Subject Guide
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible & ArchaeologySurvey articles with bibliography on sites mentioned in the Bible.
New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible by Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. BS440 .N445 2006 v.1-6Provides "contemporary biblical scholarship on a comprehensive range of topics from the Old and New Testaments, the Deuterocanonical books, and from contextual studies of the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman worlds and their literatures. The biblical text used is the NRSV translation."
Dictionary of the Bible (2nd ed.) by A Dictionary of the Bible is the most authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind available. Containing over 2,000 entries it provides clear and concise information about the important places, people, themes, and doctrines of the Bible.
Blackwell Companion to the New Testament by Treats the 27 books and letters of the New Testament systematically, beginning with a review of current issues and concluding with an annotated bibliography. Considers the historical, social and cultural contexts in which the New Testament was produced.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation"[P]rovides detailed, comprehensive treatments of the latest approaches to, and methods for, interpretation of the Bible."
