New Testament Reading Room

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedia & Handbooks of the Bible

• Barclay, William. New Testament Words. Westminster John Knox Press, 2000.
• Basic Dictionary of Bible People. Julien Chilcott-Monk, ed. SCM-Canterbury, 2004.
• Blackwell Companion to the New Testament. D. Aune, ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 (also copy 1, copy 2)
• The Biblical World. John Barton, ed. Vol. 1 (and copy); vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, 2002, 2004.
• Dictionary of Biblical Imagery: An Encyclopaedic Exploration of the Images, Symbols, Motifs, Metaphors, Figures of Speech, Literary Patterns and Universal Images of the Bible. Leland Ryken et al., eds. InterVarsity, 1998.
• Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Ed. Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall. InterVarsity, 1992.
• Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. D.N. Freedman, A.C. Myers, A.B. Beck, eds. Eerdmans, 2000.
• Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament. Horst Robert Balz, ed. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Eerdmans, 1994-2004.
• Expository dictionary of Bible words: word studies for key English Bible. Ed. S. D. Renn. Hendrickson, 2005.
• Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. K. van der Toorn, et al., eds. 2nd Revised Edition. Eerdmans, 1999.
• Harper`s Bible Dictionary, 1985. Glossary: Bible Research Tools Online.
• Holman Illustrated Pocket Bible Dictionary. B&H, 2007.
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Geoffrey W. Bromiley, eds. Vol. 1: A-D (and copy 1; copy 2); Vol. II: E-J (and copy); Vol. III: K-P; Vol. IV: Q-Z (and copy). 2nd Revised Edition. Eerdmans, 1979.
• IVP Introduction to the Bible. Philip Johnston, ed. IVP, 2011.
• Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Watson E. Mills, et al., eds. 3rd ed. Mercer, 1998.
• Oxford Companion to the Bible. Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan, eds. Oxford, 1996. (Tyndale community: full-text access here).
• Oxford Dictionary of the Bible. 2nd ed. W.R.F. Browning, ed. Oxford, 2009 (Tyndale community: full-text access here).
• Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan, eds. Oxford, 2004 (Tyndale community: full-text access here)
• Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. John William Rogerson, Judith Lieu, eds. Oxford, 2006 (NB. Tyndale students have full-text access here).
• Oxford History of the Biblical World. M.D. Coogan, eds. Oxford, 2001.
• Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies. A.G. Patzia and A.J. Petrotta, eds. InterVarsity, 2002.
• Saint Mary`s Press Essential Bible Dictionary. S. O`Connell-Roussell and B. Singer-Towns, eds. Saint Mary`s, 2005.
• Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Gerhard Kittel and G. Friedrich, eds. G.W. Bromiley, trans. Vol. VII; Vol. VIII; Vol. X: Index (see also copy 1 and copy 2); see also abridged edition in one volume
• Tyndale Bible Dictionary. W.A. Elwell, P.W. Comfort, eds. Tyndale House, 2001 (also copy).
  (NB. Tyndale students have full-access to this text over NetLibrary).
• Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric. Ed. David E. Aune. Westminster John Knox, 2003.
• Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible. Donald E. Gowan, ed. Westminster John Knox, 2003.
• Who's Who in the New Testament. Ronald Brownrigg, ed. 2nd revised ed. Routledge, 2001 (also copy or 1st ed.)
• Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament. C.L. Meyers, et al., eds. Eerdmans, 2001.
• See also links to Dictionaries and Encyclopedia of Theology.

New Testament Commentaries and Reading Rooms

One-Volume Bible Commentaries

• Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible. Robert J. Karris, Dianne Bergant, eds. Liturgical Press, 1992 (also copy 1 and copy 2).
• IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Craig S. Keener, ed. InterVarsity, 1993.
• IVP New Testament Commentaries -Online
• Life Application New Testament Commentary. B.B. Barton, ed. Tyndale House, 2001.
• Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. R.B. Hughes and J.C. Laney, eds. Tyndale House, 2001.
• Other E-Catena Project: the most comprehensive collection of allusions from the Ante-Nicene Fathers to the New Testament texts.

