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database: Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online
database: Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online

Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online

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Overview

About this database

The Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) [Theological Encyclopedia] is a modern specialist encyclopaedia comprising 36 volumes of text(1976–2004) representing the present state of theological research as a whole. More than a generation of scholars have collaborated in its production, to create a unique internationally-oriented reference work containing more than 2,500 articles (on over 28,000 pages of text) which stands as a document of the history of scholarship. The TRE is an indispensable tool for research, study and teaching, principally in theology, but also in its neighbouring disciplines such as history, philosophy, Jewish studies and religious studies.

The Theologische Realenzyklopädie treats the whole range of ecclesiastical and theological subjects from an ecumenical and international perspective; it deals with faith and thought, theology and church, acknowledgement and, if possible, understanding, beyond the boundaries of Christianity. Thus, in addition to the disciplines of the Old and New Testaments, church history, systematic and practical theology, the work also integrates Jewish studies, religious studies and philosophy– or rather, sees them as integral to theological study.

The users find central theological keywords (e.g. Eucharist, faith, Easter, sin, baptism) ethical topics (abortion, sexuality, death penalty), historical events (e.g. Crusades, National Socialism, Reformation) and people (from Abraham, Adam and Eve through Martin Luther, Mary, Friedrich Nietzscheto Teresa von Avila and Ulrich Zwingli) in addition to historical religious and religious studies overviews of all regions of the world (New Age, Sibirian religions, Re-incarnation) and keywords from the history of religion (plant symbolism, literature and religion, pictorial arts).

Besides an exact reproduction of the complete text, the online version presents all the illustrations, maps, graphics and tables included in the printed volumes. A comprehensive search engine allows detailed researches which extend the bounds set by the systematic referencing of the two volumes of the overall index (published 2006 and 2007).

Your Benefits

  • Comprehensive research tool in theology
  • An exact reproduction of the complete text (more than 28,000 pages)
  • All illustrations, maps, graphics and tables included in the printed volumes of TRE
  • Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / institution-wide
  • A comprehensive search engine allows detailed research
  • All main lemma, not the link lemma, have a registered DOI for better citation and referencing
  • Citations of the Lexikon der Bibelhermeneutik (BIBHERM) are stored as direct links
  • Simultaneously searchable with BIBHERM, EBR and other related products within the portal "Theology and Religion"

Lemmas A-Z

Persons A-Z

Places A-Z

Search Help

Search Help

Here you will find instructions for searching in the Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online and explanations of the individual search functions.

Search

You have three different options for searching.

Search form

The search form allows you to search using various search criteria. To do so, select the appropriate criterion in the search field and enter your search term(s) in the search field. The following search criteria are available:

  1. Full Text: Searches in all entries for the entered terms. Finds all entries that contain all searched terms and therefore returns the most results. For a more specific search, the other search criteria are more suitable.

    The following operators can be used in the search field:
    • *: Added to a string. Searches for entries including all terms that match the searched string with any addition.
    • AND: Searches for entries including all the terms connected by this operator (default search function).
    • OR: Searches for entries including at least one of the terms connected by this operator.
    • NOT: Searches for entries including the first, but not the second of the terms connected by this operator.

    These operators can be combined with each other.

  2. Author: Finds all entries with authors of the searched name. Suggests up to 15 matching author names in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search for entries by specific authors.
  3. Lemma: Finds all entries whose titles contain all searched terms. Suggests up to 15 matching entry titles in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search specifically for entries for particular terms.
  4. Type: Select a type from the drop-down menu. A Lemma is an entry on a specific topic, a Link Lemma refers to other entries. Finds all entries of this type.
  5. Publication Year: Select Exact to search for a single year, or Range to search for a range of years. Finds all entries that have been published electronically in this year or range of years.
  6. Bibliography: Finds all entries whose bibliography contains all searched terms. This search criterion can be used to search for specific sources or their titles, authors, etc.
  7. Entry language: Select a language from the drop-down menu. Finds all entries which are written in this language. Only German language is available for TRE.

Please note: The search is not case sensitive.

You have the option to apply several search criteria at the same time. To do this, click on "Add row" in the search form. This creates a second search field in which you can set another search criterion (or else the same one). You can create as many additional search fields as you like.
If you use more than one search field, the search will find all entries that match all search criteria ("Search for all of these terms"). Instead, you can also select "Search for any of these terms" above the search fields, which will cause the search to find all entries that match at least one of the searched criteria.
By clicking on "Add NOT" you create a search field to which you can assign a search criterion. Terms entered in this search field will be excluded from the search. You can add this search field as often as you like.
By combining the above functions, you are able to perform very specific searches.

Example

You want to search the Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online for all entries that mention the name "Aaron" and were published between 2010 and 2011. However, you want to exclude entries of the type "Link Lemma" from the search. For this you use the search form as follows:

  1. Create a second search field via "Add row".
  2. Select the search for "all of these terms" (default option).
  3. In the first search field, select the search criterion Full Text and enter the search term "Aaron".
  4. In the second search field, select the search criterion Publication Year, click on "Range" and enter "2010" and "2011" in the two search fields.
  5. Create a third search field via "Add NOT". This is marked with a "NOT".
  6. Select the search criterion Type in this search field and select “Link Lemma” in the dropdown menu of the search field.
  7. After clicking on "Search" you will see 10 out of 133 hits in the results list.

Browse

The browse button allows you to quickly search for the search criterion Publication. The results list of a browse search can be further searched via the search form as described above.

A-Z

On the start page of the database you can view indices of all contained lemmas from A to Z. By clicking on a term you get to the results list, which shows all entries that contain the place or person. In case of a lemma the results list shows all entries which have the full lemma in their title.

Results list

The results that match your search are listed on one or more pages. The number of search results as well as the search criteria can be found above the results list.

Each search result consists of the title of the entry, author(s) if existent, access information, entry type, online publication date (print publication date in brackets, if applicable), the cover of the database as well as a button to download the PDF ("Download PDF"), if available, and a text preview showing relevant text passages and highlighting the searched term in yellow (only for Full Text search criterion).

You can access a search result by clicking on the title or cover of the database. If you do not have access to the database, please log in first.

The search results are sorted by relevancy (frequency and weighting of the searched terms). You can also sort by date ("New to old" or "Old to new") or by title ("A to Z" or "Z to A").
Furthermore, instead of the default 10 results per page, you can also display 20, 50 or 100 results per page.

The search results can be further restricted under "Filter Results". Various filter options are available for this:

  1. Access: This option filters the search results according to who can access them. By default, "All content" is found. It is possible to filter by "Licensed content", "Open Access", "Publicly available" as well as "All available content".
  2. Type
  3. Publication Year
  4. Entry language

All filters can be combined with each other. Filtering by certain filter options excludes further certain filter options if there are no entries which match both options.

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