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The Ancient Studies Room

The Ancient Studies Room is located in room 5431

Context of Scripture Online

Designed as a thorough and enduring reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the ancient Near East, Context of Scripture provides reliable access to a broad, balanced, and representative collection of Ancient Near Eastern texts that have an impact on the interpretation of the Bible. Each entry includes an introduction to the text, an authoritative translation, commentary, and bibliographic references.

Articles

ABZU
A Near Eastern Studies website maintained by several universities and scholarly societies, and provides public domain scholarly tools. It contains reference to archaeological excavation reports, editions of ancient and modern texts, core early monographs, dictionaries, journals, and reports.

ATLA Religion Database (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
While specifically a religion database, ATLA contains many ancient studies related topics, especially related to biblical texts and other ancient religions.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Even though very broad this can be a wonderful tool especially as a reverse citation search engine [search for an article and select the link "Cited by" to see who has cited that article since its publication].

eBooks

Encyclopedia of Ancient History
The only comprehensive collection of twenty-first century scholarship available on the entire ancient Mediterranean world. Our board of experienced and internationally diverse editors has collected over 5,000 original entries spanning the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE. Entries extend to all Mediterranean civilizations, including the Near East and Egypt, and represent an unprecedented level of coverage of the ancient world.

Context of Scripture (Brill) This link opens in a new window
Designed as a thorough and enduring reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the ancient Near East, Context of Scripture provides reliable access to a broad, balanced, and representative collection of Ancient Near Eastern texts that have an impact on the interpretation of the Bible. Each entry includes an introduction to the text, an authoritative translation, commentary, and bibliographic references.