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Academic Resources
The Swilley Library offers a great variety and volume of resources for students of Mercer's Atlanta campus. Check the library's online catalog for publications of interest and, if you are a student, you may access the library's journal databases as well. For other academic resources, look at faculty homepages. Many of them include academic resources that faculty members themselves utilize and find significantly helpful.
Study Bibles
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS)
The Greek New Testament (United Bible Societies, 4th ed.; or American Bible Society, 27th ed.)
Harper Collins Study Bible
JPS Hebrew-English Parallel Bible
The New Interpreter's Study Bible
The New Oxford Annotated Study Bibles (JPS and NRSV with apocrypha)
Commentaries
Anchor Bible Commentary
Hermeneia
Interpretation
New International Commentary on the Old Testament
New Interpreter's Bible Commentary
Old Testament Library
Smyth and Helwys
True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary
The Women's Bible Commentary (Newsome and Ringe)
Word Biblical Commentary
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Dictionary of Christianity in America. Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990.
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1987.
Harper’s Bible Dictionary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.
Holman Bible Dictionary. Nashville: Holman, 1991.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 4 Vols. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1979- (see also The New International Standard Bible Encyclopedia).
Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. 4 vols. and a Supplementary vol. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962- 1976 (a second edition is in the process of revision, projected to be completed by 2010).
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1990.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. 10 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
The Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. 15 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Journals
Christian Century
Christian History & Biography
Interpretation
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (JSOT)
Journal of Biblical Literature
Review & Expositor
Books
The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness, Leon McBeth
Baptist Ways: A History, Bill J. Leonard
Church History in Plain Language, Bruce L. Shelley
Crossroads in Christian Growth (The Bible and Personal Crisis Series), W. Loyd Allen
Spiritual Preparation for Christian Leadership, E. Glenn Hinson
Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality, Bradley Holt
Links
Advent Spirituality Center, http://www.adventcenter.org/
American Academy of Religion (AAR), http://www.aarweb.org
The Center for Baptist Studies, http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/
EthicsDaily, http://www.ethicsdaily.com
Frontline: From Jesus to Christ www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion
Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web www.stg.brown.edu/projects/mss/overview.html
Greek Manuscript Gateway http://greek-language.com/greek.manuscripts.gateway/
Greek Language and Linguistics Gateway http://www.greek-language.com
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies www.torreys.org/bible
Searchable RSV www.hti.umich.edu/relig/rsv
Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), http://www.sbl-site.org
Review of Biblical Literature (comprehensive resource for book reviews in biblical studies published by SBL), http://www.bookreviews.org
The Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR, the regional society for SBL and AAR), http://www.secsor.appstate.edu/
Bible Software
Accordance (Mac)
Bible Works (PC)
Logos (PC)
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