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Page Contents CommentariesGeneralCriticalSpecialty EncyclopediasGeneralTheologicalHistorical Maps and Charts Lexicons Grammars Interlinears Apparatus Forum User ReviewsBase Package ComparisonsResource Discussions Commentaries Commentaries – General Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Bible Bible Lessons International Collection Basic commentary targeted to lesson building (2000s) Bible Resource: High Definition Commentary:Philippians First in the High Definition Commentary Series focused on Discourse Grammar with Graphic focus Commentaries – Critical Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Bible Continental Commentary Series Fairly liberal perspective; supplements Hermeneia Bible Hermeneia Tends toward more liberal; emphasizes external sources (1990s) Bible Word Biblical Commentary Tends toward evangelical; frequently recommended (2000s) Commentaries – Specialty Type Name of Resource Summary Comments NT Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament in-depth discussion of OT quotations and allusions in NT NT Commentary on the NT from the Talmud Hebraica Discusses Talmudic parallels (1850s) OT JPS Torah Commentary Jewish perspective; in-depth (1990s) Misc SIL (Exegetical) Summary Summarized exegetical decisions NT UBS New Testament Handbook Series Key concepts to translate plus cross cultural comments and textual criticism OT UBS Old Testament Handbook Series Key concepts to translate plus cross cultural comments and textual criticism Encyclopedias Encyclopedias – General Type Name of Resource Summary Comments General Anchor (Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary) 6 vols. (in one); considerable depth; tends toward liberal perspective General The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (ISBE) 4 vols. (in one); moderate depth; tends toward conservative evangelical perspective General The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (ZEB) 5 vols.; considerable depth; tends toward conservative evangelical perspective Encyclopedias – Theological Type Name of Resource Summary Comments General Resource: Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible Tends toward evangelical perspective General Encyclopedia of Christianity Tends toward a more liberal perspective Historical Dictionary of Historical Theology Concentrates on authors Encyclopedias – Historical Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Archeol Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (1996) Standard reference; in most packages Maps and Charts Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Combo Logos System Maps / Images Comes with Logos packages; extensive and indexed Combo Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions Good charts; maps in color; good 3d reconstructions Combo Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts, Revised Charts by book; older BW maps Maps Nelson’s 3-D Bible Mapbook Simple maps in color; a few 3-D Lexicons Lexicons – Hebrew OT Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Hebrew HALOT (Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament) Most frequent forum recommended Hebrew TLOT (Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament) Specialty, with emphasis on word origen Hebrew TWOT (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament) Specialty, in-depth discussion, by period Lexicons – Greek NT Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Greek BDAG (Greek-English Lexicon of the NT) Most frequent forum recommended (2000) Greek LSJ (Greek-English Lexicon – Liddell/Scott) Specialty, with emphasis on classic greek period (1996) Greek TDNT (Theological Dictionary of the NT) Specialty, in-depth by period (1964) Greek TLNT (Theological Lexicon of the NT) Specialty, with emphasis on key theological words (1994) Greek MM (Vocabulary of the Greek Testament – Moulton/Milligan) Specialty, from early papyri (1930) Greek Lexham Analytical Lexicon Specialty, good for non-tagged greek word lookup (2008) Lexicons – Semantic Type Name of Resource Summary Comments HEB (also ARA GRK) Dictionary of Biblical Languages w/Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Swanson) Only available semantic lexicon for the OT; additional for aramaic and greek GRK Greek-English Lexicon of the NT based on Semantic Domains (Louw Nida) Gold-standard for NT semantic lexicon organization Lexicons – Other Type Name of Resource Summary Comments LXX Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint Specialty for greek in LXX (2003) Aramaic Targum Lexicon Specialty, emphasis on Targums (2004) Grammars Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Hebrew The First Hebrew Primer: Textbook, Answer Book, and Audio Companion a beginning grammar Hebrew Learning Biblical Hebrew: A New Approach Using Discourse Analysis a beginning grammar Interlinears Interlinears – Hebrew OT Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Hebrew Lexham Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible Sole choice for hebrew OT Interlinears – Greek NT Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Greek Greek New Testament (UBS4) Included in earlier packages Greek Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament Complex discourse analysis (with phrase markers) Greek Lexham Greek-English Interlinear NT Uses SBL-greek NT Greek Newberry Literal Interlinear NT Only majority-text interlinear Interlinears – Other Type Name of Resource Summary Comments LXX Lexham Greek-English Interlinear Septuagint Sole choice for greek OT LXX Septuagint with Logos Morphology Reverse-interlinear matching greek to hebrew PG OT Greek Pseudepigrapha with Morphology Combines extensive introductions with interlinears of the greek versions AF Apostolic Fathers – Greek Texts Includes Lake, Lightfoot, and Holmes versions Apparatus Apparatus – Hebrew OT Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Hebrew BHS Apparatus Criticus Included in SESB packages Hebrew Massorah Gedolah Marginal notes – BHS Apparatus – Greek NT Type Name of Resource Summary Comments Greek A Textual Commentary on the Greek NT (Metzger) Accompanied UBS4. Discussion on major varients in GNT Greek Apparatus for the Greek NT SBL Edition High-level apparatus Greek Nestle-Aland: NTG Apparatus Criticus (NA27) Medium-level apparatus Greek Greek NT with Apparatus (UBS4) In-line medium-level apparatus emphasizing paragraphing Greek Critical Apparatus to the Greek NT – Majority Text Emphasis on majority-text sources Greek Novum Testamentum (Tischendorf) Considerable depth, but older Apparatus – Other Type Name of Resource Summary Comments LXX Septuaginta Apparatus Critica (Ralfs) Higher level of notes LXX Gottingen Septuagint Apparatus In-depth level of notes Latin Biblia Sacra Vulgata Included in SESB Forum User Reviews Base Package Comparisons Logos LE Base Packages (Reviewed by Jonathan Burke – Oct 2010)New KF Base Packages (Free Upgrade from LE, but Platinum package lost content for new buyers)What package should I go for? - Resource Discussions Bible Dictionary and Commentary Set, best bang for your buckCan anyone recommend a Intro/Overview to the bible resource?Catholic Resources: Need Your RecommendationCommentaries strong in Textual CriticismHALOT vs. A Concise HALOT? Analytical Key to the OT?If you only could have 10 resources, which ones would you choose?IVP vs ISBE & the Tyndale CommentariesLenski’s NT Commentaries - includes Mark Barnes commentary comparisonshould I? – WBCQumran Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls Database plus How to useRecommend a resource for Christ in the OTRecommendation for good OT commentaryTOP FIVE!!! - links to 3 more forum discussionsWhich journal to choose ??Whose on First? HALOT or NIDOTTUp To Logos Bible Software Wiki