Theology

A research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos

 

Finding Books

 

 

·          How to Find Books in the ODU Library:  Search in the ODU Library Catalog. 

 

·          How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries: 
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

 

·          To Help You Search in the Catalogs:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

 

 

Reference Books—A Selection

 

Reference books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the Top Floor of Spangler. 

 

      Almanacs

·          Almanac of the Bible.  R 220.0202 W661a

·          Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac.  R 282.059 C363

 

      Bible Atlases & Histories

·          The Cambridge Companion to the Bible.  R 220.9 C178, 1997

·          The Cambridge History of the Bible.  R 220.09 C178 3 vols.

·          Eerdman’s Handbook of the Bible.  R 220.02 E26h, 1973

·          Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations. R 911.0901 H3362p, 2005

·          Interdisciplinary Atlas of the Bible: Scripture, History, Geography, Archaeology and Theology.

R 220.9 P4131

·          The Macmillan Bible Atlas.  R 220.9 A285m, 1993

 

      Bibles

·          Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies. R 225.066 E153a, 2005

·          Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible. R 2253066 E153a, 2005

·          Complete Parallel Bible R 220.5 C737, 1993 [NRSV, REB, NAB, NJB]

·          The Holy Bible. Revised Standard Version.   R 220.52 R454c

·          The Jerusalem Bible.  R 220.52 J56

·          New Catholic Edition of the Holy Bible. R 220.52 B4711n [Douay-Rheims]

·          New American Bible.  R 220.52 N532, 1974-75

 

      Note: Many versions of the Bible are available in both the Main Stacks and Reference. Additional versions can be found by browsing the shelves under the call number "220.52."

 

      Bibliographies

·          A Critical Guide to Catholic Reference Books R 011.02 121c, 1980

·          A Dominican Bibliography and Book of Reference, 1216 – 1992. R 016.271 A812d

·          The Early Church: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature in English. R 016.23 R567e

·          The Pauline Writings: An Annotated Bibliography. R 227.016 S428p, 2002

·          Recent Reference Books in Religion.  R 016.2 J649r, 1998

·          The Synoptic Gospels: An Annotated Bibliography. R 016.226 M218s

·          The Theology of the Church: A Bibliography, 1999.  R 016.262 D883t

·          Thomas Aquinas: International Bibliography, 1977-1990.  R  016.23 I44t, 1993

 

      Commentaries—Multivolume

·          Anchor Bible Commentaries.  R 220.5 A539.  40+ vols.

·          Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture:  New Testament.  R 225.7 An221o. 10+ vols.

·          Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry series. R 221.7 B4549o.  12 vols.

·          Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible.  R 220.7 C697, 1992. 2 vols.

·          International Critical Commentary series.  R 220.7 I61.  40+ vols.

·          Interpreting the New Testament. (New Testament Message series). R 225.7 N4207t.  20+ vols.

·          An Introduction to the New Testament. R 225.6 B8146i

·          New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT). R 225.7 N4203i.  10+ vols.

·          New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT).  R 221.7 N4203i.  10+ vols.

·          New Interpreter's Bible. [Uses NIV, NRSV] R 220.7 A 149n. 12 vols.

·          New Jerome Biblical Commentary.  R 220.7 J55, 1990.  2 vols.

·          The Pillar New Testament Commentary.  R 227.P644n 7 vols.

·          Sacra Pagina series.   R 225.7 Sa148p 15+ vols.

·          The Twelve Prophets. R 221.7 B4549o  vols. 8a and 8b

·          The Zohar. R 396.162 Z74 2 vols.

 

      Commentaries—Single Volume

·          Harper Collins Bible Commentary.  R 220.7 H234b, 2000

·          The International Bible Commentary:  A Catholic and Ecumenical Commentary for the 21st Century.  R 220.7 I61i, 1998

·          Jewish New Testament Commentary. R 225 S456j, 1992

·          Mercer Commentary on the Bible.  R 220.7 M554, 1995

·          A New Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture. R 220.7 O64, 1975

·          Oxford Bible Commentary.  R 220.7 O98b 

·          Oxford Bible Commentary on CD-ROM.  R 220.7 O98b 

 

Note:  Many commentaries on single books of the Bible are in both the Main Stacks and Reference.

 

      Concordances

·          Eerdman's Analytical Concordance to the Rev. Standard Version of the Bible.  R 220.52 W578e, 1988

·          The New American Bible Concise Concordance. R 220.5 N4201a

·          New World Dictionary-Concordance to the New American Bible. R 220.2 N532, 1970

·          Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance.  R 220.5 G626z, 1999

·          The Englishman’s Hebrew and Chaldee concordance of the Old Testament: numerically coded to Strong’s exhaustive concordance.  R 221.2 W662e, 1980

 

Dictionaries

 

Dictionaries of The Bible

·          Anchor Bible Dictionary.  R 220.3 A539, 1992 6 vols.

·          Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM (with User Guide). R 220.3 A539b, 1997

·          The Complete WordStudy Dictionary: New Testament. R 225.3 Z72c, 1994

·          The Complete WordStudy Dictionary: Old Testament. R 221.3 B178c, 2003

·          A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.  R 220.3 H357d, 1908-1912   2 vols.

