Research Process

1. New Testaments in Greek & English
   • Novum Testamentum Graece. Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle and Kurt Aland, ed.. 27th ed. Stuttgart : Deutsche Bibelstiftung, 1993.
   • The Greek New Testament. Kurt Aland [et al.], ed. Stuttgart : United Bible Societies,1983
   • The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha, 3rd Edition, New Revised Standard Version, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
   • The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
2. Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha
   • Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings: A Reader, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003
   • Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament. Oxford University Press August, 2003
   • Elliott, J. K. The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994
   • Robinson, James M. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.
   • Vermes, Geza. The Dead Sea Scrolls in English. London: Penguin, 1987
   • Garcia-Martinez, Florentino. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
   • Schneemelcher, Wilhelm. New Testament Apocrypha. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991-1992.
3. Parallels
   • Aland, Kurt. ed. Synopsis of the Four Gospels: Greek-English Edition, 7rd ed. German Bible Society Stuttgart, 1984.
   • Francis, Fred O. & Sampley, J. Paul. Pauline Parallels, rev. ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1984
   • Throckmorton, Burton H.Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels, 5th edition, NRSV. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993
4. Lexicons
   • Bauer, Walter (revised by Arndt, Gingrich, Danker). A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed., rev. and edited. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
   • Liddell, Scott, and Jones, A Greek-English lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996 (*Lexicon for classical Greek)
   • Louw, Johannes P. and Nida., Eugene A., A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament based on semantic domains. New York, NY, United Bible Societies, 1988. (*Lexicon for bible translation)
5. Wordbooks
   • Balz, Horst and Schneider, Gerhard. Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament.3 vols. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 1990-1993.
   • Brown, Colin. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. 4 vols. rev. ed. Exeter, Devon, U.K.: Paternoster Press, 1986.
   • Kittel, Gerhard. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. 10 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,1964-1976.
   • Spicq, Ceslas. Theological Lexicon of the New Testament. 3 vols. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994.
6. Concordances
   • Goodrick, Edward W. and John R. Kohlenberger. The NIV Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990. (*English)
   • Hatch, Edwin and Henry A. Redpath. A Concordance to the Septuagint. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.
   • Kohlenberger III, John R., and Goodrick, Edward W, and Swanson, James A. The Greek English concordance to the New Testament : with the New International Version. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan Pub. House, 1997. (*Greek)
   • Strong, James. The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers, 1984. (*English)
   • Wigram, George V. The Englishman's Greek Concordance : Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979. (*Greek)
7. Dictionaries/Handbooks
   • Freedman, David Noel, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
   • Freedman, David Noel, ed. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans, 2000.
   • Achtemeier, Paul J., HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.
   • Hayes, John H., ed. Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. 2 vols. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999.
   • Buttrick, George Arthur, The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. 5 vols. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962.
   • Soulen, Richard N. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.
8. Exgetical Handbooks
   • Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.
   • Hayes, John H. and Carl R. Holladay. Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner’s Handbook. rev. ed. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1987.
9. Commentaries
   • AB = Anchor Bible
   • ANTC = Abingdon New Testament Commentaries
   • ECC = Eerdmans Critical Commentaries
   • HBC = Harper's Bible Commentary (One Volume)
   • Her = Hermeneia
   • ICC = International Critical Commentary
   • Int = Interpretation
   • NIB = New Interpreters Bible (Helful for preachers)
   • NIBC = New International Biblical Commentary
   • NICNT = New International Commentary on the New Testament
   • NIGTC = New International Greek Testament Commentary
   • NJBC = The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (One Volume)
   • OBC = The Oxford Bible Commentary (One Volume)
   • Sacra Pagina
   • WBC = Word Biblical Commentary
   • WBC = The Women's Bible Commentary (One Volume)