Research Guides: Religious Studies: The Bible

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Oxford Biblical Studies Online - RETIRED (June 21, 2022)
Oxford Biblical Studies Online product site has been retired. Content is now available in Oxford Reference, Oxford Handbooks Online, and Oxford Scholarship Online.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Each Handbook in this collection offers a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in a particular field of study, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. Individual articles review the key issues and major debates, and provide an original argument for how those debates might evolve.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
A cross-searchable library containing the full text of important scholarly books from Oxford University Press. Oxford Scholarship Online includes both classic and newly-published works in the humanities and social sciences. Subject collections are available in Economics & Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. New books are added regularly.

These books are also available at the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center, where they are searchable along with books from other publishers.

The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible [E Book] by Michael D. Coogan (Editor); Bruce M. Metzger (Editor)
ISBN: 0195146417
Publication Date: 2001
Offering a wealth of reliable information, The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible provides more than 300 articles that cover everyone from Adam and Eve to Jesus Christ and everywhere from the Garden of Eden to Golgotha and Gethsemane.
A Dictionary of the Bible [E Book] by W. R. F. Browning
ISBN: 9780199543991
Publication Date: 2009
A Dictionary of the Bible is the most acclaimed, accessible, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. Containing over 2,000 authoritative entries it provides clear and concise information about all of the important places, people, themes, and doctrines of the Bible.

Codex Sinaiticus - Home
The world's oldest known Christian Bible (approx. 1,600-year-old text). This handwritten Codex Sinaiticus includes two books that are not part of the official New Testament and at least seven books that are not in the Old Testament. In 1844 a scholar named Constantine Tischendorf found the Bible, that was written in the fourth century, in the Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai desert, and recognized it's signifigance.
The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls
5 of the original Dead Sea Scrolls from the biblical Book of Isaiah have been digitized and are presented here by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Bible Odyssey
"The Bible is a revered text for many and holds an iconic status in American and even global culture. And yet, studies show that people are unfamiliar with its key themes or stories—and who can blame them? The Bible is not one book, but many: a compilation of poetry, law codes, novellas, proverbs, gospels, and letters that were pulled together over the centuries." ~ * Description from the Bible Odyssey "About Us" web page