Welcome to the BIBL 110 course research guide!
This page assists you in using the library effectively to complete the course's research assignments.
If you have any questions about library materials or divinity resources, please contact the liaison librarian (info below).
First Steps to Success
Always carefully read the assignment instructions and make sure you understand them. Contact your instructor for any clarification. Many times you will be told how to organize your paper, and what information sources you may, or may not, use. The course assignments for BIBL 104 require the use of academic sources. Wikipedia, although a viable source of information in some instances, is not a credible source to be cited in completing these course assignments.
As you use information sources, you want to be sure to properly cite them. Plagiarism is a serious academic offense with serious consequences, yet it is easily avoided.
The following tutorials will help you to correctly cite the information resources you use. The University's Writing Services offers additional writing assistance, including a list of writing aids on their website.
Need help with library resources, finding other commentaries, or simply navigating through an eBook?
The library is here to help! Feel free to email or book a meeting with the JFL liaison to the divinity school (see below).
The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary (Text Only Edition) by 
Believer's Bible Commentary by 
The Expositor's Bible Commentary - Abridged Edition: Old Testament by 
The Expositor's Bible Commentary: New Testament by 
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament by 
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference An Expansive Old Testament Resource You Can Trust How can we account for the "Book of the Law" suddenly being discovered during Josiah's renovation of the temple (2 Chron 34:14)? We know from Egypt and Mesopotamia that it was common to seal important documents--including theological documents--in the masonry or foundations of a palace or temple in order to inform a future king who might undertake restoration of the building. What might the psalmist have had in mind when praising God for removing our transgressions "as far as the east is from the west" (Ps 103:12)? In an Egyptian hymn to Amun-Re, the deity is praised for his judgment of the guilty. As a result of the god's discernment the guilty are assigned to the east and the righteous to the west. What is meant by God "weighing the heart" (Prov 21:2)? In Egyptian religious tradition we find the notion of the dead being judged before the gods. As the soul is examined, the dead person's heart is weighed in a scale against a feather symbolizing Truth. If the answers are correct and the heart does not outweigh the feather, the soul may enter the realm of everlasting life. The narratives, genealogies, laws, poetry, proverbs and prophecies of the Old Testament are deeply rooted in history. Archaeologists, historians and social scientists have greatly advanced our knowledge of the ancient world of the Bible. When we illuminate the stories of Abraham or David, the imagery of the Psalms or Proverbs, or the prophecies of Isaiah or Jeremiah with this backlight of culture and history, these texts spring to new life. The unique commentary joins The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament in providing historical, social and cultural background for each passage of the Old Testament. From Genesis through Malachi, this single volume gathers and condenses an abundance of specialized knowledge--making it available and accessible to ordinary readers of the Old Testament. Expert scholars John Walton, Victor Matthews and Mark Chavalas have included along with the fruits of their research and collaboration a glossary of historical terms, ancient peoples, texts and inscriptions maps and charts of important historical resources expanded explanations of significant background issues introductory essays on each book of the Old Testament The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament will enrich your experience of the Old Testament--and your teaching and preaching from Scripture--in a way that no other commentary can do.
The MacArthur Bible Commentary by 
Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary by 
South Asia Bible Commentary by 
The Wycliffe Bible Commentary by 
The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook by 
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible by 
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary by 
Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary by 
Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary by 