Commentaries: Book by Book

• Matthew
• Mark
• Luke: see Tyndale`s Gospel of Luke Reading Room.
• John
• Acts
• Romans
• 1 & 2 Corinthians
• Galatians
• Ephesians: see Tyndale`s Ephesians Reading Room.
• Philippians: See Tyndale's Philippians Reading Room.
• Colossians
• 1 & 2 Thessalonians
• 1 & 2 Timothy
• Titus
• Philemon
• Hebrews
• James
• 1 & 2 Peter
• 1, 2 & 3 John
• Jude
• Revelation

Note: Tyndale students also have access to the full-text version of the following commentaries from the Believers Church Bible Commentary Series (see Tyndale's Online eBook Database):

• Matthew. Richard B. Gardner. Herald Press, 1991.
• Mark. Timothy J. Geddert. Herald Press, 2001.
• Acts. Chalmer E. Faw. Herald Press, 1993.
• Romans. John E. Toews. Herald Press, 2004.
• 2 Corinthians. V. G. Shillington. Herald Press, 1998.
• Ephesians. Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld. Herald Press, 2002.
• Colossians, Philemon. Ernest D. Martin. Herald Press, 1993.
• 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Jacob W. Elias. Herald Press, 1995.
• 1-2 Peter, Jude. Erland Waltner and J. Daryl Charles. Herald Press, 1999.
• Revelation. John R. Yeatts. Herald Press, 2003.

The Biblical Text

Bible Versions

• Interlinear Bibles
  • The Interlinear NRSV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993;
  • The Interlinear NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: The Nestle Greek Text with a Literal English Translation. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1999.
  • The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
  • The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
  • Interlinear KJV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Based on the Textus Receptus with Lexicon and Synonyms. George Ricker Berry, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
  • The New Greek-English interlinear New Testament: a new interlinear translation of the Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies` fourth, corrected edition with the New Revised Standard Version, New Testament. R.K. Brown, et al., trans. Fourth ed. Tyndale House, 1993 (also copy).
  • Interlinear KJV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1992.
• Other online Bibles (see WWW Resources below)
  • Bible Gateway
  • NRSV On-line Bible
  • Blue Letter Bible
  • Overview of English Bible Translations
  • Greek New Testament (with textual variants)
  • Hebrew/Greek Bibles
  • New Testament Gateway
  • Synoptic Gospels Primer: Parallel Texts

The Text of the New Testament

• Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. E.F. Rhodes, trans. Second Revised Edition. Eerdmans, 1995 (also copy).
• Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?. Sixth edition. Eerdmans, 2003.
• Comfort, Philip W., and D.P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts: New and Complete Transcriptions with Photographs. Tyndale House, 2001.
• Comfort, Philip W. Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. B&H, 2005 (also copy).
• Comfort, Philip W. The Essential Guide to Bible Versions. Revised Edition. Tyndale House, 2000.
• Elliott, James K. and Ian Moir. Manuscripts and the Text of the New Testament: An Introduction for English Readers. Continuum, 1995.
• Hurtado, Larry W. The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Eerdmans, 2006.
• Metzger, Bruce M. Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Palaeography. Oxford, 1981.
• Metzger, Bruce M. The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations. Oxford, 1977.

The Making of the New Testament

• Ellis, E. Earle. The Making of the New Testament Documents. Brill, 2002.
• Epp, Eldon J. and Gordon D. Fee. Studies in the Theory and Method of New Testament Textual Criticism. Eerdmans, 1993.
• Miller, John W. How the Bible Came to be: Exploring the Narrative and Message. Paulist, 2004.
• Moule, C.F.D. The birth of the New Testament. Third edition. Contiuum, 1981.
• Patzia, Arthur G. The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon. InterVarsity, 1995.
• Trobisch, David. The First Edition of the New Testament. Oxford, 2000.

