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Using Biblical Dictionaries and Encyclopedia
- Biblical dictionaries define and explain biblical words, sometimes at considerable length. The articles identify and describe people, places, corporate bodies, concepts, and events in the Bible and summarize the variety of perspectives, controversies, and questions about these. The articles also provide summaries and analysis of the books of the Bible.
- Identify key words, persons, events, or corporate bodies that relate to your subject. Then read about those words, persons, events, and corporate bodies in biblical dictionaries to acquire a basic understanding. This preliminary understanding will be helpful when you continue your research in books, commentaries, and journal articles that deal with your subject.
- Reference work articles will usually provide select bibliographies for each article, pointing toward your next steps in research. When consulting multiple reference works, pay particular attention to sources that are repeated in more than one resource. Such repetition is a sign of the significance of those works. Make such works a high priority for your research.
Reference Books: New Testament
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd ed. by
Call Number: Ref BS2555.2 .D53 2013Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd ed. (online) by
Call Number: BS2555.52 .D53 2013ebDictionary of Jesus and the Gospels by
Call Number: Ref BS2555.2 .D53 1992
Historical Jesus
Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus by
Call Number: Ref BT303.2 .E56 2008Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus by
Call Number: BT303.2 .H364 2011ebHistorical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide by
Call Number: Ref BT297 .T4713 1998
Reference Books: Whole Bible
The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. by
Call Number: Ref BS440 .A54 1992The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 5 vols. by
Call Number: Ref BS440 .N443 2006
We Have Your Textbooks
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction by
Call Number: BT203 .B38 2011Rediscovering Jesus by
Call Number: BT203 .C35 2015The Cross and the Lynching Tree (print and online) by
Call Number: BR563.N4 C648 2011Jesus and His World by
Call Number: BT303 .E8995 2012Fourfold Gospel: A Theological Reading of the New Testament portraits of Jesus by
Call Number: BS2555.52 .W378 2016
New Testament Bibliography
Online Concordances
Bible Gateway is a good online substitute for a concordance. It allows you to search for specific words in the biblical text, in a wide variety of translations.