reli190frenz

SELECTED RESOURCES

RELI 190—Religion & Literature of the New Testament
January 16, 2007
Gail Egbers
535-8869 egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS: Our online library catalog provides access to the materials in our library.    Some relevant topics include:

                                                                                    Bible – Biography

Women in the Bible
Bible. N.T. -- Biography
Bible N.T. Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600

PERIODICALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers. Following are some indexes you might want to use for this project:

    •   Arts & Humanities Search (via FirstSearch)
    •   ATLA, (via EBSCO)
    •   Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (via EBSCO)
    •    Gender Studies Database (via EBSCO)
    •   Religion and Philosophy Collection (via EBSCO)
    •   Religious & Theological Abstracts (via PLU Library Homepage)

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need. Journals at PLU will also help you locate full-text journals online.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

    •   Abingdon Bible Handbook (ref BS475.2.B5)
    •   Anchor Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.A54 1992)
    •   Complete Literary Guide to the Bible (ref BS535.C56 1993)
    •   Concise Concordance To The New Revised Standard Version (ref.BS425.C66x 1993)
    •   Dictionary for theological interpretation of the Bible (REF BS440.D495 2005)
    •   Dictionary of New Testament Background (ref. BS2312.D53 2000)
    •   Dictionary of the Bible (ref.BS440.B73 1996)
    •   Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (ref. BS440.E44 2000)
    •   Harper’s Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.H237 1985)
    •   Horizontal Line Synopsis of the Gospels (ref. BS2560.S8)
    •   Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible (ref BS440.I36 1986)
    •   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ref BS440.I6 1979)
    •   Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (ref BS440.I63)
    •   Jesus and His World: An Archaeological and Cultural Dictionary (ref. BR130.5.R68 1995)
    •   Jesus in history, thought, and culture: an encyclopedia (REF BR145.3.H68 2003)
    •   Literary Guide to the Bible (ref BS511.2.L58 1987)
    •   Macmillan Bible Atlas (ref G2230.A2 1993)
    •   New Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.N48x 1982)
    •   New Interpreter's Bible (ref.BS491.2.N484 1994)
    •   New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible (ref BS440.G4)
    •   Roget’s Thesaurus of the Bible (ref BS432.D34)
    •   Routledge Religious Reference Resources Online (via PLU library website)
    •   Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (ref.PA881.T4713 1985)
    •   Women in scripture : a dictionary of named and unnamed women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical                      books, and the New Testament (ref. BS575.W593 2000)

BEYOND PLU : PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.   We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:

    •   Northwest University
    •   St. Martin's University
    •   University of Puget Sound
    •   Seattle Pacific University
    •   Seattle University

You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.

If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.

INTERNET

The Internet does not have the best resources for scholarly research. Check out this website for ideas for evaluating sources: http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance. My office hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

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