Humanities and Social Sciences Library

(McLennan-Redpath)

Literature and the Bible:a selective list of reference sources

This guide lists items found mainly in the HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY (McLennan-Redpath), unless otherwise indicated. Many more
titles are available in McGill Libraries. Please check MUSE, McGill’s online catalogue for others. You can search MUSE by aithor, title, subject, and keyword.
Please ask library staff at the Reference Desk for assistance.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: http://www.library.mcgill.ca/human/subguide/english.htm

http://www.library.mcgill.ca/human/subguide/relstud.htm

GUIDES & HANDBOOKS & DICTIONARIES

Cambridge Companion to the Bible Ref BS475.2 C26 1997
Complete Bible Handbook Ref BS475.2 B69 1998
Complete Literary Guide to the Bible Ref BS535 C56 1993
Dictionary of Biblical Allusions in English Literature Ref PR145 F8
Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature Ref PR149 B5 D53 1992
Dictionary of the Bible Ref BS440 B73 1996
Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs Ref PN43 D48 1988
Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible Ref BS680 G57 D53 1995
Dictionnaire de la Bible dans la littérature française Ref PQ145.1 B5 J85 2003
Harper Collins Bible Dictionary Ref BS440 H237 1996
New Bible Dictionary (Third Edition) Ref BS440 N434 1996
Harper’s Bible Dictionary Ref BS440 H237 1985

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Concise encyclopedia of language and religion Ref P41 C65 2001
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics 12 vols. Ref BL31 E5x
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 4 vols. Ref BS440 I6 1979

ATLASES
Atlas of the Biblical World Ref G2230 B35 1971
Harper Atlas of the Bible Ref G2230 H47 1987
Macmillan Bible Atlas (Third Edition) Ref G2230 A2 1993
New Atlas of the Bible Ref G2230 N4x

PERIODICAL INDEXES & ABSTRACTS: PRINT RESOURCES

Essay and General Literature Index 1900- Ref AI3 E752
Religious and Theological Abstracts 1958- Ref BR1 R286

BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Literary-Critical Approaches to the Bible:an Annotated Bibliography + Suppl Ref Z7770 M66 1992/1996
The Bible and Modern Literary Criticism: Critical Assessment and Bibliography Ref Z7770 P68 1992
Women in the Biblical World: a Study Guide Ref Z7770 G77 1995

Literature and the Bible.doc LW November 07 2001 last revision: (AS) Jan 15, 2004