A Guide to Biblical Research Introductory Notes

includes index and biblioraphy

I Primary sources of the biblical text ......1 1. The biblical text .....1 The hebrew text ....1 Biblia hebraica .....2 Biblia hebraica Stuttgartensia .....3 Biblia hebraica quinta ....3 The hebrew university bible .....4 The samaritan pentateuch ....5 Ben sira .....6 The greek text of the LXX .....6 Gottingen edition ....7 Rahlfa edition ....8 The greek text of the new testament .....8 Merk`s edition ....8 The greek new testament ....9 Novum testamentum graece .....10 Nuevo testamento trilingue .....10 2. Ancient versions ....11 Greek .....11 Aramaic ....12 Latin .....13 Vetus latina .....13 Vulgate ....14 Jerome`s luxta hebraeos psalter .....15 Syriac .......15 The old testament .....16 The new testament ....17 II Bibliographic research .....19 1. Printed resources for research .....19 Elenchus of biblica ......19 Zeitschrifteninhaltsdienst theologies ......20 Neuerwerbungen theologie und allemeine religionswissenschaft ......20 Catalog of the ecole biblique of jerusalam .....21 Old testament abstracts ....21 New testament abstracts .....21 Review of biblical literature ....22 2 Electronic tools for research .....22 Bildi ....22 Rambi ......22 Atla .....23 Bibil .....23 Bsw .....23 3. Internet sites ....24 III Reference works .....25 1 Concordances ......25 Traditionally published concordances .....25 Hebrew old testament ....25 Greek old testament ....26 Greek new testament ......27 Targum ......28 Syriac new testament .....29 Ben sira .....29 Qumran .....30 Electronic concordances ....30 Statistical data ....31 2. Synopses .....32 Gospels ....32 Q Source ....34 Pauline letters .....36 Chronicles and samuel-kings .....36 Ben sira .....37 Other synopses ....37 3. Lexicons .....39 Hebrew, Aramaic ....39 Greek ......42 Other semitic languages ....46 4 Grammars .....48 Hebrew ....48 Aramaic .....50 Greek .....50 5 Dictionaries and encyclopedias .....51 Biblical ....51 Non-biblical .....54 6 Biblical geography (Atlases and text-books) ......58 7 Inscriptions .....59 8 Ancient near east .....60 Anet and anep ....60 The context of scripture ....61 Sbl writings from the ancient world ......61 Lapo ......62 Tuat .....63 Various anthologies ....64 9. Qumran and similar sites ....65 Research tools ....65 Discoveries in the judaean desert .....66 The dead sea scrolls reader .....68 10. Rabbinic texts ....68 Abbreviations ....69 Introductory works ....71 From the bible to rabbinic literature .....72 The mishnah .....75 The tosefta ....77 The talmud .....78 The jerusalem tal;mud ......78 The babylonian talmud .....79 Midrashim .....80 Tools .....80 Translations and editions .....81 a) Collections ....81 b) Exodus: Mekilta attributed to rabbi ishmael .....83 c) Leviticus: Sifra ......83 d) Numbers: Sifre to numbers .....83 e) Deuteronomy: Sifre to deuteronomy .....84 f) Genesis: Genesis rabbah ......84 11.Exegetical methods ......85 IV Basic literary types .....87 1. Reference bibliography .....87 Classies ....87 Studies ......87 2. Parallelism ......87 Synonymous parallelism ....90 Antithetic parallelism ....90 Synthethic parallelism .....91 Climate (or comprehensive) Parallelism ....91 3. Rhetorical devices in sound .....91 Alliteration .....91 Assonance ....92 Paronomasia ....92 Etymological figure ......92 Rhyme .....93 4. Other rhetorical types ......94 Anaphora ......94 Brachylogy ....94 Chiasm ......94 Comparison .....95 Enthymeme ....95 Epanorthosis .......95 Epiphora .....95 Hendiadys ......96 Hyperbole .....96 5. Middot ....100 V Writing an exegetical work ......103 1. Formulating a thesis ....103 2. Drawing up the composition .....109 3. Elements of text arrangement ....112 VI Documentation in exegetical works .....127 1 References ....127 2Symbols and abbreviations ....128 3 Footnotes .....134 4 Bibliography .....147 5. Alphabets .....147 6 Bibliographical and typographical terms .....153