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Bloomsbury Theology and Religion Online

Theology and Religion Online https://www.bloomsbury.com/dr/digital-resources/products/theology-religion-online/ A richly layered resource devoted and dedicated to research, study, and teaching in theology, biblical studies, and religious studies. Theology & Religion Online is the digital home to a growing range of resources designed for students and scholars of Theology, Biblical Studies, Religious Studies and related fields, from which libraries can create a bespoke product package to best serve their users. Ranging from exclusive new digital reference products to richly layered thematic collections comprised of audio-visual content, monographs and schol ... read more

Brill Anti Calvin Online

Anti Calvin Online View PDF Flyer Advisor: Malcolm Walsby, University of St Andrews The Catholic Response to Calvin's Writings in Sixteenth-Century France Number of titles: 94 Languages used: French During the sixteenth century, Protestant authors had grasped the importance of winning over the souls and minds of the French people from the outset and the production of Genevan presses was therefore predominantly in French. If the Catholic Church wished to preserve its position in France, it was vital to respond to the gauntlet thrown down by the Calvinist leaders. It is this response, the writings of the French Catholic authors against Calvin and ... read more

Brill Christian Muslim Relations Online I

Christian Muslim Relations Online I 600-1500 General Editor: David Thomas, Alex Mallett Associate Editors: Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala, Johannes Pahlitzsch, Barbara Roggema, Mark Swanson, Herman Teule and John Tolan Online Publication Date: 24 Mar 2010 ISSN: 1877-8054 Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History Online (CMR Online) is a general online history of relations between the faiths. It covers the period from 600 to 1500 CE, when encounters took place through the extended Mediterranean basin and are recorded in Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin and other languages. It comprises introductory essays on the treatment of Christi ... read more

Brill Christian Muslim Relations Online II

Christian Muslim Relations Online II 1500-1900 ISSN: 2451-9537 General Editors: David Thomas and John Chesworth Associate Editors: John Azumah, Clinton Bennett, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, Stanisław Grodź, Andrew Newman, Douglas Pratt View PDF Flyer Christian-Muslim Relations Online 2 (CMRO2) is a bibliographical history of relations between the two faiths as they are reflected in works written by Christians and Muslims about the other and against the other. It covers all parts of the world from the year 1500 to 1914, including the ages of European expansion and colonialism. CMRO2 comprises thousands of comprehensive entrie ... read more

Brill Codices Hugeniani Online

Codices Hugeniani Online Editor: Andre Bouwman Online Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016 ISSN: 2468-0303 View PDF Flyer Codices Hugeniani Online (COHU) offers the fully digitized archive of Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 1695), held at Leiden University Library. The archive includes notebooks and loose leafs with texts in the field of astronomy, mechanics, mathematics and music, as well as correspondence and annotated books. Huygens was a prominent Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist. He published major studies on mechanics and optics, and a pioneer work on games of chance. He is famous for his discovery of the rings of Saturn an ... read more

Brill Coptic Gnostic Library Online

Coptic Gnostic Library Online Subject: Biblical Studies and Early Christianity General Editor: James M. Robinson ISSN: 2214-8426 ?View PDF Flyer The Coptic Gnostic Library Online continues where the Dead Sea Scrolls left off. Our main sources of information for the Gnostic religion are the so-called Nag Hammadi codices, written in Coptic. The Coptic Gnostic Library is the only authoritative edition of many of the Coptic writings of the Gnostics from the first centuries AD. It was originally published by Brill in fourteen hardback volumes as part of the Nag Hammadi. James M. Robinson † was Professor ... read more

Brill Critical Editions of the New Testament Online

Critical Editions of the New Testament Online The Greek Text, Versions, and Transcriptions of Manuscripts Online Advisor: Dr. David C. Parker ISSN: 2405-4461 This collection, earlier published in a microfiche collection by IDC Publishers, makes available the principal critical editions of the New Testament for the first time in a single collection online, including lists of variant readings and collections of manuscript transcriptions and collations from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. In addition, a number of the most useful editions of the ancient versions and of ancillary materials have been inc ... read more

