From tablets to computer screens; digitising some of the oldest texts at the University TAGS: Biblical Studies | digitisation | New College Library | Special Collections by Elin Crotty, Archive & Library Assistant, New College Over the past few months, the two New College Archive and Library Assistants (ALAs) have been liaising with the Cultural Heritage …Continue reading →

Judaism and Jewish Studies: the work of John ‘Rabbi’ Duncan and Adolph Saphir TAGS: 19th century | Adolph Saphir | Biblical Studies | Christianity | Church of Scotland | Hebrew | Jewish | Jewish Studies | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | John Duncan | Judaism | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | nineteenth-century New College Library holds collections of and about a number of individuals who gathered material and wrote extensively on Judaism and Jewish Studies, motivated by their interest in the conversion …Continue reading →

Digital Resource trials for Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies May 2018 TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | greek | HCA | Hebrew | Jewish We have four new digital resource trials for Biblical Studies this month. They’re all accessible from the E-resource trials web page. Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts offers …Continue reading →

Resources for Christian ministry and worship at New College Library TAGS: Biblical Studies | Church of Scotland | CPD | Free Church of Scotland | Hymnology | New College Library Today New College welcomes ministers and worship leaders to a CPD day focusing on Biblical resources. Topics include current scholarship on the Gospel of John and Advent themes in the Hebrew …Continue reading →

Christian-Muslim Encounters in Texts TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Christianity | islam | Muslims | New College Library This week, the School of Divinity hosts the first conference of the Global Network for Christian-Muslim Studies,  Reframing Christian-Muslim Encounter : Theological and Philosophical Perspectives. In a new display in New College Library, …Continue reading →

Jewish Studies Collections at New College library : early books TAGS: Biblical Studies | Hebrew | Jewish | Judaism | rare books | seventeenth-century | sixteenth-century This week New College welcomes the British Association for Jewish Studies Conference to Edinburgh. Delegates are welcome to visit New College Library where they’ll find a display of Jewish Studies …Continue reading →

Window to a Sixth-Century Scriptorium TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | greek | New College Library | students A post from guest curator Elijah Hixson, PhD student, School of Divinity This month’s student led display at New College Library features the facsimile Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus, which is on display at …Continue reading →

Travel writing from the Holy Land : The William Fulton Jackson Collection TAGS: Biblical Studies | Egypt | Israel | Palestine | twentieth-century A post by guest curator Suzi Higton, School of Divinity The books of intrepid travel writers whose adventures span from Jerusalem to Cairo feature throughout the collections at New College Library …Continue reading →

Last chance to see! Given in Good Faith : Scripture TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Funk | Hebrew | Jewish | New College Library | rare books The Given in Good Faith exhibition, which highlights some of New College Library’s treasures in the context of the exhibition themes of church history, worship, scripture and science is now in …Continue reading →

Oxford Bibliographies – additional modules purchased TAGS: American Literature | anthropology | Biblical Studies | British and Irish Literature | Criminology | databases | education | Hindu Studies | International Law | International Relations | Jewish Studies | linguistics | Oxford Bibliographies | Oxford University Press | psychology | Social Work | Sociology Following a successful trial at the end of last year, Oxford Bibliographies modules have been purchased in the following subject areas: American Literature Anthropology Biblical Studies British and Irish Literature …Continue reading →