BTS 2120

Hebrew prophets

Reference Sources · Databases and Web Resources

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Reference Sources

Text

Call Number	Title
Ref.	New Dictionary of Biblical Theology
BS 440
.N437

General Reference

Call Number	Title
Ref.	Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible
BS 1171.3
.B53

Ref.	Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period
BM 50
.D525

Ref.	Dictionary of the Old Testament
BS 1205.55
.D53

Oversized	Encyclopedia Judaica
Ref.
DS 102.8
.E5

Ref.	Historical Dictionary of Prophet in Islam and Judaism
BM 645
.P67

Subject Headings to search in the Library Catalog

The Brandel Library has a large collection of religious and theological books. Therefore, you might want to do a subject search on these topics to discover more information. To do a subject search:

Click on the Library Catalog
Click on the Guided Keyword Search Link
Copy and paste one of the two following (sample) subject headings into the first box:

Prophets

Isaiah (Biblical prophet)

Bible. O.T. Prophets
Make sure that "all of these words" is selected in the box to the right side.
In the far right text box, select "subject words" as your entry.
You can also add other topic words in the next two search box, though you should be careful not to make your search too specific.
Click on the Search button.

Other Reference Sources

Bible Dictionaries and Handbooks

Call Number	Title

Ref.	Anchor Bible Dictionary
BS440
.A54

Ref.	Cambridge Companion to the Bible
BR475.2
.C26

Ref.	Oxford Companion to the Bible
BR440
.M434

Ref.	Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
BS 537
.D48

Ref.	Encyclopedia of Christianity
BR 95
.E8913

Concordances

Ref.	NIV Complete Concordance
BS 425
.G6

Ref.	NRSV Concordance
BS 425
.K645

Bible Commentaries

Ref.	Anchor Bible Commentary
BS 192.2
.A1

Ref.	Expositor's Bible Dictionary
BS 491.2
.E96

Ref.	Word Biblical Commentary
BS 192.2
.A1

Databases and Web Resources

ATLA Religion Database is an index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. More than 600 journals are indexed annually. The database includes more than 1.3 million bibliographic records for journal articles, more than 200,000 essay citations, and more than 400,000 book review citations. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles from more than fifty journals. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.
To access the databases,

Go to www.northpark.edu/library and click on Databases/Articles in the column on the left.
Click on Databases A-Z and then click on ATLA Religion Database.
For complete, printable directions on using ATLA, click here: http://www.northpark.edu/library/bi/AtlaEbsco.htm

JSTOR is a full-text database containing the complete runs of 117 core scholarly journals in fifteen different disciplines including Religion, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Political Science. You will not be able to search the most recent years of the journals; but they will go back to the earliest volumes.

Go to www.northpark.edu/library and click on Databases/Articles in the column on the left.
Click on Databases A-Z. Click on JStor and then click on Search.
Click on advanced search and check Articles under "Narrow your search to:"
Type you terms term in the search box. Put quotes around multi-word search terms. Example:

"hebrew prophets"

To narrow your search, add additional search terms. Example:

"hebrew prophes" and justice

Websites can be unreliable because anyone can create them regardless of their authority on the subject matter. When writing a research paper, the use of websites should be kept to a minimum and limited to those sponsored by well-known authorities or organizations.

http://www.biblegateway.com/ is an excellent way to search several versions of the Bible by passage (Philippians 4: 6-9) or keyword (prayer and petition).