About This Guide
This guide provides an overview of the content and functionality of five online dictionaries and encyclopedias in Barbour Library's digital collection: The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, The Brill Dictionary of Religion Online, The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online, The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online, and The History of Global Christianity Online.
Articles and Databases
Links to the online dictionaries and encyclopedias in this guide can also be found on the Barbour Library website, under "Articles and Databases" on the Research tab, along with many other useful databases, ebooks, and abstracts.
Electronic Resources
For more general information on the library's electronic resources, click on the link below.
Links and Descriptions for Online Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary This link opens in a new windowThe Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary is a six-volume state-of-the-art dictionary of the Bible offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and topics.
- Brill Dictionary of Religion Online This link opens in a new windowContains more than 500 entries that addresses religion as an element of daily life and public discourse, the different theologies and doctrinal declarations of the official institutionalized religions, and gives equal weight and consideration to a multiplicity of other religious phenomena.
- Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online This link opens in a new windowFocuses on the history of early Christian texts, authors, and ideas. Its content is intended to bridge the gap between the fields of New Testament studies and patristics, covering the whole period of early Christianity up to 600 CE.
- Encyclopedia of Christianity Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes all five volumes of the print edition that describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history. It also looks outward beyond Christianity, considering other world religions and philosophies in which Christianity finds itself.
- History of Global Christianity Online This link opens in a new windowThis resource deals with the history of Christianity and its global development over the past five centuries. Contains both the English and German versions.
