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Bible Subject Guide: Dictionaries, Commentaries, Concordances & etc.

A guide to the best scholarly resources for studying the Bible, in Geisel Library and online.

1. Bible DICTIONARIES (Encyclopedias, Handbooks)

Anchor Bible Dictionary
     in print:   Reference BS440 .A54 1992 volumes 1-6
     online:     Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law

More E-book Dictionaries

More E-book Encyclopedias

More E-book Handbooks


New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. online
     Reference BX841 .N44 15 Volumes (print version)

Catholic Bible Dictionary (Hahn)
     Gen BS440 .H23 2009

Catholic introduction to the Bible : the Old Testament ( Bergsma and Pitre)
     Gen BS1140.3 .B47 2018

Complete Bible Handbook (Bowker)
     Reference BS475.2 .B69 1988

Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
     Gen PR149 .B5 D53 1992

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
     Reference BS2555.52 .D53 2013

Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
     Reference BS680 .E84 D53 2011

Dictionary of the Bible (McKenzie)
     Gen BS440 .M36 [1965]

Dictionary of the Bible (Browning)
     Gen BS440 .B73 1996 and Online

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
     Reference BS440 .E44 2000

Literary Guide to the Bible (Alter...)
     Gen BS535 .L54 1987

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Kittel)
     Gen PA881 .K55 [1964-1976]

Additional Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks in various formats

3. CONCORDANCES and Indexes

ONLINE (unstable):

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

The Cross Reference concordance - word or phrase search

Blue Letter Bible - word or phrase search

E-book Concordances - on special topics


IN PRINT (stable):

Nelson's Complete Concordance of the New American Bible
     Reference BS425 .H27 [1977]

New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
     Reference BS425 .S77 1996

NSRV Exhaustive Concordance
     Reference BS425 .N453 1991


OTHERS (older):

Complete Concordance to the Bible (Douay version)
     Reference BS425 .T45 [1945]

Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the New Testament
     Lower Level Theology BS2305 .M67

Concordance to the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books of the RSV
     Lower Level Theology BS1700 .C66

Oxford Concise Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible
     Lower Level Theology BS425 .M4 1971

Additional Concordances - various formats

LANGUAGE Dictionaries and Lexicons

Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament
     Ref PA881 .M74

Concise Coptic-English Lexicon / by Richard H. Smith
     Ref PJ2181 .S63

Hebrew-Arabic Dictionary of the Bible
     Lower Level Ref BS440.H4 A4

Theological Lexicon of the New Testament
     Ref PA875 .S613

Vocabulary of the Greek Testament
     Ref PA881 .M7

Pic of KIC scanner - Lower Level

2. Bible COMMENTARIES

Anchor Bible Commentary
     in print:  Reference BS192.2 .A1 volumes 1-44
     online:  Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries

More E-book Commentaries


Print Commentaries on RESERVE (CIRCULATION DESK)
for TH199 - Women in the Old Testament:
     Judges (Wisdom Series, v. 7, Prof. Pilarski et al)
     Reading the women of the Bible

     Texts of terror : literary-feminist readings of Biblical narratives
     Womanist interpretations of the Bible
     Women's Bible Commentary, 3rd ed., 2012
     Women's Bible Commentary (IVP)

     Women in the Hebrew Bible

Wisdom Commentary Series
     General Collection BS... [call numbers vary]

Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-first Century
     General Collection BS491.3 .J47 2022
     Reference Collection BS491.3 .J47 2022


New Jerome Biblical Commentary
     Reference BS491.2 .N485 1990

New Interpreter's Bible
     Reference BS491.2 .N484 1994

Collegeville Bible Commentary
     Reference
BS491.2 .C66 1989

International Bible Commentary
     Reference BS511.2 .I57 1998

Oxford Bible Commentary
     Reference BS491.3 .O94 2001


Hermeneia Commentary Series
      General Collection BS... [call numbers vary]

Sacra Pagina series
      General Collection BS... [call numbers vary]

New Testament Library
      General Collection BS... [call numbers vary]

Interpretation: a Bible Commentary for teaching and preaching
      General Collection BS... [call numbers vary]

Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible
     General Collection BS491.3 .E37 2003

Harper's Bible Commentary
     General Collection BS491.2 .H37 1988

Navarre Bible
     General Collection BS... [call numbers vary]

Peake's Commentary on the Bible
     Lower Level Theology BS491 .B57 [1962]

Additional Commentaries in various formats

Bible Biographies and Histories

Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
     Ebook links:  via Oxford.  Via Proquest.  

New Cambridge History of the Bible
     Gen. BS445 .N49 2013 v.1-4 

 

Atlases

Atlas of the Bible (Grollenberg)
     Oversize BS620 .G752

Atlas of the Bible (Rogerson)
     Oversize BS630 .R6

Biblical World:  A Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology
     Lower Level Ref BS622 .P4

Oxford Bible Atlas
     Ref G2230 .O96

Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible
     Oversize BS630 .W7

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