Browning, W. R. F. R.A Dictionary of the Bible. Oxford University Press, 1996, 1998. Authoritative, comprehensive, and written for a broad readership, a volume with more than 2,000 entries about people, places, and stories from the Bible.
Kee, Howard Clark, ed.The Cambridge Companion to the Bible. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Fine one-volume text for serious students and general readers alike; specialist authors from both Jewish and Christian perspectives.
Strong, James.New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. Thomas Nelson, 1997. The standard Bible concordance for pastors, scholars, and lay readers for more than a century.
Biblical scholarship
Alter, Robert and Frank Kermode, eds.The Literary Guide to the Bible. Belknap, 1987, 1990. Provides an analysis of the Bible's structures, themes, narrative techniques and poetic forms.
Caird, George B.The Language and Imagery of the Bible. Duckworth, Reprint, Eerdmans, 1980. 1997. A recent classic that explores a host of linguistic features related to usage and meaning and how these features should be applied to any reading of the English Bible.
Friedman, Richard Elliott.Who Wrote the Bible? Summit, 1987, 1997. Lively examination of evidence of authorship of the Pentateuch.
Baigent, Michael, and Richard Leigh.The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception. Summit, Reprint, Touchstone, 1991. 1993. Explores why the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered more than 50 years ago, are being withheld from the public.
Campbell, Jonathan.Dead Sea Scrolls: The Complete Story. Ulysses, 1998. A compelling look into all the aspects of the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Hanson, Kenneth.Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story. Council Oak, 1997. Introduction to the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the issues surrounding them.
Vanderkam, James, and Lawrence H. Schiffman, eds.Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Oxford University Press, 2000. A comprehensive guide that capably synthesizes 50 years of scholarship.
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