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Books organized by subject in descending order of publication.

Critical & Diplomatic Editions

Masoretic Hebrew Text

  1. ben Asher, Aaron ben Moses, ed. Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia. Edited by Aron Dotan. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2001.
  2. Goshen-Gottstein, M. H., ed. The Book of Isaiah. Sample Edition with Introduction (1965); Volume One: Chapters 1–22 (1975); Volume Two: Chapters 22–44 (1981). Jerusalem: Magnes Press.
  3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelstiftun, 1966–77.
  4. ibn Adonijah, Jacob ben Chayyim, ed. [Second] Rabbinic Bible, or Mikraot Gedalot. 4 vols. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1524–5.

Samaritan Pentateuch

  1. von Gall, A. ed. Der hebräischer Pentateuch der Samaritaner. 5 vols. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1914–18; reprint, 1966.

Greek Septuagint

  1. Marcos, Natalio Fernández, and José Romón Busto Saiz, eds. El texto antioqueno de la Biblia griega. 3 vols. Textos y Estudios “Cardinal Cisneros” 50, 53, 60. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1989–96.
  2. Brooke, Alan E., Norman McLean, and Henry St. John Thackeray, eds. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Text of the Codex Vaticanus, supplemented from other uncial manuscripts, with a critical apparatus containing variants of the chief ancient authorities for the text of the Septuagint. 3 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1906–40.
  3. Ziegler, J. et al., eds. Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientarium Gottigensis editum. Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1931–.
  4. Rahlfs, Alfred, ed. Septuaginta, id est Vetus Testamentum Graece iuxta LXX interpretes. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1935; Single-volume edition, 1979.
  5. Swete, H. B., ed. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. 3 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1887–94.
  6. Field, Frederick, ed. Origensi Hexaplorum quae supersunt sive veterum interpretum graecorum in totum Vetus Testamentum fragmenta. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1875.
  7. Holmes, R., and J. Parsons, eds. Vetus Testamentum Graecum variis lectionibus. 5 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1798–1827.

Greek New Testament

  1. Kurt and Barbara Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo Maria Martini, Bruce Metzger, in co-operation with the Institute for N.T. Textual Research, Münster. The Greek New Testament. 5th ed. United Bible Societies, 2014.
  2. Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012.
  3. Holmes, Michael W., ed. The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Logos Bible Software, 2010.
  4. Robinson, Maurice A., William G. Pierpont, eds. The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform. Southborough, MA: Chilton Book Publishing, 2005.
  5. Hodges, Zane C., Arthur L Farstad, eds., Jakob van Bruggen, consulting ed., et al. The Greek New Testament according to the Majority Text. 2nd ed. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985.
  6. Erasmus, Desiderus. Novum Instrumentum Omne . . . . Basel: Froben Press, Feb. 1516. Folio.
  7. Ximenes de Cisneros, Cardinal Francisco, Arnao Guillién Brocar, Diego Lopez de Zuñega, ed. Complutensian Polyglott. 6 vols. Complutum (Alcalá de Henares, Spain): 1514–20.

Old Latin

  1. Fisscher, B., et al., eds. Vetus Latina. Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel. Freiburg: Herder, 1949–.

Latin Vulgate

Editio Major

  1. Gasquet, A., ed. Biblia sacra . . . ad codicum fidem. Rome: typis polyglottis Vaticanis, 1926–.

Editio Minor

  1. Weber, R., ed. Biblia sacra iuxta Vulgatem verionem. Rev. ed. Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1975.

Syriac Peshitta

  1. Peshitta Institute, ed. The Old Testament in Syriac According to the Peshitta Version. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1972–.

Aramaic Targums

  1. Sperber, A., ed. The Bible in Aramaic. . . . 4 vols. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1959–73.
  2. Díez Macho, A., ed. Neophyti I, Targum Palastinense Ms de la Biblioteca Vaticana. 6 vols. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1968–.