Brill Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non Biblical Texts

Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts ISSN: 2542-3525 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English For the first time in history the texts and images of all the Dead Sea Scrolls are available in their totality on the Internet. The publication of the scrolls has been completed in 2009, and research is being conducted in the whole world on the basis of the official paper editions. However, at the same time there is an ever growing need to make these editions available on the internet, and Brill has now succeeded in making these available online. Based on the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Lib ... read more

Brill Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism Online

The Brill Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism Online Online Publication Date: 31 Oct 2006 ISSN: 1873-8338 Editor: Wouter J. Hanegraaff View PDF Flyer Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism, now also Online, is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the entire domain of “Gnosis and Western Esotericism” from the period of Late Antiquity to the present. Containing around 400 articles by over 180 international specialists, it provides critical overviews discussing the nature and historical development of all its important currents and manifestations, from Gnosticism and Hermetism to Astrology, Al ... read more

Brill Dictionary of Religion Online

The Brill Dictionary of Religion Online Editor: Kocku von Stuckrad View PDF Flyer Online Publication Date: 19 Sep 2006 ISSN: 1872-5287 The impressively comprehensive Brill Dictionary of Religion Online (BDR) addresses religion as an element of daily life and public discourse. Richly illustrated and with more than 500 entries, the dictionary is a multi-media reference source on the many and various forms of religious commitment. It is unusual in that it not only addresses the different theologies and doctrinal declarations of the official institutionalized religions but it also gives equal weight and consideration to a mult ... read more

Brill Encyclopaedia of Judaism Online

Encyclopaedia of Judaism Online Editor: Alan J. Avery-Peck Online Publication Date: 26 Oct 2006 ISSN: 1872-9029 View PDF Flyer The prize-winning Encyclopaedia of Judaism is now available online. More than 200 entries comprising more than 1,000,000 words. This unique reference tool offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and systematic presentation of the current state of scholarship on fundamental issues of Judaism, both past and present. While heavy emphasis is placed on the classical literature of Judaism and its history, it also includes principal entries on circumcision, genetic engineering, homosexuality, intermarriage in Am ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online 2020

Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online Editor: Various Authors & Editors View PDF Flyer ISSN: 2467-9666 Online 2020 Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism is the first comprehensive academic reference work devoted to the plurality of Buddhist traditions across Asia, offering readers a balanced and detailed treatment of this complex phenomenon in six thematically arranged volumes: literature and languages (I, publ. 2015), lives (II, publ. 2019), thought (III), history (IV), life and practice (V), index and remaining issues (VI). Each volume contains substantial original essays by many of the world’s foremost scholars, essays which not ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Christianity Online

The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online Editor: John Mbiti Online Publication Date: 22 Mar 2011 ISSN: 2211-2685 Online Foreword Publishers' Preface Introduction Abbreviations This online encyclopedia describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history. Based on the third, revised edition of the critically acclaimed German work Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon, this comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia includes all 5 volumes of the print edition of 1999-2008. It has become a standard reference work for the study of Christianity past and present. ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online

Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online ISSN: 2589-7993 Publisher: Brill Subjects: General, Biblical Studies General Editors: David G. HUNTER, University of Kentucky, United States, Paul J.J. van GEEST, Tilburg University, Netherlands, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (BEEC) focuses on the history of early Christianity, covering texts, authors, and ideas. The BEEC aims both to provide a critical review of the methods used in Early Christian Studies and also to update the history of scholarship. The BEEC addresses a range of traditions, including iconographic, marty ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Law and Religion Online

Encyclopedia of Law and Religion Online Edited by: Gerhard Robbers and W. Cole Durham ISSN: 2405-9749 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English In recent years, issues of freedom of religion or belief and state-religion relations have become increasingly important worldwide. The Encyclopedia of Law and Religion, unique in its breadth and global coverage, provides an important foundational resource for study of these issues. The encyclopedia covers the relation between law and religion in its various aspects, including those related to the role of religion in society, the relations between religion and s ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Sikhism Online

