QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT

REFERENCE BOOKS

Countless books* on Jesus Christ, the Holy Bible, and Christianity have been written over the centuries. Only a tiny proportion have been used in this exploration, but enough, it is believed, to meet its aims. One of the excellent Bible software packages now available has also proved very useful.


*and sermons - a rough and ready estimate gives a figure of 1,000,000 sermons preached over the last 2,000 years for each and every word in the New Testament


1. MAIN SOURCE

J.B.Phillips, "The New Testament in Modern English", Bles. Collins, 1962

2. HOLY BIBLES

"Good News Bible - Today's English Version", Collins/Fontana, 1976

"Jerusalem Bible Version - The Bible in Order", edited by Joseph Rhymer; Darton, Longman and Todd, 1975

"The Jerusalem Bible - Popular Edition", Darton, Longman and Todd, 1974

"King James Version", Cambridge University Press

"New International Version - Thompson Chain Reference Edition", Hodder and Stoughton, 1984

"The New King James Version", Thomas Nelson, 1982

"Revised English Bible", Oxford/Cambridge University Press, 1989

"Revised Standard Version - The R.S.V. Interlinear Greek-English New Testament" by Rev Alfred Marshall, Regency Reference Library, 1958

3. OTHER REFERENCES

Attwater, Donald, "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints", Penguin Books, 1985

Barclay, William, "The Daily Study Bible", various editions, The Saint Andrew Press, 1990-92

Barraclough, Geoffrey, Editor, "The Times Concise Atlas of World history", Times Books, 1982

Black, Matthew, General Editor, "Peake's Commentary on the Bible", Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1962 (see also Peake below)

Brownrigg, Ronald, "Who's Who in the New Testament", Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971

Cotterell, Arthur, Editor, "The Penguin Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations", Viking, 1988

Farmer, Hugh Farmer, "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints", Clarendon Press, 1978

Guy, H A, "The Life of Christ - Notes on the Narrative and Teaching in the Gospels", MacMillan and Co, 1959

Henry, Carl F H, "The Biblical Expositor", Good Reading Limited, 1974

"The Lion Handbook to the Bible", Lion Publishing, 1987

Martin, Hugh, "The Teacher's Commentary", Student Christian Movement Press, 1935

Metzger, Bruce M and Coogan, Michael D, "The Oxford Companion of the Bible", Oxford University Press, 1993

Neil, William, "William Neil's One Volume Bible Commentary", Hodder and Stoughton, 1990

Orchard, Dom Bernard et al., Editorial Committee, "A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture", Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1960

Peake, Arthur S, editor, "A Commentary on the Bible: with Supplement", Thomas Nelson 1948

Pritchard, James B, Editor, "The Times Atlas of the Bible", Times Books, 1987

Scroggie, W Graham, "A Guide to the Gospels", Pickering and Inglis, 1948

Scroggie, W Graham, "Know Your Bible - A Brief Introduction to the Scriptures, Volume II The New Testament", Pickering and Inglis, 1950

Smith, Sir William, and Rev J M Fuller, "A Dictionary of the Bible", in four parts, John Murray, 1893

Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, Editor, "The Collins Atlas of World History", Guild Publishing, 1987

Watson, Francis, "A Guide to the New Testament", B T Batsford Ltd, 1987

4. MODERN POPULAR ACCOUNTS OF THE JESUS OF FAITH AND HISTORY FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES

Longford, Lord, "The Life of Jesus Christ", Sidgwick and Jackson, 1974

Romer, John, "Testament, the Bible and History", Michael O'Mara Books, 1988

Wilson, A N, "Jesus", Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992

Wilson, Ian, "Jesus the Evidence", Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984

5. MULTIMEDIA

Microsoft Corporation, "Encarta 96 Encyclopedia, World English Edition", 1996

Microsoft Corporation, "Bookshelf '95", 1995

Navpress Software, "Wordsearch CD Expandable Library", including: "King James Version", "New International Version", "Nave's Topics"

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