Friday, October 7, 2022

Short Bibliography on Basics of Hebrew, Greek, the Bible, and the Patristics

I was recently asked if I had a list of books to help those to learn Hebrew, Greek, and perhaps start to delve into the Bible and the patristics. I had some free time this afternoon, so here is a listing. It is not comprehensive, but I do believe if one were to pursue some, if not all of these volumes, it will greatly aid one's study of the Bible and other texts. 


Introduction to Hebrew:

 

Thomas O. Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

 

J. Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 2nd Edition

 

Bruce K. Walte and M. O'Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

 

Introduction to Greek:

 

Jeremy Duff, The Elements of New Testament Greek 3rd Edition

 

Intermediary level:

 

Hebrew:

 

Paul Joūon and T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew

 

Greek:

 

Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament

 

Lexicons (note: many of these can be purchased on Logos and other software programs cheaper than the ‘print’ editions):

 

Hebrew:

 

Hebrew-Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) (for an abbreviated 1-vol ed., see A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner)

 

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (16 vols.)

 

Harris, Archer, and Waltke, ed. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, 2 vols.

 

Ernest Jenni and Claus Westermann, Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, 3 vols.

 

Greek:

 

Lous and Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains, second edition

 

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. ("BDAG")

 

Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols. (“TDNT”)

 

Ceslas Spicq, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, 3 vols.

 

Introductions to Scripture

 

Old Testament:

 

Michael D. Coogan, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context

 

Lawrence Boadt, Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction, 2nd ed.

 

Kent P. Jackson, ed. A Bible Reader's History of the Ancient world

 

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Dana M. Pike, and David Rolph Seely, Jehovah and the World of the Old Testament

 

New Testament:

 

Bart D. Ehrman, A Brief Introduction to the New Testament

 

Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament

 

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Eric D. Huntsman, and Thomas A. Wayment, Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament: A Latter-Day Saint Perspective

 

Apocrypha and other intertestamental literature/non-canonical literature:

 

Charlesworth, ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, 2 vols.

 

Bart D. Ehrman and Zlatko Pleše, The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations

 

Bruce Metzger, An Introduction to the Apocrypha

 

C. Wilfred Griggs, ed. Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints

 

Jared W. Ludlow, Exploring the Apocrypha from a Latter-day Saint Perspective

 

Introduction to Patristics

 

Andrew Louth and Maxwell Staniforth, Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers

 

J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines: Revised Edition

 

David W. Bercot. ed. A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers

 

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