New International Commentary: New Testament (NICNT)
New International Commentary: Old Testament (NICOT)
Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS)
UBS Handbook Series
Through Old Testament Eyes
Commentary on the New Testament through the perspective of the Old Testament
Texts and Translations
Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum. Editio minor 2163 60,00
Novum Testamentus et Psalterium iuxta Novae Vulgatae editionis textum 7384 20,00
Dictionaries (Lexicons)
Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (TLNT) (3 vols.)
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis, 2nd Edition (NIDNTTE)
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT) (10 vols.)
A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (BDAG)
Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) (5 vols.)
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (TDOT) (16 vols.)
New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (NIDOTTE)
Grammars
The Elements of New Testament Greek by Wenham
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar by William Mounce
Biblical History
General
The Oxford History of the Biblical World
Atlante di Gerusalemme by D. Bahat
Greer, Jonathan S., John W. Hilber, and John H. Walton, eds. 2018. Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic.
Arnold, Bill T., and Brent A. Strawn, eds. 2016. The World around the Old Testament: The People and Places of the Ancient near East. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic.
Archeology
Terra Sancta. Archeologia ed esegesi by G. Paximadi - M. Fidanzio
L’architettura di Erode. Il grande costruttore by E. Netzer
Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit. Jewish daily life in the time of Jesus by J. Magness
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant, c. 8000-332 BCE by M.L. Steiner – A.E. Killebrew
The Archaeology of the Holy Land: from the destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim conquest by J. Magness
Textual History
Textual History of the Bible. 2016. 10 vols. Leiden: Brill.
Person, Raymond F. 2023. Scribal Memory and Word Selection: Text Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Atlanta: SBL Press.
Mastnjak, Nathan. 2023. Before the Scrolls: A Material Approach to Israel’s Prophetic Library. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Schmid, Konrad, and Jens Schröter. 2021. The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture. Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Jewish Literature
Neusner, Jacob, ed. The Mishnah: A New Translation. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1988.
Digital Tool for viewing the Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, etc.
Introductions
Bergsma, John Sietze, and Brant James Pitre. 2018. A Catholic Introduction to the Bible. The Old Testament. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
Brueggemann, Walter, and Tod Linafelt. 2020. An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination. Third edition. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press.
Goldingay, John. 2015. An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches and Issues. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic.
Pritchard, James Bennett, ed. 1969. Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Barry IV, Richard J. Jewish Temple Theology and the Mystery of the Cross: Atonement and the Two Goats of Yom Kippur. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2023.
Kingship
Shepherd, David. 2023. King David, Innocent Blood, and Bloodguilt. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Temple
Haran, Menahem. 1978. Temples and Temple-Service in Ancient Israel: An Inquiry into Biblical Cult Phenomena and the Historical Setting of the Priestly School. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns.
Smith, Steven C. 2017. The House of the Lord: A Catholic Biblical Theology of God’s Temple Presence in the Old and New Testaments. Steubenville, OH: Franciscan University Press.
Emotion (Love)
Lapsley, Jacqueline E. “Feeling Our Way: Love for God in Deuteronomy.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 65, no. 3 (2003): 350–69.
Levenson, Jon Douglas. 2016. The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Moran, William L. “The Ancient Near Eastern Background to the Love of God in Deuteronomy.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 25, no. 1 (1963): 77–87.
Park, Song-Mi Suzie. 2023. Love in the Hebrew Bible. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press.
Emotion (Anger)
Schlimm, Matthew Richard. 2011. From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns.
Boyd, Samuel L. 2023. Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Arnold, Bill. 2022. The Book of Deuteronomy: Chapters 1–11. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
Historical Books
Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn. 2023. Ezra: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Yale Bible Commentary. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Wisdom Literature
Dell, Katharine J., Suzanna R. Millar, and Arthur Jan Keefer, eds. 2022. The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Murphy, Roland E. 2002. The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W. B. Eerdmans.
