 | Greek for the Rest of Us by William D. Mounce
Buy used from: $18.99 There are more thorough books, but for a student looking to teach himself, or to supplement his classroom learning, try this one.
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 | New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament, The by Cleon L. Rogers Jr.
Buy new: $30.39 / Used from: $20.00 WARNING: Can become a crutch, but it is a great timesaver in terms of parsing and gleaning the best commentaries available.
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 | Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
Buy new: $59.85 / Used from: $47.25 An abridgement of a multivolume set. Great for searching out Greek words were used in antiquity
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 | NIV Theological Dictionary of New Testament Words, The
Buy used from: $30.99 An abridgment of the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (Colin Brown, ed). The full set is worth having, but if you can't afford it, go for this edition.
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 | The Expositor's Bible Commentary Abridged Edition: New Testament (Expositor's Bible Commentary) by Kenneth L. Barker
Buy new: $26.59 / Used from: $14.07 Another abridgement. Again, the full set is worthy of acquisition, but this is one of the finest abridgments of any work I have seen. Leaves out only the most technical details.
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 | The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands ([ACSM Map Design Competition Collection) by Barry J. Beitzel
Buy new: $28.37 / Used from: $9.66 This is one of several good atlases available. If you do not use maps to augment your NT study, you are missing out on an important tool.
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 | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $32.63 These IVP Dictionaries are rightly called, "A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship." They are all replete with great information from leading scholars.
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 | Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series) by Gerald F. Hawthorne
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $33.50 |
 | Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $36.00 |
 | Dictionary of New Testament Background (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $31.00 |
 | The IVP Dictionary of the New Testament: A One-Volume Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship
Buy used from: $13.00 The IVP dictionaries have been abridged in this one volume.
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 | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Buy new: $19.78 / Used from: $14.73 One of many fine Bible dictionaries available.
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 | Hard Sayings of the Bible by Peter H. Davids
Buy new: $23.76 / Used from: $13.00 One of the greatest things ever done was to combine these volumes into one edition. While Kaiser's OT work is the best part, the others are beneficial as well.
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 | Paul and His Letters by John B. Polhill
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $19.99 |
 | An Introduction to the New Testament by D. A. Carson
Buy new: $28.79 / Used from: $21.35 One of the better surveys I have seen.
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 | The New Testament: Its Background and Message by Thomas Lea
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $18.90 Ditto
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 | New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide by David Black
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $8.00 Black gives an easy to understand introduction to the very complicated task of textual criticism. If you plan on using technical commentaries, you must know something about text criticism.
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 | Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek by Matthew S. Demoss
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $13.49 Again, in using technical commentaries, you will come across unfamiliar terms and concepts. These pocket dictionaries are great helps.
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 | Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies by Arthur G. Patzia
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $9.49 |
 | Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms by Stanley J. Grenz
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $3.81 |
 | Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine by Wayne Grudem
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $28.98 Simply the best systematic theology available.
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 | New Testament Commentary Survey by D. A. Carson
Buy used from: $3.64 You cannot sift through the "bookalanche" of commentaries available, and you can waste alot of money without a good guide to point out what's worth having. An annotated list with comments on each.
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 | Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources by John Glynn
Buy used from: $9.95 Just a list, no comments, but Glynn does categorize the commentaries in a very helpful way.
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 | NASB Zondervan Study Bible
Buy new: $28.79 / Used from: $8.64 Finally, an evangelical study bible with some teeth to it, in the NASB.
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