Old Testament Guide 

Journals

The following are some of the more significant journals in Rolfing Library related to the study of the Old Testament. Use the ATLA Religion Database and Old Testament Abstracts 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

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

Revue Biblique

Revue de Qumran

Scottish Journal of Theology

Scriptura

Themelios

Theologische Rundschau

Theologische Zeitschrift

Trinity Journal

Tyndale Bulletin

Westminster Theological Journal

Old Testament

Antiquity

Bet Mikra

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

Israel Exploration Journal

Jewish Bible Quarterly

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages

Journal of Semitic Studies

Journal of the American Oriental Society

Near Eastern Archaeology

Old Testament Essays/ by the Dept of Old Testament, University of South Africa

Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: SJOT

Ugarit-Forschungen

Vetus Testamentum

Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentlich Wissenschaft

Finding Books

Books on Old 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.

BS 701-1830 Old Testament

BS 705-815 Early versions

BS 825-1013 Modern texts and versions

BS 1091-1099 Selections. Quotations

BS 1110-1199 Works about the Old Testament

BS 1160-1191.5 Criticism and interpretation

BS 1200-1830 Special parts of the Old Testament

PJ 4501-5192 Hebrew language and literature

PJ 5201-5329 Aramaic language and literature

Guides

Ref Z 7751 .K46 1992

Reference Works for Theological Research: An Annotated Selective Bibliographical Guide. 3d ed. 1991. Kepple and Muether.

 

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 .A1 L64 2007

Old Testament Commentary Survey. 4th ed. 2007. Tremper Longman III.

Evaluations of commentaries for every book in the Old Testament also classified by most appropriate audience.

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 1205.55 .D53 2005

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books. Intervarsity, 2005.

Includes signed articles with bibliographies.

Ref BS 1225.52 .D53 2003

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch. Intervarsity, 2003.

Includes 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 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 BS440 .D495 2005

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

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.

Hebrew Word Study Helps

Ref BS 440 .N438 1996

New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis.

5 vols. Willem A. VanGemeren, ed. Volume 1 contains the Guide to Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, volumes 1-4 have some 3000 lexical and topical entries, and volume 5 has the cross references and indexes.

 

Ref BS 440 .B5713 1977

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Botterweck and Ringgren, eds. Known as "TDOT" or "OT Kittel" this translation includes extensive, well-documented articles on OT words and Near Eastern languages. Incomplete, with 12 vols so far.

 

Ref BS 440 .T49

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Harris, Archer and Waltke, eds. 2 vols. Intended to be more practical and less exhaustive than the TDOT.

 

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.

Indexes

Print volumes used to find specific journal articles and essays on a given topic. Now generally supplanted by electronic databases.

 

Ref Z 7770 .E63

Elenchus of Biblica. 1985–, (formerly Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus. 1920–84). Extensive index of biblical studies arranged topically with multiple indexes.

 

Ref BS 410 .O42

Old Testament Abstracts. v.1–, 1978–. Available as an online database for 1978–current (see below). Use the abstracts early in your research to better sort out helpful from unhelpful articles and essays.

 

Ref Z 7753 .A5

Religion Index One: Periodicals. v. 1–, 1949–.

Available online through the ATLA Religion Database (see below).

 

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.

 

Old Testament Abstracts, 1978–current.

 

Index theologicus

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

 

Religious and Theological Abstracts, 1958–current.

 

Rolfing Memorial Library

Trinity International University

September 2006