Research Guide for Scripture Studies: prepared for Students
of The Blessed Edmund Rice School for Pastoral Ministry
May 2002
BOOKS
In the Library of Congress call number system most biblical materials are
found in the call number area starting "BS."
Books on the Bible, as a whole, are filed first, (BS1-BS680) followed by
books on the Old Testament (BS701-BS1830) and then books on the New Testament
(BS1901-BS2990).
To locate scripture-related materials in our catalog, try subject headings
like:
Bible OT [name of book] exs.: Bible OT Psalms; Bible OT Prophets
Bible NT [name of book] exs: Bible NT Mark; Bible NT Epistles of Paul--Criticism
and interpretation
You can also try other subject headings, if, for example, you are researching
a theme:
Women in the Bible
Sin - Biblical teaching; Love - Biblical teaching; etc., (follows the
format:
Subject - Biblical teaching)
Jesus Christ - Parables
Wisdom literature
Ethics in the Bible
Law and gospel
Bible OT Theology
REFERENCE BOOKS
In addition to reference books mentioned in
the [Reference books] link, materials you might
use are:
Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1963.
Ref BS 440 .B523.
Provides rather lengthy articles on concepts, books, people, places associated
with the Bible. Bibliographies are included.
Leon-Dufour, Xavier. Dictionary of Biblical Theology. 2d ed.,
rev. and enl. NY: Seabury, 1973.
Ref BS 543 .A1 L413 1973.
This source discusses the theological aspects of themes found throughout
scripture. Examples of articles included: Charisms; Desert; Poor;
Repentance.
McKenzie, John L. Dictionary of the Bible. Milwaukee:Bruce Pub.,
1965.
Ref BS 440 .M36 1965a
Covers concepts, books, people, places. Bibliography is given in
a general list, not with each article.
Concordances
Concordances locate words in the Bible and provide the passage in which
the word was used. There are many English language concordances
to the various translations of the Bible.
A New Concordance to the Holy Bible. King James version. NY: American
Bible Society, 1960.
Ref BS 425 .A53
An alphabetic list of words appearing in the Bible, with reference to
passages in which the word occurs and the context in which the word is
used.
Bible Gateway, mentioned in the section of [Research
Aids], will lead you to online concordances.
Commentaries
Commentaries usually include very long
articles on the various books of the Bible. The book is outlined,
interpretation is provided, etc. These books are very useful
as an overall description of a book of scripture. Several are listed
in [Reference books] link.
PERIODICALS
A few journals in the library that relate specifically to the Bible are:
Bible Review
Bible Today
Biblical Archaeology Review
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Journal of Biblical Literature
Old Testament Abstracts and New Testament Abstracts
For indexing of periodical articles, see the [Barry
Remote Access link].
Please ask for
help in finding information; do let us know when you need help.
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