Religious Studies Reference Materials
A Guide to Resources at SJSU's King Library
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Browning, W. R. F. A Dictionary of the Bible. Oxford University Press, 1997. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t94]
Byrne, Peter and Leslie Houlden. Companion Encyclopedia of Theology. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Top?layout=document&id=10057583&?nosr=1]
Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford University Press, 2003. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t100]
Hillerbrand, Hans J., ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation. Oxford University Press, 1996. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 302.8 .O93 1996; Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t172]
Kazhdan, Alexander P., ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 1991. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t174]
Kelly, J. N. D., with new material by Michael Walsh. The Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Oxford University Press, 2006. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t99]
Livingstone, E. A., ed. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press, 2006. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t95]
Metzger, Bruce M. and Michael D. Coogan, eds. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford University Press Inc., 1993. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t120]
Metzger, Bruce M. and Michael D. Coogan, eds. The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. Oxford University Press, 2001. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t97]
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. 17 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill; Detroit, MI: Gale, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BX 841 .N44 2003; Gale Virtual Reference Library http://find.galegroup.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/gvrl/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=csusj]
Burgess, Stanley M. and Gary B. McGee, eds. Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Grand Rapids, MI: Regency Reference Library, 1988. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR1644 .D53 1988]
Childress, James F. and John Macquarrie, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. [King Reference 2nd Floor BJ1199 .W47 1986]
Day, Peter D. The Liturgical Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993. [King Reference 2nd Floor BX 106.2 .D38 1993]
Hillerbrand, Hans Joachim. Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 302.8 .H55 2000]
Lossky, Nicholas, ed. Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. Geneva, Switzerland: WCC Publications; Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1991. [King Library 2nd Floor BX6.3 .D53 1991]
Macquarrie, John, ed. Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1967. [King 6th Floor BJ63 .M3]
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 95 .O8 1997x]
Reid, Daniel G., ed. Dictionary of Christianity in America. Publication Information Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR515 .D53 1990]
Barrett, David B, George T. Kurian, Todd M. Johnson. World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World. 2nd ed. Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, 2001- . [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 157 .W67 2001]
The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans; Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 1999-. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 95 .E8913 1999]
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 487 .E53 2000]
Peerman, Dean G. and Martin E. Marty, eds. A Handbook of Christian Theologians. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984. [King Reference 2nd Floor BT28 .H33 1984]
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1990-present. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 513 .Y4 72nd 2004]
Rogerson, John. Atlas of the Bible. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS 630 .R6 1985]
Bettenson, Henry Scowcroft. The Early Christian Fathers; A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. [King 6th Floor BR63 .B4]
Charles, R. H., ed. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English. 2 Vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS1692 1968]
Pritchard, James B., ed. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS1180 .P83 1969]
Richardson, Cyril Charles. Early Christian Fathers. Philadelphia: Westminister Press, 1953. [King 6th Floor BR60 .R5]
Achtemeier, Paul J., ed. Harper's Bible Dictionary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS440 .H237 1985]
The Anchor Bible, 7 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1964. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS192.2.A1 1964 .G3]
Ellison, John W. Nelson's Complete Concordance of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. 2nd ed. NY: Nelson, 1984. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS 425]
Freedman, David Noel, ed. The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS440 .A54 1992]
The New Interpreter's Bible. 12 vols. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS 491.2 .N484 1994]
Griffith, Harvey K. The New World Idea Index to the Holy Bible. New York: World Pub., 1972. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS432 .N43]
Laymon, Charles M., ed. The Interpreter's One Volume Commentary on the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1971. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS491.2 .I57]
Mays, James L., ed. Harper's Bible Commentary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS491.2 .H37 1988]
Rogerson, John. Atlas of the Bible. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS 630 .R6 1985]
eBooks: Introductory Monographs
Wilson, Brian. Christianity. New York: Routledge, 1999. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10062957]
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Religious Studies Reference Materials is based on Edith Crowe's Library Research in Comparative Religious Studies web page. Religious Studies Reference Materials was created by Randall Studstill. Please send any suggestions or recommendations regarding the content of this site to randallsjsu(at)baymoon.com. Updated May 26, 2008.