New Testament Theology and History

• Achtemeier, Paul J. et al, eds.Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology. Eerdmans, 2001.
• Aune, David E. The New Testament in its Literary Environment. James Clarke & Co., 1988 (also copy).
• Barnett, Paul. Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times. InterVarsity Press, 2002.
• Bauckham, Richard, ed. The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences. Eerdmans, 1997.
• Branick, Vincent P. Understanding the New Testament and its Message: An Introduction. Paulist Press, 1998.
• Breytenbach, Cilliers, and Jörg Frey, eds. Aufgabe und Durchführung einer Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Mohr Siebeck, 2007 (also incl. English essays by James Dunn, C.K. Barrett, John Reumann, and others).
• Brooke, George J. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament. Fortress, 2005.
• Brown, Schuyler. The origins of Christianity: a historical introduction to the New Testament. 2nd revised ed. Oxford, 1993.
• Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament. 2nd revised ed. Kendrick Grobel, trans. Baylor, 2007.
• Burkett, Delbert R. An introduction to the New Testament and the origins of Christianity. Cambridge, 2002.
• Caird, George B. New Testament Theology. L. D. Hurst, ed. Oxford, 1995 (and copy).
• Capes, David B., Rodney Reeves, and E. Randolph Richards, ed. Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters and Theology. InterVarsity, 2007.
• Cullmann, Oscar. The New Testament: An Introduction for the General Reader. Westminster John Knox, 1968.
• DeSilva, David A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation. InterVarsity, 2004.
• Drane, John W. Introducing the New Testament. Revised edition. Fortress, 2001 (and also copy).
• Dunn, James D. G. Jesus, Paul, and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians. Revised edtion. Westminster John Knox, 1990.
• Dunn, James D.G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Eerdmans, 1998 (also copy); (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul. Cambridge, 2003.
• Efird, James M. The New Testament Writings: History, Literature, and Interpretation. Westminster John Knox, 1980.
• Ellis, E. Earle. History and Interpretation in New Testament Perspective. Brill, 2001; Christ and the Future in New Testament History. Brill, 2001.
• Esler, Philip F. New Testament Theology: Communion and Community. Fortress, 2005 (also copy).
• Esler, Philip F., ed. The Early Christian World. Vol. 1 (also copy); Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, 2000.
• Evans, Craig A., and Stanley E. Porter, eds. New Testament Backgrounds: A Sheffield Reader. Continuum, 1997.
• Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Third edition. Eerdmans, 2003.
• Flemming, Dean E. Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. InterVarsity, 2005.
• Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. Eerdmans, 2000; Essays on the Semitic Background of the New Testament, Vol. 1. Eerdmans, 1997.
• Freed, Edwin D. The Apostle Paul and his Letters. Equinox, 2005.
• Gerhardsson, Birger. Memory and Manuscript: Oral Tradition and Written Transmission in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity. Eerdmans, 1998 (also copy).
• Gorman, Michael J. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. Eerdmans, 2004.
• Green, Joel B. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Eerdmans, 1995.
• Green, Joel B., Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. InterVarsity, 1992.
• Gundry, Robert H. A Survey of the New Testament. Fourth edition. Zondervan, 2003.
• Haffner, Paul. New Testament Theology. Gracewing, 2008.
• Harrison, Everett Falconer. Introduction to the New Testament. Revised edition. Eerdmans, 1971.
• Hasel, Gerhard F. New Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Eerdmans, 1978.
• Horsley, Richard A., ed. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Continuum, 1997.
• Jeffers, James S. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity. InterVarsity, 1999.
• Johnson, Luke Timothy, and Todd C. Penner. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. Revised edition. Fortress, 2002 (and copy).
• Klijn, Albertus F.J. An Introduction to the New Testament. 2nd edition. Brill, 1980.
