As previously announced Oxford University Press has retired its Oxford Biblical Studies Online (OBSO) and Oxford Islamic Studies Online (OISO) databases.

However, the library is pleased to offer the following online biblical and Islamic reference resources (previously available in OBSO and OISO) on the Oxford Reference, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, and What Everyone Needs to Know platforms:

Apocryphal New Testament / J.K. Elliott, 2003

Encyclopedia of Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman and James K. VanderKam, 2008

How to Read the Bible / Steven L. McKenzie, 2011

Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition / Adrian Curtis, 2022

Oxford Bible Commentary / John Barton and John Muddiman, 2022

Oxford Companion to the Bible / Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, 2004

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt / Donald B. Redford, 2005

Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in Near East / Eric M. Meyers, 2011

Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies / Judith M. Lieu and J.W. Rogerson, 2009

Oxford History of the Biblical World / Michael A. Coogan, 2022

Oxford Illustrated History of  Bible / John Rogerson, 2022

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation / Steven L. McKenzie, 2014

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology / Daniel M. Master, 2013

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics / Robert L. Brawley, 2015

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies / Julia M. O’Brien, 2014

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law / Brent A. Strawn, 2015

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts / Timothy Beal, 2016

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology / Samuel E. Balentine, 2015

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible / Michael D. Coogan, 2011

A Dictionary of  Bible (2 ed.) / W.R.F. Browning, 2010 (COMING SOON)

Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible / Michael Coogan, 2022 (COMING SOON)

Islam in Transition / John J. Donohue and John L. Esposito, 2022

Modernist Islam / Charles Kurzman, 2022

Handbook of Islam and Politics / John J. Esposito and Emad El-Din Shahin

Liberal Islam / Charles Kurzman, 2022

Makers of Contemporary Islam / John Esposito and John Voll, 2022

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World / John L. Esposito, 2009

The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture / Jonathan M. Bloom and Sheila S. Blair, 2009

The Islamic World: Past and Present / John L. Esposito, 2022

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World: Digital Collection / John L. Esposito, 2022

The Oxford History of Islam / John L. Esposito, 2022

What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam / John L. Esposito, 2022

Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics / Emad El-Din Shahin, 2014

Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women / Natana J. DeLong-Bas, 2013

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam / Ibrahim Kalin, 2014

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam / John L. Esposito, 2003 (COMING SOON)

New access links to these online Oxford biblical and Islamic reference resources are now available to current students, faculty, staff and alumni on the library’s online databases page, alumni research portal, research guides and the online catalog.

If you are a student, faculty or staff member, or Union, PSCE or BTSR alum, and you need to obtain or update your Library account, please contact our Circulation Supervisor, Lisa Janes.  If you already have a valid barcode and PIN but you are having trouble using your login, please contact our Director of Public and Electronic Services, Ryan Douthat.  If you are not familiar with Oxford Biblical reference resources and have questions about them, or you need other research assistance, please contact our Reference Librarian, Robin McCall, or our Charlotte Librarian, David Mayo.