Bible as Literature Resources
Articles
Religion and Philosophy Collection
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=rlh
Index & abstracts covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Includes or has links to full text.
ATLA Religion Database
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/reli
Index to articles, book reviews, and essays in religion and theology. Includes or has links to some limited full text.
Academic Search Complete
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h
Provides citations and full text to articles published in journals and magazines. This database covers a wide variety of topics and includes articles on the study of the bible.
E-Reference
Oxford Reference, Religion and Philosophy
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s22
Reference books on Religion and Philosophy online, includes: A Dictionary of the Bible, The Oxford Companion to the Bible.
Credo Reference
http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.credoreference.com
Contains full-text covering every major subject from publishers of reference materials, includes: Who's Who in the New Testament, Routledge, Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda, and Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible. Click on subjects to choose religion.
Reference Books
| The Anchor Bible Dictionary | REF BS440 .A54 1992 vol. 1-6 |
| The Interpreter's Bible: The Holy Scriptures in the King James Revised Standard Versions with General Articles and Introduction, Exegesis, Exposition for Each Book of the Bible | REF BS491 .I65 vol. 1-12 |
| Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (accompanying CD on reserve) | REF BS425 .S8 2007 |
| The Bible: A History: The Making and Impact of the Bible | REF BS445 .M52 2004 |
| A Dictionary of the Bible | REF BS440 .B73 1996 |
| The Cambridge Companion to the Bible (older version in stacks may be checked out) | REF BS 475.3 .C36 2008 |
| Who's Who in the Bible | REF BS570 .W56 1980 |
| Who's Who in the New Testament | REF BS2430 .B67 |
| Atlas of the Bible | REF BS630 .R6 1985 |
Books and Media
General books on the Bible can be found in the University of Cincinnati’s online catalog, (http://uclid.uc.edu/search) using SUBJECT headings such as:
| Bible as literature | Bible criticism, interpretation | Bible commentaries |
Bible N.T. Acts -- Commentaries |
Bible N.T. Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History | Art -- History |
If you find no materials on your topic through a SUBJECT search, you can do KEYWORD searches using key concepts. Or, you can browse the shelves in the Clermont College Library under the Library of Congress Classification BS.
Web Resources
Yahoo! Directory of Online Bibles http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Christianity/Bible/Online_Bibles
If It is on the Internet, it is listed here.
The Bible Gateway
http://biblegateway.com
Online Bibles, including multilingual Bibles.
Biblical Studies Web
http://www.bsw.org
"The gateway to exegesis on the web."
Revised 8/2010 Kathleen Epperson
Created 1/2009 Rosemary Young