Inter-Testament Period
Chilton, Bruce, and Jacob Neusner. 1995. Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs. London: Routledge.
Daniel-Rops, Henri. 1962. Daily Life in the Time of Jesus. New York: Hawthorn Books.
Neusner, Jacob. 1984. Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
Neusner, Jacob. 2002. Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press.
Nickelsburg, George W. E. 2003. Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins: Diversity, Continuity, and Transformation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
Novick, Tzvi. 2025. Judaism: A Guide for Christians. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Sanders, E. P. 1992. Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE. London: SCM Press.
Sanders, E. P. 2016. Comparing Judaism and Christianity: Common Judaism, Paul, and the Inner and Outer in the Study of Religion. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
New Testament
General Topics
General
An Introduction to the New Testament by Raymond E. Brown
Historical Jesus
Allison, Dale C. 2010. Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic.
Allison, Dale C. 2025. Interpreting Jesus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Bailey, Kenneth E. 2008. Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic.
Pitre, Brant James. 2024. Jesus and Divine Christology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Ferda, Tucker S. 2024. Jesus and His Promised Second Coming: Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Sanders, E. P. 1985. Jesus and Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
Sanders, E. P. 1993. The Historical Figure of Jesus. New York: Penguin Books.
Jeremias, Joachim. 1966. The Eucharistic Words of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
Pitre, Brant James. 2011. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. New York: Doubleday.
Pitre, Brant James. 2015. Jesus and the Last Supper. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Various Topics
Barnett, Paul. 2024. The Trials of Jesus: Evidence, Conclusions, and Aftermath. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Challis, Mallory A., and Joseph Foltz. 2025. Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts. Edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine Ann Shaner. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew
Leiva-Merikakis, Erasmo. 1996-2021. Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. 4 Vols. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
Mark
Luttick, Janine. 2023. Jairus’s Daughter and the Female Body in Mark. Atlanta: SBL Press.
Mirus, Christopher V. 2024. “Plato’s Timaeus as a Symbol of Greek Culture in Mark 10:46–52: A Contextual Interpretation.” Communio: International Catholic Review 51 (2): 367–410.
Luke
Pauline Literature
General
Murphy-O’Connor, J. 1996. Paul: A Critical Life. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Novenson, Matthew V., and R. Barry Matlock, eds. 2022. The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sanders, E. P. 2016. Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters, and Thought. London: SCM Press.
Sanders, E. P. 2017. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
Thielman, Frank. 2025. Paul: Apostle of Grace. Grand Rapids Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
Wright, N. T. 1997. What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Grand Rapids Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
Wright, N. T. 2013. Paul and the Faithfulness of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
Wright, N. T. 2015. Paul and His Recent Interpreters: Some Contemporary Debates. Minneapolis Minnesota: Fortress Press.
Wright, N. T. 2018. Paul: A Biography. New York NY: HarperOne.
Paul and the Law
Sanders, E. P. 1983. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
Wilson, Annalisa Phillips. 2022. Paul and the Jewish Law: A Stoic Ethical Perspective on His Inconsistency. Leiden: Brill.
Letter to the Romans
Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. 2024. Romans: A Commentary. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press.
Wright, N. T. 2023. Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul’s Greatest Letter. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan.
Letter to the Ephesians
deSilva, David A. 2022. Ephesians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Johannine Literature
The Gospel of John
Cirafesi, Wally V. 2022. John within Judaism: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Shaping of Jesus-Oriented Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel. Leiden: Brill.
Catholic Epistles
Letter to the Hebrews
Moffitt, David M. 2011. Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Leiden: Brill.
Peeler, Amy L. B. 2024. Hebrews. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Vanhoye, Albert. 2015. The Letter to the Hebrews: A New Commentary. New York: Paulist Press.
Urga, Abeneazer G. 2023. Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews: The Background and Nature of Jesus’ Heavenly Intercession in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck.
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