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Bible, Biblical Languages, & Theology
SEARCHABLE BIBLE TEXTS
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Crosswalk.com: Search 23 versions, including TEV.
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Bible Study Tools Online A comprehensive site, “the Web’s largest library of online Bible study resources.”
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Bible Gateway: 18 versions available for searching, some with audio
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International Bible Society Bible Gateway — 38 non-English translations in addition to English NIV, TNIV, and NIrV.
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AUDIO: Faith Comes by Hearing : The world’s largest catalog of Audio Bibles, to hear or download, in 414 languages
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Biblos.com multilingual text, over 100 translations, some in interlinear
Old Paths: includes the King James, American Standard, and the Old Paths Versions, and a Russian version
BIBLE STUDY AND TEACHING
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Commentaries by Dr. Smith on Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Luke, Galatians, and Ephesians, and a Harmony of the Four Gospels, in a PDF document, edited by Dr. Smith. The expanded electronic version of The Fourfold Gospel by J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton, transcribed from a copy of the 1914 Standard Publishing edition. This page also includes an article on the Holy Spirit.
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The New Testament Gateway: A comprehensive, up-to-date web directory of internet resources related to the New Testament, maintained by Dr. Mark Goodacre.
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Bible Commentaries Online Links to several older commentaries in the public domain for each book of the Bible.
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iTanakh resources include texts, archaeology, and related subjects
SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLE RESOURCES
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Bible Resource Center: Provided by the American Bible Society, this site offers basic Bible study helps, including Bible dictionaries, charts and graphs.
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Bibles.net: Several different translations, online concordances, cross-references and commentaries, original Greek and Hebrew; download complete Bibles and reference material
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Blue Letter Bible: Bibles, commentaries, and study tools
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Children’s Bible: 9 translations of the Book of Mark, picture stories, coloring book and quizzes
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NetBible a new translation; Bibles in text and MP3; the Biblical Studies Foundation publishes Bible study aids to accompany NetBible.
BIBLE STUDY TOOLS
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CrossWalk.com Bible Study Tools: Crosswalk.com’s Bible Study Tools ® are designed to facilitate in-depth study and exploration of God’s Word.
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Easton’s 1897 Bible Dictionary and the World Wide Study Bible at the CCEL
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Bible History Online – images and resources for Biblical history. Quotations about the Bible and history.
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The History of the English Bible: A concise history with a detailed timeline, portraits, and historical information. This page is on a dealer’s commercial site that includes extensive information on early Bibles and illustrations of pages from early translations.
BIBLE SOCIETIES
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International Bible Society: The purpose of International Bible Society (IBS) is to faithfully translate and reach out with God’s Word so that people around the world may become disciples of Jesus Christ and members of His Body.
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Text of: Bible, Babel and Babble: The Foundations of Bible Translations by Dr. Scott Munger.
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A daily Bible verse: Daily Manna From the Net.
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United Bible Society A resource page dedicated to the global Bible translation. Includes abstracts of all issues of The Bible Translator for 1950-2011.
BIBLE ATLASES
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Bible Maps: links to selected maps from the Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd (New York: Henry Holt, 1923), online at the Historical Maps Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Geography of the Bible – Biblical and historical maps for Bible study
HISTORIC BIBLES
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Gutenberg Bible Images, at the Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.
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Gutenberg Bibles at the British Library.
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Book of Kells images; Information: The book of Kells is held in the Long Room, the Old Library, at Trinity College, Dublin.
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Lindisfarne Gospels in the British Library; pages.
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Tyndale Bible at the British Library.
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Rare Bible leaves illustrated at a commercial site.
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Facsimiles at the same commercial site: an 1841 English Hexapla Parallel New Testament facsimile; and a Geneva facsimile page; Tyndale facsimile page; Wycliffe, John 1:1 facsimile
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“Turning the Pages” online gallery at the British Library: Bibles and other rare manuscripts. (Requires AcitiveX, may be blocked by FCC firewall). Alternative versions include the Lindisfarne Gospels and a lavishly illustrated 14th century Hebrew manuscript of the Golden Haggadah, an Armenian Gospel table
Codex Sinaiticus: BBC news report on the progress of digitization of the Codex, now displayed on the British Library website. -
400 Years of the King James Bible, displayed at the Biblical Heritage Gallery, Cedarville University.
A “new historic” Bible: the St. John’s Bible
Hebrew
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Biblia Hebraica: Thirty-one interactive lessons containing notes and quizzes; Most lessons include a Hebrew to English/English to Hebrew vocabulary quiz. The quizzes are multiple-choice and advance by themselves when the correct answer is selected.