Textual Criticism

Old Testament Textual Criticism

  1. Brotzman, Ellis R., and Eric J. Tully. Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2016.
  2. Tov, Emanuel. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research, 3rd rev. and expanded ed. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015.
  3. Tov, Emanuel. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, 3rd rev. and expanded ed. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2012.
  4. Kelley, Page H., Daniel S. Mynatt, and Timothy G. Crawford. The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Introduction and Annotated Glossary. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998.
  5. McCarter, P. Kyle, Jr. Textual Criticism: Recovering the Text of the Hebrew Bible. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1986.
  6. Ginsburg, Christian D. Introduction to the Massoretico-Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible. London: Trinitarian Bible Society, 1897.
  7. Ginsburg, Christian D. Jacob ben Chajim ibn Adonijah’s Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible, Hebrew and English: With Explanatory Notes, 2nd ed. London: Longmans, Gkeen, Reader, and Dyer, 1867.

New Testament Textual Criticism

  1. Porter, Stanley E., and Andrew W. Pitts. Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015.
  2. Amphoux, Christian-Bernard, et al., Manuel de Critique Textuelle du Nouveau Testament: Introduction générale, vol. 22 in the Langues et culturee anciennes series. Bruxelles, Belgium: Éditions Safran, 2014.
  3. Wallace, Daniel B. Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament: Manuscripts, Patristics, and Apocryphal Evidence. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2011.
  4. Greenlee, J. Harold. The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. >
  5. Ehrman, Bart D. Studies in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 33 in the New Testament Tools and Studies series edited by Bruce M. Metzger and Ehrman. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2006.
  6. Epp, Eldon Jay. Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism: Collected Essays, 1962–2004. Leiden: Brill, 2005.
  7. Metzger, Bruce M., and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ^
  8. Black, David Alan, ed. Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002.
  9. Greenlee, J. Harold. Introduction to ew Testametn Textual Criticism, rev. ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995.
  10. Black, David Alan. New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1994.
  11. Metzger, Bruce M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament: A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament (Fourth Revised Edition), 2nd ed. Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1994.
  12. Vaganay, Lion, and Christian-Bernard Amphoux, Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism, 2nd ed. Translated by Jenny Heimerdinger. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1991.
  13. Aland, Kurt, and Barbara Aland. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, 2nd ed. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1989.
  14. Epp, Eldon Jay, and Gordon D. Fee, eds. New Testament Textual Criticism: Its Significance for Exegesis: Essays in Honour of Bruce M. Metzger. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1981.
  15. Kenyon, Frederick G. Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1901.
  16. Salmon, George. Some Thoughts on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament. London: John Murray, 1897.
  17. Warfield, Benjamin B. An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1886.

Special Topics in Textual Criticism

  1. Kannaday, Wayne C. Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition: Evidence of the Influence on the Text of the Canonical Gospels. in the Text-Critical Studies series ed. by James R. Adair, Jr. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2004.
  2. Tov, Emanuel. Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2004. >

