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Journal of Religion and Society
"...has been established to promote the cross-disciplinary study of religion and its diverse social dimensions through the publication of research articles, essays and opinions, review articles, and book reviews."

Ancient Narrative
Electronic Journal
"...Greek, Roman, Jewish novelistic traditions, including novels proper, the "fringe", as well as the fragments; narrative texts of the Byzantine age, early Christian narrative texts - and the reception of these works in modern literature, film and music."

[Aramaic] The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon (CAL)
"This major scholarly reference work will cover all dialects and periods of ancient Aramaic, one of the principal languages of antiquity, with a literature of central importance for history and civilization, and especially for the Jewish and Christian religions."
Edited by Prof. Stephen A. Kaufamn, Hebrew Union College and Prof. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Catholic University of America.

Archive of Papers and Watermarks in Greek Manuscripts
"The Watermark Archive is a research tool for scholars who work with Greek manuscripts. It is, at the same time, a vehicle for scholarly publication of watermarks and papers discovered in Greek manuscripts."
The Archive consists of images, database of paper descriptions, bibliographical database, and a News Page for current developments in the field
Produced by Robert W. Allison, Associate Professor of Religion, Bates College

Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis - (dead link)

Bible Browser Basic Home Page - (dead link)
"...you can retrieve passages by book chapter:verse reference. You can also retrieve passages by word, word-part, or word-pattern. You can even do fancy things like perform logical ands, ors, and nots on groups of passages, jump from version to version, and restrict your retrievals to individual books or chapters."
Includes both basic and advanced versions as well as a RealAudio tutorial
Richard L. Goerwitz, Brown University Scholarly Technology Group

Biblical Greek: Learning New Testament and Septuagint Greek
Contents include Greek dictionaries, grammars, fonts, and introductory texts as well as an online tutorial for learning New Testament Greek.  Beginner level.
Maintained by Jonathan Robie

Biblon 2000 Project
Developing a Dynamic HTML/Javascript version of the Greek New Testament.
Even though the project is very much a work-in-progress it's definitely worth a visit.
David Harley, University of Queensland, Australia

The Book of Mormon
"This text was originally obtained from Project Gutenberg as a plain ASCII text -- print source and depositor as yet unknown. It is presented here in a searchable SGML form."
The Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia

The Catholic Encyclopedia

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Includes all 38 volumes of the Early Church Fathers, their World Wide Study Bible with Scripture, commentaries and sermons. Also contains fiction, hymns and reference works
- Wheaton College

Dead Sea Scrolls
Includes online manuscripts, timetable of discovery and debate, and links to other online resources.
Part of Prof. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus.
By Mahlon H. Smith, Dept. of Religion, Rutgers University

Early Christian Writings
"All of Early Christianity: The New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers."
By Peter Kirby

The Ecole Initiative - (dead link)
"Creating a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history on the World-Wide Web." Includes translations of Judeo-Christian and Islamic primary sources to 1500, essays on major topics and figures, iconography and religious art and a timeline with geographical cross-index.
Edited by Karen Rae Keck and Norman Hugh Redington, Athena University

Electronic New Testament Manuscript Project
"An international, scholarly, volunteer effort to make images and transcriptions of New Testament manuscripts available freely on the Internet"
(University of Western Australia)

Electronic Old-English Texts of Biblical Literature - (dead link)
The Old English Bible
Maintained by Dennis McCarthy

English-Greek Word Search - (dead link)
Perseus Project, Tufts University

The Five Gospels Parallels
"...is designed to be a teaching tool for introductory level classes in New Testament and Christian Origins. For this reason, and because of the particular constraints of HTML, it does not offer the same level of detail as a printed synopsis (i.e. Throckmorton 1979, 1992; Aland 1985). Its advantage is that it allows more "play" than a printed synopsis and that it presents the materials in the same order as the canonical Gospels."
Edited by John W. Marshall, Dept. for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

Full-Text Theology Periodicals Online
Blume Library, St. Mary's University

Gospel of Mark - Greek Text
"The text used here is the UBS 3rd Edition, Corrected."
By Jay C. Treat, Ph.D.

