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.
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Bible Gateway
- Select New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE) from the Bible options.
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Note: Bible dictionaries published before 1965 are considered out of date.
Note: Bible dictionaries published before 1965 are considered out of date.
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Note: Bible commentaries published before 1965 are considered out of date.
Note: Bible commentaries published before 1965 are considered out of date.
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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