Building a Biblical and Theological Library? Here Are 4 More Books to Add to the Shelves.

A couple of years ago, I wrote a short post advocating the idea of building a biblical and theological "library" of books — a shelf (or shelves) with trusted books that can relied on to guide you in reading the Bible and navigating theological topics. Some of these are books to read straight through; others are books to keep handy as reference books and turn to on an as-needed basis. All of them are worthwhile.

I'm still a fan of the books I recommended in the initial post — even as I figured it's time to add a few more books to the list. If you're looking to slowly start building or adding to a biblical and theological library yourself, here are four books to add to the shelf:

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Bible: Old Testament

How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: 12 Steps from Exegesis to Theology (Jason S. DeRouchie)

Bible: New Testament

How to Understand and Apply the New Testament: 12 Steps from Exegesis to Theology (Andrew David Naselli)

Theology

Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 3rd ed (edited by Daniel Treier and Walter Elwell)

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Theology

What Christians Ought to Believe: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine through the Apostles' Creed (Michael F. Bird)

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• Starting to Build Your Library of Biblical and Theological Resources? Here are 8 Books to Get You Started
• How to R.E.A.D. Books Well
• The "Ministry" of Recommending Books

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What books would you have included, that I didn't here? (Because let's be honest, there are lots of additional books that can be a part of a good biblical and theological library, that I didn't include here for space reasons.) List anything you'd add (and why!) here.