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New Testament Courses: NT351: Reading Hebrews to Revelation

A resource guide for students in New Testament courses.

Commentaries - Starting Points

Follow the link and then click on the series title to see more available books in the series. 

Full Text Resources - Online Resources

List of Interpreters and Full-text

Tips for finding the full-text

While the ACCS, RCS, and ACT series can be great starting points, they only provide a snippet of the full original text! Unfortunately, not all passages will have a fully translated version, so you might be stuck with just the portion available in the commentary. Here are a couple of (hopefully) helpful tips to find the full text:

  • Use the information provided in the ACCS, RCS, and ACT entries (the author and original text titles) as your search terms in the library, online databases (make sure you select the "Religion eBooks Collection," or (if absolutely necessary) on Google. 
  • Search the catalogue for the original author to see if the library has any items with full texts by that author 
  • Search the author and the passage or book of the Bible
  • Follow or search relevant subject terms on suggested books (such as "Christian literature, early")
  • Other modern commentaries may also include parts of ancient, medieval, and reformation texts. You can also check their reference lists to see where the modern commentary got the full text. 

Full Text Resources - Library Collections

ACCS, ACT, and RCS series

You can also check the "Bibliography of Texts in English Translations" at the back of the ACCS and RCS series. You may be able to find those sources through Perlego, the library catalogue, or EBSCO eBooks (the yellow "eBooks" button on the library homepage). 

Female Interpreters

Unfortunately, due to social and political realities, the historical record of women's voices can be sparse or even non-existent. Below are a couple of sources (Handbook of Women . . .  and Voices Long Silenced) that attempt to bring together biblical interpretations from women throughout history. These resources (and others listed) can be used as a starting point, providing some background information or key names for searching, that may lead you to the original text. Use the handy Bible passage index to see if your passage is included.