Selected Print Resources for
Studies of the Greek (New) Testament
Compiled by Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D.
last update 26 June 2006

Primary Source Materials

  • Bible Works 5 (concordance; CD-ROM) [in Grasselli Library's reference area]
  • CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts [in Grasselli Library's reference area]
  • Danker, Frederick, ed. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Third Edition. Based on Walter Bauer’s Griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der frühchristlichen Literatur, sixth edition, ed. Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, with Viktor Reichmann and on previous English editions by W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2000.
  • Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th Edition - 8th Corrected Edition with Papyri 99-116 (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1898, 1994)
  • Patriologiae Graecae
  • Patrologiae Latinae
  • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (CD-ROM) [in Grasselli Library's reference area]

Basic Research Tools

  • Brown, Fitzmyer and Murphy, eds., The Jerome Biblical Commentary (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968); revised c1990; Ref. BS491.2 .B7 or Ref BS491.2 .N485 for New JBC
  • Buttrick, et alia, eds., The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 5 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1962-1979); Ref BS44.I63 (vols. 1-4), Ref BS44.I632 (supp. vol.)
  • Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblica; Ref AAZ7770.E63 (or .E632 for later segments)
  • NTA (New Testament Abstracts); Ref AAZ7772.L1 N48
  • OTA (Old Testament Abstracts); Ref AAZ7770.A1 O42
  • Schüssler-Fiorenza, Engaging the Scriptures: A Feminist-Ecumenical Commentary and Translation, 3 vols. (New York: Crossroads, 1991?-1995)

Important Periodicals

  • Bible Today
  • BTB (Biblical Theology Bulletin)
  • BZ (Biblische Zeitschrift)
  • CBQ (Catholic Biblical Quarterly)
  • Int (Interpretation)
  • JBL (Journal of Biblical Literature)
  • JSNT (Journal for the Study of the New Testament)
  • NT or NovTest (Novum Testamentum)
  • RevBib (Révue Biblique)
  • RevQum (Révue de Qumran)
  • ZAC (Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum)
  • ZAW (Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft)
  • ZKT (Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie)
  • ZNW (Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche)

Commentary Series

  • Anchor Bible (Doubleday)
  • Hermeneia (Fortress; now Augsburg-Fortress)
  • International Critical Commentary on the Greek New Testament
  • Interpretation (Westminster-John Knox)
  • New Testament Message (Michael Glazier; now Liturgical Press)
  • Sacra Pagina (Liturgical Press)

Internet Resources