{"id":1138,"date":"2014-03-19T19:52:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2014-03-19T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:55:19","slug":"nine-major-types-of-bible-study-tools-but-wheres-the-tenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Nine Major Types of Bible Study Tools–But where’s the Tenth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

On the Faithlife Blog in a March 6, 2014 article by Chuck McKnight, a very helpful listing of nine types of Bible study tools is given, as follows:<\/p>\n

(1) Bible dictionary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smith’s Bible Dictionary
\nThe Tyndale Bible Dictionary
\nVine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words<\/em><\/p>\n

(2) Bible encyclopedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
\nInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
\nZondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

(3) Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bible Knowledge Commentary
\nThe Expositor’s Bible Commentary
\nTyndale Commentaries<\/em><\/p>\n

(4) Study Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n

Believer’s Study Bible
\nESV Study Bible
\nThe MacArthur Study Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

(5) Concordance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyday Access: Your Bible Concordance
\nThe New Thematic Concordance
\nThe Thematic Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

(6) Harmony<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harmony of the Gospels
\nJesus Christ the Greatest Life
\nA Simplified Harmony of the Gospels<\/em><\/p>\n

(7) Lectionary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectionary Reflections
\nRevised Common Lectionary
\nTwelve Months of Sundays: Reflections on Bible Readings, Year A, B, C<\/em><\/p>\n

(8) Devotional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connect the Testaments: A Daily Devotional (included free with the Faithlife Study Bible)
\nRenewed Day by Day, Volume One, Volume Two
\nStreams in the Desert<\/em><\/p>\n

(9) Bible atlas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holman Bible Atlas: A Complete Guide to the Expansive Geography of Biblical History
\nNew Bible Atlas
\nZondervan Atlas of the Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

MY COMMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One category of Bible study tool is surely missing, as it almost always is on lists like this. So I’ll add it here:<\/p>\n

(10) Cross References<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
\nThe New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
\nNelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

Since 1955 I have been using The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/em>. I developed The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/em> after 26 years of research and by the grace of God it was published in 1992. Then at the publisher’s request, I developed Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible<\/em> which was published in 2007.<\/p>\n

I believe that for the ordinary reader of the Bible, cross references are of the greatest help to understanding the Bible of all the Bible study tools mentioned. Since cross references are available for every verse, you can get help by using them for any verse you want to study. Furthermore, cross references as compiled in these resources are unbiased, so you get the Bible’s own light on what any verse says because the cross references lead to the other passages in the Bible that explain the verse you are consulting.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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