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Origins of Christianity (100 BCE- 200 CE)

Here are a few suggestions to help you to locate information on Early Christianity.

The works listed below, unless otherwise noted, are all housed in the MacKimmie Library Reference collection on the second floor of the Library Block (2LB).

DICTIONARIES and ENCYCLOPEDIAS which contain information on Early Christianity include the following titles located on 2LB:

• BM 50 E528 1999
  The Encyclopedia of Judaism
  4 vols.
  See especially:
  - v. 1 "Christianity on Judaism in Ancient and Medieval Times" p. 63-77
  - v. 2 "Judaism, History of, Part II: Second Temple Times" p. 601-617
• BM 155.2 C35 1984 v.3
  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 D5913 1992
  Encyclopedia of the Early Church
  2 vols.
• BR 95 08 1997
  Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
  Ed. by F.L. Cross and E.A. Livingston
• BR 162.2 E52 1997
  Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
  2 vols.
• BS 440 A53 1992
  The Anchor Bible Dictionary
  6 vols.
• BS 440 D49 1990
  A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation
  Ed. By R.J. Coggins and J.L. Houlden
• BS 440 H32
  Hastings, James. Dictionary of the Bible
  5 vols.
• BS 440 163
  Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
  4 vols. and supplement





• BS 500 D53 1999
  Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation Ed. by John Hayes
• BS 2312 E9313 1990
  Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
  3 vols.
• BS 2625.5 D53 1997
  Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Development

• BS 2650.2 D53 1993
  Dictionary of Paul and His Letters
• BX 841 N48 2003
  New Catholic Encyclopedia
  15 vols.
  Also have the 1967 edition
• PA 881 B38 2000
  Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature Second edition
• PA 881 K5613 1964
  Theological dictionary of the New Testament
  Ed. by G. Kittel. 10 vols.

COMMENTARIES

• BS 192.2 A1
  Anchor Bible 1964- , v.1-
  

HANDBOOKS include:

• BS 417 D34 1993
  Danker, Frederick W. Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study
• BS 417 S67 2001
  Soulen, Richard N. Handbook of Biblical Criticism
• BS 445 C3 1963
  Cambridge history of the Bible
  3 volumes
• BS 501 A1 H57 1998
  Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters
• BS 2361.2 B25 1992
  Literary Forms in the New Testament: a handbook
• BS 2560 073 1982
  A Synopsis of the Four Gospels in a New Translation

PERIODICAL ARTICLES about Early Christianity can be found by using BIBLIOGRAPHIES and INDEXES located on 2LB.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES include:

• BM 535 S44 1988
  Jewish-Christian Relations: an annotated bibliography and resource guide
  See section - "First-Century Judaism and the Emergence of Christianity" p. 21-40
• BR 162.2 R63 1993
  The Early Church: an annotated bibliography of Literature in English
• BS 410 L34 1972
  Biblical Bibliography 1930-1983
  3 vols.
• BS 535 G66 1979
  Gottcent, John H. The Bible as Literature: a selective bibliography
• BS 600.2 F56 1990
  Fitzmyer, Joseph A. An Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture
• BS 680 L33 W44 1990
  A Biblical Law Bibliography - covers material on the New Testament, including a section on Paul and the Law p. 131 - 135
• BS 2310 H37 1985
  Harrington, Daniel J. The New Testament: a bibliography
• BS 2330.2 A53 1987
  Tools for Bibliographical and Background Research on the New Testament
• BS 2556 M48 1966
  Metzger, B.M. Index to Periodical Literature on Christ and the Gospels
• BS 2506 M47 1993
  Mills, Watson E. An Index to Periodical Literature on the Apostle Paul
• BS 2575.2 W33 1983
  An exegetical bibliography of the New Testament
• BS 2625 M36 1966
  Mattill, A.J. and Mattill, M.B. A classified bibliography of Literature on the Acts of the Apostles
• BT 198 H84 1988
  Hultgren, Arland J. New Testament Christology: a critical assessment and annotated bibliography

INDEXES include:

• ATLA Religion Database
  This major index to Religious studies articles published from 1949 to the present is available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff. Full text is available for a number of the journals.
You may also connect using " Article Indexes" on the Library Home Page
• BS 410 E52
  Elenchus of Biblica, formerly called Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus
  v. 49, 1968-
• BS 410 A1156
  Internationale Zeitschriftenschau fur Biblewissenschaft und Grenzgebiete, International review of Biblical studies,
  1951/52-
  - last 5 years in the reference collection on 2LB; earlier years on 4LT.
• BS 410 E642
  Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses,
  v. 60, 1984-
  - last 5 years in the reference collection on 2LB; earlier years on 4LT.
• BS 410 N45
  New Testament Abstracts,
  v. 1, 1956-
  - Also available electronically on standalone on workstation 219.

ATLASES

• BS 630 W7 1956
  Wright, George Ernest and Filson, Floyd Vician
  The Westminister historical atlas to the Bible

CONCORDANCES

• BS 425 S76 1894
  Strong, James. Exhaustive concordance of the Bible
• BS 2305 M65 1979
  Morrison, Clinton. An Analytical concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the New Testament