This guide gives students and pastors an introduction to major works available for the study of the Bible in Hebrew in our reference, circulating, and electronic collections.
Follow these links for a more exhaustive list of resources on each subject:
Beginning with 'ābh ('āb), “father,” and continuing through the alphabet, the TDOT volumes present in-depth discussions of the key Hebrew and Aramaic words in the Old Testament. The intention of the writers is to concentrate on meaning, starting from the more general, everyday senses and building to an understanding of theologically significant concepts. - Eerdmans
Call Number: BS440 .N438 1997 v.1-5 ISBN: 0310481708 Publication Date: 1997This work is intended to supplant Harris, Archer, and Waltke’s Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT). Includes a lexical dictionary similar to the one found in TWOT, preceded by the “Guide to Old Testament Theology and Exegesis” (11 essays covering introductory topics). A topical dictionary in volume four, giving articles of a more standard Bible dictionary scope follows the lexical dictionary. Volume five consists of indexes of semantic fields, Hebrew words, Scripture, subject, and numbering system (converting Strong’s numbers to Goodrick-Kohlenberger – from the NIV Exhaustive Concordance).
Call Number: BS440 .T4813 1997 v.1-3 ISBN: 9781565631335 Publication Date: 1997This translation of a German work is similar to both NIDOTTE and TWOT, this work seeks to cover the historical, semantic, and theological meanings of Old Testament concepts. Arranged by root, many words are covered in articles under synonyms, antonyms, or derivatives so it is best to look the word up in the index in volume three of all Hebrew and Aramaic terms covered by the set.
Call Number: BS440 .T49 1980 v.1-2 ISBN: 0802486312 Publication Date: 1980Articles discuss every Hebrew word of theological significance in the Old Testament. Also provides the definitions of all other words. Articles stress theological, not linguistic, understanding and include bibliographies. For the English-only user, a cross-index from the "Hebrew word number" in Strong's Concordance to entries in this wordbook is appended.
ISBN: 9780802872814 Publication Date: 2018Beginning with 'ābh ('āb), “father,” and continuing through the alphabet, the TDOT volumes present in-depth discussions of the key Hebrew and Aramaic words in the Old Testament. The intention of the writers is to concentrate on meaning, starting from the more general, everyday senses and building to an understanding of theologically significant concepts. - Eerdmans
ISBN: 9781565631335 Publication Date: 1997This translation of a German work is similar to both NIDOTTE and TWOT, this work seeks to cover the historical, semantic, and theological meanings of Old Testament concepts. Arranged by root, many words are covered in articles under synonyms, antonyms, or derivatives so it is best to look the word up in the index in volume three of all Hebrew and Aramaic terms covered by the set.
ISBN: 0802486312 Publication Date: 1980Articles discuss every Hebrew word of theological significance in the Old Testament. Also provides the definitions of all other words. Articles stress theological, not linguistic, understanding and include bibliographies. For the English-only user, a cross-index from the "Hebrew word number" in Strong's Concordance to entries in this wordbook is appended.
ISBN: 0802486312 Publication Date: 1980Articles discuss every Hebrew word of theological significance in the Old Testament. Also provides the definitions of all other words. Articles stress theological, not linguistic, understanding and include bibliographies. For the English-only user, a cross-index from the "Hebrew word number" in Strong's Concordance to entries in this wordbook is appended.
