The sources listed below cover the entire Bible and may not be relevant to all parts of the Bible; select sources that are relevant to your particular project. Consult SBL Handbook section 6.4 (p. 96-104) for detailed discussion of how to cite various types of sources in SBL style.
The lists below include both print and ebooks, and the print books may be in the Reference, Main, or Reserve collections in the library. Click on the link for the catalog record and look at the Shelving Location to determine where to find a given book.
Multiple editions and translations are available in print and online; the links below represent a few of the library's holdings that have helpful annotations and study tools. Annotations should be treated as secondary sources.
Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible by 
The HarperCollins Study Bible by 
The CEB study Bible with Apocrypha by 
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Version by 
The Context of Scripture (3 Vols.) by 
Outside the Bible, 3-Volume Set by 
Old Testament Parallels by 
The Ancient Near East by 
The Ancient Near East; an anthology of texts and pictures by 
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement by 
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by 
The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Volume 1 Texts Concerned with Religious Law by 
The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Volume 2 Exegetical Texts by 
The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Volume 4 Calendrical and Sapiential Texts by 
The Nag Hammadi Library by 
Philo : in ten volumes (and two supplementary volumes) ; with an English translation by 
Josephus / with an English translation by 
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by 
The Anchor Bible Dictionary by The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by 
Encyclopedia Judaica by 
Judaism from Cyrus to Hadrian by 
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament by 
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by 
Manners and Customs in the Bible by 
Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs by 
A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ by 
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by 
Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible by 
