological and Anthropological Studies
- Feminist, Minority, and Third World Studies
- Literary Approaches
- Israelite Religion
- Commentaries by Bible book (following the order of the Protestant canon)
- Craig L. Blomberg & William W. Klein:
- New Testament Exegesis Bibliography
- Textual Criticism
- Grammar
- Introduction
- Historical Background
A. Lexical Analysis
B. History and Religion
C. Primary Source Material - Theology
- Dictionary / Encyclopedia
- Criticism
- Hermeneutics
- Jesus and the Gospels
- Paul
- Major Commentaries
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Updated Mar 24, 2007:
Andreas Köstenberger has compiled his list of favorite NT Commentaries, take a look here.
Updated Mar 29 2007:
Check out Andreas Köstenberger's new list on Helpful Reference Tools for Biblical Studies.