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Theatre: A Research Guide: Find Background Info

Encyclopedias, etc. (Ref books located on level 2)

Brethren Encyclopedia, 3 vols, 1983.  (Ref 286.5 B844)

The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, 1989.  ( 297.03 G549c)

Contemporary American Religion, 2 vols., 2000  (Ref 200.973 C761

Encyclopaedia Judaica, 21 vols., 2007.  (Ref 296.03 En56)

Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, 3 vols., 1998.  (Ref 291.23 En56)

Encyclopedia of American Religions, 1999.  (Ref 200.973 M528e6)

Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2004.  (Ref 294.303 En562)

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Modern World, 2004.  (Ref 297.03  En56)

The Encyclopedia of Judaism, 1989.  (296.03 En562)

The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 2 vols., 1998.  (Ref 322.103 En56)

Encyclopedia of Protestantism, 2004.  (Ref 280.403 En56)

The Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd. ed., 15 vols., 2005  (Ref 203 En56 2005)

The Encyclopedia of Religion, 1986, Eliade, Mircea (203 En56)

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, 2006. (Ref 201.7703 En56)

An Encyclopedia of Religions in the United States: 100 Religious Groups Speak for Themselves, 1992.  (291.0973 En562)

The Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience, 1988.  (Ref 291.0973 En56)

Guide to Buddhist Religion, 1981. (Ref 294.3016 R462g)

Guide to Islam, 1983. (297.016 G946)

Harper Collins Dictionary of Religion, 1995. (Ref 200.3 H295)  

The Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism, 1969.  (Ref 294.503 W179h v.2)

The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: an Encyclopedia, 2000.  (Ref 291.175 H673)

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, 2 vols. 2002.  (Ref 294.503 L812i )

The Mennonite Encyclopedia, 5 vols., 1955-59.  (Ref 289.703 M527)

Mennonite World Handbook, 1990.  (289.7 M5472)

New Catholic Encyclopedia, 15 vols., 2003-.  (Ref 230.203 N536)               

 The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, 4 vols.1995-. (Ref909.0976 Ox98)

 

 

 

Bible Translations (Ref books located level 2)

The Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, Revised Standard Version. (220.5 R327 1973)

 

Eight translation New Testament : King James version,  the Living Bible, Phillips modern English, Revised standard version, Today's English version, New international version, Jerusalem Bible, New English  Bible, 1974. (Ref 225.5 B582)

 The English Bible in America; a Bibliography of Editions of the Bible & the New Testament published in America, 1777-1957, 1962. (220.52016 H655e)

 

Good News Bible : the Bible in Today's English Version, 1976. (Ref 220.52 B582t)  

 

The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate: (Douay). (Ref 220.5202 B582h)                           

 

The Jerusalem Bible. 1966. (220.5204 B582j)  

 

The Living Bible, Paraphrased, 1971. (220.52 T243l)

 

The New English Bible. (220.52 B47.J 1961)                         

 

A New Translation of the Bible... / James Moffatt.,
c1954.
( 220.5 M724 1954)       

Bible Commentaries (Ref books located level 2)

The Abingdon Bible Commentary, 1929. ( 220.7 Ei83)

 

Harper's Bible Commentary, 1988. (Ref 220.7 H295)

 

The New Interpreter's Bible, 12 vols., 1994- (Ref 220.77 N532)

 

Oxford Bible Commentary, 2001. (Ref 220.7 Ox98)

             

Bible Concordances (Ref books located level 2)

Analytical Concordance to the Bible, 1955.  (220.2 Y88a22)

A Concordance to the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books of the Revised Standard Version, 1977.  (229 C744)

The Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, 1988.  (Ref 220.2 W578c)

The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1950  (220.2 St923e)

Atlases (Ref books located level 2)

Atlas of Religious Change in America, 1952-1990, 1994.  (209.73 H197a 1994)

Mennonite Historical Atlas, 1990  (Ref 289.7 Sch381m)

Dictionaries (Ref books located level 2)

The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols., 1992  (Ref 220.3 An539)

The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, 2 vols., 1999  (Ref 220.603 D5544)

The Continuum Dictionary of Religion, 1994.  (Ref 200.3 C762)

The Dictionary of Bible and Religion, 1986.  (203 D554)

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, 1998.  (Ref 220.3 D5542)

A Dictionary of Buddhism, 1972.  (Ref 294.3 D554)

Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period : 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E., 2 vols., 1996.  (296.0901 D554)

A Dictionary of Judaism and Christianity, 1991.  (Ref 296.03  C6782d)

Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought, 1980.  (103 R329d)

Eastern Definitions: A Short Encyclopedia of Religions of the Orient..., 1980  (Ref 290.3495e)

The Eerdmans dictionary of early Judaism, 296.0901 Ee26. Located on level 3                         

The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 1976.  (220.3 In61)

The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 2006. (Ref. 220.3 N532)

The Oxford handbook of Jewish daily life in Roman Palestine, 930 Ox98. Located on level 4                                 

 

Biographies (Ref books located level 2)

Who's Who of World Religions, 1992.  (200.922 W628)

Lexicons

The following list represents good lexicons which have been digitized and are free to download from the Internet Archive (David Braunsberg 3/10/2014)

A Greek Lexicon of the New Testament by Charles Robson

A Greek and English lexicon of the New Testament by Edward Robinson

A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament including biblical Chaldee by Edward Robinson and Wilhelm Gensenius

Online Dictionaries

A Sanskrit- English dictionary by MonierWilliams available via the Internet Archive