Doing Biblical Studies Research at Bethel Seminary Library

Surveys of Biblical and Theological Resources

Glynn, John. Commentary & Reference Survey : a Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources. 10th ed., fully rev. and updated. Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Academic & Professional, 2007. Check location and availability

Stewart, David R. The Literature of Theology : a Guide for Students and Pastors. Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. Check location and availability

Listed below are the steps to doing research on a Biblical text or topic.  The list includes resources available at Bethel Seminary Library.

2. Search the Library Catalog

Bethel's holdings of print and non-print materials may be identified by searching WorldCat. WorldCat contains holdings information for Bethel Seminary's St. Paul, San Diego, and Seminary of the East campus libraries, Bethel University Library, other CLIC libraries, and libraries worldwide.

If an item is available at a Bethel location or a CLICnet library, you can request the item. If it is in a library outside of CLICnet, you can access ILLiad to request it through interlibrary loan.

Please note: Some items at Bethel Seminary Library will not show up in the WorldCat search. For a complete list of library holdings, please go to CLICnet.

4. Use Other Reference Tools

Commentaries

Commentaries interpret passages in Scripture verse by verse and are arranged in Biblical order.  For recommended commentaries on specific books of the Bible, see Recommended Bible commentaries, listed book by book  (Check location and availability).

• The Anchor Bible  Check location and availability
• Apollos Old Testament Commentary Check location and availability
• Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Check location and availability
• New American Commentary Check location and availability
• The New International Commentary on the New Testament Check location and availability
• The New International Commentary on the Old Testament Check location and availability
• New International Greek Testament Commentary Check location and availability
• The New Interpreter's Bible Check location and availability
• New Testament Library Check location and availability
• Old Testament Library Check location and availability
• Word Biblical Commentary Check location and availability

Hebrew Language Tools

• The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Check location and availability
• The Hebrew English Concordance to the Old Testament Check location and availability
• The New Brown-Driver-Briggs Gesenius Hebrew-English Lexicon Check location and availability
• The New Englishman's Hebrew Concordance Check location and availability
• New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis Check location and availability
• Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament Check location and availability
• Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament Check location and availability
• Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament Check location and availability

Internet Resources

• The Bible Gateway
• More Internet Resources