Bibles

  • Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, 1989 REFERENCE BS191.5.A1 1989 .N49
  • New Jerusalem Bible, 1985 REFERENCE BS195.J4
  • New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha REFERENCE BS191.5 A1
    Library has the following editions in the Reference Collection; 1973, 1977 and 2007.
For this class, you are required to use only the print reference books listed below; they are available in the Library Reference Area.

Bible Dictionaries - Emmanuel College library print reference books are for in-library use only and cannot be checked out.

Bible dictionaries provide information about people, places, events, and concepts and are organized alphabetically by term.
Note:  Bible dictionaries published before 1965 are considered out of date.

 

Eerdmans Dictionaary of the Bible HarperCollins Bible Dictionary

Print copies are located in the main Reading Room on the curved bookshelves by the Reference Desk; they are available for in-library use only.

  • Anchor Bible Dictionary, 1992 REFERENCE BS440.A5
  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, 2000 REFERENCE BS440.E44 2000
  • Harper Collins Bible Dictionary, 2011 REFERENCE BS440.H235 2011
  • New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 2006 REFERENCE BS440.N443 2006
  • Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, 2000 REFERENCE BS575.W593 2000

Bible Commentaries - Emmanuel College library print reference books are for in-library use only and cannot be checked out.

Bible commentaries provide interpretation and analysis of lines or passages and are organized by Bible book, chapter, and verse.  Dictionaries/commentaries can be one volume, offering shorter articles, or multiple volumes, with articles that go into greater depth.
Note:  Bible commentaries published before 1965 are considered out of date.

 

Eerdmans Commentary New Interpretors Bible - One Volume Commentary Sacra Pagina

Print copies are located in the main Reading Room on the curved bookshelves by the Reference Desk; they are available for in-library use only.

  • Anchor Bible REFERENCE BS192.2 A1 1964 G3 (Multivolume commentary for each book of the Old & New Testaments)
  • Berit Olam REFERENCE BS1335.3 .W35 1996 (Multivolume commentary for each book of the Old Testament)
  • Harper Collins Bible Commentary, 2000 REFERENCE BS491.2.H37 2000
  • International Bible Commentary, 1998 REFERENCE BS511.2.I57 1998
  • New Catholic Commentaries on the Holy Scripture, 1969 REFERENCE BS491.2.N48
  • The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, 1990, REFERENCE BS491.2 .N485 1990
  • New Interpreter's Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes, 1994 REFERENCE BS 491.2 N484 1994
  • Sacra Pagina Series REFERENCE BS2575.3 .H37 1991 (Multivolume commentary for each book of the New Testament)
  • The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, 2021 REFERENCE BS491.3 .J47 2022
  • The Paulist Biblical Commentary, 2018 REFERENCE BS491.3.3P8 2018
  • Women's Bible Commentary, 2012 REFERENCE BS491.3.W66 2012

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