Research Guides: Biblical Studies: Recommended Resources

Key resources for secondary literature

Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS Recommended Frequently Used
Provides citations of journal articles, essays, book reviews, and dissertations in religion, biblical studies, and theology, as well as the religious aspects of other disciplines.
Cambridge Companions Online Recommended
Open resource and search by keyword and/or personal name e.g., augustine trinity. NOTE: Individual books in the Cambridge Companions Online will appear in the Library Search results. Provides lively, accessible introductions to major figures, topics, and periods related to the humanities including theology and biblical studies. Together the chapters of each companion add up to a systematic critical account of its subject. Each chapter also provides a guide to further reading.
Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion Recommended
Open resource and search by keyword and/or personal name e.g., augustine trinity. NOTE: One can also access individual titles in the Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion through the Library Search . Provides full text access to the Oxford handbooks series related to religion, theology, church history and biblical studies. These handbooks are excellent entry points to a wide range of topics in theology and religion.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
Contains the content of selected journals and books published by the Biblical Archaeology Society. Includes each issue of the magazines Biblical archaeology review, Bible review, and Archaeology odyssey, as well as other material including some video.

This resource may require access through a username/password. Please contact electronic.resources@wheaton.libanswers.com to gain access to those credentials.
New Testament Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts of journal articles and other resources in New Testament and related biblical studies.
Old Testament Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, and chapters in books in the discipline of biblical studies.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies
Offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this guides researchers to the best available scholarship in biblical studies.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Religion
NOTE: Individual books in the Oxford Scholarship Online will appear in the Library Search results. This is a collection of classic and newly published Oxford books in the area of religion. Includes coverage of: biblical studies, Buddhism, church history, early Christian studies, Hinduism, history of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, philosophy of religion, religion and literature, religion and society. religion in the ancient world, Sikhism, theology, and world religions.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

Anchor Bible Dictionary by David Noel Freedman
Call Number: Ref BS440 .A54 1992
ISBN: 0385193513
Publication Date: 1992
Print copies of the ABD are in Buswell's Reading Room. Click on the hyperlinked title above to access the ABD online. Draws on experts in archaeology to provide information on such aspects of the Bible as cultural history, folklore in the ancient Near East, travel and communication, music, and even the use of computers in Biblical studies.
The Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible
Call Number: Available online and in print
ISBN: 9780199858699
Publication Date: 2015-04-01
The Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible series is a monumental reference work, consisting of eight two-volume sets and containing over one thousand comprehensive essays by scholars from many countries and with a wide variety of perspectives.
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch by T. Desmond Alexander (Editor); David W. Baker (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS1225.52 .D53 2003
ISBN: 9780830867370
Publication Date: 2010-06-11
Provides authoritative overviews exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch.
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry and Writings by Tremper Longman III (Editor); Peter Enns (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS440 .D53 2008
ISBN: 9780830867387
Publication Date: 2010-06-11
150 articles covering all the important aspects of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth and Esther. Provides introduction to the book itself as well as separate articles on its ancient Near Eastern background and its history of interpretation. [Publisher]
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets by Mark J. Boda (Editor); J. Gordon McConville (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS1505.55 .D53 2012
ISBN: 9780830817849
Publication Date: 2012-06-17
Each book's historical, cultural, religious and literary background is thoroughly covered, alongside articles on interpretation history and critical method. [Publisher]
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books by Bill T. Arnold (Editor); H. G. M. Williamson (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS1205.55 .D53 2005
ISBN: 9780830869466
Publication Date: 2011-10-26
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books offers in-depth articles focused on key topics, many of them written by noted experts. The history of Israel forms the skeletal structure of the Old Testament. Understanding this history and the biblical books that trace it is essential to comprehending the Bible.
Dictionary of New Testament Background by Craig A. Evans (Editor); Stanley E. Porter (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS2312 .D53 2000
ISBN: 0830817808
Publication Date: 2000-11-16
Sets out for readers the wealth of Jewish and Greco-Roman background to inform our reading and understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels by Joel B. Green (General Editor); Jeannine K. Brown (Associate Editor); Nicholas Perrin (Associate Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS2555.52 .D53 2013
ISBN: 9780830824564
Publication Date: 2013-11-11
Articles cover each Gospel, major themes in the Gospels, key episodes in the life of Jesus, significant background topics, as well as issues and methods of interpretation. Among other benefits, it allows multiple opportunities for each of the Gospels to be weighed and heard in its own voice.
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters by Scot McKnight (Editor); Lynn H. Cohick (Editor); Nijay K. Gupta (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS2650.2 .D53 1993
ISBN: 9780830817856
Publication Date: 2023-04-11
A One-of-a-Kind Resource on Paul's Writings, Now Revised and Expanded The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. No other resource presents as much information focused exclusively on Pauline theology, literature, background, and scholarship. This second edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the acclaimed 1993 publication.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments by Ralph P. Martin; Peter H. Davids (Editor)
Call Number: Ref BS2625.5 .D53 1997
ISBN: 0830817794
Publication Date: 1997-11-24
The third of IVP's critically acclaimed series of dictionaries of the New Testament provides focused study on the often-neglected portions of the New Testament: Acts, Hebrews, the General Epistles and Revelation. Furthermore, its scope goes beyond the life of the New Testament church to include the work of the apostolic fathers and early Christianity up through the middle of the second century.