8. DICTIONARIES AND SPECIAL INDICES

WHOLE  BIBLE and/or BIBLICAL STUDIES

• American Dictionary of the English Language: Noah Webster 1828 Edition Facsimile, published by the Foundation for American Christian Education (http://www.face.net).
• Dictionary of the Bible, Second Edition, edited by James Hastings, revised by Frederick C. Grant and H.H. Rowley, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1963)
• A Dictionary of Christian Theology, edited by Alan Richardson (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969)
• Dictionary of Correspondence, Representatives & Significatives Derived From the Word of the Lord (1924), Twelfth Edition, by Emanuel Swedenborg (Boston: Massachusetts New-Church Union, 1924). Swedenborg [1688-1772] was a "Swedish scientist and theologian whose visions and writings inspired his followers to establish the Church of the New Jerusalem after his death. Swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world, through the opening of his spiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the Lord Jesus Christ, as comprehending in himself all the fullness of the Godhead, is the one only God, and that there is a spiritual sense to the Scriptures, which he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he saw the correspondence between natural and spiritual things." (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc)
  
• Handbook of Biblical Criticism, by Richard N. Soulen (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981)
• Handbook of Biblical Criticism, Third Edition, by Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001)
• Harper Collins Bible Dictionary, Revised Edition - edited by Paul J. Achtemeier, with the Society of Biblical Literature (NY: Harper Collins, 1996) - An outstanding resource. [book review]
• Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters, edited by Donald K. McKim (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998)
• The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volumes 1 through 5, edited by George Arthur Buttrick (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962-1976) - An excellent resource.
• Logos-4 Bible Software 2.1 CD - (see "Logos Bible Software" above for more details) - An excellent resource.
• Marginal Notes for the Old Testament, Based on the Text of Today's English Version and Marginal Notes for the New Testament, Based on the Text of Today's English Version , both by Robert G. Bratcher (United Bible Societies, 1980) - These have both aids to translators and information often found in footnotes or marginal notes in many translations of the Old Testament and New Testament.
• The New Bible Dictionary - edited by J.D. Douglas (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962)
• The New World Dictionary Concordance to the New American Bible - (Iowa Falls, Iowa: 1970)
• Oxford Companion to the Bible - edited by Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993) - An excellent resource. [book review]
• Oxford Companion to Christian Thought - edited by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, and Hugh Pyper (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)
• The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia and Scriptural Dictionary, Volumes 1-3, edited by Samuel Fallows, Andrew C. Zenos, & Herbert I. Willett (Chicago, Howard Severance Company, 1908) [MBE]
• Smith's Bible Dictionary, edited by William Smith, revised by F.N. and M.A. Peloubet (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, reprinted 2003) [MBE]
• A Theological Word Book of the Bible, edited by Alan Richardson (New York: Macmillan, 1950)
• Vine's Dictionary of Bible Words, Nelson's Quick Reference Edition - by W.E. Vine (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997) - An excellent resource.

• Young People's Bible Dictionary, by Barbara Smith (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1965)

OLD TESTAMENT

• The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers, by Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs (Peabody, MA: Henderson Publishers, 1996)
• Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, by Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs (Oxford University Press, 1978) - This is a standard Hebrew dictionary of the Old Testament, widely used by scholars and students.
• Index to Brown, Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, compiled by Bruce Einspahr (Moody Press, 1976) - This is an extensive, verse-by-verse index of the Hebrew words used in the Old Testament. Each Hebrew word in the index is followed by the page number in the Lexicon that explains the meaning.
• Synonyms of the New Testament: Studies in the Greek New Testament:, by Richard C. Trench (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1880, 1953, 1978) [MBE]
• Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volumes 1 through 3, edited by G. Johannes Botterweck and Helmer Ringgren (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's, 1974-1978). This series is not yet complete.
• Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, Volumes 1 through 3 - by Ernst Jenni and Claus Westermann, translated by Marke E. Biddle (Peabody, MA: Henderson Publishers, 1997) [book review] - This includes an index to Strong's numbers and the Strong's numbers on the pages where the definitions are given. - An excellent resource.
• Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, Volumes I and II, edited by Harris, Archer, and Waltke (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980). [book review]

• Who's Who in the Old Testament Together with the Apocrypha, by Joan Comay (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1971)

NEW TESTAMENT

• The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, edited by Ken Parry, Dmitri Brady, Sidney H. Griffith, David J. Melling, & John Healey (Blackwell Publishers, 1999)
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone (NY: Oxford University Press, 1977)
• A Dictionary of Christian Theology, edited by Alan Richardson (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969)
• A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers, edited by David W. Bercot (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998)
• A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography: A Reference Guide to Over 800 Christian Men and Women, Heretics, and Sects of the First Six Centuries, edited by Henry Wace & William C. Piercy (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999 - originally published 1911). This book presents an accumulation of accounts of each disciple. Though the historical reliability of most of the details is not verifiable, the book at least cites the writings from which the details were derived.
• Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Second Edition, edited by Everett Ferguson (NY: Garland Publishing, 1998)
• Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, based upon Semantic Domains, Volumes 1 and 2, by Johannes P. Louw & Eugene A. Nida (New York: United Bible Societies, 1989) - An excellent resource, but requires knowledge of Greek to really utilize it properly.
• A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, Second Edition, by Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, F. Wilbur Gingrich, Frederick W. Danker (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979)
• Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, with Scripture, Subject, and Greek Word Indexes, by Daniel B. Wallace (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996) - Excellent, but requires knowledge of Greek.
• Kittel's Abridged One-Volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament - available in hardbound edition or in Logos 4 software. Also includes Strong's numbering. This is a one-volume version of the Kittel's definitive 10-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. - An excellent resource. [book review]
• The New Analytical Greek Lexicon, edited by Wesley J. Perschbacher (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1990) - includes Strong's numbering and provides grammatical analysis of every Greek word used in the New Testatment. Excellent, but a knowledge of Greek is needed.
• The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Volumes 1 through 4 - edited by Colin Brown (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1975, 1986) [book review]
• Oxford Companion to Christian Thought - edited by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, and Hugh Pyper (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)
• A Readers Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, by Sakae Kubo (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1975)
• The Search for the Twelve Apostles, by William Steuart McBirnie (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1973). In addition to presenting the biblical accounts of each disciple, this book presents an accumulation of annecdotal, circumstantial, and legendary accounts of each disciple. Though the historical reliability of most of the details is not verifiable, the book at least cites writings from which most details were derived and lays out a comprehensive account of the legends about each disciple, which readers should treat with scholarly skepticism.
• Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Volumes 1 through 10, edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's, 1964-1976) - The definitive and exhaustive Greek lexicon of the New Testament. A knowledge of Greek is useful but not required to take advantage of this extensive resource.
• Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, Volumes 1 through 3 - by Ceslas Spicq, translated and edited by James D. Ernest (Peabody, MA: Henderson Publishers, 1994) - This includes an index to Strong's numbers, though the index is not as easy to use as if the numbers were on the pages where the definitions are given. Still, it is quite worth the effort to use. - An excellent resource.

• Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, Unabridged Edition, by W.E. Vine (McLean, VA: MacDonald Publishing, no date)

OTHER RELEVANT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LISTS

• See also the indices in the back of the books listed in:
• Commentaries - Entire Bible
• Commentaries - Old Testament
• Commentaries - New Testament
• Dictionaries and Special Indices
• Histories - Entire Bible
• Histories - Old Testament
• Histories - Intertestamental Period Testament
• Histories - New Testament and Early Christianity