·          Dictionary of New Testament Background. R 225.9503 D5646n, 2000

·          Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible.  R 220.3 E72d, 2000 

·          Mercer Dictionary of the Bible.  R 220.3 M554, 1990

·          New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics. R 239.03 N4201d, 2006

·          New Dictionary of Theology. R230.0321 N4201d, 1988

·          The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary. R 220.3 U57n, 2005

·          The SCM Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. R 220.603 S94d, 1990

·          Oxford Latin Dictionary. R 473.21 O27l

 

Dictionaries of Catholicism

·          The A to Z of Catholicism.  R  282.03 C6916a, 2001 

·          A Catholic Dictionary of Theology.  R 203 C363th 3 vols

·          Dictionary of Popes and the Papacy.  R  262.13 L5914p, 2001

·          Dictionary of Saints. R 282.0922 D3736s, 2005

·          New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship.  R 264.02 F499n, 1990

·          New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. R 270.0922 W1686n, 2007

·          The New Dictionary of Theology.  R 282.03 K81n, 1987    

·          New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. R 248.03 N4207w, 2005

·          New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship. R 264.003 N4206s, 2002

 

Historical Dictionaries

·          Backgrounds of Early Christianity. R 270.1 F3813b, 2003

·          Concise Dictionary of Early Christianity.  R  270.1 K29c, 1992

·          Dictionary of Early Christian Literature. R 270.103 L5912d, 2000

·          The Dictionary of the Reformation. R 270.603 L5914r

·          Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism.  R  284.103 G253h, 2001 

·          Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.  R  270.6 H652d 

·          The Liturgical Dictionary of Eastern Christianity.  R 264.015 D274I, 1993

 

Language Dictionaries and Lexicons

·          Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary.  R  230.03 B7569c 

·          A Lexicon of St. Thomas Aquinas.  R  189.4 T454De 

·          Thomas Aquinas Dictionary.  R  230.203 S864 

 

Directories

·          Directory of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.  R 282.7115 C364d, 2005

·          National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States.

R262.1427 C2866n, 2005

·          The Official Catholic Directory.  R 282.058 O32,  2006

 

Encyclopedias

·          Catholic Biblical Encyclopedia.  R 220.3 S823c

·          The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam.  R 297.03 G549c, 1991

·          Eerdman’s Handbook to the History of Christianity.  R  270 E26e, 1977 

·          Encyclopaedia Judaica.  R 296.03 J92, 1973.  16 vols.

·          The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History.  R 282.7303 E56, 1997

·          Encyclopedia of American Religious History.  R 200.973 Q359, 2001 2 vols.

·          Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature. R 809.933 E194c vols. 1—2

·          Encyclopedia of Christianity.  R 230 E56 1999

·          Encyclopedia of Early Christianity.  R 270.103 En194, 1998

·          Encyclopedia of the Early Church.  R 270.1 D619e, 1992. 2 vols.

·          Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2000.  R 296.155 E5636d  2 vols.

·          The Encyclopedia of Protestantism. R 280.403 E196p vols. 1-4

·          The Encyclopedia of Religion.  R 291.03 E42e, 1987

·          Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics.  R 322.1 En197r

·          The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion.  R 296.03 W484

·          Encyclopedia of Theology: The Concise Sacramentum Mundi.  R  201.1 R148e, 1975

·          The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia. R 282.03 M7205c, 2004

·          New Catholic Encyclopedia.  R 282.03 N532c, 2003

·          Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation.  R 270.6 O98, 1996 4 vols.

·          The Papacy: An Encyclopedia.  R 282 D5618p 3 vols.

·          Sacramentum Verdi: An Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology.  R 220.3 B344 3 vols.

·          Theotokos: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary. R 232.9103 O13m

 

Handbooks

·          Almanac of the Bible.  R 220.0202 W661a   

·          Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible.

R 230 C537b, 1993 

·          The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology. R 230.090 C1442r

·          The Catechism of the Catholic Church.  R 238.2 C357, 1994

·          The Christian Faith. R230.2 C4625f

·          Code of Canon Law, Latin-English edition.  R  262.92 C363c, 1983 

·          Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition.  R  238 C8613c  4 vols. + CD-ROM

·          The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs. R 264.0209 R235d

·          Decrees of Ecumenical Councils. R 262.52 D359e, 1990

·          Foundations of Theological Study: A Sourcebook.  R  230 V695f, 1991 

·          Guide to Religious Ministries: For Catholic Men and Women. R 254.5 G9416r, 2007

·          Handbook of Biblical Criticism. R 220.6014 S83h, 2001

·          Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters. R 220.60922 H6294h, 1998

·          History of Theology: The Patristic Period.  R 230 S744h

·          Jesus in Context: Background Readings for Gospel Study. R 226.095 J4998c, 2005 

·          New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law.  R 262.94 N42018c

·          The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings. R 270.1 E33n, 2004

·          The Prophetic Literature. R 220.6 I887b

·          Readings in Christian Thought. R 230.08 K41r, 1990

·          A Religious History of the American People.  R 277.3 A285

·          Theology: A Basic Synthesis for the College. Vol. 2: God and His Creation. R 230 C9173c, v.2 

 

Reference Resources Online

 

Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM

Full-Text. Available at the Top Floor Service Center only (Reserve 220.4 A21b). Includes all entries in the six-volume Anchor Bible Dictionary as well as photos, drawings and bibliographies, and the King James and the New Revised Standard Versions of the Bible. May be checked out and loaded on any PC in Spangler.