25 Recommended Non-Technical Biblical Resources
Related MediaArranged by Category, with Alternate Choices Given for Certain Categories
Revised 5/2/04
Primary Recommendations
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Category |
Recommendation |
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1. Systematic Theology |
Moody's Handbook of Theology, by Paul Enns |
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2. New Testament Theology |
New Testament Theology, by Donald Guthrie. |
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3. Old Testament Theology |
Old Testament Theology, by Paul R. House |
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4. Old Testament Survey |
Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey, by Bill T. Arnold |
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5. Old Testament Introduction |
Introduction to the Old Testament, by Raymond Dillard and Tremper Longman, |
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6. New Testament Survey |
Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey, by Walter R. Elwell, |
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7. New Testament Introduction |
New Testament Theology, 4th Edition, by Donald Guthrie |
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8. Gospels |
A Guide to the Gospels, by W. Graham Scroggie |
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9. Word Studies-New Testament |
Complete Word Study Dictionary, NT, by Spiros Zodhiates |
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10. Word Studies-Old Testament |
Complete Word Study Dictionary, OT, by Warren Baker and Eugene Carpenter, |
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11. Concordance |
NIV Exhaustive Concordance, 2nd Ed, byEdward Goodrick |
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12. Atlas |
The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands, by Barry Beitzel |
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13. Bible Dictionaries |
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, by Trent C. Butler |
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14. Dictionary of Theology |
Baker Theological Dictionary of the Bible, by Walter Elwell |
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15. 1-2 Volume Commentary |
Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary, by Kenneth Barker and John Kohlenberger, |
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16. Bible Background Commentary-OT |
IVP Bible Background Commentary-OT, by John H. Walton, Victor Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas, |
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17. Bible Background Commentary-NT |
IVP Bible Background Commentary-NT, by Craig S. Keener |
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18. Manners and Customs |
Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs, by Howard Vos |
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19. Charts and Outlines-OT |
Chronological and Background Charts of the OT, by John H. Walton |
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20. Charts and Outlines-NT |
Chronological and Background Charts of the NT, by H. Wayne House |
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21. Charts and Outlines-Theology |
Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, by H. Wayne House |
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22. Bible Difficulties |
New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, by Gleason Archer |
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23. Bible as Literature |
Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible, 2nd Ed, by Leland Ryken, |
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24. History of Israel |
Kingdom of Priests: A History of OT Israel, by Eugene H. Merrill |
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25. Church History |
Church History in Plain Language, 2nd Ed, by Bruce Shelley, |
Suggested Alternates
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Category |
Recommendation |
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1. |
Christian Theology, 2nd Ed, by Millard Erickson, |
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Systematic Theology, by Wayne Gruden, | |
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2. |
A Theology of the NT, Revised, by George Eldon Ladd, |
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4 |
A Survey of the Old Testament, 2nd Ed, by Andrew E. Hill and John H. Walton, |
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11. |
Zondervan NASB Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, |
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12. |
Holman Bible Atlas, by Thomas Briscoe, |
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13. |
New Bible Dictionary, 3rd Ed, by I. Howard Marshall, |
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15. |
New Bible Commentary, 21st Century Ed, by G. J. Wenham, D.A. Carson, et al, |
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17. |
The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times, by Ralph Gower, |
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22. |
Hard Sayings of the Bible, by Walter Kaiser, et al, |
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24. |
A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age to the Jewish Wars, by Walter Kaiser, |
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25 |
The Story of the Church (The Essential Bible), by Robert G. Clouse, Richard V. Pierard, and Edwin Yamauchi |
NOTES:
a). This list was prepared from my own experience and from consultation with the Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources, 9the Edition, by John Glynn (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2003).
b) All titles were found at either www.amazon.com or www.christianbook.com and the list prices shown came from one of those two sources.
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