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by Ken Cukrowski This material is taken from God's Holy Fire: The Nature and Function of Scripture from ACU Press. (Heart of the Restoration Series, Volume 2). Used by permission.

Though we [the authors of God's Holy Fire] do not agree with everything in each book listed below, we think that the following recommendations will help those searching for a book from one of these subject areas.

Study Bibles

HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV). Revised ed. San Francisco: Harper Collins 1993.

NIV Study Bible. Ed. Kenneth Barker. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Translations

The Complete Parallel Bible (NRSV, REB, NAB, NJB). New York: Oxford UP, 1993.

The Contemporary Parallel New Testament (KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT, NCV, CEV, NKJV, .Message). Ed. John R. Kohlenberger III. New York, Oxford UP, 1997.

Eight Translation New Testament (KJV, LB, Phillips, RSV, TEV, NIV, JB, NEB). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House. 1974.

Today's Parallel Bible (KJV, V NIV, NLT. NASB). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Concordances

Goodrick, E. W. and John R. Kohlenberger, III, eds. NIV Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,1990.

Strong, J., ed. Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (KJV). Iowa Falls, IA: World Bible Publishers, 1986.

Whitaker, R. E. and J. E. Goehring, eds. Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

Whitaker, R. E. and John R. Kohlenberger, III, eds. Analytical Concordance to the New Testament: New Revised Standard Version. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

Young, R., ad. Analytical Concordance to the Bible (KJV). Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.

Dictionaries

Anchor Bible Dictionary. Ed. D. L. Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Ed. Jack Sasson. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000.

Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Ed. G. Hawthorne and R. Martin. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993.

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Ed. J. Green and S. McKnight. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity,1992.

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. D. N. Freedman. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Revised ed. Ed. P. J. Achtemeier, New fork: Harper- 1996.

Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. E. Mills. Macon, GA: Mercer UP, 1990.

Synopses

Endres, John, et al. Chronicles and Its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel, Kings, and Related Texts. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998.

Synopsis of the Four Gospels. Ed. K. Aland. Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1995.

Bible Study

Fee, Gordon and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993.

Atlases

Pritchard, J. B., ed. Harper Concise Atlas of the Bible. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1997.

Backgrounds

Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds. Ed. C. Evans and S. Porter. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsitv, 2000.

Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerd-mans, 1993.

Harrington, D. Invitation to the Apocrypha. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

Mazar, Amihai. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 10,000-586 B.C.E. New York: Doubleday, 1990.

Stern, Ephraim. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods, 732-332 B.C.E. New York: Doubleday, 2001.

History of Interpretation

Kugel, James. The Bible As It Was. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1997.

Kugel, James and Rowen Greer. Early Biblical Interpretation. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986.

Textual Criticism

A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. Ed. B. Metzger. Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1998.

Introductions to the New Testament

Johnson, L. T. The Writings of the New, Testament: An Introduction. Revised ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.

Commentary Series

Berit Olam (Old Testament). Ed Jerome T. Walsh, et al. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Preaching and Teaching. Ed. James L. Mayes, et al. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox.

Sacra Pagina (New Testament). Ed. Daniel l Harrington. Collegeville, MN. Liturgical Press.

Word Biblical Commentary. Ed. David A. Hubbard, et al. Dallas: Word.

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