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 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 →

New College Library Rare Books feature in Divinity Inaugural Lecture TAGS: Divinity | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | University of Edinburgh Today Professor Susan Hardman Moore, Professor of Early Modern Religion, will deliver her inaugural lecture entitled ‘Time’ at 2pm. Professor Hardman-Moore’s lecture features a number of seventeenth century rare books from …Continue reading →

New College Library welcomes Postgraduate Freshers today TAGS: Divinity | Freshers | New College Library | postgraduate | students | University of Edinburgh New College Library holds over 250,000 volumes, including rich and valuable Special Collections, making it one of the leading theological libraries in Britain.   In addition to the books there are …Continue reading →

Welcome to New College Library TAGS: Divinity | Freshers Week | New College Library | students | University of Edinburgh A big welcome to all students starting and returning to the University of Edinburgh today, at the beginning of Freshers week 2013. We’re looking forward to meeting you. To help …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – September TAGS: Biblical Studies | Books | Divinity | library catalogue | New College Library | New Testament | Old Testament | University of Edinburgh 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 in this month is For …Continue reading →

New Buddhism e-book collection now available TAGS: Buddhism | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | University of Edinburgh Last spring, we were successful in bidding for a range of new online resources for Divinity. I’m pleased to announce that one of these, 47 titles from the Routledge Critical …Continue reading →