Grammar & Syntax

Classical Hebrew

  1. Kutz, Karl V., and Rebekah L. Josberger. Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: An Introductory Grammar. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018.
  2. Schneider, Wolfgang. Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, vol. 1 in the Studies in Biblical Hebrew edited by Dennis R. Magary. Translated and revised by Randall L. McKinion. New York: Peter Lang, 2014. >
  3. Reymond, Eric D. Qumran Hebrew: An Overview of Orthography, Phonology, and Morphology, no. 76 in the Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study series edited by Marvin A. Sweeney. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.
  4. Andersen, Francis I., and A. Dean Forbes, Biblical Hebrew Grammar Visualized, vol. 6 in the Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic series, edited by M. O’Connor, Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé, and Jacobus A. Naudé. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012. ^
  5. Fuller, Russell T., and Kyoungwon Choi. Invitation to Biblical Hebrew: A Beginning Grammar. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2006.
  6. Walker-Jones, Arthur. Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation, vol. 48 in Resources for Biblical Study series edited by Steven L. McKenzie. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003
  7. Pratico, Guy D., and Miles V. Van Pelt. Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001.
  8. Ross, Allen P. Introducing Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001.
  9. van der Merwe, Christo H. J., Jackie A Naudé, Jan H. Kroeze. A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar, vol. 3 in the Biblical Languages: Hebrew series edited by Stanley E. Porter and Richard S. Hess. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
  10. Seow, C[hoon-]L[eong]. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, rev. ed. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1995.
  11. Waltke, Bruce K., and M. O’Connor. An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
  12. Kittel, Bonnie Pedrotti, Vicki Hoffer, and Rebecca Abts Wright. Biblical Hebrew: A Text and Workbook. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989.
  13. Lambdin, Thomas O[din]. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971.
  14. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 1967.
  15. Harper, William R. Elements of Hebrew by an Inductive Method. Revised by J. M. Powis Smith. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1959.
  16. Weingreen, J. A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 2nd ed. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1959.
  17. Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar, 2nd English ed. Edited and enlarged by E. Kautzch. Translated by G. W. Collins. Revised by A. E. Cowley. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1898, 1910. >
  18. Wijnkoop, J. D. Manual of Hebrew Grammar, rev. and improved ed. Translated by C. van den Biesen. London: Luzac & Co., 1898.

Special Topics in Hebrew

  1. Dallaire, Hélène. The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose, vol. 9 in the Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic series, edited by Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé and Jacobus Naudé. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2014. >
  2. Price, James D. The Syntax of Masoretic Accents in the Hebrew Bible, 2nd rev. and corrected ed. Chattanooga, TN: Temple Baptist Seminary, 2010.

Biblical Aramaic

  1. Van Pelt, Miles V. Basics of Biblical Aramaic: Complete Grammar, Lexicon, and Annotated Text. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011.
  2. Greenspahn, Frederick E. An Introduction to Aramaic, 2nd corrected ed., no. 46 in the Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study edited by Steven L. Mckenzie. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007. >
  3. Johns, Alger F. A Short Grammar of Biblical Aramaic, rev. ed., vol. 1 in the Andrews University Monographs. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1972. >

Classical Greek

  1. Pratt, Louise. The Essentials of Greek Grammar: A Reference for Intermediate Readers of Attic Greek, from the Oklahoma Series in Classical Literature. Edited by Ellen Greene. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
  2. Mastronarde, Donald J. Introduction to Attic Greek. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. ^
  3. Hansen, Hardy, and Gerald M. Quinn. Greek, an Intensive Course. New York: Fordham University Press, 1992.
  4. Williams, Frederick. Elementary Classical Greek, ἡ Ἑλληνικὴ γλῶττα, rev. ed. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991.
  5. Smyth, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar, rev. by Gordon M. Messing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1920, 1956, 1984.
  6. Buck, Carl Darling. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected Inscriptions, Glossary. Bostion, MA: Ginn and Co., 1910.

Koinē Greek

  1. Decker, Rodney J. Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014.
  2. McGaughy, Lane C. Workbook for A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek: Exercises, Reading Assignments, Translation Notes. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press (now SBL Press), 1976. (Designed for use with Funk’s A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek.)
  3. Funk, Robert W. A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek, 2nd ed., 4 vols. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, 1973.

Septuagint Greek

  1. Thackeray, Henry St. John. A Grammar of the Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, vol. 1: Introduction, Orthography and Accidence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909.
  2. Conybeare, F. C., and St. George Stock. Grammar of Septuagint Greek: With Selected Readings, Vocabularies, and Updated Indexes. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995. Reprint of Selections from the Septuagint (Boston: Ginn, 1905).
  3. Helbing, R. Grammatik der Septuaginta: Laut- und Wortlehre. Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1907.

