Finding Biblical Commentaries & Criticism in the Online Catalog
The best way to find biblical commentaries and criticism is to use the Classic Catalog, not the default search in QuickSearch. This section will instruct you how to find biblical commentaries and criticism using the Classic Catalog.
Step 1: Finding the Correct Library of Congress Subject Heading for a Biblical Book
To search for biblical commentaries and criticism in the Classic Catalog, you need to first find the correct Library of Congress subject heading for the biblical book you are interested in. On the right of the screen is a box in which you can find correct headings. You can find four different sorts of headings:
Once you find the correct heading, write it down, or copy it to paste it into the search box in the Classic Catalog. By the way, for this kind of search to work, you must use a correct Library of Congress subject heading.
Step 2: Getting to the Classic Catalog
To get to the Classic Catalog Search screen from this screen, just click the blue button directly below.
If you are starting from the Gumberg Library homepage, click on the "QuickSearch" link on the menu on the left side of the screen.
On the next screen, click on the "Classic Catalog" link.
Step 3: Doing a Search
Once you are on the Classic Catalog Search Search screen, enter the Library of Congress subject heading for your biblical book into the Search box. Then change the menu in front of the Search box to "Subject" and the click the Search button. This will cause the Classic Catalog to run a Subject Search using your subject heading, bringing up everything in the catalog under that subject.
Your Search Result
In your search result you will have conveniently laid out before you everything on the biblical book you are interested in, subdivided to get you more quickly to the specific material you need. For those doing biblical exegesis, some of the more useful subdivisions are:
The number of items under a subdivision is found on the far right side of the line. Point to the subdivison you are interested and click on it and you will be taken to a list of those titles. In the example above, if we click on "Bible Matthew Commentaries," we would be taken to all commentaries on the entire Gospel of Matthew.
Bible -This is the subject heading for the Bible in its entirety
Bible Old Testament - This is the subject heading for the Old Testament
Bible Hexateuch
Bible Pentateuch
Bible Prophets
Bible Apocrypha - This is the subject heading for the entire Apocrypha
Bible New Testament - This is the subject heading for the New Testament
Bible Gospels
Bible Epistles
Bible Epistles of Paul
Bible Pastoral Epistles
Bible Epistles of John
Bible Catholic Epistles
Bible Genesis
Bible Exodus
Bible Leviticus
Bible Numbers
Bible Deuteronomy
Bible Joshua
Bible Judges
Bible Ruth
Bible Samuel 1st
Bible Samuel 2nd
Bible Kings 1st
Bible Kings 2nd
Bible Chronicles 1st
Bible Chronicles 2nd
Bible Ezra
Bible Nehemiah
Bible Esther
Bible Job
Bible Psalms
Bible Proverbs
Bible Ecclesiastes
Bible Song of Solomon
Bible Isaiah
Bible Jeremiah
Bible Lamentations
Bible Eziekel
Bible Daniel
Bible Hosea
Bible Joel
Bible Amos
Bible Obadiah
Bible Jonah
Bible Micah
Bible Nahum
Bible Habakkuk
Bible Zephaniah
Bible Haggai
Bible Zechariah
Bible Malachi
Bible Matthew
Bible Mark
Bible Luke
Bible John
Bible Acts
Bible Romans
Bible Corinthians 1st
Bible Corinthians 2nd
Bible Galatians
Bible Ephesians
Bible Philippians
Bible Colossians
Bible Thessalonians 1st
Bible Thessalonians 2nd
Bible Timothy 1st
Bible Timothy 2nd
Bible Titus
Bible Philemon
Bible Hebrews
Bible James
Bible Peter 1st
Bible Peter 2nd
Bible John 1st
Bible John 2nd
Bible John 3rd
Bible Jude
Bible Revelation
Bible Apocrypha Rest of Esther
Bible Apocrypha Ezra 2nd
Bible Apocrypha Tobit
Bible Apocrypha Judith
Bible Apocrypha Maccabees 1st
Bible Apocrypha Maccabees 2nd
Bible Apocrypha Maccabees 3rd
Bible Apocrypha Esdras 1st
Bible Apocrypha Esdras 2nd
Bible Apocrypha Esdras 3rd
Bible Apocrypha Esdras 4th
Bible Apocrypha Wisdom of Solomon
Bible Apocrypha Ecclesiasticas
Bible Apocrypha Baruch
Bible Apocrypha History of Susanna