ATLA Religion Database
An index to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews on topics in biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. Calvin's library owns the majority of the indexed journals. The database also provides full-text links to journal articles and book reviews from over 60 publications, 1949 to the present (through the ATLA Serials project [ATLAS]).
Religious & Theological Abstracts
R&TA currently abstracts more than 400 journals, with summaries produced by a team of scholars from around the world. English language abstracts are provided for articles in French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Afrikaans, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish.
BILDI Bibelwissenschaftliche Literaturdokumenation Innsbruck
Index of biblical and biblical-archaeological literature, published in articles, collected works and monographs; since 1990 including references to book reviews. ( bildi.uibk.ac.at )
Review of Biblical Literature
A collection of reviews of monographic literature (as well as reference works, commentaries, dictionaries, and biblical translations) in the field of biblical and related studies. Published by the Society of Biblical Literature.
Print Indexes
Old Testament Abstracts. 1978- . ThRef Indexes BS410 .045
New Testament Abstracts. 1956- . ThRef Indexes BS410 .N35
Elenchus of Biblica. 1968- . ThRef Indexes BS410 .B72
International Review of Biblical Studies / Internationale Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete. 1951- . ThRef Indexes Z7770 .I57
Print Bibliographies
An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. David R. Bauer. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrikson, 2003. ThRef Z7770 .B38 2003
Bibliographies for Biblical Research: Old Testament Series. 32 vols. David R. Bauer, ed. Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Biblical Press, 1997- . ThRef Z7772 .A1 B53 1997
Bibliographies for Biblical Research: New Testament Series. 21 vols. Watson E. Mills, ed. Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Biblical Press, 1993- . ThRef Z7772 .L1 B4 1993
New Testament Commentary Survey. 5th ed. D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001. ThRef BS2341.2 .C33 2001
Old Testament Commentary Survey. 3rd ed.. Tremper Longman III. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. On Order
Research Guides
Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study. Revised and expanded edition. Frederick W. Danker. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. 4th Floor BS 417 .D3 1993
Although somewhat dated, this is a good aid to the selection and use of traditional research tools in biblical studies.
SBL Handbook of Style for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. Ed. Patrick H. Alexander, et al. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999. Ref PN147 .S26 1999
"Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style." Ed. Joel M. Lemon, comp. by Melanie Greer Nogalski, et al. A 21-page digital supplement with guidelines focussed especially on term papers and some items not covered by the above SBL Handbook of Style.
SBL Citation Builder - A bibliographic citation generator designed and maintained by Pitts Theological Library (Emory University) based on the SBL Handbook of Style . You may find Calvin's own KnightCite more helpful for some bibliographic formats.
Etana: Ancient Near Eastern web resources ( www.etana.org )
Biblical Introductions
Old Testament
Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture. Brevard S. Childs. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979. 4th Floor BS1140.2 .C48 1979
An Introduction to the Old Testament. Raymond Dillard and Tremper Longman III. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. 4th Floor BS1140.2 .D55 1994
Survey of the Old Testament. Andrew E. Hill and John H. Walton.. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2000. 4th Floor BS1140.2 .H54 2000
New Testament
An Introduction to the New Testament. Raymond E. Brown. New York: Doubleday, 1997. 4th Floor BS2330.2 .B76 1997
Introduction to the New Testament. D. A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and Leon Morris. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. 4th Floor BS2330.2 .C34 1992
Bible Dictionaries
Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. David Noel Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992. ThRef BS440 .A54 1992
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. David Noel Freedman, ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. ThRef BS440 .E44 2000
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Paul J. Achtemeier, ed. Revised edition. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996. ThRef BS440 .H235 1996
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Geoffrey W. Bromiley, ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. ThRef BS440 .I6
New Bible Dictionary. 3nd ed. J. D. Douglas, original editor; D. R. W. Wood, revision editor. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press, 2001. ThRef BS440 .N42 2001.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. ThRef BS440 .M434 1993 [ also available online ]
Useful as a handy reference work, but not as the basis for further study. No bibliographies for individual entries.
