Bible Study
TOOLS
Understanding the Context
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Read notes at bottom of page in a good Study Bible
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Read a book on OT or NT Culture (Craig Keener, IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament)
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Behind the Scenes of the New Testament: Cultural, Social and Historical Contexts, Bruce W. Longenecker, Elizabeth E. Shively, and T.J. Lang (eds.), 2024
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Bruce Longenecker, In Stone and Story: Early Christianity in the Roman World, 2020.
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Read Introductory notes on the biblical Book in a good study Bible
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Refer to the maps in a Study Bible for Geographic context.
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Read the book-as-a-whole. Then, address, “How is the ENTIRE story held together “logically”? (Gordon Fee, How to Read the Bible: Book by Book)
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Check out TheBibleProject.com for videos and material on the content of the Bible.
Word Study Tools
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Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek words can be found BlueLetterBible.com or BibleStudyTools.com or StudyLight.org
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A Bible Concordance (keyed to various translations).
Commentaries
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Free are OK. BlueLetterBible.org or BibleStudyTools.com
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Why not move on with a something like this:
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Craig Keener, IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
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John Walton, IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
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Tom Wright: Matthew For Everyone (Every NT Book)
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Tyndale New Testament Commentary Series (Every NT Book)