[PW] Baha'i term
James Weaver
JWeaver at WCLS.org
Mon Aug 18 13:53:48 PDT 2008
One of our patrons called an interesting one into my co-workers this
morning.
She was reading from the Baha'i scriptures, particularly a psalm-like
praise-hymn, and encountered the term 'waterbrooks' for which she wants
the religious definition.
My co-workers used OED, Random House, and American Heritage
dictionaries, several different Christian wordbooks (only because we
have no other religions represented), and a couple of Bible concordances
(on the hunch that such a term might be generalized). One co-worker used
Google to identify many hymns with the term in them, but no definition.
I got the assignment to pass the query on.
Hope this helps! -- James
James E. Weaver, Reference Librarian
Whatcom County (WA) Library System
vox: 360-354-4883 -- fax: 360-354-3149
http://www.wcls.org/
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