Top 10 Bible Reference Tools
A guide to establishing a Bible reference library
by David W. Henderson
Do you ever find yourself looking at the mounds of massive reference books at your local Christian bookstore and thinking that maybe something along the lines of Life's Little Instruction Book is more your speed?
As soon as you hear the words "reference works," does your face twist into a grimace, and captivating titles like these begin to scroll across your mind:
The Bible: A Syllable-by-Syllable Commentary in 37 Volumes by Oh So Long
Livestock Holding Structures in the Rural Ur by Ben Tell
Excavations: The Untold Story by Doug Aroundalot
All the Rodents of the Bible by I. N. Joy Ratz
The Use of the Article "An" in Ezekiel 8–10 and Its Redemptive-Historical Significance by Arendt I. Bright
Ancient Ugaritic Made Easy by Hugh Cares
Or this bestseller: The Sea of Galilee and the Bermuda Triangle: Is There A Connection? by U. F. Ozareel
Definitely not something you'd ever want to pull off a shelf, let alone own.
The task of wading your way through the slough of Bible study resource materials can be overwhelming. Concordances, grammars, lexicons, atlases, commentaries—what are these things?
Well, I'm here to help you make your way through this maze of thick books with odd-sounding titles. Here is my list of the Top 10 Basic Bible Reference Tools That No Student of the Bible Would Want to Be Without.
I've listed these in order of importance. If you're building a basic library of tools to help you better study the Bible, start with the first one, and then work your way down.
And the number one basic Bible reference tool that no student of the Bible would want to be without is . . .
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