English 496A - The Bible as Text and Context
Professor Ulreich
jcu@u.arizona.edu
For additional information about library resources, contact
Jill Newby: newbyj@u.library.arizona.edu; phone 307-2788; office A204c Main Library
Readings
- Early Christian Writings, Historical Jesus Theories, Peter Kirby
- A Page from the Babylonian Talmud, Eliezer Segal
- Bible Research Internet Resources for Students of Scripture, Michael D. Marlowe
- The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
- The English Reformation:
http://puritanism.online.fr/engref.html
The Elizabethan Homilies:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/ret/homilies/elizhom.html
Aemilia Lanyer:
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/lanyer/lanbib.htm
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/lanyer/lansdrj.htm
Gospel Parallels or Harmonies
University of Toronto John W. Marshall, Dept. for the Study of Religition
Bible Research , Synoptic Studies > Parallels, Michael D. Marlowe
Concordances
A search in the Library Catalog will produce concordances to the works of many authors. Type in an author and 'concordance' as a keyword search, so Herbert and concordance, and see what the library has.
The Bible in English (subscription database through UA)
In addition to thirteen complete Bibles, there are five texts that comprise New Testaments only, two that contain just the Gospels, and William Tyndale's translation of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and New Testament. A search can be made across all editions, a selection of them or within a single edition
Strong's Concordance to the Bible Print available at BS425.S8 1947 Main Library. (Print is recommended)
Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online (subscription database)Print Equivalent: Oxford English Dictionary. PE1625 .O87 1989 Main Ref
Contains the complete text of the OED's 20-volume Second Edition. The Oxford English Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language. It traces the development of English from approximately 1150 AD up to the present day. A wide variety of English dialects are included.
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition
[Online at http://www.bartleby.com/61/]
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
[http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm]
Indo-European Roots (Index in American Heritage, 4th Edition)--you would need to know the Indo-European entry word to use this. If you don't know that, then use the American Heritage above. In the etymology section of the definition for each entry world, you will find a link to the Indo-European root.
Dictionary of Literary Biography--Available online as Literature Resource Center (subscription database).This is an excellent resource for finding biographical information. Print volumes are held in Main Reference (Research West) at PS221 .D5. Select the last volume and use the index to locate the correct volume(s) for your author.
Article Databases
Search these databases to locate references to scholarly criticism found in journal articles, book chapters, books, etc. (UA faculty and students only)
PLEASE NOTE: If full-text of your article is not available in a database, then look at the citation; identify the periodical (journal or magazine) title, volume and issue numbers, pages. Look for the periodical title in the library catalog; get the call number and find that call number in the stacks using the call number location guide to find your article.
If you have a citation, check our new A-Z Journal list to see if you can get full-text.
MLA International Bibliography, 1963-present
Premier language and literature database. Citations to published scholarly literature in linguistics, modern languages, literature, communicative behavior, and folklore. Detailed coverage of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American literature.
ABELL, 1920-present
ABELL contains over 800,000 records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards
(EEBO) Early English Books Online
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection covers many subject areas, including English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.
Humanities Abstracts, 1984-present
Citations (some full-text) to published scholarly literature in the humanities, including archaeology, art, classical studies, folklore, history, journalism, language and literature, linguistics, performing arts, political criticism, philosophy, and religion.
ITER Read this first!
Abstracts of 300 scholarly journal titles of materials pertaining to the Renaissance (400-1700), published since 1990. Subject access is via Library of Congress Subject Headings
ATLA Religion Database
Index of literature on all religious traditions, with particularly strong coverage of Judaism and Christianity. Sources include books, journal articles, book reviews, essays and Doctor of Ministry projects
Last updated: October 13, 2005