New Testament & Patristic Greek

  1. Runge, Steven E. Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2010.
  2. Wallace, Daniel B., and Grant G. Edwards. A Workbook for New Testament Syntax: Companion to Basics of New Testament Syntax and Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. 2007. >
  3. Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.
  4. Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999.
  5. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1998.
  6. Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.
  7. Perschacher, Wesley J. New Testament Greek Syntax: An Illustrated Manual. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1995.
  8. Mounce, William D. The Morphology of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994.
  9. Voelz, James W. Fundamental Greek Grammar, 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1993.
  10. Mare, W. Harold. Mastering New Testament Greek: A Beginning Greek Grammar, Including Lesson Plans for Intermediate and Advanced Greek Students. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977.
  11. LaSor, William Sanford, with Peter Hintzoglou and Eric N. Jacobsen. Handbook of New Testament Greek: An Inductive Approach Based on the Greek Text of Acts, vol. 1, Reading lessons keyed to the Grammar; vol. 2, Grammar, synoptic paradigms, basic vocabulary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1973.
  12. Argyle, A. W. An Introductory Grammar of New Testament Greek. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.
  13. Colwell, Ernest Cadman, with Ernest W. Tune. A Beginner’s Reader-Grammar for New Testament Greek. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.
  14. Goetchius, Eugene Van Ness. The Language of the New Testament. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1965.
  15. Wenham, J. W. The Elements of New Testament Greek. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965.
  16. Blass, F., A. Debrunner, and Robert W. Funk. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature: A Translation and Revision of the Ninth–Tenth German Edition Incorporating Supplementary Notes of A. Debrunner by Robert W. Funk. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1961.
  17. Dana, H. E., and Julius R. Mantay. A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Toronto, Ontario: The Macmillan Company, 1955.
  18. Summers, Ray. Essentials of New Testament Greek. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1950.
  19. Chamberlain, William Douglas. An Exegetical Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1941.
  20. Robertson, A. T., A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1934.
  21. Machen, J. Gresham. New Testament Greek for Beginners. Toronto, Ontario: The Macmillan Company, 1923, 1951.
  22. Nunn, H. P. V. A Short Syntax of New Testament Greek. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920.
  23. Moulton, James Hope. A Grammar of New Testament Greek, 4 vols. Edinburgh: T. & &. Clark, 1908–.

Special Topics in Greek

  1. Moț, Laurentiu Florentin. Morphological and Syntactical Irregularities in the Book of Revelation: A Greek Hypothesis, vol 11 in Linguistic Biblical Studies, edited by Stanley E. Porter. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2015.
  2. Porter, Stanley E. Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament: Studies in Tools, Methods, and Practice. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2015.
  3. Peters, Ronald D. The Greek Article: A Functional Grammar of ὁ-items in the Greek New Testament with Special Emphasis on the Greek Article, vol 9 in Linguistic Biblical Studies. Edited by Stanley E. Porter. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2014.
  4. Huffman, Douglas S. Verbal Aspect Theory and the Prohibitions in the Greek New Testament, vol 16 in the Studies in Biblical Greek, edited by D. A. Carson. New York: Peter Lang, 2014.
  5. Sim, Margaret G. Marking Thought and Talk in New Testament Greek: New Light from Linguistics on the Particles ἵνα and ὅτι. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 2011.
  6. Fantin, Joseph D. The Greek Imperative Mood in the New Testament: A Cognitive and Communicative Approach, vol 12 in the Studies in Biblical Greek, edited by D. A. Carson. New York: Peter Lang, 2010.
  7. Tjen, Anwar. On Conditionals in the Greek Pentateuch: A Study of Translation Syntax. New York: T & T Clark, 2010.
  8. Campbell, Constantine R. Verbal Aspect and Non-Indicative Verbs: Further Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament, vol 15 in the Studies in Biblical Greek, edited by D. A. Carson. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
  9. McKay, Kenneth L. A New Syntax of the Verb in New Testament Greek: An Aspectual Approach, vol 5 in the Studies in Biblical Greek, edited by D. A. Carson. New York: Peter Lang, 1994.
  10. Porter, Stanley E., and D. A. Carson. Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics, in the Journal of the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 80. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.
  11. Dover, K. J. Greek Word Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960.
  12. Goodwin, William Watson. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1900.

