REL344: History of Israel

Course webpage: http://gustavus.edu/~avaughn/REL344/REL344(spring2002).html

Library Catalogs

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Reference Works

• There are many reference works offering commentaries or interpretations of the Bible. They can be found around the call number REF. BS490 ____

History

• Anchor Bible Dictionary. (REF BS 44 .A54 1992)

• Cambridge Ancient History. (REF. D57 .C25)
  Volume 3, part 1 and Volume 3, part 2 will be most useful. Volume 2, part 2 may also be helpful.

• Dictionary of the Ancient Near East. (REF. DS 56 .D5 2000)
  Includes a map and a chronological chart. An asterisk before a word indicates that there is a main entry on that topic.

• Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations. (REF. CB 311 .E53) The section on Israel begins on page 134.

• Encyclopaedia of Judaica. (REF. DS102.8 .E496) Contains scholarly articles pertaining to all aspects of Jewish history and culture. Articles are generally accompanied by bibliographies.

• Everyone in the Bible. (REF. BS570 .B25)
  Organized alphabetically by name. Entries cite relevant passages from the Bible.

• Handbook of Biblical Personalities. (REF. BS570 .A55)
  Organized alphabetically by name, this work includes the meanings of names and cites relevant passages from the Bible.

• Women in Scripture. (REF. BS 575 .W593 2000)

• Atlas of Israel. (REF. ATLASES G 2235 .K3 1985)

• Harper Atlas of the Bible. (REF. ATLASES G 2230 .H47 1987)

• Historical Atlas of Religions of the World. (REF. BL80.2 .F28)

• Historical Atlas of the Jewish People. (REF. DS117 .J8513 1992)
  Covers all of the main themes of the Jewish experience: the earliest prehistory and the background of the Bible, the movements of tribes, the geographical and political setting, the revolts and wars and religious developments.

• Macmillan Bible Atlas. (REF. BS630 .A2 1993)

• New encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land. (REF DS 111 .A2 E5813 1993) Contains entries for archaeological sites, subjects, and overviews of regions. Includes maps, photos, and bibliographies.

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. (REF. DS56 .O9 1997) Contains over 1,000 entries on sites, languages, material culture, archaeological methods, organizations and institutions, and major excavators and scholars of the field.

Electronic Resources

ATLA(S)
The American Theological Library Association designed this database to support religious and theological scholarship. It contains citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, book reviews, and Doctor of Ministry projects. Some full-text.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Searches both general magazines and scholarly journals on a variety of topics.

Project MUSE
Project Muse provides full text electronic access to over 40 scholarly journals in humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics.

Selected Internet Sources

WWW-VL History: Israel

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Citing Your Sources

LC Schedule

BS -- The Bible
410-780: Works about the Bible
701-1830: Old Testament
1901-2970: New Testament

CC -- Archaeology

DS -- History of Asia
101-151: Israel (Palestine). The Jews
109-109.94: Jerusalem
111-111.9: Antiquities
113.2-113.8: Ethnography. Tribes of Israel
114-128.2: History

LC Subject Headings

BT -- broader term

RT -- related term

SA -- see also

NT -- narrower term

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