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Reference Works in Religion & Theology

Here is a guide to the common types of reference works you will use to start your research in religion & theology. It is by no means an exhaustive list. Most reference works in the Dulaney-Browne Library are found in the Reference Collection on the 1st Floor and are for use in the library only.

Atlas	A collection of tables, charts, or maps about a specific topic.
	Atlas of global Christianity 1910-2010 Atlas of the world's religions New historical atlas of religion in America HarperCollins atlas of Bible history Macmillan Bible atlas Oxford Bible atlas
Bibliography	A list of resources for a particular topic.
	A bibliography of the periodical literature on the Acts of the Apostles, 1962-1984 The Howard University bibliography of African and Afro-American religious studies
Commentary	A digest of information about a particular book of the Bible or other text that can include textual criticism, historical and archaeological data, issues involved in interpretation, etc. Commentaries range from single volumes covering the entire Bible to multiple volumes covering a single book.
	One-volume commentaries: The HarperCollins Bible commentary The New Interpreter's Bible one volume commentary The New Jerome Biblical commentary The Oxford Bible commentary Commentary sets: The Anchor Bible Interpretation Berit Olam New Interpreters Bible Sacra Pagina Word biblical commentary
Concordance	An alphabetical index of the principal words of a book or a writer, and a reference to the passage in which each mention of a word occurs together with some indication of context.
	The exhaustive concordance of the Bible (Strong's) Analytical concordance to the Bible (Young's) The NRSV concordance unabridged The Greek-English concordance to the New Testament A concordance to the Septuagint
Dictionary	A collection of definitions or identifications of key terms, places, or people. Subject dictionaries cover broadly a given subject, biographical dictionaries a group of people, etc. Most articles include bibliographies.
	Bible dictionaries: Anchor Bible dictionary The Eerdmans Bible dictionary The HarperCollins Bible dictionary The New Interpreter's dictionary of the Bible. Theological dictionary of the Old Testament Theological dictionary of the New Testament Subject dictionaries: Dictionary of ethics, theology, and society Global dictionary of theology Historical dictionary of Buddhism The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church The Oxford dictionary of the Jewish religion The Oxford dictionary of world religions
Encyclopedia	A collection of articles written by experts giving essential information about a specific field of knowledge or area of interest.
	American Indian religious traditions : an encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Judaica The encyclopedia of Christianity Encyclopedia of religion The Oxford encyclopedia of the Islamic world Religion past & present : encyclopedia of theology and religion
Lexicon	A wordbook or dictionary of a specific language, or the vocabulary of a particular people or body of literature.
	The Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew and English lexicon A Greek-English lexicon A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament (Thayer's) A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature A Patristic Greek lexicon