Later Aramaic & Syriac

  1. Hallam, Steven C. Basics of Classical Syriac: Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2016.
  2. Lambdin, Thomas O[din], and John Huehnergard. An Introduction to the Aramaic of Targum Onqelos. Cambridge, MA: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 2002.
  3. Muraoka, Takamitsu, and Bezalel Porten. A Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 1998.
  4. Robinson, Theodore H. Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, 4th rev. ed. Revised by L. H. Brockington. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1962.
  5. Marshall, J. T. Manual of the Aramaic Language of the Palestinian Talmud: Grammar Vocalized Text, Translation and Vocabulary. Edited by J. Barton Turner. Leiden, the Netherlands: E. J. Brill Ltd, 1929.
  6. Stevenson, Wm. B. Grammar of Palestinian Jewish Aramaic. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924.
  7. Margolis, Max L. Grammar of the Aramaic Language of the Babylonian Talmud: Grammar, Chrestomathy and Dictionary, vol. 3 in Clavis Linguarum Semiticarum Edited by Hermann L. Strack. New York: G. E. Stechert & Co., 1910.
  8. Nestle, Eberhard. Syriac Grammar with Bibliography, Chrestomathy and Glossary. Translated by R. S. Kennedy. London: Williams & Norgate, 1899.
  9. Uhlemann’s Syriac Grammar . . . with a Course of Exercises in Syriac Grammar, and a Chrestomathy and Brief Lexicon. Translated by Enoch Rutchinson. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1855.

Ugaritic

  1. Williams, Michael. Basics of Ancient Ugaritic: A Concise Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012.
  2. Bordreuil and Pardee, A Manual of Ugaritic, in the Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic series, edited by M. O’Connor and Cynthia L. Miller. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009. ^
  3. Schniedewind, William M., and Joel H. Hunt. A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2007. ^

Lexica & Dictionaries

Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic Lexica

  1. Van Pelt, Miles V., and Gary D. Pratico. The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.
  2. Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, eds. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 2 vols. Translated by M. E. J. Richardson. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2001.
  3. Brown, Francis, with S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs. The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon: With an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., 1906; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008 (reprint).
  4. Holladay, William L., ed. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner. Leiden, the Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1988.
  5. Mitchel, Larry A. A Student’s Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic: Frequency Lists with Definitions, Pronunciation Guide, and Index. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984.
  6. Landes, George M. A Student’s Vocabulary of Biblical Hebrew Listed According to Frequency and Cognate. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1961.

Greek Lexica

  1. Montanari, Franco, and Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, eds. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2016, 2019.
  2. Metzger, Bruce M. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek, 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1998.
  3. Taylor, Bernard A. The Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint: A Complete Parsing Guide. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
  4. Muraoka, Takamitsu. A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint: Twelve Prophets. Louvain: Peeters, 1993.
  5. Lust, Johan, Katrin Hauspie, and Erik Eynikel. A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1992–6.
  6. Lampe, G. W. H., ed. A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1961.
  7. Moulton, J. H., and G. Milligan. Vocabulary of the Greek Testament. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930.
  8. Abbot-Smith, G. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922.
  9. Woodhouse, S. C. English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1910.

