Reading Lists

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REFERENCE
These resources will provide basic information on a wide range of areas, including word studies, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
Word studies
Want to know what the Greek and Hebrew words behind the English words mean?
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
One volume dictionaries and multi-volume encyclopedias
Concordances
Concordances to help you locate that one special verse
Interlinears
Word by word translations (and other stuff) of the New and Old Testaments
BIBLICAL LANGUAGES
Would you like to learn Greek or Hebrew, the languages behind the New and Old Testaments? Or perhaps learn just enough to be able to do Greek and Hebrew word studies or understand the better commentaries?
Greek tools for Bible study
Learn how to use the biblical tools without fully learning the Greek language
Greek (first year)
Books and resources for learning biblical Greek
Greek (second year and beyond)
Resources to help you advance beyond the building blocks of the first year
Hebrew (first year)
Books and resources for learning biblical Hebrew
COMMENTARY SERIES
These books cover the entire New and/or Old Testament
One or two volumes
Books that cover the entire Old and New Testament in one (or two) volumes
Lay series
Series of commentaries designed for the studious lay person
Technical series
Commentary series for serious students, often for those not afraid to dabble in Greek and Hebrew words.
NEW TESTAMENT
Books that will help you understand the New Testament
Lay commentaries
These commentaries are for people who are serious about studying the New Testament but who do not know Greek and are not interested in advanced New Testament scholarship.
Technical commentaries
These commentaries are for the serious student. They may not require a comprehension in Greek, but it is often helpful to have some familiarity with the language.
OLD TESTAMENT
Resources to help you understand the Old Testament
Lay commentaries
These commentaries are for people who are serious about studying the Old Testament but who do not know Hebrew and are not interested in advanced Old Testament scholarship.
Technical commentaries
These commentaries are for the serious student. They may not require a comprehension in Hebrew, but it is often helpful to have some familiarity with the language.
THEOLOGY
Resources to help you understand what to believe. Includes both systematic and biblical theology
Systematic Theology
Systematics is the final stage of the theological process, where the teaching of Scripture is understood as a whole
Biblical Theology
Biblical theology deals with the meaning of the biblical text, often in categories such as the theology of the gospelds, of Paul, etc.
Great books about God
Books on theological topics
Pain and suffering
Insights into the role of pain and suffering in the life of a Christian
CHURCH
Resources covering the church and related issues
Leadership
Resources aimed specifically at those in leadership
SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Spiritual formation is the process of becoming more like Christ. These books will help you move forward toward that goal.
Beginning your spiritual journey
Those books that will help you get started on a life that becomes more like Christ's.
Devotionals
Books to help you reflect on God throughout the year
The Christian life
Books about general topics of how we should life
BACKGROUNDS
Resources to help you understand the cultural and historical backdrop to the New and Old Testaments (such as histories, atlases, writings on Jewish and Greek backdrop).
Altases
Atlases replete with maps and discussions that usually follow the biblical narrative
Histories
Historical discussions of the biblical era and later Church history
References
Books to help you understand the cultural, historical, and religious backdrop of the biblical accounts
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS
Current events