Databases
- Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS This link opens in a new windowIndex to journal articles, book reviews, and essay collections in all fields of religion, beginning in 1949, with retrospective indexing for some issues as far back as the nineteenth century. Journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope. Coverage areas include: Bible, archaeology, antiquities, world religions and religious studies. Selected full text links.
- Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History: the Jewish History Resource Center - This link opens in a new windowThis bibliography provides links to resources on the entirety of Jewish history. For the Second Temple and Talmudic era there are over 400 resources, divided into some 19 subjects. The resources are searchable and browsable by keyword. Many of the resources are themselves valuable bibliographies on specific topics within the above subject (example: Meir Bar-Ilan’s bibliography of ancient mysticism:Hekhalot literature).
- H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social SciencesScholarly reviews obtained from online discussions by reviewers, authors, and readers.
- Index Biblicus This link opens in a new windowA database of scholarly articles on Biblical and post-Biblical subjects. Searchable by author, title, keyword, publication and range of publication years.
- Index Theologicus (IxTheo) This link opens in a new windowCoverage seems to include articles published from the 1990’s on, though the print version goes back to 1963. Flexible search terms. Some results linked to online versions of the articles. Many of the articles are from scholarly journals but many are not so care must be taken to investigate the nature of the journal in which a given article was published.
- Index to Jewish Periodicals This link opens in a new windowCoverage seems to include articles published from the 1990’s on, though the print version goes back to 1963. Flexible search terms. Some results linked to online versions of the articles. Many of the articles are from scholarly journals but many are not so care must be taken to investigate the nature of the journal in which a given article was published.
- Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature This link opens in a new windowExtensive coverage of publications from 1995 to the present. Database may be searched by author, title, keyword or year of publication.
- Rambi This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database of articles appearing in journals and also as part of books from 1966 to the present. Searches may be performed by subject, author, title or keywords therein or by source of the article. Searches may be limited by language or by range of dates. The sources indexed by RAMBI are often but not always scholarly.
- Religious & Theological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowObjective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology. The advanced search feature allows for searches by author, title, date-range, scripture citation or journal name.
In-Print Resources Located in the Gottesman Library
- Orientalistische Literaturzeitung. Oldest international review of the entire field of Oriental studies. Founded in 1898, the journal widened its profile according to the development of research and takes into consideration all epochs. In articles and reviews recent monographs of the entire field of Oriental studies are critically discussed. The fascicles start with essays on special problems in these fields of research. Thus a comprehensive information is given on the current state of research." Bound volumes are available in the Gottesman Library 5th floor periodical stacks, with recent issues kept behind the reference desk on the 5th floor.
- New Testament Abstracts. An indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy, and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Every year NTA abstracts at least 2,150 articles chosen from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages. Nearly 850 current books are also summarized annually." The material is divided into periodical and book notices and arranged by subject. Each entry receives a brief summary. Much of interest to the student of Judaism in the 2nd Temple period may be found here, especially under the rubric "NT world."
- International Review of Biblical Studies. Each annual volume includes approximately 2,000 abstracts and summaries of articles and books that deal with the Bible and related literature, including the Dead Sea scrolls,Pseudepigrapha, Non-canonical gospels, and ancient Near Eastern writings." Each entry is provided with a short summary and the entries are arranged by subject. Unfortunately, it was announced that volume 56, covering the years 2009-2010, will be the last published of this excellent, comprehensive and reliable bibliography.
- Elenchus of Biblica. Published as part of the periodical "Biblica" between 1920-1967 and separately from 1968, it bore the title "Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus" until 1985. It lists books, dissertations, reviews, and articles on the Bible, New Testament, Judaism of the 2nd Temple and later, archaeology and so forth. The arrangement is by subject and there are a number of indices to assist in locating needed material. A notable feature is an arrangement of material in order of the text of the Bible book, which is helpful when one is looking for previous scholarship on a given Biblical passage. The only drawback of this essential publication is its tardiness - it usually lags several years behind the period covered.
Bound volumes are located on the 6th floor, with the current issues on 5.
