Project Description. The Catalogue de l’École Biblique et Archéologique Française (Catalogue of the Fench Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem) is the electronic edition of the card catalog database for the École Biblique’s library. It enables researchers to find comprehensive bibliographic information relating to Biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, archaeology, and related disciplines quickly and accurately. The specialized focus and extensive holdings of the École’s library make the Catalogue a uniquely valuable resource for research and study. The richness and depth of the library collection and its detailed catalogue system has made the École Biblique an unparalleled resource for biblical scholars and archaeologists from throughout the world. The collection consists of more than 115,000 volumes and 400 active journals specializing in biblical studies, Near Eastern archaeology and ancient Middle Eastern languages and literature.

The École's catalogue goes beyond author, title, and subject. It offers a complete, up-to-date bibliography of scholarly publications, both monographs and articles, in the above fields of study. Of special interest to biblical scholars are its subject headings of individual books, chapters and verses of the Bible. These in effect create in-depth bibliographies of particular passages and pericopes. A scholar interested in a particular verse will find an extensive working bibliography in just a few minutes.

Since the electronic edition of the Catalogue derives from an original database structure, a number of features not normally exploited in the Logos Library System (LLS) have been incorporated for the sake of powerful searching. In particular, new LLS-languages have been defined for unique identifier codes representing authors, titles, topics, and so on. A detailed user’s guide describes these features and shows how to use the Catalogue profitably.

Future updates, containing the latest additions to the library’s holdings, will be published at regular intervals.

The release of the CD-ROM of the École Biblique Library Catalogue is the best news for everybody interested in the whole spectrum of Biblical Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and Near Eastern Archaeology.