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Bible Commentaries
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and Criticism
The following are examples of one-volume commentaries that are located in the Reference area on the Second (Main) Floor of the Academic Library:
- Harper's Bible Commentary. Ed. James L. Mays. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. (Ref BS 491.2 .H37 1988)
- The Interpreter's One Volume Commentary on the Bible. Ed. Charles M. Layon. Nashville: Abingdon, 1971. (Ref BS 491.2 .I57)
- The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Ed. Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, and Roland E. Murphy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990. (Ref BS 491.2 .N485 1990 and one copy held on "Reserve")
- Orchard, Bernard, ed. Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture. New York: Nelson, 1953. (Ref BS 491.2 .O7 1953)
To find other commentaries in
Reference, browse the BS
491.2 call number area. 
Commentaries can also be searched in
the St. Mary's University
libraries catalog. This is the key tool to finding books in our
library. Use a Subject
Search to find materials about your topic or an
Advanced Keyword
Search. To locate additional general commentaries, try the
following Subject
Search:
- Bible
Commentaries
How
to find book-length commentaries (monographs) or scriptural
criticism on a specific book of the Bible
- Hint: Start your
research early so that you have some selection of
commentaries!
How
to find journal articles analyzing Biblical text
- Indexes with a + (plus) preceding their name are available through that link only to St. Mary's students, faculty, and staff from off-campus, because of contractual restrictions from the vendors. For more information, read Restricted Databases Instructions.
- For more information about some of the databases listed to the left, see the Louis J. Blume Library Database Descriptions page.