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Bible and Mishneh Torah text; links to Hebrew text and parallel texts. Hebrew Bible (Tana”kh) and the RaMBaM’s Complete Restatement of the Oral Law (Mishneh Torah)
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Virtual Geula – a Jewish book-finding source.
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The New Testament Gateway A comprehensive, up-to-date web directory of internet resources related to the New Testament, maintained by Dr. Mark Goodacre.
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Biblical Studies & Theology – Bible, New Testament, Languages, Other Christian Resources
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Manuscripts of the Gospels. Tables of manuscripts and the portion of biblical texts included in them.
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TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism – an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian biblical texts.
GREEK
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Biblia Hebraica: Thirty-one interactive lessons containing notes and quizzes; Most lessons include a Hebrew to English/English to Hebrew vocabulary quiz. The quizzes are multiple-choice and advance by themselves when the correct answer is selected.
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Bible and Mishneh Torah text; links to Hebrew text and parallel texts. Hebrew Bible (Tana”kh) and the RaMBaM’s Complete Restatement of the Oral Law (Mishneh Torah)
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Virtual Geula – a Jewish book-finding source.
CLASSICAL GREEK
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Greek Language and Linguistics Gateway for classical Greek
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The Perseus Project. Includes the classical Greek lexicon: Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek.
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Resources for learning ancient and modern Greek
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Thesaurae Linguae Graecae. TLG has collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. It includes texts and inscriptions, with the goal to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era, updated quarterly. Available online by subscription only.
THEOLOGY AND RELIGION
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Abbreviations in theology & Biblical studies – standard abbreviations and acronyms for theological journals and Biblical commentaries found in academic literature in many languages.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: the 1908 edition. This page includes links to texts of Summa Theologica and
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Fathers of the Church Christian Theological Seminary library’s useful links.
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Gramcord Institute multi-language Bible software site
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Dr. Les Hardin‘s Biblical Studies links and Spiritual Formation links
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Into His Own – Texts providing perspectives on the world of Jesus
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Jesus Christ. What’s So Special About Jesus. Edwin M. Yamauchi.
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The Jesus Seminar critiqued: The Gospel According to the Jesus Seminar, by Birger A. Pearson.
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Lutheran resource: Project Wittenberg – home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans
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On Religion by Terry Mattingly: A weekly syndicated newspaper column.
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Quotations: Christian quote-of-the-day devotional thought with links to Christian biography and devotional literature
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Resource Pages for Biblical Studies – a resource for scholarly studies of the early Christian writings and their social world.
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Theopedia – an encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity
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Virtual Israel Bible MuseumWabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion: Christianity and world religions
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Wesleyan: Wesley Center for Applied Theology
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World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL)
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Yale Divinity School Library Research Guide for Christianity; additional links to online resources
Resources to Help you Identify Journal Articles
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https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/what-journal-article
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https://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=10229&p=52137
ONLINE BIBLE, CHURCH, AND MINISTRY MAGAZINES
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Online Reference Works
Business Journals
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https://hbu.edu/center-for-christianity-in-business/the-christian-business-review/read-the-journal/
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http://www.ecommerce-digest.com/online-academic-journals.html
Church Ministry
Counseling
Evangelism
History
General Education Topics
Worship/Music
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https://worshipleader.com/ (search bar on right side)
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EUNOMIOS: An Open Journal for Theory, Analysis and Semiotics of Music
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Music Theory Online: A Journal of Criticism, Commentary, Research and Scholarship [peer-reviewed]
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https://humanitiesjournals.fandom.com/wiki/Musicology_and_Music_Theory_Journals
Youth Ministry
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http://youthministry.com/group-magazine/ (search bar on right side)