Hymnology Collections : Ravenscroft’s Book of Psalms TAGS: Divinity | Funk | hymns | music | New College Library | nineteenth-century A guest post from Oreste de Tommasso, one of the Funk Project Cataloguers at New College Library. This item, an edition of the Whole Book of Psalmes, was recently catalogued as …Continue reading →

Twentieth Century Religious Thought now on trial TAGS: Divinity | online | Theology & Ethics Twentieth Century Religious Thought, published by Alexander St Press, is now on trial until 19 December. University of Edinburgh users can access the database at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials.Twentieth Century Religious Thought is a …Continue reading →

Chinese rare books on display for Peking University at Edinburgh Day TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | China | Chinese | Divinity | New College Library | World Christianity New College Library was part of the University of Edinburgh’s Peking at Edinburgh day on Monday 18 November with a display of Chinese items from our Special Collections. These included the beautiful …Continue reading →

In the beginning was the word : Bibles at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | Funk | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century Yesterday we were pleased to welcome staff and students on exchange from Dartmouth College, USA to a classroom session viewing items from New College Library’s historic Bibles collection. Examples included a …Continue reading →

Ancient Language Encyclopedias from Brill now on trial TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | greek | Hebrew | linguistics | online | University of Edinburgh Trial access is now available to the Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Online, and the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics, published by Brill.Access is via the eresources trials …Continue reading →

Religion by numbers : looking at census data TAGS: census | databases | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | research | Scotland | Statistics | University of Edinburgh Want to find out more about how the religious landscape of Scotland today? A significant seminar “The Religious Life of Scotland Today: Insights from the 2011 Census” is being held on …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – November TAGS: anthropology | Books | Buddhism | Hinduism | New College Library | Religious Studies New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. New this month is The anthropology …Continue reading →

New journal for World Christianity TAGS: Africa | Divinity | journals | missions | New College Library | World Christianity Recently added to the collections for Divinity at New College Library is the Journal of African Christian thought : journal of the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre for Mission Research and Applied Theology. …Continue reading →

Looking at the Acta Sanctorum – Life of St Cuthbert TAGS: church history | Funk | Latin | medieval | New College Library | online | rare books | saints | seventeenth-century | University of Edinburgh We welcomed University of Edinburgh MSc Medieval History students today for a tour of New College Library and the chance to see one of the texts they were studying, the …Continue reading →

New College Library’s Torah Scroll TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | book sale | Funk | Hebrew | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library | Special Collections New College Library’s Torah Scroll (Pentateuch) was on display to visitors today in the Funk Reading Room. Scrolls such as these are an integral part of Jewish communal life, being …Continue reading →