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Subject Guide: Books/Libraries

Overview

Searching online libraries and databases can be problematic. Books need to be both academic and modern for use in research for coursework. Many online commentaries are not modern. Many books in the ProQuest Ebook Central are not Christian. We have prepared the Subject Guides to help you get started (e.g. recommended commentaries and Bible encyclopedias).

Featured Books

Theology Topics

  • Systematic Theology
  • Historical Theology
  • Revival History
  • Christology
  • Pneumatology

Ministry Topics

Old Testament Studies

  • OT Commentaries
  • Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
  • Hebrew Lexicons
  • OT Survey
    • Pentateuch
    • Historical Books
    • Wisdom Books
    • Major and Minor Prophets

New Testament Studies

  • NT Commentaries
  • Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
  • Greek Lexicons
  • NT Survey
    • Gospels
    • Epistles
    • Apocalyptic
Open Book Databases
  • Subject Guides are some of the best way of finding modern and academic books.
  • ProQuest Ebook Central (University subscription)
    • All students of Global Christian University have access to this library
    • The subscription is for “Philosophy and Religion,” many books are not about the Christian faith
  • Internet Archive has many older books. Most of these will not be helpful for modern biblical studies.
Locked/Paid Book Databases
  • Logos Bible Software – buy books/commentaries for personal use
  • Atla (American Theological Library Association) has a Research in Ministry (RIM) database
  • EBSCO Ebooks
Talking Back to God: An Examination of the Audience’s Prayers in the Book of Isaiah
Jackson Brooks

MA Theology in Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School