Items marked with an asterisk [*] are top priority for acquisition and/or use. Others would be good to have if and when finances allow and well worth consulting even now. (All are selected as excellent out of a much larger list that could have been compiled.) Selections are consciously weighted in favor of evangelical scholarship, but excellent works from other perspectives are included.
*A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature by 
*Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament by 
*New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis Set by Helpful Titles
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament by 
The Concise New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis by New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology by 
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament by 
A Greek-English Lexicon by 
Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words by 
*The Historical Reliability of the New Testament by 
*New Testament in Antiquity by 
*The World of the New Testament by 
*The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament by 
*Jesus and the Victory of God by Helpful Titles
Women in the World of the Earliest Christians by 
The Origins of Christianity and the New Testament by 
A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by 
Backgrounds of Early Christianity by 
The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era by 
T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II by 
New Testament History by 
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) by 
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 2 by 
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 3 by 
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 4 by 
*Introducing the Apocrypha by 
*Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies by 
*Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism by 
*Invitation to the Septuagint by Helpful Titles
Ancient Apocryphal Gospels by 
Early New Testament Apocrypha by 
Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period by 
Josephus and the New Testament by 
Dead Sea Scrolls Today by Copyright © January 2022 prepared by Craig L. Blomberg, Joseph R. Dodson, and David L. Mathewson of the New Testament Department of Denver Seminary.
