General Considerations

  • Print and online Bible dictionaries, commentaries and encyclopedias published before 1965 are out of date. Please only use Bible Reference resources published after 1965 (post Vatican II).
  • Emmanuel College library print reference books are for in-library use only and cannot be checked out.
     

Research Paper Requirements

  • One article from a one-volume biblical commentary,
  • Three terms from a biblical dictionary, and
  • Two articles from scholarly journals or chapters from different books (one of these may be replaced by a chapter from a commentary on the biblical book from which you chose your pericope).

Finding Your Passage/Pericope in the Bible

 

Bookcover Eermans Dictionary of the bible The Anchor Bible Dictionary The New Interpretors Dictionary of the Bible HarperCollins Bible dictionary

 

Print Bible Dictionaries (in-library use only)
Located on the curved bookshelves by the Reference Desk

  • Anchor Bible Dictionary - REFERENCE BS440.A54 1992 (6 volumes)
  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible - REFERENCE BS 440.E44 2000 (1 volume)
  • HarperCollins Bible Dictionary - REFERENCE BS440.H235 2011 (1 volume)
  • Mercer Dictionary of the Bible - REFERENCE BS440.M429 1991 (1 volume)
  • New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible - REFERENCE BS440.N443 2009 (5 volumes)
  • Oxford Companion to the Bible - REFERENCE BS440 .M434 1993 (1 volume)

Online Biblical Dictionaries

 

The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-first Century Eerdmans Commentary The New Interpretors One Volume Commentary

 

Print One-Volume Bible Commentaries (in-library use only)
Located on the curved bookshelves by the Reference Desk.

  • HarperCollins Bible Commentary REFERENCE BS491.2.H37 2000
  • International Bible Commentary REFERENCE BS511.2.I57 1998
  • New Catholic Commentaries on the Holy Scripture, 1969 REFERENCE BS491.2.N48
  • New Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, 2022 REFERENCE BS491.23J47 2022
  • Women's Bible Commentary, 2012 REFERENCE BS491.3.W66 2012

Online One-Volume Biblical Commentaries

 

Print Multi-volume Biblical Commentaries  (in-library use only) - Find the volume that matches your passage.
Located on the curved bookshelves by the Reference Desk.

  • Sacra Pagina Series REFERENCE BS2575.3 .H37 1991 
    (Multivolume commentary for each book of the New Testament)
  • Berit Olam REFERENCE BS1335.3 .W35 1996
    (Multivolume commentary for each book of the Old Testament)
  • Anchor Bible REFERENCE BS192.2 A1 1964 G3
    (Multivolume commentary for each book of the Old & New Testaments)
  • New Interpreter's Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes  REFERENCE BS491.2 .N484 1994

Online Multivolume Biblical Commentaries

Anchor Bible Commentaries

Berit Olam Bible Commentaries

New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament Series

Oxford Bible Commentaries