Helpful Bible Study Materials (Print)
How to Study the Bible
- Gordon Fee, How to Read the Bible For All It’s Worth
- Peter Leithart, Theopolitan Reading
- How to Study Your Bible: A Study With Dan Hamel
Bible Dictionaries and Backgrounds
- New Bible Dictionary
- Rose Then and Now Bible Map Atlas
- Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines
- The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
- The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
Study Bibles
- ESV Study Bible
- NIV Study Bible
- The Open Bible (various translations/editions)
- The NET Bible, Full Notes Edition
Surveys/Basic Commentaries
- Victor P. Hamilton, Handbook on the Pentateuch
- Victor P. Hamilton, Handbook on the Historical Books
- N.T. Wright, The New Testament in Its World
- New Bible Commentary (A great one-volume commentary)
- Best Commentaries (“Rotten Tomatoes” for commentaries on individual books of the Bible)
Free Online Bible Study Tools
Desktop/Laptop Browser
- Blue Letter Bible—Best for original language reference, word studies, concordance searches
- NET Bible—Best for translation and textual discussions as well as some background
Mobile App Recommendations
- Literal Word Bible App (Free iOS and Android)
- YouVersion (tons of translations and audio Bibles; features to prompt habitual engagement with Scripture, if that’s your thing)