Keener, C. S. (1994). The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, InterVarsity Press (February 1994)

Walton, J. H., Matthews, V. H., and Chavalas, M. W. (2000). The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament. InterVarsity Press (November 2000).

How to do Inductive Bible Study

Gugliotto, L. J. (2003). Bible Study Basics. Empower Ministries.

Gugliotto, L. J. (2000). Handbook for Bible Study. Review & Herald.
Exhaustive resource for deep Bible Study.

Fee, G., and Stuart, D. (2003). How to Study the Bible for All It's Worth. Zondervan.

Warren, R. (2006). Rick Warren's Bible Study Methods: Twelve Ways You Can Unlock God's Word. Zondervan.

Atlas

Lawrence, P. (2006). The IVP Atlas of Bible History. IVP Academic.
This book has 100 maps, 140 pictures, archaeology findings and readable text.

The Holy Land Satellite Atlas, Vol. 2. (1999). Rohr Productions.
Fabulous aerial photos providing a much better idea of the historical geographical setting.

Hebrew and Greek Word Dictionary

The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, Expanded.
Dictionary in the back; includes Vine's Expository Dictionary. Thomas Nelson, 2001. ISBN 0735245391

Expository Dictionary of Bible Words. Stephen Renn, Hendrickson, 2006.

Bible Dictionary

The New Unger's Bible Dictionary, Revised and Expanded. Moody (2006). 67,000 entries.

Richards Complete Bible Dictionary. Lawrence Richards. Easy-to-understand family dictionary with many ful-color pictures. 5,000 entries.

Zondervan PIctorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Vol. 1-5. Grand Rapids, 1975.

Symbols and Figures of Speech

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Leland Ryken. Intervarsity, 1998 - Exploration of images symbols, metaphors and poetic language; helps explain the Bible's verbal pictures.

Historical Setting

Manners and Customs in the Bible: An Illustrated Guide to Life in Bible Times. Victor Matthews. Hendricks Publishers, 2006.

Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs. Howard Vos. Nelson, 1999.

Daily Life at the Time of Jesus. Miriam Vamosh. Abingdon, 2001.

Today's Handbook of Bible Time and Customs. William Coleman. Bethany House, 1984.

Everyday Life in Bible Times. National Geographic, 1968.

Greece and Rome: Builders of Our World. National Geographic, 1968.

The Story of Civilization: Part III Caesar and Christ. Will Durant, Simon and Shuster, 1972.

Acts of the Apostles. E. G. White. Pacific Press, 1911.

The Desire of Ages. E. G. White Pacific Press, 1940.

Prophets and Kings. E. G. White. Pacific Press, 1943.

Patriarchs and Prophets. E. G. White. Pacific Press, 1913.

The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan. E. G. White. Pacific Press, 1911.

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