John Knox and the Scottish Reformed Kirk TAGS: Church of Scotland | Divinity | New College Library | Psalms | rare books | sixteenth-century At 4pm today, Tuesday 19 May, in the Assembly Hall, Prof Jane Dawson will address the General Assembly on the topic of John Knox, following publication of her recent biography. Prof. Dawson’s …Continue reading →

‘Edinburgh’s Guilty Avenues’ : horrible histories from the New College Library Archives TAGS: Archives | New College Library | nineteenth-century | Thomas Chalmers A guest post from Eleanor Rideout, New College Library Helpdesk Assistant The grisly find of a letter written in William Burke’s blood, on show as part of this weekend’s Festival …Continue reading →

Researching the Church of Scotland at New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | New College Library The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2015 will take place between 16 and 23 May 2015. Staff and students continue to have access to New College and New College …Continue reading →

Jewish scholarship on display at New College Library TAGS: Dalman-Christie | Divinity | eighteenth-century | Funk | Hebrew | Jewish | Longforgan | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | sixteenth-century In celebration of the public lecture on The Bible and the Mishnah by Professor Shaye J D Cohen, Harvard University on Tuesday 5 May, we currently have Jewish texts from our …Continue reading →

Rare New College Library book is an international success TAGS: Divinity | Hebrew | Jewish | New College Library | rare books | sixteenth-century  A rare and early commentary on the Pentateuch from New College Library has just arrived back in Edinburgh, after travelling all the way to Latvia to be part of the exhibition …Continue reading →

New digital access to Divinity theses collection TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | online | research | Theses I’m delighted to announced that nearly two hundred and fifty theses dating from 1921-1950 from the New College Library collection are now available online in the Edinburgh Research Archive, part of the Divinity Dissertation …Continue reading →

Divinity student book recommendations now available TAGS: Books | Divinity | New College Library | students All these books (and more) were recommended by Divinity students and are now available to University of Edinburgh Library users – more details on the library catalogue. 100+ book recommendations …Continue reading →

Easter Greetings from New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | Easter | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century New College Library is open as usual for semester time over the Easter period, see Library Opening hours for more detail. When visiting, take a moment to look at our Special Collections …Continue reading →

Unwrapping the Martin Hall Collection TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | Funk | medieval | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century This January we began cataloguing work on the MR Collection from New College Library’s Special Collections. This sequence contains much early and rare material, and carries the shelfmark MR because at …Continue reading →

Tackling a Library time capsule : The Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | Free Church of Scotland | Funk | Longforgan | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Roman | seventeenth-century Regular visitors to New College Library have probably walked past the Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library many times. It sits in custom made glazed bookcases, which are sited on the …Continue reading →