{"id":3031,"date":"2018-05-07T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2018-05-07T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T08:30:07","slug":"digital-resource-trials-for-biblical-studies-and-jewish-studies-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/2018\/05\/07\/digital-resource-trials-for-biblical-studies-and-jewish-studies-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Resource trials for Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have four new digital resource trials for Biblical Studies this month. They’re all accessible from the E-resource trials web page.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Brill\u2019s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts<\/em> offers a unique opportunity to study state of the art photographs of these ancient scripts, and understand their meaning using the translations of text and interpretations for missing fragments<\/p>\n

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\"\"Flavius Josephus Online<\/em> is the first comprehensive literary-historical online commentary on the works of Flavius Josephus in English including the Greek text by Niese from the late 19th century. About 65% of the project is complete, consisting of Life, and Against Apion, book 2 of the Judean War, and books 1-11 and 15 of the Judean Antiquities.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Littman E-Library\u00a0of Jewish Civilisation has\u00a0over 30,000 pages of leading research in Jewish studies from Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole<\/em> to The Zohar: Reception and Impact<\/em>. \u00a0The LEJC includes international perspectives on Jewish civilization from scholars across the world, including the USA, Israel, Germany, Poland, and the UK.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Textual History of the Bible Online<\/em> (THBO) is unique in providing, for the first time, a cross-searchable platform with all available information regarding the textual history, textual character, translation techniques, manuscripts, and the importance of each textual witness for each book of the Hebrew Bible, including its deutero-canonical scriptures. In addition, it includes articles on the history of research, the editorial histories of the Hebrew Bible, as well as other aspects of text-critical research and its auxiliary fields, such as papyrology, codicology, and linguistics.<\/p>\n

You can access the trials at: https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Scroll down the page a little to find the links).<\/p>\n

Please let us know what you think! Feedback and usage data from trials like these supports our case to purchase them when funds are available.<\/p>\n

Christine Love-Rodgers, Academic Support Librarian – Divinity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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