Reading lists

At BiblicalTraining.org we have been asked repeatedly to recommend books for a certain topic. We are glad to help. Below are all the categories of books. Clicking on a category shows all the resources in that category, and from there you can click to see the entire description of that resource.

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REFERENCE

These resources will provide basic information on a wide range of areas, including word studies, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

Word studies

Want to know what the Greek and Hebrew words behind the English words mean?
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

One volume dictionaries and multi-volume encyclopedias
Concordances

Concordances to help you locate that one special verse
Interlinears

Word by word translations (and other stuff) of the New and Old Testaments
BIBLICAL LANGUAGES

Would you like to learn Greek or Hebrew, the languages behind the New and Old Testaments? Or perhaps learn just enough to be able to do Greek and Hebrew word studies or understand the better commentaries?

Greek tools for Bible study

Learn how to use the biblical tools without fully learning the Greek language
Greek (first year)

Books and resources for learning biblical Greek
Greek (second year and beyond)

Resources to help you advance beyond the building blocks of the first year
Greek Bibles

Which Greek text should you use? It depends!
Hebrew (first year)

Books and resources for learning biblical Hebrew
COMMENTARY SERIES

These books cover the entire New and/or Old Testament

One or two volumes

Books that cover the entire Old and New Testament in one (or two) volumes
Lay series

Series of commentaries designed for the studious lay person
Technical series

Commentary series for serious students, often for those not afraid to dabble in Greek and Hebrew words.
NEW TESTAMENT

Books that will help you understand the New Testament

Lay commentaries

These commentaries are for people who are serious about studying the New Testament but who do not know Greek and are not interested in advanced New Testament scholarship.
Technical commentaries

These commentaries are for the serious student. They may not require a comprehension in Greek, but it is often helpful to have some familiarity with the language.
OLD TESTAMENT

Resources to help you understand the Old Testament

Lay commentaries

These commentaries are for people who are serious about studying the Old Testament but who do not know Hebrew and are not interested in advanced Old Testament scholarship.
Technical commentaries

These commentaries are for the serious student. They may not require a comprehension in Hebrew, but it is often helpful to have some familiarity with the language.
THEOLOGY

Resources to help you understand what to believe. Includes both systematic and biblical theology

Systematic Theology

Systematics is the final stage of the theological process, where the teaching of Scripture is understood as a whole
Biblical Theology

Biblical theology deals with the meaning of the biblical text, often in categories such as the theology of the gospelds, of Paul, etc.
Great books about God

Books on theological topics
Pain and suffering

Insights into the role of pain and suffering in the life of a Christian
CHURCH

Resources covering the church and related issues

Leadership

Resources aimed specifically at those in leadership
SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Spiritual formation is the process of becoming more like Christ. These books will help you move forward toward that goal.

Beginning your spiritual journey

Those books that will help you get started on a life that becomes more like Christ's.
Devotionals

Books to help you reflect on God throughout the year
The Christian life

Books about general topics of how we should life
BACKGROUNDS

Resources to help you understand the cultural and historical backdrop to the New and Old Testaments (such as histories, atlases, writings on Jewish and Greek backdrop).

Altases

Atlases replete with maps and discussions that usually follow the biblical narrative
Histories

Historical discussions of the biblical era and later Church history
References

Books to help you understand the cultural, historical, and religious backdrop of the biblical accounts
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS
Current events