![]() ![]() Moving beyond the religious realm, it further innovates by recording how biblical texts have been read, interpreted, and integrated into thought, science, and culture throughout the centuries, summarizing the most recent scholarly research on the reception of the Bible in an array of academic disciplines such as classics and archaeology as well as a wide range of cultural and humanistic fields, such as literature, visual arts, music, film, and dance. ![]() It then documents the history of biblical interpretation and reception, not only in Christianity and Judaism, but also in Islam and other non-Western religious traditions and movements. As its foundation, the encyclopedia contains the most up-to-date information on the origins and development of the Bible in the canons of Judaism and Christianity. Since the publication of its first two volumes in 2009, EBR has continued to break new ground and is an indispensable reference work not only for theology and religious studies, but also for the humanities, the arts, cultural studies, and the social sciences. The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception ( EBR) is the first and only comprehensive reference work devoted to the Bible and its reception. In 2010 the print edition of the encyclopedia was the winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award. It has been recognized with this award due to the excellence of its scholarship and presentation and for its great significance to its field of research. EBR Online is one of only 11 digital resources chosen. CHOICE is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online has been selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2020. ![]()
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