Brill's Encyclopedia of Sikhism Online ISSN: 2589-2118 www.referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/brill-s-encyclopedia-of-sikhism Edited by: Knut A. Jacobsen, University of Bergen, Gurinder Mann Singh, Global Institute of Sikh Studies, Kristina Myrvold, Linnaeus University, Eleanor Nesbitt professor emerita Sikhism is one of the most important religious traditions of South Asian origin. Sikhs are historically connected to the Punjab region in South Asia, but their religious traditions are transnational and have a worldwide presence. The study of their history and traditions has become a significant field of scholarship and ... read more

Brill Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online

Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online ISSN: 2214-8728 View PDF Flyer Subject: Biblical Studies and Early Christianity Edited by: Ekkehard Mülenberg and Giulio Maspero Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online is the indispensable online reference text for any philological, philosophical and theological research on Gregory of Nyssa, the Greek Church Fathers, Church history and Late Antique thought in general. Is the ultimate online critical text edition of Gregory of Nyssa's works based on all available known manuscripts, introduced with a complete discussion of the textual transmission and accompanied by extensive annotations on the biblical, cla ... read more

Brill Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Online

The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Online By Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson Online Publication Date: 08 Jun 2017 ISSN: 2352-3433 The third edition of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner’s Hebrew dictionary ‘The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament’ is widely acclaimed as the most up-to-date dictionary for the Old Testament and related literature in classical Hebrew and Aramaic and is now available online. The study edition has proven to be a valuable resource for scholars and students. Combining scholarly thoroughne ... read more

Brill Huguenots Online

The Huguenots Online Advisor: Andrew Pettegree This collection offers a comprehensive survey of the original writings of the French Huguenot authors, from the radical dissent in the 1530s through to the end of the century. The selection privileges first and foremost original writings of authors writing within France and for an exclusively French audience. View PDF Flyer Number of titles: 121 Languages used: French Location of originals: Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris; Bibliothèque Méjanes, Aix-en-Provence; Bibliothèque municipale de Bordeaux; Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon; Bibliothèque municipale de ... read more

Brill Hungarian Reformation Online

The Hungarian Reformation Online View PDF Flyer Number of titles: 98 Languages used: Hungarian and Latin Location of originals: National Széchényi Library, Budapest The texts of Hungarian reformers, whether Lutheran, Calvinist, Catholic, or Anti-Trinitarian have hitherto been virtually unknown to the scholarly community. For the first time, this collection of primary sources offers a comprehensive survey of the original writings of the Hungarian reformers. It includes texts from the period of the first stirrings of reform in the 1540s through to works written for the established churches of the region during the 1650s. It ... read more

Brill Italian Reformation Online

The Italian Reformation Online Advisor: Emidio Campi View PDF Flyer Number of titles: 189 Languages used: mainly Italian and Latin, also English, French and German Location of originals: Central National Library, Florence The theological profile of the Italian reformation has not been researched in sufficient depth. Obviously, such an exploration will require specific knowledge of the primary texts. Critical editions, however, are very rarely available. This collection offers a synopsis of the diversity of the manifestations of the Italian Reformation and will, therefore, facilitate research in this fascinating, still largely fallow area. ... read more

Brill Lexicon Gregorianum Online

Lexicon Gregorianum Online Subject: Biblical Studies and Early Christianity Edited by: Friedhelm Mann (Vol. 1 to 9) and Kyriakos Savvides ISSN: 2214-8655 View PDF Flyer The Lexicon Gregorianum Online is an indispensable tool for any philological, philosophical and theological research on Gregory of Nyssa, the Greek Church Fathers, Church history and Late Antique thought in general. The result of more than three decades of dedicated scholarly research by the Forschungsstelle Gregor von Nyssa (Münster), the Lexicon Gregorianum constitutes the most comprehensive Greek-German dictionary ever of the language used by Gregor ... read more

Brill Moses Maimonides Online

Moses Maimonides, Unparalleled Editions Online View PDF Flyer One of the greatest Jewish sages of all times, Moses Maimonides, was not only an outstanding legal authority, compelling philosopher, and accomplished physician, but also the most influential Jewish spiritual leader of his age. The present selection of his works is wide in scope, since it embraces virtually the entire spectrum of Maimonides’ literary output. The sources collected here include the newly digitized original Unparalleled Editions collection of 290 microfiches containing 58 titles which are mostly Hebrew printed editions as well as imprints from the 16th up to and including the 20th cent ... read more

