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Bible Study

  1. Interpretation principles for Bible study
    1. The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn (1854)
    2. Figures of Speech in the Bible by E. W. Bullinger (1855)
    3. Hermeneutical Manual: Intro. to Exegetical Study of NT by Patrick Fairbairn (1859)
    4. On the Interpretation of Scripture by Benjamin J. Jowett (1860)
    5. History of Interpretation by Frederic W. Farrar (1886)
    6. Milton S. Terry – Biblical Hermeneutics: A Treatise on the Interpretation of the Old and New Testaments (1883, revised 1890) – free PDF download of 1883 edition | 1890 edition for online reading | Purchase reprint of 1890 edition (1999)
    7. S. Burnham – “The Conditional Element in Prophecy Illustrated by Isaiah 66:12-24 and other passages” (1890)
    8. Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways Cults Misread the Bible (1980) by James Sire
    9. Exegetical Fallacies (2nd ed., 1996) by D. A. Carson
    10. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (revised and updated, 2004) by William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Robert L. Hubbard Jr.
    11. The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (2006) by Grant R. Osborne
    12. An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics by W. C. Kaiser, Jr., and Moisés Silva (2d ed., 2007)
  2. Inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible
    1. John W. Burgon – Inspiration & Interpretation: Seven Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford (1861)
    2. Benjamin B. Warfield – The Authority & Inspiration of the Scriptures (1889)
    3. J. W. McGarvey – Grounds on which we receive the Bible as the Word of God and the only rule of faith and practice (1889)
    4. A. W. Pink – Divine Inspiration of the Bible (1917)
    5. F. F. Kearley – “Prophecy as Proof of the Inspiration of the Bible: The Witness of the Prophets Concerning Jacob and Esau” (Apologetics Press)
  3. Introduction to the Bible
    1. Louis Berkhof – New Testament Introduction (1915)
    2. Douglas Stuart – Old Testament Exegesis (4th ed., 2009)
    3. Gordon Fee – New Testament Exegesis (3rd ed., 2002)
    4. Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart – How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (2003) | en Español
    5. Introduction to each book of the Bible (from NIV Study Bible)
  4. Aids to Bible study
    1. Online Bible commentaries
      1. Online commentaries by biblical book & chapter
      2. Online commentaries by commentary author
    2. Bible dictionaries
      1. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, edited by John McClintock and James Strong (12 vols., 1880) – Index for online reading | Index for Scholarly Citation (Google Books scanning).
      2. Encyclopædia Biblica (1899) – Vol 1: A – D | Vol. 2: E – K | Vol. 3: L – P | Vol. 4: Q – Z
      3. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, edited by James Orr et al. (five vols., 1939) – Index for Online reading