Research guides: RLG325H5: Visions and Revelations: Reference Sources (ONLINE)

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed.)
Call Number: ONLINE
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia Judaica (2nd ed.) by Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum
Call Number: ONLINE
Publication Date: 2006
Provides an overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.

JewishEncyclopedia.com
This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906.
Oxford Research Encyclopedias - Religion
— Jainism
— Judaism and Jewish Studies

Handbooks & Dictionaries

The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2nd ed.) by Adele Berlin (Editor-In-Chief); Maxine L. Grossman (Editor); Maxine Grossman (Other)
Publication Date: 2011
In 2,400 entries, The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion covers more than three millennia of Jewish religious thought, custom, law, and practice, from traditional approaches to Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and post-denominational Judaism.
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies by Martin Goodman (Editor); Jeremy Cohen (Other); David Sorkin (Other)
Publication Date: 2003
The span of the volume chronologically and geographically is thus enormous, but all international contributors have in common their expertise in the study of the history, literature, religion, and culture of the Jews.
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation by Paul M. Blowers (Editor); Peter W. Martens (Editor)
Publication Date: 2019
The essays in this Handbook explore a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.
Reader's Guide to Judaism by Michael Terry (Editor)
Publication Date: 2000
The Reader's Guide to Judaismis a survey of English-language translations of the most important primary texts in the Jewish tradition. The field is assessed in some 470 essays discussing individuals (Martin Buber, Gluckel of Hameln), literature (Genesis, Ladino Literature), thought and beliefs (Holiness, Bioethics), practice (Dietary Laws, Passover), history (Venice, Baghdadi Jews of India), and arts and material culture (Synagogue Architecture, Costume). The emphasis is on Judaism, rather than on Jewish studies more broadly.
The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature by Colin McAllister (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020
Jewish and Christian apocalypses have captivated theologians, writers, artists, and the general public for centuries, and have had a profound influence on world history from their initial production by persecuted Jews during the second century BCE, to the birth of Christianity - through the demise of the Western Roman Empire and the medieval period, and continuing into modernity.

Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)

Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Key features include:
— over 6,000 A-to-Z articles from the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls to The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
— Six Oxford editions of the Bible, as well as the books Apocryphal New Testament and Apocryphal Old Testament and the entirety of Oxford Bible Commentary, with the ability to compare bibles and biblical commentaries
— Two concordances with special functionality: New American Bible Concise Concordance and Concise Concordance to the NRSV
— 5,000 A-Z reference entries, including content from the forthcoming Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible (2011)
— Materials providing visual, geographic, and social perspectives on biblical studies, including full-color maps and hundreds of illustrations
— Timelines of biblical rulers and biblical history and links to relevant content within the site
Oxford Biblical Studies Online ➤ ➤ Reference Sources
Brill - Encyclopedia of Christianity Online
The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history.
Brill - Jesuit Historiography Online
Brill’s New Pauly
Entries include: Christianity and Theology and the Christian Church
The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online

• Oxford Bibliographies Online Users Guide