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Databases

World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
Topics on important religious figures, core beliefs, customs and practices, celebrations and holidays, momentous events, and sacred places, as well as how various religions interconnect.
Religion & Philosophy Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Full-text journal and magazine articles on world religions, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral/ethical philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Ebook Central (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Access over 100,000 authoritative and copyrighted academic level electronic books. Includes Academic Complete, DEI, and University Press collections.

The new Oxford annotated Bible with the Apocrypha. by Herbert G. May and Bruce M. Metzger (Editors)
Call Number: R 220.5 BIB
Publication Date: 1973
Harper's Bible Dictionary by Society of Biblical Literature Staff (Editor); Paul J. Achtemeier (Editor)
Call Number: R 220.3 HAR
ISBN: 0060698632
Publication Date: 1985-10-01

Oxford Bible Commentary
Edited by John Barton and John Muddiman
Ebook ISBN: 9780191567254

Harper's Bible Commentary by James L. Mays (Editor)
Call Number: R 220.7 HAR
ISBN: 0060655410
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible by Charles M. Laymon (Editor)
Call Number: R 220.7 LAY
ISBN: 0687192994
Publication Date: 1971-09-01

The New Interpreter's Bible by Leander E. Keck (Editor)
Call Number: R 220.7 NEW
ISBN: 0687278147
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Mulit-volume encyclopedia
The Interpreter's Bible: the Holy Scriptures in the King James and Revised standard versions with general articles and introduction, exegesis, exposition for each book of the Bible by George Arthur Buttrick
Call Number: R 220.7 INT
Publication Date: 1951
12 Multi-Volume Set

Bible Odyssey
Published by the Society of Biblical Literature and features a wide variety of accessible commentary on the Bible and related art and literature.
TheTorah.com
Focused on the Hebrew Bible. Contains brief articles on a very wide variety of topics relating to biblical studies all written by scholars for a general audience. Published by Project TABS (Torah and Biblical Scholarship), a nonprofit educational organization.
Sefaria: Tanakh
For the Hebrew Bible and a history of Rabbinical interpretation of specific passages. "Sefaria is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way."
NT Pod
"Podcast about the New Testament and Christian Origins. Condensed comment from an academic perspective for everyone interested in historical approaches to the New Testament. By Mark Goodacre, Frances Hill Fox Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University." Each episode is 12-15 minutes long.
VCS: The Visual Commentary on the Scripture
Uses art as a means to interpret and reflect on biblical texts.