Bible & Biblical Languages

Online Reference resources

Bible Commentaries in eBook Format

We have hundreds of commentaries from major academic publishers available as EBOOKS. Using the Advanced Search, type in the name of the Bible book and then choose Ebooks for the "Material Type." As with most e-resources, these will only be accessible to currently registered CU students, faculty & staff.

Print Reference Works in Biblical Studies (in-library use only)

COMMENTARIES

With the exception of a few commentary sets in Reference (e.g. Word Biblical, NICOT, NIGTC), commentaries are NOT in the reference collection, but are located upstairs, beginning with the call numbers BS1235, and organized in canonical order.

For recommended commentaries see:

 BIBLICAL BACKGROUNDS:

Dead Sea Scrolls: 

Also see the series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (available to check out)

Bible atlases: see various atlases in Ref G2230 (and see below*)

Ancient History sources especially relevant for biblical studies:

Loeb Classical Library--PA3611 (Greek authors) and PA6156 (Latin authors)

BIBLICAL WORD STUDIES & LANGUAGES:

Bibles: BS100-200 including Apocrypha (Greek NT--BS1965; Hebrew OT--BS715)

BIBLICAL WORD STUDIES & LANGUAGES--

Some of these require a CD-ROM; ask at Circulation counter:

HEBREW ...GRAMMAR/LEXICONSPJ4500-4800 (Heb concordance-BS1120-1125)

GREEK GRAMMAR/LEXICONS (Bauer, Louw/Nida)-PJ440-880; Greek concordance: BS2302.M8


*BIBLE ATLASES IN REFERENCE SECTION (also see the oversize** Atlas cabinet #114)

**Oversize Atlas Cabinet #114: