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Doctrine of Scripture: Books

This guide provides an introduction to a theology of scripture and revelation. For how to study the Bible, see the Bibilcal Studies guides

What Will I Find Here?

This page includes a variety of introductory, general, and specific resources related to Scripture and revelation.

The doctrine of Scripture and revelation attempts to organize the Christian understanding of God's communication to humanity and the means of that communication. Special revelation is content uniquely given to to a person or group of people. For Christians, this theme usually refers to prophetic utterances, the Bible as a whole, and Jesus Christ. General revelation is content about God and the spiritual world accessible to all people. This area usual discusses proofs of the existence of God and has implications for theology of religions and natural theology. For help with researching the content of the Bible, see the Biblical Studies guide.

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Search the Catalog for Books, eBooks, and More!

 

 

By default, this search box looks for keywords and returns a broad array of results from the Library Catalog (WMS). You can narrow the focus using filters in the result screen's sidebar or you can narrow your search from the beginning using some of the following tips and tricks below.

Take a look at this video about searching the library catalog.

Library Catalog: Search Tips

If you are searching for a specific...

Phrase, enclose your search in quotation marks. 

  • "next generation leader" or "dead sea scrolls". 

Subject, you can add su: to the beginning of your search.

  • su:"dead sea scrolls"

Title, you can add ti: to the beginning of your search.

  • ti:"Next Generation Leader"

Author, you can add au: to the beginning of your search. Try searching both Last name, First name and First name Last name formats. 

  • au:"Iorg, Jeff" 
  • au:"Jeff Iorg"

By default the library catalog adds "AND" between each word of your search and looks for records that contain all of the searched words. Always enter Boolean operators in ALL CAPS.

Boolean Operators and examples:

AND

Example: women AND missions AND 20th century;
finds records that contain all three words.

OR

missions OR missionaries
finds records that include either word, so expands your search results.

NOT

communism NOT Russia
finds records that include the word communism but excludes records that also include the word Russia.

Wildcard searches: Use a question mark (?) to replace unknown characters.

  • encyclop?dia will return encyclopedia and encyclopaedia.

 

Truncation or Variant Ending searches: Use an asterisk at the end of a word to retrieve variant endings.

  • connect*  returns connect, connection, connectivity, connecting, etc.

 

Nesting complex searches: You can help nest complex searches using parentheses. 

  • (botany OR "plant biology") AND history will return records with either botany or "plant biology" and history. It does not return botany or "plant biology" if history is not mentioned.