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Metzger, Bruce M., The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content (Abingdon<br />

Press, Nasville, TN). 3 rd edition © 2003, ISBN 0-687-05263-7, $28.00<br />

Free, Joseph P. and Vos, Howard F., Archaeology and <strong>Bible</strong> History, (Zondervan Publishing<br />

House, Grand Rapids, MI). Revised edition © 1992, ISBN 0-310-47961-4, $19.99<br />

9. General Reference Works<br />

Orr, James, The International Standard <strong>Bible</strong> Encyclopedia – 4 Volume Set (Hendrickson<br />

Publishers, Inc., Peabody, MA). ©1994, ISBN 1-56563-026-2, $179.99<br />

Tenney, Merrill C., Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Bible</strong> – 5 Volume Set<br />

(Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI). © 1975, ISBN 0-310-33188-9, $169.99<br />

10. Commentaries<br />

It is suggested that the most advantageous way to use commentaries is to seek out the best<br />

book you can find at your Christian bookstore on the individual book <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Bible</strong> you are<br />

studying, using it after you have done your own exegetical study. Then the next time you<br />

study or teach that <strong>Bible</strong> book choose another commentary to augment your own study. This<br />

will give you a different author’s slant each time you study, and build your library in the<br />

process.<br />

Each time I did my own independent study, then checked the commentators to see what they<br />

had discovered that I had missed. This procedure gives God the first opportunity to instruct<br />

my mind and heart, without a human intermediary.<br />

Carson, D.A., New Testament Commentary Survey (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI).<br />

5 th edition © 2002, ISBN 0-8010-2287-8, $12.99<br />

Longman, Tremper, Old Testament Commentary Survey (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids,<br />

MI). Due for release August 2003, ISBN 0-8010-2629-6, $12.99<br />

<strong>Basics</strong> Of <strong>Bible</strong> <strong>Interpretation</strong> – page 133

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