Internet Theology Resources:

Scripture

Contents

• Bibles.
• Biblical Studies.
• Old Testament.
• New Testament.

Bibles

• ARTFL Project: Multi-Lingual Bibles. Includes Vulgate, KJV, Louis Segond (French), and Luthers Bibel (German). Instructions and prompts in English. No Apocrypha. [2K text, 51K graphics].
• Bible Gateway. Includes Vulgate, KJV, NIV, Reina-Valera (Spanish), and Elberfelder (German). Except for the Latin Vulgate, instructions and prompts are in the same language as the Bible translation. No Apocrypha.
• Chinese Bible
  • Chinese Bible, Big 5 coding.
  • Chinese Bible, GB coding.
• Douay-Rheims
  • Douay-Rheims Bible. Complete text of 1899 Challoner revision. Some Old Testament books have not been proofread. Each chapter in its own file. With concordances and word frequency lists.
  • Online Douay-Rheims Bible. Complete text. Each chapter in its own file. Searchable HTML; also allows browsing to any other chapter.
• ECanon. Search engine. KJV, RSV. NRSV with Apocrypha. Westcott-Hort of the New Testament, in unaccented Greek. Allows searching by keyword, phrase, or citation. Can view the different versions in parallel.
• The NET Bible. Completely new English translation. Dynamic equivalence in text, formal equivalence in notes. You must download BibleScript fonts to view the Hebrew and Greek. Uses frames; non-frames browsers can access the NET Bible text and notes.
• New American Bible. 1970 Old Testament (except for 1991 Psalms), 1986 New Testament. Full text online, with introductions and notes. Table of contents in alphabetical order, but books of the Bible are actually presented in canonical order.
• Nova Vulgata. Editio typica altera, 1986. A modern revision of the Gallican Vulgate. Complete text in Latin, including Pope John Paul II's 1979 Apostolic Constitution Scripturarum thesaurus. Each book in its own file.
• Online Bible. Pretty much the only freeware for Bible scholars on Windows 3.1. Whether you use DOS, Mac, or Windows (16- or 32-bit), you can put together a free program with the KJV and/or ASV, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Westcott-Hort, and the so-called "Apocrypha." The basic module comes with fonts for Hebrew and Greek. Other free modules include the Byzantine Greek and the Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Luthers Bibel, Louis Segond, and the Reina-Valera. Windows 3.1 and DOS versions are no longer being updated, and have no Septuagint; Mac version has no Vulgate, no JPS Tanakh, no Strong's Concordance.
• On-Line Bibles. Includes Challoner's revision of the Douay-Rheims, Riveduta/Luzzi (a Protestant Bible in Italian), Portuguese and Russian translations, two versions of the KJV, two versions of the Luther Bible. Vulgate with deuterocanonical books and apocrypha, although Daniel is incomplete. Five versions of the Greek New Testament, transliterated or in modern Greek font. Search or browse, option to view multiple versions in parallel.
• Parallel Latin/English Psalter. The Vulgate side by side with Challoner's revision of the Douay. Each psalm in its own file. Indexed by number and by incipit.
• Revised Standard Version
  • Electronic Text Center, The Bible, Revised Standard Version. Includes Apocrypha. Search or browse. Can be viewed in parallel with the King James.
  • Humanities Text Initiative, Bible: Revised Standard Version. Includes Apocrypha. Each book in its own file. Allows searches by word or phrase, proximity, citation, some Boolean operators.
• La Sacra Bibbia CEI. A Catholic translation, in Italian. Full text online. Each book of the Bible in its own file, with links to chapters. Frames-dependent. [20K text, 236K graphics].
• Jacob Senecal, The Bible for Linux Project. Linux users may be interested in this guide to currently available Bible software, with links to other projects in development.
• The Septuagint Version of the Old Testament with an English Translation. Scanned from an 1870 publication of Sir Lancelot Brenton's edition of the LXX. In progress. Currently requires the ability to view PNG files (a 4.* or later browser with QuickTime will do); volunteers are sought to do corrections, proofreading, and markup.
• The Tanach Page: The Masoretic Text. With instructions for viewing the Hebrew.