[Gutenberg Bible] The Gutenberg Bible : Digitised Images
"The British Library has two complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible and a small but important fragment of a third copy. One copy, printed on paper, was transferred in 1829 to the British Library with the library of King George III (1738-1820). The other copy, printed on vellum, was bequeathed by Thomas Grenville (1755-1846)."
- The British Library

[Gutenberg Bible] Gutenberg Digital
The collection of Digitised Documents, includes all 1282 pages of both volumes, illuminated pages, the "Helmasperger Notarial Instrument",  "Model Book" and more.  There is also an impressive collection of resources recording Gutenberg and his Impact.  In German or English with some biblical passages in French as well.

[Gutenberg Bible] The Keio Gutenberg Bible
Includes a select bibliography of the Gutenberg 42-line Bible.
- Treasures of Keio University

[Gutenberg Bible] University of Texas - Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

  • The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
    "The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed with movable type, is one of the greatest treasures in the Ransom Center's collections. It was printed at Johann Gutenberg's shop in Mainz, Germany and completed in 1454 or 1455. The Center's Bible was acquired in 1978 and is one of only five complete examples in the United States...For the first time, it is possible for the general public to view all of the pages from the University of Texas copy, including all of the large illuminated letters in volume I and the copious handwritten annotations, as well as other indications of the book's use in religious services."
    Sections include: The Book before Gutenberg ; Johann Gutenberg ; The Printing of the Bible ; The Spread of Printing ; The Appearance of the Bible ; Anatomy of a Page ; The Ransom Center Copy ; Selected Pages ; Digital Gutenberg Project ; Additional Resources.

Into His Own
Perspective on the World of Jesus With New Translations from Primary Texts.
"Into His Own is designed as a tool for the historical study of Christian scriptures. Since the works in the New Testament were composed in implicit & often explicit dialog with first century champions of Jewish tradition, the bulk of the passages included here have been excerpted from works written by Jewish authors, especially those composed after the Hebrew scriptures that can be found in any Christian "Old Testament. " But there are also selections from non-Jewish sources that help bring the writings of Christian authors into a clearer cultural perspective.
Sections include: Texts ; Background ; Reviews ; Network ; Weblog.
By Mahlon H. Smith, Dept. of Religion, Rutgers University

The Jesus Archive - (dead link)
"Dedicated to the Study of the Historical Jesus, Early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism"
"Think of the Jesus Archive as your portal to the historical Jesus on the World Wide Web. In its present incarnation, the Jesus Archive offers the following features: Research Resources [includes over 1000 primary and secondary sources on the Web] ... Scholars Database ... Forums ... Books."

The Jesus of Nazareth in Early Christian Gospels
"An annotated bibliography with links to the texts of all extant Gospels written before the end of the second century."
"The page has links to translations of all of the early Gospels, including many fragments and different versions not available elsewhere on the web."
By Andrew Bernhard


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Journal of Religion and Society (ejournal)
"...has been established to promote the cross-disciplinary study of religion and its diverse social dimensions through the publication of research articles, essays and opinions, review articles, and book reviews."

King James Bible
"This text was originally created at the University of Pennsylvania by Robert A. Kraft, was made available to us by the Oxford Text Archive, and is presented here in a searchable SGML form by the University of Virginia."
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia

Labyrinth Latin Bookcase
An extensive collection of links to various hypertext projects and texts.
Maintained by Martin Irvine and Deborah Everhart, Georgetown University

Margins of the Past
Manuscripts as Historical Documents (Vatican Exhibit)

Nag Hammadi Library
"The texts discovered at Nag Hammadi available in the Gnostic Society Library are indexed in alphabetical order, and by their location in the original codices. A subject categorized list of the writings is also given. You may also search the entire collection of texts for keywords or phrases using a search form"
Part of the excellent Gnostic Society Library

New Testament Greek Lexicon
Enter by Strong's Number, Greek or English Word
"The Greek Lexicon has been designed to help the user understand the original text of the Bible. By using the Strong's version of the Bible, the user can gain a deeper knowledge of the passage being studied...The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the 'Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.'"

