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New Testament Studies: Databases

Resources available at Yale Divinity Library for New Testament studies.
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Introduction to Databases

An electronic database is a digitized collection of printed materials, which may vary from books to journal articles to dictionary entries to images to websites. Databases organize their materials according user-friendly categories and keywords (metadata) that make it easier for users to search for and find relevant information (data).

Unlike Google, which uses metadata to point users to data it does not own (websites), these databases often house both metadata and data. Consequently, once you have found useful material, you may generally access it immediately and directly as long as you are on a Yale network.

Finding and Searching Databases

Yale University provides hundreds of (electronic) databases. Before searching within a database students must search for a database. Databases critical to New Testament studies are listed to the right. To search for your own, follow this link:

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Yale also has digitized hundreds of its own collections. Digital archives, as opposed to databases, specialize in historical artifacts (books, notes, drawings, photos, etc.) available at Yale. To search for your own, follow this link:

  • Yale Digital Collections Offers hundreds of digitized items from across the Yale Library system including photographs, maps, book arts, and more.
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Searching within databases varies from database to database. Most offer basic searches for title, author, date, subject, or keyword. Pay attention especially to the keywords and subject headings (metadata) your chosen database uses to organize material.

Databases for New Testament Studies

  • Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive Contains the content of selected journals and books published by the Biblical Archaeology Society.
  • BrillOnline Reference Works Includes over 60 reference titles such as religious and Jewish studies.
  • Hathi Trust Provides online access to thousands of books digitized by the Hathi Trust consortium.
  • Oxford Reference Has access to resources previously used by Oxford Biblical Studies Online. Searchable by "Religion" as subject.
  • New Testament Abstracts Encompasses hundreds of journals and thousands of articles, all featuring NT scholarship.
  • T&T Clark Jesus Library A database that offers students and scholars of religion and biblical studies core resources for studying the life of Jesus and his impact in history and culture. The resource contains a brand new reference work on the Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries as well as topical articles commissioned exclusively for the resource, written by leading academics.

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