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Subject Guide REL 211 Introduction to the Old Testament
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Selected Books, Journals, Audiovisuals
Bible review (Periodicals)Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (Ref 220.3 Eer)
Harper's encyclopedia of Bible life (220.3 Mil)
The Hebrew God : portrait of an ancient deity (296.311 Lan)
The Illustrated Bible dictionary (Ref 220.3 Ill)
Israel in Egypt : the evidence for the authenticity of the Exodus tradition (222.12 Hof)
Mesopotamia [videorecording] : return to Eden (935 VT-2039)
The New Interpreter's Bible : general articles & introduction, commentary, & reflections for each book of the Bible, including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books in twelve volumes (Ref 220.77 New)
Wisdom and law in the Old Testament : the ordering of life in Israel and early Judaism (221.6 Ble)
Who's who in the Bible (220.92 Who)
The Wycliffe Bible commentary (Ref 220.7 Wyc)
Religions of the world [videorecording] (291 VT-2015)
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Britannica Online Academic Edition – Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more
Credo Reference – Online reference collection featuring full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. It’s a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet, your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits. Click on one of these titles to search it directly: Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda, The Holy Bible-King James Version 1611, and Who's Who in the Old Testament.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (available through NC Live)
Provides respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all in E-Book reference title format. Related titles include (click the title to search it): Encyclopedia of Religion and the Encyclopedia of Science and Religion.
NetLibrary (available through NC LIVE)
Ebook collection offering easy access to the full text of more than 24,000 reference, scholarly, and professional full-text books
Find Websites
Bible Study Tools
"Designed to facilitate in-depth study and exploration" of the Bible. Included are several translations, interlinear Bible commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, lexicons, sermon helps, and Bible history.
Judaism 101
An "online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs." Searchable and browsable. Created and maintained as a personal project by librarian Tracey Rich, "a traditional, observant Jew who has put in a lot of research."
Librarians’ Internet Index
Internet resources selected, evaluated, and organized by professional librarians. Searchable and browsable.
Religion Online
Resources designed "to assist professors, scholars and general 'seekers' who are interested in exploring religious issues." This site aims "to develop an extensive library of hundreds of entries, presenting many different points of view, but all written from the perspective of sound scholarship." Contains nearly 5,500 articles in such topics as the Bible, practical theology, ethics, social issues, history of religion, and education. Includes links to over 200 full-text books. Searchable and browsable.
Evaluating Websites, Online Citation & Writing Tools
Citation Styles Online (using MLA, APA, Chicago, & CBE to cite online information)
Evaluating Websites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Samples of APA Style (RCC approved)
Samples of MLA Style (RCC approved)
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