Seton Hall University Libraries: Jewish-Christian Studies: Databases & Journals

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Databases

American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 This link opens in a new window
ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 contains over five million pages of content, and consists of titles from the 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Since religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during the time period of this collection, historians researching a wide range of areas, not just religion, will find invaluable material relevant to their work.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCO Publishing) This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing of periodicals, essay collections, church documents, papal documents and electronic resources expressly addressing the practice and intellectual tradition of Roman Catholicism. Content within its scope is selected for indexing based on enduring scholarly merit.
Bloomsbury Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries This link opens in a new window
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries span over 89 volumes and is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars. This prestigious commentary series represents the pinnacle of biblical scholarship.
Bloomsbury Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary is a six-volume state-of-the-art dictionary of the Bible offering up -to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and topics.
Cambridge Companions Online This link opens in a new window
Cambridge Companions Online offers subject or theme based collections in a searchable online environment. The Companions are available as a Complete Collection; Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics; the Cambridge Companions in Philosophy, Religion and Culture; and the Companions in Music.
JSTOR Religion and Theology This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR Religion & Theology Collection covers the history and philosophy of religious thought spanning traditions, periods, and critical approaches.
New Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new window
A product of a partnership between ATLA and Boston College. The database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. The database contains more than 44,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 16,500 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts (A&I) This link opens in a new window
A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more.
Religion Database (1986 - current) (ProQuest Central) This link opens in a new window
This database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought. Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion.
T&T Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism This link opens in a new window
The T&T Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism is available fully cross-referenced through Theology and Religion Online. It supports students and scholars studying Judaism in the Second Temple Period as well as covering the numerous texts and artefacts related to the period. The work is split into four parts across two volumes, ensuring readers can browse seamlessly between literature, context and historical figures.

Journals

Biblica
Published since 1920 by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Biblica is a research journal and appears four times a year.
It is dedicated to biblical studies on the Old and New Testament, and intertestamentary literature, and covers fields of research, such as exegesis, philology, and history.
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, journal established in 1996 to foster scholarly research on the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Israel’s History and cognate fields of studies.
Journal for the Study of Judaism In the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period
Founded in 1970, the Journal for the Study of Judaism is a leading international journal for scholarly discussions on Jewish history, culture, and literature in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. It provides biblical scholars, classicists, historians, and scholars of Second Temple and early rabbinic literature, with a forum for new scholarship in these fields. The Journal for the Study of Judaism features articles adopting a range of methods, theories, and empirical approaches, as well as an extensive book review section; it occasionally publishes special thematic issues.