New Testament Research Guide

Journals

The following are some of the more significant journals in Rolfing Library related to the study of the New Testament. Use the ATLA Religion Database and to search for specific articles from these journals. Search TrinCat by the journal title to find out what specific volumes are in Rolfing Library or available electronically.

General Biblical Studies
Australian Biblical Review
Bibel und Gemeinde
Bibel und Kirche
Bible Bhashyam
Bible Review
Bible Today
Bible Translator
Biblica
Biblical Archaeology Review
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Research
Biblical Theology Bulletin
Bibliotheca Sacra
Biblische Notizen
Biblische Zeitschrift
Bulletin for Biblical Research
Buried History
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Estudios Biblicos
Evangelical Quarterly
Ex Auditu
Expository Times
Horizons in Biblical Theology
Interpretation
Irish Biblical Studies
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Journal of Biblical Literature
Journal of Jewish Studies
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Journal of Theological Studies
Nouvelle Revue Théologique
Palestine Exploration Quarterly
Revue Biblique
Revue de Qumran
Scottish Journal of Theology
Scriptura
Themelios
Theologische Rundschau
Theologische Revue
Theologische Zeitschrift
Trinity Journal
Tyndale Bulletin
Westminster Theological Journal

New Testament
Journal for the Study of Hellenism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Period
Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Neotestamentica
New Testament Studies
New Testament Textual Update
Novum Testamentum
Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

Finding Books

Books on New Testament studies can be found in the Library of Congress classifications denoted below. Use TrinCat to search for books in Rolfing Library and WorldCat to search for books in other libraries.

Guides

Ref BR 118 .B28 2000
An Introduction to Theological Research. 2d ed. 2000. Barber and Krauss. Provides an overview of what tools are available and how to use them.

Ref Z 7772 .L1 C37x 2007

New Testament Commentary Survey. 6th ed. D. A. Carson.
A bibliographic essay listing, evaluating, and discussing NT commentaries from a scholarly, evangelical viewpoint.

"The Professors’ Guide to Your Commentary Library." The Scribe (10 June 1996): 4–5. A compilation of recommendations from the TEDS faculty (photocopies available at Reference Desk).

Ref Z 7751 .K46 1992
Reference Works for Theological Research: An Annotated Selective Bibliographical Guide. 3d ed. 1991. Kepple and Muether.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Generally good places to begin your research. Provide brief to extensive overviews of topics and sometimes helpful bibliographies.

Ref BS 501 A1 H57 2007

Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters. Edited by Donald K. McKim.

Focuses on the most significant biblical interpreters of the last two thousand years, their methods, stances, and interpretive practices. Signed articles with bibliographies.

Ref BS 511.3 .D496x 2007

Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation. Edited by Stanley E. Porter.

A guide to the major issues, approaches, and people important in the development of biblical criticism and interpretation. Signed articles with bibliographies.

Ref BS 440 .A54 1992
Anchor Bible Dictionary. David Noel Freedman, ed. 6 vols
Includes signed, scholarly articles with bibliographies.

Ref BS440 .D495 2005
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Kevin Vanhoozer, ed. Baker Academic. Includes signed articles with bibliographies.

Ref BS 440 .B26 1988
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible. Walter A. Elwell, ed. 2 vols
Over 5,000 articles by 200 international evangelical scholars.

Ref BS 440 .D53x 1992
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Green and McKnight, eds.
From an evangelical critical perspective, focusing on Jesus and the Gospels.

Ref BS 2650.2 .D53 1993
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Hawthorn and Martin, eds.
Companion to the above dictionary, has articles ranging from critical to conservative on all aspects of Pauline studies.

Ref BS 2625.5 .D53 1997
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments. Martin and Davids, eds. Companion to the above two dictionaries, covers Hebrews, James, Jude, First and Second Peter, Acts, Revelation, and related issues.

Ref BS 2410 .D53x 2000
Dictionary of New Testament Background. IVP. Evans and Porter, eds.
A companion volume to the above three dictionaries, covers some 300 topics relevant to understanding the background of the New Testament.

Ref BS 440 .Z63
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Merrill C. Tenney, ed. 5 vols. Written by evangelicals, but other viewpoints are represented.

Bible Atlases

Ref G 2230 .A2 2002

The Carta Bible Atlas, Jerusalem: Carta, 2002

Ref G 2230 .B44 1985

The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands, Chicago: Moody Press, 1985.

Ref BS 630 .R356 2006

The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World, Jerusalem: Carta, 2006. 

Greek Word Study Helps

Ref PA 881 .T4713
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Kittel and Friedrich, eds. 10 vols. Known as "Kittel" or "TDNT" this is the English translation of the 1932 German work. Although now somewhat dated, the long, scholarly articles are still useful for analyzing the background of NT words.

Ref BS 2312 .N48 1975
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. Colin Brown, ed. 3 vols. A more conservative complement to Kittel.

Ref BS 543 .W47 2003
The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible. Donald Gowan, ed. Intended for readers who do not know the biblical languages.

Religion Databases

Use the databases to search for specific journal articles and essays related to your topic.

Article databases are available online. For off-campus access, ask a reference librarian about getting a user name and password.

ATLA Religion Database. Includes these principal resources
–Religion Index One: Periodicals, 1949–current;
–Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works, 1960–current;
–Index to Books Reviews in Religion, 1949–current;  

Christian Periodicals Index. 1958–.
Indexes articles from evangelical journals. Some overlap with ATLA Religion Database.

Index theologicus
Produced by the library of the University of Tübingen. Indexes more than 600 journals.

New Testament Abstracts, 1985–current

Religious and Theological Abstracts, 1958–current.

Rolfing Memorial Library, Trinity International University, Sept. 2006