Take a minute and look through the recommended list of books every serious theologian should read.
Bibles:
Recommended Bibles for Study.
The Interlinear Bible Hebrew-Greek-English One Volume Edition by Jay P. Green, Sr. (Contains the original, inspired text -- Hebrew Masoretic (OT) and Greek Textus Receptus (NT))
ISBN-10: 1565639774 ISBN-13: 9781565639775
King James Version Thompson Chain-Reference Bible (Jim teaches from this English Bible, which is translated from the original text, but should not be considered error-free in its translation)
ISBN-10: 0887071546 ISBN-13: 9780887071546
The Jefferson Bible: The Life And Morals Of Jesus Of Nazareth (Recommended only for the purpose of further demonstrating that America's “founding fathers” were not Christian)
ISBN-10: 1604591285 ISBN-13: 9781604591286
Bible Tools & Aids:
Tools for deep diving into study.
The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible by James Strong (Generally speaking, the older the version of Strong's, the better)
ISBN-10: 0840753608 ISBN-13: 9780840753601
Gesenius' Hebrew And Chaldee Lexicon To The Old Testament Scripture: Numerically Coded To Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by H.W.F. Gesenius
ISBN-10: 0801037360 ISBN-13: 9780801037360
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon Of The New Testament: Coded With Strong's Concordance Number by Joseph Thayer
ISBN-10: 1565632095 ISBN-13: 9781565632097
The Analytical Lexicon To The Greek New Testament by William Mounce
ISBN-10: 0310542103 ISBN-13: 9780310542100
The Word Study Concordance by George Wigram & Ralph Winter
ISBN-10: 0842383913 ISBN-13: 9780842383912
The Word Study New Testament by Roberta Winter & Ralph Winter
ISBN-10: 0842383905 ISBN-13: 9780842383905
The Englishman's Hebrew Concordance Of The Old Testament: Coded With Strong's Concordance Numbers by George Wigram
ISBN-10: 1565632087 ISBN-13: 9781565632080
The Englishman's Greek Concordance Of New Testament: Coded With Strong's Concordance Numbers by George Wigram
ISBN-10: 1565632079 ISBN-13: 9781565632079
Theological Wordbook Of The Old Testament Two Volume Set by R. Laird Harris, Gleason Archer, Jr. & Bruce Waltke
ISBN-10: 0802486312 ISBN-13: 9780802486318
Theological Dictionary Of The New Testament (aka Kittel's) by Gerhard Kittel & Gerhard Friedrich
ISBN-10: 0802823246 ISBN-13: 9780802823243
Smith's Dictionary Of The Bible Four Volume SetEdited by H.B. Hackett
ISBN #'s Unknown
International Standard Dictionary Of The Bible Four Volume Set by Geoffrey Bromiley
ISBN-10: 0802837859 ISBN-13: 9780802837851
Vincent's Word Studies Of The New Testament Four Volume Set by Marvin Vincent
ISBN-10: 0917006305 ISBN-13: 9780917006302
Wuest's Word Studies From The Greek New Testament by Kenneth Wuest
ISBN-10: 0802822800 ISBN-13: 9780802822802
Basics Of Biblical Greek: Grammar by William Mounce
ISBN-10: 0310598001 ISBN-13: 9780310598008
New Testament Greek For Beginners by J. Gresham Machen
ISBN-10: 0023734809 ISBN-13: 9780023734809
Encyclopedias:
Cyclopedia Of Biblical, Ecclesiastical And Theological Literature 12 Volume Set by John McClintock & James Strong
ISBN-10: 0801061237 ISBN-13: 9780801061233
The Encyclopaedia Of Religion And Ethics 13 Volume Set by James Hastings
ISBN-10: 0567094898 ISBN-13: 9780567094896
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record Of The History, Religion, Literature And Customs Of The Jewish People From The Earliest Times 12 Volume Set by Isidore Singer
ISBN #'s Unknown
Encyclopedia Judaica 18 Volume Set by Keter Publishing House
ISBN-10: 0685362531 ISBN-13: 9780685362532
The Jewish People In The First Century Volume 1 & 2 only (from the Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, Section 1) by S. Safrai & M. Stern
