Recommended Books

 Biblical Hebrew / Hebrew Bible
 Biblical Greek / Greek NT
 Aramaic and Syriac
 Akkadian and Sumerian
 Ugaritic
 Egyptian Hieroglyphs & Coptic
 ANE Literature
 Old Testament Introduction
 History and Religion of Israel
 New Testament Introduction
 Greek Septuagint
 Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha
 1 Enoch
 Dead Sea Scrolls & Rabbinics
 Historical Jesus & Revisionist Jesus
 Gnostic Gospels
 

 Recommended Books 
 
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 Biblical Hebrew / Hebrew Bible

* most recommended: Futato; Landes; Long

* most recommended: Black, Silva, Wilson

  Aramaic and Syriac

most recommended: Greenspahn; Healey

Akkadian and Sumerian

A Grammar of Akkadian / By John Huehnergard (Harvard Semitic Studies)

Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Monographs)

A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts (Aids and Research Tools in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, No 5)

Ugaritic

most recommended: Wyatt (English translations of Ugaritic texts); Schniedewind (Sivan is a reference grammar and not for beginners)

 Egyptian Hieroglyphs &Coptic

most recommended: Manley (then Allen); Layton

Ancient Near Eastern Literature in English translation

Old Testament Introduction

most recommended: Walton & Hill (but Arnold is for absolute beginners)

Israelite History and Religion

New Testament Introduction

Greek Septuagint

  Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

most recommended: Charlesworth (both vols); DeSilva; Evans

 1 Enoch

most recommended: VanderKam & Nickelsburg translation (others are technical works)

 Dead Sea Scrolls & Rabbinics

  Historical Jesus & Revisionist Jesus

Gnostic Gospels

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