Brill Nag Hammadi Bibliography Online

Brill’s Nag Hammadi Bibliography Online (NHBO) Compiled and edited by: Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Brill’s Nag Hammadi Bibliography Online (NHBO) is a cross-searchable database of books, articles and reviews, which contribute to the study of Gnosticism and early Christianity. The main objective of the NHBO is facilitating the work and international collaboration of all scholars working in this field. The NHBO succeeds and builds upon the comprehensive but now outdated three-volume Nag Hammadi Bibliography by the late D.M. Scholer. In addition to the data collated by Scholer, the new NH ... read more

Brill Quranic Studies Online

Qur'anic Studies Online Qur'anic Studies Online gives access to: Encyclopaedia of the Qur’?n Online is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur’?nic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur’?nic studies. Early Western Korans Online is a collection of 62 korans printed in Arabic type in several Western European cities between 1537 and 1857. Qur??n Concordance is a unique finding aid which allows users to identify and localize text fragments, or even snippets, of the Qur??n. Dictionary of Qur??nic Usage&nb ... read more

Brill Reformation Year eBook Collection

Brill Reformation Year E-Book Collection Outright Purchase Price 8.600,00 Euro SPECIAL OFFER FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE: From the discounted price (EUR8600) we can grant further discount of 10% The offer is valid until 31st of December 2017. Subject: History Early Modern History History Church History ISBN13: 9789004343122, Copyright Year: 2017, Format: E-Book, Language: English Subject: History Early Modern History; History Church History Reformation Year E-Book Collection Full Catalogue The Brill Reformation Year E-Book Collection offers ... read more

Brill Religion Past and Present

Religion Past and Present Online Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion ISSN: 1877-5888 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English Videos and Tutorials Religion Past and Present (RPP) Online SK Go to Online Edition Edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning †, Bernd Janowski and Eberhard Jüngel This English edition is available as a set with the German version Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. For more details and pricing see Religion Past and Present Online & Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Religion Past and Present (RPP) Online&nbs ... read more

Brill Sacramentum Mundi Online

Sacramentum Mundi Online Edited by: Karl Rahner with Cornelius Ernst and Kevin Smyth. Advisor for the online edition: Karen Kilby, Durham University ISSN: 2468-483X Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English Sacramentum Mundi Online is the online edition of the famous six volume English reference work in Catholic Theology, edited (in 1968-1970) by Karl Rahner, one of the main Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Sacramentum Mundi: An Encyclopedia of Theology was originally published by Herder Verlag, and is now available online at Brill. Karl Rahner, together with Adolph Darlap, began work on ... read more

Brill Slavonic Bibles Online

Slavonic Bibles Online View PDF Flyer Number of titles: 40 Languages used: Old Church Slavonic, as well as Belorussian, Ukrainian, and Russian translations of Old Church Slavonic Location of originals: Lomonosov Moscow State University Library Collection of the earliest part of the Slavonic early printed books of the Moscow University Library, consisting of 40 Slavonic bibles and Cyrillic religious books printed in the 15th and 16th centuries, including editions of the Gospels, New Testaments, Acts and Epistles, and Psalms. Contents Background For more information, open free trial or to place an order, contact: Jacek Lewinson Mobi:+48 502 603 ... read more

Brill Textual History of the Bible Online

Textual History of the Bible Online Edited by: Armin Lange (General Editor), Emanuel Tov, Matthias Henze, Frank Feder, and Russell E. Fuller ISSN: 2452-4107 The Textual History of the Bible Online (THBO) is unique in providing, for the first time, a cross-searchable platform with all available information regarding the textual history, textual character, translation techniques, manuscripts, and the importance of each textual witness for each book of the Hebrew Bible, including its deutero-canonical scriptures. In addition, it includes articles on the history of research, the editorial histories of the Hebrew Bible, as well as other aspects of text-crit ... read more

Brill The Context of Scripture Online

The Context of Scripture Online Online Publication Date: 15 Apr 2011 ISSN: 2211-436X General Editor: William W. Hallo Associate Editor: K. Lawson Younger, Jr. Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World View PDF Flyer The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colourful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. The online version makes the content of this unique and valuable reference work even more accessible. Designed as a thorough and enduring reference work for all engaged in the study of th ... read more