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman III, eds. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998. ThRef and MRC BS537 .D48 1998
Use the link above to see a listing of a variety of recommended commentaries selected from the hundreds of commentaries in the library's collection
Archaeology
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 4 vols. Ephraim Stern, ed. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society & Carta; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Ref DS111 .A2 N488 1993
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Ancient Near East. 5 vols. Eric M. Meyers, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Ref DS56 .O9 1997
Bible Atlases
The Macmillan Bible Atlas. 3rd ed. Yohanan Aharoni and Michael Avi-Yonah. New York: Macmillan, 1993. ThRef BS635.2 .A33 1993
The Collegeville Atlas of the Bible. Marcus Braybrooke. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1998. ThRef BS635.2 .B73 1998
The Harper Atlas of the Bible. James B. Pritchard, ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Ref G2230 .H47 1987
Tübingen Bible Atlas: based on the Tübingen Atlas of the Near and Middle East. Siegfried Mittman and Götz Schmitt. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001. ThRef BS630 .T8 2001
Theological Dictionaries
Old Testament
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. vol. 1- . G. Johannes Botterweck, et al., eds. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977- . ThRef BS440 .T45 En
Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament. Ernst Jenni and Claus Westermann, eds. Trans. Mark E. Biddle. 3 vols. Peabody, MA:Hendrickson, 1997. ThRef BS440 .T4813 1997
New Testament
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich, eds. Trans. G. Bromiley. 10 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985. ThRef PA881 .T4713 1985
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. 3 vols. Colin Brown, ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975. ThRef BS2397.N48
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament. 3 vols. Horst Balz and Gerhard Schneider, eds. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990-1993. ThRef BS2312 .E913 1990
Greek and Hebrew Linguistic Tools
The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. Walther Baumgartner, Ludwig Koehler, and Johan Jakob Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. ThRef PJ4833 .K61813 1994
The New Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon : with an appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic.(BDB) Francis Brown. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979. ThRef PJ4833 .B683 1979
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. (BDAG) Frederick William Danker, ed. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. ThRef PA881 .D27 2000
Biblical Theology
New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Desmond Alexander, ed. Leicester, UK, and Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2001. ThRef BS440 .N437 2000
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. 2nd ed. Walter A. Elwell, ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001. ThRef BS440 .E78 2001
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight, eds. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1992. ThRef and 4th Floor collection BS2555.2 .D53 1992
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Gerald F. Hawthorne and Ralph P. Martin, eds. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1993. ThRef and 4th Floor collection BS2650.2 .D53 1993
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments. Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids, eds. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press, 1997. ThRef and 4th Floor collection BS2625.5 .D53 1997
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed. London: SPCK; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005. ThRef BS440 .D495 2005
The DTIB "aims to provide clarification, analysis, and evaluation of
the various approaches to biblical interpretation currently in the
marketplace, with a view to assessing their theological
significance--in particular, their value for reading Scripture in and
for the community of the faithful"(19).
History of Interpretation and Hermeneutics
Cambridge History of the Bible. 3 vols. Peter R. Ackroyd, et al., eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963-70 4th Floor BS445.C26
A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. R. J. Coggins and J. L. Houlden, eds. London: SCM; Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990. ThRef BS440 .D494 1990
Bible Interpreters of the Twentieth Century: A Selection of Evangelical Voices. Walter A. Elwell and J. D. Weaver, eds. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999. 4th Floor BS501 .A1 B53 1999
Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. 2 vols. John H. Hayes, ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999. ThRef BS500 .D5 1999
A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. David Lyle Jeffrey, ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1992. ThRef and Ref PR149 .B5 D53 1992
This work has helpful and well-organized annotated bibliographies of biblical studies, historical studies of biblical hermeneutics, and biblical commentaries used by authors of English literature on pages 859-960,
Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters. Donald K. McKim, ed. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998. ThRef BS501 .A1 H57 1998
Hebrew Bible, Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation. 3 vols. Magne Saebo, ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1996- . BS1160 .H438 1996
Biblical Studies 
