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Early Church

Here are a few suggestions to help you locate information on the Early Church

• B 51 R68 1998 (2LB-REF)
  Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  10 volumes
  Also available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the Web
• BL 31 E56 2005 (2LB-REF)
  Encyclopedia of Religion
  14 volumes
  Also available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web
  
 
• BM 50 E528 1999 (2LB-REF)
  The Encyclopedia of Judaism
  4 vols.
  See especially:
  - v. 1 "Christianity on Judaism in Ancient and Medieval Times" p. 63-77
  


• BM 155.2 C35 1984 v.3 (2LB-REF)
  The Cambridge History of Judaism
  This volume focuses on the Early Roman Period with chapters on Gentiles and Judaism, the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, baptist sects, Samaritans, Jewish Christianity, Jesus and Paul from the Jewish point of view, Josephus, Qumran texts, etc. 


• BR 66.5 L4913 2000 (2LB-REF)
  Dictionary of Early Christian Literature


• BR 95 B56 2000 (2LB-REF)
  Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians


• BR 66.5 D5913 1992 (2LB-REF)
  Encyclopedia of the Early Church
  2 volumes
• BR 95 C3 1907 (4LT)
  Dictionnaire d'Archeologie Chretienne et de Liturgie
  15 volumes in 30
  - articles on art, institutions, liturgy and rites of the early Church up till the time of Charlemagne
• BR 95 K42 1950 (4LT)
  Reallexikon fur Antike und Christentum
  19 volumes, BD. 1 -
• BR 95 S5 (2LB-REF)
  Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, comprising the History, Institutions and Antiquities of the Christian Church, from the time of the Apostles to the age of Charlemagne
  2 volumes
• BR 162.2 E52 1997 (2LB-REF)
  Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
  2 volumes
• BS 440 A53 1992 (2LB-REF)
  The Anchor Bible Dictionary
  6 volumes
• BS 2650.2 D53 1993 (2LB-REF)
  Dictionary of Paul and His Letters
• BX 130.5 C66 1991 (2LB-REF)
  Coptic Encyclopedia
  8 volumes
• BX 841 N48 2003 (2LB-REF)
  New Catholic Encylopedia
  15 volumes
• BX 4655.8 B52 1961 (2LB-REF)
  Bibliotheca Sanctorum
  12 volumes
• D114 D53 1982 (2LB-REF)
  Dictionary of the Middle Ages
  13 volumes
  - Covers 500 - 1500 CE
• DE 5 098 2003 (2LB-REF)
  Oxford Classical Dictionary
• PA 881 B38 1979 (2LB-REF)
  Greek-English Lexicon for the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

PATROLOGIES include:

• BR 67 A46 1978 (4LT)
  Altaner, Berthold. Patrology

BR 67 Q3 1962 (2LB-REF)
Quasten, Johannes. Patrology
4 volumes

• BR 60 K821 1897 (2LB-REF)
  Kruger, Gustav. History of Early Christian Literature
• D 57 C17 1970(2LB-REF)
  Cambridge Ancient History
  14 volumes

• BM 535 S44 1988 (2LB-REF)
  Jewish-Christian Relations : an annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide
  - See sections II B "First-Century Judaism and the Emergence of Christianity and II C "Patristic/Talmudic Period"
• BR 65 A65 D66 1991(2LB-REF)
  Augustine's De Civitate Dei : an annotated bibliography of modern criticism, 1960-1990

BR 60 A65 G42 1974 (2LB-REF)
Clavis Patrum Graecorum
4 volumes

• BR 162.2 R63 1993 (2LB-REF)
  The Early Church: an annotated bibliography of literature in English
• BS 600.2 F56 1990 (2LB-REF)
  Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture
• BT 198 H84 1988 (2LB-REF)
  New Testament Christology: a critical assessment and annotated bibliography
• BX 800 A1 S32 v. 3 1961 (2LB-REF)
  Clavis Patrum Latinorum (index by Dekkers)
• HQ 1587 F72 1982 v. 1 (2LB-REF)
  Women in Western European History: a select chronological, geographical and topical bibliography from antiquity to the French Revolution. See also supplement volume.

• Philosopher's Index
  
• ATLA Religion Database
  This major index to Religious studies also provides some full-text
  
• BR 67 B52 (4LT)
  Bibliographia Patristica, v. 1, 1956-
  
• BS 410 E642 (2LB-REF)
  Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, v. 60, 1984-
  - Last 5 year in 2LB-REF, older volumes on 4LT.
  
• BS 410 N45 (2LB-REF)
  New Testament Abstracts, v. 1, 1956-
  - Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
  
• International Medieval Bibliography
  
• L'Annee Philologique
  - major index to the classical world
  
• Project Muse
  - full text archive of over 300 journals including Journal of Early Christian Studies.
  
• JSTOR
  - full text archive of over 580 journals including Vetus Testamentum and Vigiliae Christianae.

• G 1046 E4 M431 1966 (2LT-ATLAS)
  Atlas of the Early Christian World

• BR 60 C652( 4LT and 2LB-REF)
  Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina, 1954-
  - Also available electronically as CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts on standalone workstation 219
  - Latin texts from antiquity to modern times - includes works from collections such as Sources Chretiennes, Migne's Patrologia , Acta Sanctorum etc.
• BR 60 C65 (4LT)
  Corpus Christianorum. Series Graeca, 1977-
• BR 60 M53 (4LT)
  Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina
  221 volumes (Migne)
  - Also available electronically on the Patrologica Latina database
• BR 60 M54 (4LT)
  Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Graeca
  161 volumes (Migne)
• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
  Available electronically via the web.

• BR 60 A5 (4LT)
  The Ante-Nicene fathers: translations of the writings of the fathers down to A.D. 325
  10 volumes


• BR 60 S4 1890 (4LT)
  A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church
  14 volumes

Also check the library catalogue (keyword search in the series title field)
to see what volumes we hold for the following series:

     Loeb Classical Library
     Ancient Christian Writers
     Classics of Western Spirituality
     Fathers of the Church
     Library of Christian Classics
     Cistercian Studies Series
     Oxford Studies Series