SELECTED
RESOURCES
RELI
190—Religion & Literature of the New Testament
January 16, 2009
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. N.T.—Canon
Healing in the Bible
Spiritual healing
Miracles
Women
in the Bible
Bible. N.T. -- Biography
Apocalyptic
literature--History and criticism
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:
• ATLA,
(via EBSCO)
• Catholic
Periodical and Literature Index (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.
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REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Abingdon Bible Handbook
(ref BS475.2.B5)
- Anchor Bible Dictionary
(ref BS440.A54 1992)
- Ancient texts for New
Testament studies : a guide to the background literature (REF
BS2530.E93 2005)
- 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)
- Encyclopedia
of Apocalypticism (BL501.E53 1998)
- Encyclopedia of early
Christianity (ref. BR162.2.E53 1997)
- 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)
HOW CAN
I FIND A
COMMENTARY? : Some
well known commentaries are listed in the reference materials
above. To find additional commentaries
go to the library catalog (http://library.plu.edu)
then:
1.
Do a Keyword search. In the “Search For” box type the word
commentary and whatever you want a commentary of for example: commentary “new
testament”
or commentary
romans.
or
2.
Do a Subject Browse
search. In the “Search For” box type a
subject
heading such as
Bible.
N.T. Luke—Commentaries
or Bible.
N.T. Epistles of John
– Commentaries.
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.
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