Welcome to our exciting SDA Historical Bible Students' Library!


There are LOTS of interesting materials to be found! I found most of the major resource materials on Internet Archive, but a surprising array of materials can be found at EGW Writings.

The historical periodicals can be found at Adventist Archives, and Adventist Digital Library.

Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentaries:

SDABC V1 Introduction

SDABC V1 Genesis

SDABC V1 Exodus

SDABC V1 Leviticus

SDABC V1 Numbers

SDABC V1 Deuteronomy

SDABC V2 "The Ancient World"

SDABC V2 Joshua

SDABC V2 Judges

SDABC V2 Ruth

SDABC V2 1st Samuel

SDABC V2 2nd Samuel

SDABC V2 1st Kings

SDABC V2 2nd Kings

SDABC V3 "Poetry and Music in the Bible"

SDABC V3 "The Ancient World (circa 586-400 BC)"

SDABC V3 1st Chronicles

SDABC V3 2nd Chronicles

SDABC V3 Ezra

SDABC V3 Nehemiah

SDABC V3 Esther

SDABC V3 Job

SDABC V3 Psalms

SDABC V3 Proverbs

SDABC V3 Ecclesiastes

SDABC V3 The Song of Solomon

SDABC V4 "The Chronology of Old Testament Prophets"

SDABC V4 Isaiah

SDABC V4 Jeremiah

SDABC V4 Lamentations

SDABC V4 Ezekiel

SDABC V4 Daniel

SDABC V4 Hosea

SDABC V4 Joel

SDABC V4 Amos

SDABC V4 Obadiah

SDABC V4 Jonah

SDABC V4 Micah

SDABC V4 Nahum

SDABC V4 Habakkuk

SDABC V4 Zephaniah

SDABC V4 Haggai

SDABC V4 Zechariah

SDABC V4 Malachi

SDABC V5 "Between the Testaments"

SDABC V5 "The Fourfold Gospel Narrative"

SDABC V5 Matthew

SDABC V5 Mark

SDABC V5 Luke

SDABC V5 John

SDABC V6 "The Early Christian Church"

SDABC V6 "Roman History in New Testament Times"

SDABC V6 "Chronology of the Acts and Pauline Epistles"

SDABC V6 Acts

SDABC V6 Romans

SDABC V6 1st Corinthians

SDABC V6 2nd Corinthians

SDABC V6 Galatians

SDABC V6 Ephesians

SDABC V7 "The Medieval Church"

SDABC V7 "John and the Isle of Patmos"

SDABC V7 Phillippians

SDABC V7 Colossians

SDABC V7 1st Thessalonians

SDABC V7 2nd Thessalonians

SDABC V7 1st Timothy

SDABC V7 2nd Timothy

SDABC V7 Titus

SDABC V7 Philemon

SDABC V7 Hebrews

SDABC V7 James

SDABC V7 1st Peter

SDABC V7 2nd Peter

SDABC V7 1st John

SDABC V7 2nd and 3rd John

SDABC V7 Jude

SDABC V7 Revelation

SDABC V9 Bible Student's Source Book

Additional Reference Periodicals For Studies :

The 1843 Prophecy Chart

The Advent Herald, November 13, 1844

The Midnight Cry, 3 November 28, 1844

The Advent Herald, December 11, 1844

The Advent Mirror, January, 1845

The Voice of Truth, April 8, 1846

The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald January 26,1864

Historically Available Resource Materials:

"Analysis of Sacred Chronology," by Sylvester Bliss (Original Image Version).

"Analysis of Sacred Chronology," by Sylvester Bliss (Text Version).

"A Manual of the Ancient History of the East," by Francois Lenormant, a French archaeologist, assyriologist, and numismatist.

"Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament," Edited by James B. Pritchard. First edition was issued in 1950.

"A Sure Way to Find Out The True Religion," by Thomas Baddeley, a Roman Catholic Priest.

"A Historical View of the Council of Nice" by "Rev." Isaac Boyle.

"Theological Dictionary" by "Rev." Charles Buck.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 1.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 2.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 3.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 4.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 5.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 6.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 7.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 8.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 9.

Chambers' Cyclopedia Volume 10.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd Edition, 1997 by the United States Catholic Conference.

"The Church History" by Eusebius, who lived between 260 and 339 AD.

"Enquiry: Whether the Lord Jesus Christ made the World and be Jehovah, and gave the Moral Law? And, Whether the Fourth Command be Repealed or Altered?" by Thomas Bampfield, 1692

"General History of the Christian Religion and Church" translated from the German of Dr. Augustus Neander, Volume 1.

"General History of the Christian Religion and Church" translated from the German of Dr. Augustus Neander, Volume 2.

"The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon (Abridged Version), known affectionately as the "Student's Gibbon".

"History of the Reformation of the 16th Century" by J.H. Merle D'Aubigne.

"The History of Romanism: From the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity to the Present Time" by "Rev." John Dowling, Pastor of the Berean Church, New York (1845).

"The History of the Sabbath," by Dr. Peter Heylyn, 1636.

"Italy and Her Invaders Volume 1" by Thomas Hodgkin.

"Italy and Her Invaders Volume 2" by Thomas Hodgkin.

"Italy and Her Invaders Volume 3" by Thomas Hodgkin.

"Italy and Her Invaders Volume 4" by Thomas Hodgkin.

"Italy and Her Invaders Volume 5" by Thomas Hodgkin.

"Italy and Her Invaders Volume 6" by Thomas Hodgkin.

The "Martyrology" of Charlotte Elizabeth, abridged from Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

A 1929 archaeological monograph, "Nabonidus and Belshazzar: A Study of the Closing Events of the Neo-Babylonian Empire."

"Plain Talk About the Protestantism of To-day," from the French of Louis Gaston Adrien de Segur, a French Bishop.

A 'pamphlet' containing the "Proceedings of the National Convention to Secure the Religious Amendment of the Constitution of the United States," held in Cincinnati, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 1872.

"The Seven Great Monarchies Volume 1: Chaldaea, Assyria," by Sylvester Bliss (Original Image Version).

"The Seven Great Monarchies Volume 1: Chaldaea, Assyria," by Sylvester Bliss (Text Version).

"The Seven Great Monarchies Volume 2: Babylon, Media, Persia," by Sylvester Bliss (Original Image Version).

"The Seven Great Monarchies Volume 2: Babylon, Media, Persia," by Sylvester Bliss (Text Version).

"The Seven Great Monarchies Volume 3: Parthia, New Persia," by Sylvester Bliss (Original Image Version).

"The Seven Great Monarchies Volume 3: Parthia, New Persia," by Sylvester Bliss (Text Version).

A Translation of "The Seven Books of History Against the Pagans" by Paulus Orosius, circa 418 AD.

Translation of certain texts found in the Moon Temple at Ur by H.F. Talbot, 1861

"Truth Triumphant" by Benjamin Wilkinson, 1944 (An Adventist Historian).

"The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance" by W.E. Gladstone, 1874.

"The Wars of the Huguenots," by William Hanna (Lectures delivered to the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution) 1871.