Old and New Testament Resources

Created by Kathleen Christy,
Reference Librarian

Reference  Journals Other Sources WWW Resources

Reference Print Resources in the Maryville College Library

Pictorial Biblical Encyclopedia:  A Visual Guide to the Old and New Testaments Reference 220.3 C81p

Encyclopedia of Bible Life  Reference 220.3 C81p

Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics  Reference 203 E56

    Selected Journals in the Maryville College Library

Christian Century  Indexed in Lexis-Nexis, ATLA and the following in FirstSearch:  ArticleFirst,  WilsonSelect, and Periodical Abstracts.

Christianity Today  Available in Lexis-Nexis, ATLA and the following in FirstSearch:  ArticleFirst, Periodical Abstracts and WilsonSelect.

Hasting Center Report  Indexed in Lexis-Nexis, ATLA and the following in FirstSearch:  ArticleFirst, PAIS, Periodical Abstracts, SocAbstracts and WilsonSelect.

Journal of Biblical Literature  Indexed in ATLA and the following in FirstSearch:  ArticleFirst and Arts & Humanities Search, ContentsFirst and Periodical Abstracts.

Journal of Philosophy  Available in JSTOR.

Soundings  Indexed in ATLA, MLA and the following in FirstSearch:  ArticleFirst, Arts and Humanities, Periodical Contents and SocAbstracts.

Tikkun  Available in Lexis-Nexis, ATLA and the following in FirstSearch:  ArticleFirst, ContentsFirstl, and Periodical Abstracts.

Check the journal listing available from reference for more titles applicable to Old and New Testament Culture.  

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Other Sources of Relevant Information

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Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings

Bible - Antiquities
Palestine - Social Life and Customs  

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WWW Resources

Review of Biblical Literature,  the Society of Biblical Literature's web site, offers electronic access to scholarly reviews for books on biblical studies and related topics.  http://www.bookreviews.org

New Testament Gateway provides information about the New Testament and its background.  http://www.ntgateway.com/featured.htm

The Jewish Roman World of Jesus http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures An introduction to ancient world cultures on the Web http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm

Resource Pages for Biblical Studies A gateway site focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world  http://www.hivolda.no/asf/kkf/rel-stud.html

Rutgers University Religion Department Virtual Religion Index  http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html

Academic Info:  Ancient History:  Religion A gateway to ancient history sites  www.academicinfo.net/histanc.html#religion 

Biblical Jerusalem An Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Internet Exhibit               http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00j80

Table of Contents:  The Old Testament World; The New Testament World   Select “1.Beginnings” from “Select a Category” near the top of the page.  http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/contents.stm    

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Created by: Kathleen Christy
Last Update: June 15, 2000