• Kloppenborg, John S. The Formation of Q: Trajectories in Ancient Wisdom Collections. Continuum, 2000.
• Koester, Helmut. Introduction to the New Testament: History and literature of Early Christianity. Vol. 1 (and also copy); Vol. 2..(see also copy). 2nd revised edition. de Gruyter, 2000 (original German).
• Kümmel, Werner Georg. Die Theologie des Neuen Testaments nach seinen Hauptzeugen Jesus, Paulus, Johannes. Fourth ed. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1980.
• Ladd, George Eldon. A Theology of the New Testament. Revised edition. Eerdmans, 1993.
• Longenecker, Richard N. Paul, Apostle of Liberty: The Origin and Nature of Paul`s Christianity[endxlinkname]. Regent College, 2003.
• Malina, Bruce J. and Richard L. Rohrbaugh. Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels. 2nd edition. Fortress, 2003.
• Marrow, Stanley B. Paul: His Letters and His Theology : an Introduction to Paul`s Epistles. Paulist, 1986.
• Marshall, I. Howard. New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. InterVarsity, 2004.
• Morris, Leon. New Testament Theology. Zondervan, 1990.
• Nürnberger, Klaus. Theology of the Biblical Witness: An Evolutionary Approach. LIT, 2003.
• Niswonger, Richard L. New Testament History. Zondervan, 1992.
• Osiek, Carolyn, and David L. Balch, eds. Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches. Westminster John Knox, 1997; also Early Christian families in context: an interdisciplinary dialogue. Eerdmans, 2003.
• Perkins, Pheme. Reading the New Testament: An Introduction. Second revised edition. Paulist, 1988.
• Pregeant, Russell. Engaging the New Testament. Fortress, 1997.
• Ramsay, William M. The Laymans` Guide to the New Testament. Westminster John Knox, 1980.
• Reicke, Bo. The New Testament Era: The World of the Bible from 500 B.C. to A.D. 100. Fortress, 1974.
• Reumann, John H.P. Variety and Unity in New Testament Thought. Oxford, 1991.
• Richards, E. Randolph. Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection. InterVarsity, 2004.
• Sanders, E.P. The Tendencies of the Synoptic Tradition. Cambridge, 2006.
• Sanders, E.P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. Fortress, 1977; Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Third edition. Fortress, 1990.
• Schweitzer, A. The Quest of the Historical Jesus. Tr. W. Montgomery. A. & C. Black, 1911.
• Soards, Marion L. The Apostle Paul: an introduction to his writings and teaching. Paulist, 1987.
• Stambaugh, John E., and David L. Balch. The New Testament in Its Social Environment. Westminster John Knox, 1986.
• Strecker, Georg. Theology of the New Testament. M. Eugene Boring, trans. De Gruyter, 2000 (also copy; German original).
• Swartley, Willard M. Covenant of peace: the missing piece in New Testament theology and ethics. Eerdmans, 2006.
• Talbert, Charles H. What is a Gospel?: the genre of the canonical Gospels. Mercer, 1985.
• Taylor, Justin. Where Did Christianity Come From?. Liturgical, 2001.
• Tenney, Merrill C. New Testament Survey. Second revised edition. Eerdmans, 1985.
• Theissen, Gerd. The New Testament: History, Literature, Religion. John Bowden, trans. Continuum, 2003 (and copy); also published as Fortress Introduction to the New Testament. Fortress, 2003.
• Travis, Stephen H. Getting to Know the New Testament. Clements, 2004.
• Van der Watt, Jan Gabriël, ed. Identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. De Gruyter, 2006.
• VanderKam, James C. An introduction to early Judaism. 2nd edition. Eerdmans, 2001.
• VanderKam, James C. and Peter Flint. Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity. Continuum, 2005.
• Via, Dan Otto. What is New Testament Theology?. Fortress, 2002.
• Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics. Eerdmans, 2004.
• Wilkins, Michael J., and J.P. Moreland, eds. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus. Zondervan, 1996.
• Witherington, Ben. Women in the Earliest Churches. Cambridge, 1991; Women in the Ministry of Jesus: A Study of Jesus` Attitudes to Women and Their Roles as Reflected in his Earthly Life. Cambridge, 1987 (also copy).
• Wright, N.T. Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 1: The New Testament and the People of God. Fortress, 1992; Vol. 2: Jesus and the Victory of God. Fortress, 1996.