Noncanonical Homepage - (dead link)
"Documents to aid students and scholars alike in Biblical interpretation"
From the Wesley Center for Applied Theology - (dead link)

Old Paths Archive
A depository of religious articles, sermons, poems, books, theses and music written by members of churches of Christ Mostly early to mid twentieth century writings

Oxford Hypertext Project of Baptist and Anabaptist Resources - (dead link)
A brief list of available sources but hopefully more will added shortly

The Philotheou Monastery Project
Includes information on The Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, The Greek manuscripts of Philotheou Monastery, the history of the monastery and its manuscript library, methodological papers, and an archive of watermarks and papers in Greek manuscripts
Created by Robert W. Allison, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Bates College

Postmodern Bible Dictionary
"Hypertext and multimedia dictionary project (couple of hundred entries at March 2002).
By Dr. Tim Bulkeley, University of Auckland, Carey Baptist College

Project Wittenberg
"Home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links to other places where words and images from the history of Lutheranism live. Project Wittenberg is the first step towards an international electronic library of Lutheranism. As such, we are always adding and changing our sites. This site contains Project Wittenberg texts in final form."
Maintained by Reverend Bob Smith, Walther Library, Concordia Theological Seminary

Revised Standard Version of the Bible
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia

The Skeptic's Annotated Bible (SAB)
"It contains the entire text of the King James Version of the bible presented from a skeptic's point of view. Verses are classified using a four star rating system, with cross-referenced links and attached notes."
By Steve Wells

The Unbound Bible (English, Spanish or French)
"The Unbound Bible is a collection of searchable Bibles consisting of: 10 English versions including the NASB ; Greek and Hebrew Versions (the original Bible languages) ; 4 ancient versions ; 42 versions in other languages."
Biola University

Virtual Christianity: Bibles
Includes English and foreign language Bibles
Maintained by Steven Adkins

Vulgata Daniel et Esther - (dead link)
Latin Vulgate versions of Daniel and Esther
By Dennis McCarthy

Yale Divinity Digital Image and Text Library
"..."...is a faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity School that provides digital resources for teaching and research related to the history of Christianity... Some images in the database are restricted to Yale use, due to copyright agreements."

Academic Discussion Lists
Ancient Bible History
E-mail discussion list.
"Scholarly debate. Students welcome. Personal opinions, contributions, topic suggestions, resources and other materials are invited...This is a Historical Forum and absolutely -NOT INTENDED- for church promotion or religious bias. Absolutely non-denominational.   No proselytizing."

B-Greek
Biblical Greek Mailing List
"...is a mailing list for discussing the Greek text and language of the Bible. Anyone interested in New Testament Studies is invited to subscribe, but the list assumes a working knowledge of Biblical Greek."

B-Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew Mailing List
"...is an e-mail conference of academic professionals, teachers, students, clergy and laity, people of any faith, devoted to a better understanding of the Hebrew Bible. As such we often discuss a variety of topics related to the Biblical languages, the history of the text and its study, the culture of the Ancient Near East, the literary analysis of the Hebrew Bible, and more."

Corpus Paulinum
The Corpus-Paul List

Kata Markon
The Gospel of Mark Discussion List
"...a moderated academic e-list dedicated to the scholarly discussion and evaluation of critical questions surrounding  the Gospel according to Mark. The purpose of the List is to provide a forum outside of the usual arenas of printed journals and monographs where these questions may be raised, entertained, and debated."




 

 
 




   
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