Special Topics in Greek

  1. Aitken, James K. No Stone Unturned: Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary, vol. 5 in the Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Anselm C. Hagedorn, Nathan MacDonald, and Stuart Weeks. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2014.
  2. Taylor, Bernard A., John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton, and Richard E. Whitaker, eds. Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography: Essays in Honor of Frederick W. Danker. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.
  3. Nida, Eugene A. and Johannes P. Louw, Lexical semantics of the Greek New Testament: A Supplement to the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1992.
  4. Mason, Hugh J. Greek Terms for Roman Institutions: A Lexicon and Analysis, vol. 13 in the American Studies in Papyrology. Toronto, Ontario: A. M. Hakkert Ltd., 1974.
  5. Deissmann, Adolf. The Philology of the Greek Bible: Its Present and Future. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908.

Later Aramaic & Syriac Lexica

  1. Costaz, Louis. Dictionnarie Syriaque-Français, Syriac-English Dictionary, 3rd ed. Beirut: Dar el-Machreq, 2002.
  2. Jennings, William. Lexicon to the Syriac New Testament (Peshiṭta) with Copious References, Dictions, Names of Persons and Places and Some Various Readings Found in the Curetonian, Sinaitic Palimpsest, Philoxenian & Other MSS. Revised by Ulric Gantillon. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1926.
  3. Margoliouth (neé Payne Smith), J., ed. A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1903.

Concordances

  1. Hatch, Edwin, and Henry A. Redpath. Concordance to the Septuagint and the Other Greek Versions of the Old Testament (Including the Apocryphal Books). 3 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1897–1906. Single-volume reprint with introduction by Emanuel Tov and Robert A. Kraft, including Takamitsu Muraoka’s Hebrew/Aramaic Index to the Septuagint (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).
  2. Muraoka, Takamitsu. Hebrew/Aramaic Index to the Septuagint (Keyed to Hatch-Redpath Concordance). Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.

Biblical Canon

  1. Gallagher, Edmon L., and John D. Meade. The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. New York: Oxford, 2018.
  2. McDonald, Lee Martin. The Formation of the Biblical Canon: Vols 1 & 2. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017.
  3. McDonald, Lee Martin. Formation of the Bible: The Story of the Church’s Canon. Peabody, MS: Hendrickson Publishers, 2012.
  4. Hovhanessian, Vahan S., ed. The Canon of the Bible and the Apocrypha in the Churches of the East. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2012.
  5. McDonald, Lee Martin. The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority. Grand Rapids, IL: Baker Academic, 2007.
  6. McDonald, Lee M[artin], and James A. Sanders, eds. The Canon Debate. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002.
  7. Bruce, F. F. The Canon of Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988.

Old Testament Canon

  1. Broyde, Michael J. “Defilement of the Hands, Canonization of the Bible, and the Special Status of Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.” Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, vol. 44, no. 1, 1995, pp. 65–79.

New Testament Canon

  1. Kruger, Michael J. The Question of Canon. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013,
  2. Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.
  3. Gregory, Caspar René. Canon and Text of the New Testament. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907.

Exegesis & Interpretation

  1. Mangum, Douglas, and Josh Wesbury, eds. Linguistics & Biblical Exegesis, vol. 2 in the Lexham Methods Series. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016. >
  2. Osborne, Grant R. Hermeneutical Spiral, rev. and expanded ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006.
  3. Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg, Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Consulting editor, Kermit a. Ecklebarger. Dallas, TX: Word Publishing, 1993.
  4. Ramm, Bernard. Protestant Biblical Interpretation: A Textbook of Hermeneutics for Conservative Protestants. Boston, MA: W. A. Wilde Co, 1956.

Translation Theory

Translations

English Translations

English Septuagint

  1. Penner, Ken M., gen. ed. The Lexham English Septuagint: A New Translation. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019.
  2. International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. A New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS) and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included under That Title. Edited by Albert Pietersma and Benjamin G. Wright. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
  3. Brenton, Sir Lancelot C. L. The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English. London: Samuel Bagster & Sons, Ltd., 1851. Reprinted by Hendrickson Publishers, 1986, 2007.

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