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RESEARCH GUIDE: RELIGION — BOOKS

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Sample subject headings for religion:   Religion, Belief and doubt, Christianity and other religions, Calvinism, Christian life, Reformation, Protestantism, Christian art and symbolism, Judaism, theology, God, faith, Jesus Christ, Luther, Calvin


Bible Versions:
English Standard Version Bible with Apocrypha Ref BS 195 .E64 2009
Geneva Bible  Ref BS  170 1560a  
HarperCollins Study Bible   Ref BS  191.5 .A1 1993 .C35  
Holman Study Bible Ref BS  191 .A1 1962 .P5  
Holy Bible in Four Translations Ref BS 125 .W6 1972  
Jerusalem Bible  Ref BS  195 .J4 1966  
New King James Bible Ref BS  2095 .N38 1979 
Living Bible (paraphrased) Ref BS  550.2 .T38 1971  
Moffatt Bible   Ref BS 195 .M5 1954  
Modern Reader's Bible (Moulton)  Ref BS 195 .M62 1907
The Holy Bible - Catholic action ed.  Ref BS  180 1953c  
New English Bible Ref BS 192.A1 .N4 1970
New English Bible with Apocrypha  Ref BS 192.A1 .N4 1971  
New Scofield Reference Bible  Ref BS 185 1967 .N4 1967  
NIV Study Bible  Ref BS 195. N37 2002f
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Commentaries — multi-volume editions:  
The Interpreter's Bible Ref BS  491.2 .I55 1951 v.1-12
The New Interpreter's Bible Ref BS  491.2 .N484 1994 v.1-12
New International Commentary on the New Testament See HENRY for call numbers
New International Commentary on the Old Testament See HENRY for call numbers
The NIV Application Commentary See HENRY for call numbers

Commentaries — single volume editions:  
The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary   Ref BS  491.2  .I57 1971
Jerome Biblical Commentary  Ref BS  491.2  .B7 1968
Peake's Commentary on the Bible  Ref BS  491 .B57  1962
Wycliffe Bible Commentary   Ref BS  491.2  .P4 1962
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Concordances:  
Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the RSV Ref BS  425 .W48 1988  
Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek New Testament Ref BS 2302 .K655 1995
Nelson's Complete Concordance  Ref BS  425 .E4 1957  
NIV Compact Concordance Ref BS  425 .K6448 1993  
New Concordance of the Bible Ref BS 1121 .N49 1983
NRSV Concordance  Ref BS  425 .K645 1991  
Phrase Concordance of the Bible Ref BS  425 .P47 1986  
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible  See HENRY for call numbers
Young's Analytical Concordance of the Bible Ref BS  425 .Y7 1955  
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Dictionaries, single and multi-volume editions:  
Anchor Bible Dictionary   Ref BS  440 .A54 1992  
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary  Ref BS  440 .G7613 1987  
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible Ref BS  440 .E44 2000  
Expository Dictionary of Bible Words  Ref BS  440 .R525 1985  
Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology  Ref BS  440 .E78 1996  
Harper's Bible Dictionary   Ref BS  440 .H237 1985  
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible  Storage (ask at Reference Desk)
Illustrated Bible Dictionary  Ref BS  440 .I44 1980  
Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Ref BS  440 .I63 1962  
New Bible Dictionary, 3d ed.  Ref BS  440 .N42 1996
New Dictionary of Theology   Ref BR  95 .N39 1988  
New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible Ref BS  440 .G4 1970  
Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion   Ref BM  50 .O94 1997  
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament  Ref BS  2312 .K5813 1964  
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament   Ref BS  440 .B5713 1974  
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Encyclopedias and Companions:   
Augustine Through the Ages : An Encyclopedia Ref B655.Z69 A84 1999 c.2
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics  Ref BT  1102 .G42 1999  
Creeds of Christendom  Ref BT  990 .S4 1931  
Documents of Vatican II   Ref BX  830 1962.A3 G3 1966  
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. Ref DS  102.8 .E498 2007
Encyclopedia of American Religions Ref BL  2525 .M449 1999  
Encyclopedia of Christianity Ref BR 95 .E47 2005
Encyclopedia of Judaism   Ref BM  50 .E63 2002  
Encyclopedia of Religion  Ref BL  31 .E46 2005  v. 1 -15
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics  Ref BL  31 E42 1928  v.1  - 13
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience Ref BL  2525 .E53 1988  v. 1 - 3
Ethics Ref BJ .E54 2004  v. 1 - 3
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia  Ref BS  440 .I6 1979  v. 1 - 4
New Catholic Encyclopedia Ref BX  841 .N44 2002  v. 1 - 15
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge Storage (ask at Reference Desk)
Oxford Companion to the Bible   Ref BS  440 .M434 1993  
The Oxford History of Christian Worship Ref BV 15 .O95 2005
Papal Pronouncements Ref BX  850 .C37 1990
Sacramentum Mundi: an Encyclopedia of Theology Ref BR  95 .S23 1968  v. 1 - 6
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible  Ref BS  440 .Z63 1975  v. 1 - 5
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Bible Atlases: (Located in the Atlas Case)
IVP Atlas of Bible History Atlas BS 630 .L3 2006
Macmillan Bible Atlas Atlas G  2230 .A2 1993  
New Bible Atlas (IVP) Atlas BS  635.2 .N45 1985
NIV Atlas of the Bible   Atlas BS  630 .R37 1989  

Commentaries & Helpful Series and Sets of Books in the Stacks:     click here to see list
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Updated:  03/09/09
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