Bible Atlases

• Curtis, Adrian. Oxford Bible Atlas. Fourth edition. Oxford, 2007.
• Bible Geocoding (The location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible; using GoogleEarth)
  See also:
• The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan, eds. Oxford, 2004.
• Losch, Richard R. The Uttermost Part of the Earth: A Guide to Places in the Bible. Eerdmans, 2005 (and copy).

Learning Greek

• Bullinger, Ethelbert W. A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament. Kregel, 1999 (reprint -see newer online resources below) (also copy).
• Burer, Michael and Jeffery E. Miller New Reader`s Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Kregel, 2008.
• Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Eerdmans, 1999 (also copy).
• Decker, Rodney J., ed. Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers. Kregel, 2007.
• DeMoss, Matthew S. Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek. InterVarsity, 2001.
• Duff, Jeremy. The Elements of New Testament Greek. 3rd ed. Cambridge, 2005 (2nd ed., copy 1; copy 2).
• Elliott, James K. A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts. Second Rev`d Edition. Cambridge, 2000.
• Friberg, Barbara and Timothy Friberg. Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Trafford, 2005.
• Kevern, Peter and Paula Gooder. Exploring New Testament Greek. SCM-Canterbury, 2004.
• Greenlee, Jacob H. A Concise Exegetical Grammar of New Testament Greek. 5th, revised edition. Eerdmans, 1986.
• Moule, C.F.D. An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek. 2nd revised ed. Cambridge, 1959.
• Mounce, William D. A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek: Companion to Basics of Biblical Greek and Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Zondervan, 1996; Greek for the Rest of Us: Mastering Bible Study Without Mastering Biblical Languages. Zondervan, 2003.
• Porter Stanley E. Idioms of the Greek New Testament. 2nd edition. Continuum, 1992.
• Trenchard, Warren C. Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Revised edition. Zondervan, 1998.
• Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Zondervan, 1997.
• Walther, James A. New Testament Greek Workbook: An Inductive Study of the Complete Text of the Gospel of John. 2nd edition. University of Chicago Press, 1981 (also copy 1).
• Wilson, Mark and Jason Oden. Mastering New Testament Greek Vocabulary Through Semantic Domains. Kregel, 2003.
• Zerwick, Max and Mary Grosvenor. A grammatical analysis of the Greek New Testament. 4th edition. Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1996.

New Testament Exegesis

• See the Biblical Interpretation and Application Reading Room

Other Biblical Studies Resources on the WWW

• Bible Geocoding (The location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible; using GoogleEarth)
• OpenBible.info`s unconventional Bible Book Browser and Topical Index
• Biblical Studies.org.uk: An Internet Resource for Studying the Bible
• Biblical Studies Resources (Maintained by Dr. Jim West)
• BibleTexts.Com
• Missional Bible Study Questions (Thanks Donald Goertz!); see Tyndale`s Missional Resources for articles on missional hermeneutics.
• BibleWorks software for 5 simultaneous on-campus users (on Tyndale`s library & computer lab computers).
• The Paul Page (Dunn, Sanders, N.T. Wright; cf. also unofficial N.T. Wright collection)
• New Testament Theology and History Links (Dr. Ian Scott, Tyndale Seminary)
• Resource Pages for Biblical Studies (Early Christian writings and their social world), Torrey Seland, Volga College, Norway

Other

• See Tyndale's eJournal Database (note: for Tyndale students and faculty only). Choose EBSCOhost database; log in; choose "EBSCOhost" and then "ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials"; then choose "Scriptures" (at top). You will find many full-text theological journal articles available to you on any verse or chapter of the Bible. See list of Tyndale's academic ejournals with full-text articles for download.