Brill Vocabulary for the Study of Religion Online

Vocabulary for the Study of Religion Online Edited by Robert A. Segal (University of Aberdeen) and Kocku von Stuckrad (University of Groningen) ISSN: 2212-2524 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English The academic study of religion has been an interdisciplinary endeavor since its inception at the end of the nineteenth century. Much of the theoretical vocabulary that is needed to study religion has been imported from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences. It is the strength of the academ ... read more

Brill World Christian Database

World Christian Database worldchristiandatabase.org Video/tutorial Brill World Christian Database EN The World Christian Database (WCD), which complements the World Religion Database, was completely refurbished in 2018. It includes detailed information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethno-linguistic peoples, as well as on 5,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. This extraordinary database is an invaluable reference tool for professionals, scholars, students, agencies, health organizations, and news media. I ... read more

Brill World Religion Database

World Religion Database worldreligiondatabase.org International Religious Demographic Statistics and Sources Online Publication Date: 05 Jan 2010 ISSN: 1876-1410 Flyer The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country in the world. It is the major source to render a definitive picture of international religious demography. The provides both current and historical data, as well as sophisticated forecasts of future developments. For each of the world’s religions, best estimates at multiple dates for the period 1900 to 2050 are given. The also offers access to the sources which ... read more

DeGruyter Encyclopedia of Jewish Christian Relations Online 2020

www.ejcr-project.com Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations Online Managing Editor: Ehrensperger, Kathy Ed. by Homolka, Walter / Kampling, Rainer / Levine, Amy-Jill / Markschies, Christoph / Schäfer, Peter / Thurner, Martin Online Version (Purchase Option) ISSN 2569-353 Language: English Readership: Theology, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Studies of Interfaith Relations, History of Interfaith Relations. Foundational work in 200 entries: Two thousand years of Jewish-Christian interaction Joint perspectives and new avenues for the future Target readership: Scholars, academics, students Access to ahead-of-print articles, i.e., not yet availab ... read more

DeGruyter Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online Ed. by Helmer, Christine / McKenzie, Steven Linn / Römer, Thomas Chr. / Schröter, Jens / Walfish, Barry Dov / Ziolkowski, Eric One-time purchase of base content (RRP), subsequently annual update fee for new content ISSN 2193-2840 The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online has been selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2020. CHOICE is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. EBR Online is one of only 11 digital resources chosen. It has been recognized with this award due to the excellence o ... read more

DeGruyter Images of the Biblical World Online

Images of the Biblical World Online Archive Benedikt Schwank, Beuron Ed. by Zwickel, Wolfgang One-time purchase of all content Comprehensive and illustrative material that can be used for academic courses 24,825 photographies from Bible-related places in the Mediterranean world (Holy Land, Turkey, Italy, Egypt, Syria etc.), taken 1952 to 2004 Pictures of excavations, buildings, landscapes and realia (plants, animals, scenes from daily life, coins, details from objects of sacred art) Images are indexed by description, place, date of photography, geographical index Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / insti ... read more

DeGruyter Religion and Urbanity Online 2020

Religion and Urbanity Online Edited by: Susanne Rau and Jörg Ruepke Database De Gruyter 30 Jun 2020 200 entries – case studies and theoretical texts Open Access and ahead-of-print Interdisciplinary and trans-regional 3 printed volumes upon completion Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / institution-wide Religion and Urbanity Online will present important research contributions on religious change and the change of urban spaces and above all urban forms of life, practices and discourses on urbanness in Europe, the circum-Mediterranean region and South Asia. It wi ... read more

DeGruyter Theologische Realenzyklopadie Online

Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online One-time purchase of all content Comprehensive research tool in theology An exact reproduction of the complete text (more than 28,000 pages) All illustrations, maps, graphics and tables included in the printed volumes of TRE A comprehensive search engine which allows detailed researches Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / institution-wide Aims and Scope The Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) [Theological Encyclopedia] is a modern specialist encyclopaedia comprising 36 volumes of text (1976–2004) representing the present state of theological ... read more