DICTIONARIES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Some of the titles available in the Adelaide Theological Library Reference collection

  • Anchor Bible Dictionary [220.3 A539]
  • New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible  [220.3 N532.S]
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible [220.3 O98.C]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament prophets [224.03 D554]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament : wisdom, poetry & writings [221.3 D554]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament : Pentateuch [222.103 D554]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament : historical books 222.03 D554]
  • Theological dictionary of the Old Testament [221.3 T391.Z]
  • New international dictionary of Old Testament Theology & exegesis [221.3 N532]
  • Theological lexicon of the Old Testament [221.44 T391.Z]
  • Who’s who in the Old Testament [221.92 C742w]

Oxford Biblical Studies online: includes thousands of reference articles drawn from Oxford’s major print publications,

BOOKS

Browse the shelves in Adelaide Theological Library at the following locations for books about:

  • 220 – Bible
  • 220.44 – Hebrew versions
  • 220.52 – English versions
  • 221 – Old Testament
  • 221.6 – Interpretation
  • 221.7 – Commentaries
  • 221.77 – Commentaries with Biblical text
  • 221.93 – Biblical Archaeology
  • 221.95 – History
  • 222 – Historical Books of Old Testament (Genesis- Esther)
  • 222.1 – Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
  • 223 – Poetic books of Old Testament (Job-Song of Solomon)
  • 224 – Prophetic books of Old Testament (Isaiah – Malachi)

Note: this pattern is repeated within each book subdivision eg 222.11077 for commentaries on Genesis

Proquest eBook Collection click here

EBSCO eBook Collection click here

Grove Biblical Series aims to make the best in current thinking about the Bible and its application accessible to those teaching and preaching in the local church. [220.07 G883]

Oxford Religion Handbooks Online: is a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collection: offers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

JOURNALS

ARTICLES / DATABASES

EBSCOhost Database This index is an essential resource for Biblical Studies. Indexed journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope.

Old Testament Abstracts This database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.

Religion and Philosophy Collection: provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, Biblical studies. Over 300 full text journals

Australasian Religion Index: is an author and subject index covering over eighty religious and theological serials published in Australia or New Zealand and representing all religious traditions.

Oxford Biblical Studies online: provides a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history. In addition to the Bible texts, Oxford Biblical Studies Online offers quick access to a wealth of other Oxford references. Research is enhanced by timelines, a special Tools & Resources section with informative tables and charts, a list of Internet resources approved and recommended by specialists in the field, a lectionary calendar, and suggested reading lists for further research.

Oxford Religion Handbooks Online: is a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collection: offers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

Bibles

Other Bible texts

OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

Bible Gateway The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online — all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference.

Biblical Studies Online: provides both biblical scholars and the interested wider public with ease of access to quality biblical scholarship, as it comes available online.  Biblical Studies Online offers a gateway for the dissemination and publicizing of worthwhile open-access, online biblical scholarship.

Biblicalstudies.org.uk hosts over 25,000 full text theological articles linked into bibliographies on each book of the Bible. It also covers such subjects as hermeneutics, biblical languages, criticism, language, etc. – in short almost everything connected with the Bible and its study.

Resource Pages for Biblical Studies Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world.

Sharing the word: Full text open source theological library resources freely available through the Internet. It is specifically intended to assist seminarians, theology students, clergy and pastoral workers.

STEP Bible Scripture Tools for Every Person. It is an amazing free online resource containing Bibles and commentaries. Tyndale House provides oversight of STEP Bible, with Crosswire serving as a partner for software and Bible translations. STEP Bible contains the Vulgate and works with Strong’s numbers.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines

Oxford Index: A free discovery service, the Oxford Index lets you search across Oxford’s digital academic content with a single click, and find related content every step of the way.

Dictionaries / Encyclopaedias

DICTIONARIES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Some of the titles available in the Adelaide Theological Library Reference collection

  • Anchor Bible Dictionary [220.3 A539]
  • New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible  [220.3 N532.S]
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible [220.3 O98.C]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament prophets [224.03 D554]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament : wisdom, poetry & writings [221.3 D554]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament : Pentateuch [222.103 D554]
  • Dictionary of the Old Testament : historical books 222.03 D554]
  • Theological dictionary of the Old Testament [221.3 T391.Z]
  • New international dictionary of Old Testament Theology & exegesis [221.3 N532]
  • Theological lexicon of the Old Testament [221.44 T391.Z]
  • Who’s who in the Old Testament [221.92 C742w]

Oxford Biblical Studies online: includes thousands of reference articles drawn from Oxford’s major print publications,

Books

BOOKS

Browse the shelves in Adelaide Theological Library at the following locations for books about:

  • 220 – Bible
  • 220.44 – Hebrew versions
  • 220.52 – English versions
  • 221 – Old Testament
  • 221.6 – Interpretation
  • 221.7 – Commentaries
  • 221.77 – Commentaries with Biblical text
  • 221.93 – Biblical Archaeology
  • 221.95 – History
  • 222 – Historical Books of Old Testament (Genesis- Esther)
  • 222.1 – Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
  • 223 – Poetic books of Old Testament (Job-Song of Solomon)
  • 224 – Prophetic books of Old Testament (Isaiah – Malachi)

Note: this pattern is repeated within each book subdivision eg 222.11077 for commentaries on Genesis

Proquest eBook Collection click here

EBSCO eBook Collection click here

Grove Biblical Series aims to make the best in current thinking about the Bible and its application accessible to those teaching and preaching in the local church. [220.07 G883]

Oxford Religion Handbooks Online: is a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collection: offers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

Journals

JOURNALS

Articles / Databases

ARTICLES / DATABASES

EBSCOhost Database This index is an essential resource for Biblical Studies. Indexed journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope.

Old Testament Abstracts This database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.

Religion and Philosophy Collection: provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, Biblical studies. Over 300 full text journals

Australasian Religion Index: is an author and subject index covering over eighty religious and theological serials published in Australia or New Zealand and representing all religious traditions.

Oxford Biblical Studies online: provides a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history. In addition to the Bible texts, Oxford Biblical Studies Online offers quick access to a wealth of other Oxford references. Research is enhanced by timelines, a special Tools & Resources section with informative tables and charts, a list of Internet resources approved and recommended by specialists in the field, a lectionary calendar, and suggested reading lists for further research.

Oxford Religion Handbooks Online: is a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collection: offers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

Bibles

Other Bible texts

Open Access Resources

OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

Bible Gateway The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online — all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference.

Biblical Studies Online: provides both biblical scholars and the interested wider public with ease of access to quality biblical scholarship, as it comes available online.  Biblical Studies Online offers a gateway for the dissemination and publicizing of worthwhile open-access, online biblical scholarship.

Biblicalstudies.org.uk hosts over 25,000 full text theological articles linked into bibliographies on each book of the Bible. It also covers such subjects as hermeneutics, biblical languages, criticism, language, etc. – in short almost everything connected with the Bible and its study.

Resource Pages for Biblical Studies Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world.

Sharing the word: Full text open source theological library resources freely available through the Internet. It is specifically intended to assist seminarians, theology students, clergy and pastoral workers.

STEP Bible Scripture Tools for Every Person. It is an amazing free online resource containing Bibles and commentaries. Tyndale House provides oversight of STEP Bible, with Crosswire serving as a partner for software and Bible translations. STEP Bible contains the Vulgate and works with Strong’s numbers.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines

Oxford Index: A free discovery service, the Oxford Index lets you search across Oxford’s digital academic content with a single click, and find related content every step of the way.