Databases

On Bible Odyssey, the world’s leading scholars share the latest historical and literary research on key people, places, and passages of the Bible.

Bible Search & Rescue, a project of the Westar Institute, makes results and tools of academic biblical scholarship available to the general public. The Search feature provides posts on basic information about the bible, while the Rescue feature responds to specific uses of Bible passages and general assumptions about what it says on various topics will be addressed.

Bible Search & Rescue also includes podcasts which offer more discussion on some post topics, interviews with Bible characters, conversations with people whose perspectives have changed based on learning more about biblical scholarship, and more. 

The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) is the first and only comprehensive reference work devoted to the Bible and its reception.

Since the publication of its first two volumes in 2009, EBR has continued to break new ground and is an indispensable reference work not only for theology and religious studies, but also for the humanities, the arts, cultural studies, and the social sciences. As its foundation, the encyclopedia contains the most up-to-date information on the origins and development of the Bible in the canons of Judaism and Christianity. It then documents the history of biblical interpretation and reception, not only in Christianity and Judaism, but also in Islam and other non-Western religious traditions and movements.

Moving beyond the religious realm, it further innovates by recording how biblical texts have been read, interpreted, and integrated into thought, science, and culture throughout the centuries, summarizing the most recent scholarly research on the reception of the Bible in an array of academic disciplines such as classics and archaeology as well as a wide range of cultural and humanistic fields, such as literature, visual arts, music, film, and dance. Its interdisciplinary approach thus transcends a purely theological or religious perspective.

Oxford Bibliographies - Biblical Studies offers an expanding range of research guides and combines features of annotated bibliographies and high-level encyclopedia.

The Oxford Handbooks Online collection is a trusted source for scholarly research reviews. Each Handbook contains in-depth, high-level articles by preeminent scholars reviewing the key issues, analyzing points of contention, and outlining arguments for advancing the discussion. Students and faculty have access to all handbooks in the Religion Collection plus any Oxford Handbook titles that are open access.

Titles included in the Religion collection cover topics such as Religious Space, the Bible and American Popular Culture, the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible, Religion and Race in American History, and much more.

Working Preacher is a ministry brought to you by Luther Seminary. The Working Preacher team believes that God uses good biblical preaching to change lives. They have enlisted biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. On the site you’ll find exegetical material geared to the weekly lectionary, resources and insights on the Craft of Preaching blog, a scripture index, and podcasts.