We encourage every Christian to build his/her own library with orthodox classic works that have been produced over time. We offer this list as a great foundation for a home library.
Theologies
Shedd’s Dogmatic Theology – 3 Volumes (out of print)
Hodge’s Systematic Theology – 3 Volumes
Chafer’s Systematic Theology – 8 Volumes (out of print)
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
New Dictionary of Theology
Historical Theology
History of the Christian Church – Schaff – 8 Volumes
Patrology, Quasten – 4 Volumes
The Christian Tradition – Pelikan – 5 Volumes
Historical Theology – Cunningham – 2 Volumes
History of the Christian Doctrine – Shedd – 2 Volumes (out of print)
Historical Theology: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Oxford Dictionary of Christian Church – 1 Volume
New International Dictionary of the Christian Church – 1 Volume
Dictionary of Christianity in America – 1 Volume
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity – 1 Volume
Dictionary of Pentecostal & Charismatic Movement – 1 Volume
Commentaries
The Expositors Bible Commentary – 12 Volumes
Commentaries: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible – 5 Volumes
Illustrated Bible Dictionary – 3 Volumes
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia – 1939 Edition – Bromiley – 4 Volumes
Bible Introductions
New Testament Introduction – Guthrie -1 Volume
Old Testament Introduction – Harrison -1 Volume
Language Helps: Greek
Theological Dictionary of the N.T., Kettles – 1 Volume
Critical Lexicon & Concordance to the English & Greek N.T. – Bullinger – 1 Volume
An Analysis of the Greek N.T – 1 Volume
Linguistic Key to the Greek N.T. – Rienecker & Rogers – 1 Volume
Dictionary of N.T. Theology – Colin Brown – 4 Volumes
Dictionary of the N.T. – Hastings – 4 Volumes (out of print)
Language Helps: Hebrew
Theological Wordbook of the O.T. – Harris, Archer, Walker – 2 Volumes
Hermeneutics
Protestant Biblical Interpretation – Ramm
Hermeneutics – Virkler
History of Interpretation – Farrar (out of print)
Biblical Interpretation – Zuck