ISBN-10: 0800606027 ISBN-13: 9780800606022
The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia Of The Bible 5 Volume Set by Merrill C. Tenney
ISBN-10: 0310331889 ISBN-13: 9780310331889
Commentaries:
Matthew Poole's Commentary 3 Volume Set
ISBN-10: 0917006283 ISBN-13: 9780917006289
Matthew Henry's Commentary 6 Volume Set
ISBN-10: 1598564366 ISBN-13: 9781598564365
New Testament Commentary 12 Volume Set by Simon J. Kistemaker & William Hendriksen
ISBN-10: 0801026067 ISBN-13: 9780801026065
A Commentary On The New Testament From The Talmud And Hebraica 4 Volume Set by John Lightfoot
ISBN-10: 0943575265 ISBN-13: 9780943575261
Historical/Educational:
A Survey Of The Old Testament Introduction by Gleason Archer
ISBN-10: 0802484344 ISBN-13: 9780802484345
A History Of The Christian Church by Williston Walker
ISBN-10: 0684184176 ISBN-13: 9780684184176
A History Of God's Church From Its Origin To The Present Time by Enoch Pond
ISBN-10: 1153383144 ISBN-13: 9781153383141
The History Of The Jewish People In The Age Of Jesus Christ 5 Volume Set by Emil Schurer
ISBN-10: 1565630491 ISBN-13: 9781565630499
Edersheim Pack by Alfred Edersheim (includes Sketches Of Jewish Social Life, Life And Times Of Jesus The Messiah, The Temple: Its Ministry And Services and Old Testament Bible History) can be purchased at www.christianbook.com or 1-800-CHRISTIAN CBD Stock No: WW3131
Manners And Customs Of Bible Lands by Fred Wight (or any other cultures & customs book from any author)
ISBN-10: 0802404162 ISBN-13: 9780802404169
The Holy Vessels And Furniture Of The Tabernacle by Henry Soltau
ISBN-10: 0825437075 ISBN-13: 9780825437076
The Tabernacle, The Priesthood, And The Offerings by Henry Soltau
ISBN-10: 0525437504 ISBN-13: 9780825437502
The Two Babylons Or, The Papal Worship Proved To Be The Worship Of Nimrod And His Wife by Alexander Hislop
ISBN-10: 1615340092 ISBN-13: 9781615340095
God's Secretaries: The Making Of The King James Bible by Adam Nicolson
ISBN-10: 0060838736 ISBN-13: 978006083873
Unholy Hands On The Bible: An Introduction To Textual Criticism by J. P. Green & Dean Burgon
ISBN-10: 1878442635 ISBN-13: 9781878442635
Unholy Hands On The Bible, Vol. 2: An Examination Of The Six Major New Version by Jay P. Green
ISBN-10: 1878442651 ISBN-13: 9781878442659
A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
ISBN-10: 0310274419 ISBN-13: 9780310274414
Absolute Predestination by Jerome Zanchius
ISBN-10: 1878442252 ISBN-13: 9781878442253
Southern Baptists And The Doctrine Of Election by Robert B. Selph
ISBN-10: 0873779487 ISBN-13: 9780873779487
Paul's Metaphors: Their Context And Character by David J. Williams
ISBN-10: 0801048079 ISBN-13: 978080104807
The Sovereignty Of God by Arthur W. Pink
ISBN-10: 1604596732 ISBN-13: 9781604596731
The Shadow Of The Cross: Studies On Self-Denial by Walter J. Chantry
ISBN-10: 0851513317 ISBN-13: 9780851513317
The Harvest Of Hellenism by F. E. Peters
ISBN-10: 0760701296 ISBN-13: 9780760701294
Light From The Ancient East by Adolf Deissman (and his other works)
ISBN-10: 0801028868 ISBN-13: 9780801028861
The Golden Bough: A Study In Magic And Religion by James George Frazer
ISBN-10: 1596056855 ISBN-13: 9781596056855
The Mystery-Religions by Samuel Angus
ISBN-10: 0486231240 ISBN-13: 9780486231242
The Blood Covenant by H. Clay Turnbull
ISBN-10: 0892280298 ISBN-13: 9780892280292
Smokescreens by Jack T. Chick
ISBN-10: 0937958148 ISBN-13: 9780937958148
Legends, Lies And Cherished Myths Of American History by Richard Shenkman
ISBN:10: 0688065805 ISBN-13: 9780688065805
Double-speak by William Lutz
ISBN-10: 0060919930 ISBN-13: 97800609199311
All Things For Good by Thomas Watson
ISBN-10: 0851514782 ISBN-13: 9780851514789
The Doctrine Of Repentance by Thomas Watson
ISBN-10: 1612036139 ISBN-13: 9781612036137