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Année Philologique
is the international bibliography of record for the field of classical studies; contains information about publications of all kinds dealing with every aspect of Greco-Roman antiquity. Monographs, articles, dissertations, book reviews, etc. Includes works on early Christian texts.
ATLA Religion Database
provides electronic access by author, title, subject, and keyword to articles published in periodicals and journals, essays and articles published in multi-author monographs, and book reviews in the fields of religion and theology. Coverage includes most of the major journals for patristics and early church history, including Church History (full-text), Journal of Early Christian Studies, Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum, Vigiliae Christianae (full-text) and the Patristic and Byzantine Review.
Patrologiae Graecae
Patrologia Graeca contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439.
Patrologia Latina
The Patrologia Latina Database (PLD) is a comprehensive electronic version of the Latin portion of Jacques-Paul Migne's massive Patrologiae Cursus Completus, including notes, glosses and indexes.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae has collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in 1453 CE. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. Before you begin, you may select a Greek font for your session. A polytonic Greek font must be installed on your computer in order to view some work titles that appear in Greek. To save your searches and set your default preferences, you need to establish a personal account.
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The new Cambridge history of the Bible : from the beginnings to 600 by James Carleton Paget (Editor); Joachim Schaper (Editor)
ISBN: 9780521859387
Publication Date: 2013
Recent years have witnessed significant discoveries of texts and artefacts relevant to the study of the Old and New Testaments and remarkable shifts in scholarly methods of study. The present volume mirrors the increasing specialization of Old Testament studies, including the Hebrew and Greek Bibles, and reflects rich research activity that has unfolded over the last four decades in Pentateuch theory, Septuagint scholarship, Qumran studies and early Jewish exegesis of biblical texts. The second half of the volume discusses the period running from the New Testament to 600, including chapters on the Coptic, Syriac and Latin bibles, the 'Gnostic' use of the scriptures, pagan engagement with the Bible, the use of the Bible in Christian councils and in popular and non-literary culture. A fascinating in-depth account of the reception of the Bible in the earliest period of its history.