Bookshelf Tools.

Manuscript Sources (Primary Foundations)

Aleppo Codex (Hebrew Bible base text)

Codex Leningradensis (complete Masoretic tradition)

Codex Sinaiticus (Greek NT base text)

Codex Vaticanus (Greek NT base text, antiquus reference)

Lexicons (Language Keys)

HALOT — Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (our standard for Hebrew)

BDAG — Bauer-Danker-Arndt-Gingrich Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (our standard for Greek)

Translation / Reconstruction Methods

Cube Technology (3D) — Layering Hebrew words with letters, numbers, pictographs → fused into cube reconstruction.

Fused Format (4D) — Prophetic synthesis of the cube (all six sides) projected into one unified declaration.

Unzip Format — Word-by-word Greek breakdown using BDAG, unpacking full semantic range.

Supplemental Textual References

NASB (New American Standard Bible) — Used only for reference/comparison, never as the base.

Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran variants) — Checked for textual comparison when needed.

Septuagint (LXX) — Greek translation of Hebrew Bible, cross-checked against MT.

Shelf Books:

1. Covenant Israel & Hebrew Bible Foundations

1. The Jewish Study Bible (2nd ed., Oxford University Press)

2. JPS Torah Commentary series (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; Jewish Publication Society)

3. Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary

Second Temple & Jewish History around the NT

4. Shaye J. D. Cohen, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah

5. Catherine Hezser (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine

6. Martin Goodman, Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations

7. Seth Schwartz, Imperialism and Jewish Society, 200 BCE–640 CE

8. Geza Vermes, Jesus the Jew

Greek & Roman World framing the NT

9. Angelos Chaniotis, Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian

10. Oxford Classical Dictionary (latest ed.)

11. Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World

Jewish Lenses on the New Testament

12. Amy-Jill Levine & Marc Zvi Brettler (eds.), The Jewish Annotated New Testament (2nd ed.)

Primary Sources (translations you can trust)

13. Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews (Loeb Classical Library or Penguin Classics)

14. Polybius, The Histories (trans. Robin Waterfield, Oxford University Press)

15. Plutarch, Parallel Lives (Loeb edition or modern translations)

Encyclopedic & Multi-Volume References (for deeper dives)

16. Cambridge History of Judaism (multi-volume set)

17. Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.)

18. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (6 vols.)

Optional but Strong Archaeology / Context Adds / Prophetic Anchors

19. Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman, The Bible Unearthed

20. Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy” by J. Barton Payne (published originally in 1973 by Harper & Row

This shelf will provide:

Jewish voices on Torah and covenant life (1–3).

Second Temple transformations and Roman impact (4–8).

Greek/Hellenistic and Roman backdrop (9–11).

Jewish framing of the NT (12).

Primary eyewitnesses and cultural narrators (13–15).

Big encyclopedic references when you need to fact-check or expand (16–18).

Archaeological testing ground (19).