Biblical Studies

• Bible Basics. Formation of the canon, history of translations, outlines of New Testament books. Also features a small pronunciation guide (with sound files) for such stumpers as "Kiriatharba," "Nebuzaradan," and "Pi-Hahiroth."
• Bible Research CyberCenter. Links to some general reference materials, plus one way to organize a paper or presentation. The tables-dependent format is confusing.
• Catholic Biblical Association of America. [8K text, 133K graphics].
• CSB/SJU libraries' subject guide Selected Resources for Classics.
• Gerald Darring, Theology Library: Sacred Scripture. Directory.
• Duane and Pamela Duff, Bible. Comparisons of more than sixty English translations of the Bible.
• Ronald L. Ecker, And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible (1995). [4K text, 93K graphics]. On a popular level; Ecker's background is in English literature and library science.
• Holy Scripture in the Orthodox Church. FAQ on the Eastern Orthodox approach to Scripture, compiled by Fr. Demetrios Serfes. [71K text, 16K graphics].
• IOUDAIOS Review Home Page. Study of early Judaism and related fields. Home page for IOUDAIOS-L Internet mailing list, plus a collection of book reviews.
• Josephus (c. 37-c. 97), The Works of Flavius Josephus. [5K text, 56K graphics].
• Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek Lexicon, from the Perseus Project at Tufts. Search in Greek font, Beta code, or Latin transliteration. Definitions are searchable for English keywords.
• Randy McRoberts, Biblical Studies Links. Annotated directory.
• Noncanonical Literature. Your one stop for deuterocanonical literature, apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, and the Apostolic Fathers. [32K text, 55K graphics].
• Orthodox Scriptures Page. Eastern Orthodox.
• Robert Oshana, Learn Assyrian Online. Aramaic alphabet, Syriac vocabulary. Must have graphics capability. Site also has .au files. [25K text, 36K graphics].
• Pius XII, Divino Afflante Spiritu (1943). The text which authorized Catholics to use the tools of modern Biblical scholarship.
  • Divino Afflante Spiritu, English. [61K].
  • Divino Afflante Spiritu, French. [67K text, 27K graphics].
  • Divino afflante Spiritu, Italian. Each paragraph in its own file. With concordances and word frequency lists.
  • Divino Afflante Spiritu, Spanish. Requires JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser. Text is split into eleven files.
• Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1994).
• Sagrada Escritura. From the Biblioteca Electrónica Cristiana, small collection of Spanish-language documents relevant to Biblical studies. Some texts require JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser.
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea. An exhibition held at the Library of Congress.
• Torrey Seland, Resource Page for Biblical Studies. One of the most highly regarded Biblical studies sites on the Net. Annotated directory. Includes a page on Philo. Seland is professor of Biblical studies at Volda College, Norway.
• Society of Biblical Literature.
• Vatican II, Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1965)
  • Constitutio dogmatica de divina revelatione « Dei verbum ». In Latin, as published in AAS 58 (1966) 817-836.
  • Dei Verbum, English. [37K text, 25K graphics].
  • Dei Verbum, French. [45K text, 24K graphics].
  • Dei Verbum, Spanish.
  • Dogmatische Konstitution über die göttliche Offenbarung "Dei Verbum". German translation.

Old Testament

• Annals of the Kings of Assyria. Edited by E.A. Wallis Budge and L.W. King, and published in 1902. Page images; inaccessible to text browsers.
• Tim Bulkeley, Postmodern Bible--Amos. Ambitious project, with a sample multimedia commentary on Amos. Dr. Bulkeley is an Old Testament lecturer at Carey Baptist College, New Zealand.
• The Code of Hammurabi (2500 B.C.). Translated by L.W. King. With commentary from Charles F. Horne and Claude Hermann Walter Johns in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., 1910). The Code of Hammurabi itself, no frames comes to 68K text, 6K graphics.
• F.C. Conybeare and St. George Stock, Grammar of Septuagint Greek (1905). In progress. Currently requires the ability to view PNG files; volunteers are sought to do proofreading and markup.
• Thomas E.A. Dale, Ur and the Beginnings of Western Art in Ancient Mesopotamia. Bronze Age, c. 2900-2200 BC. [12K text, 510K graphics]. Sumerian votive statues, ziggurats, "Head of Sargon" sculpture. Maps, photos. Access to larger version of images is restricted. Dale is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin.
• John Heise, Akkadian Language. Includes history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia, as well as sample texts and an introduction to reading Akkadian cuneiform. Unfortunately frames-dependent.
• Charles E. Jones, ABZU. Resources for study of the ancient Near East. Jones is the Research Archivist-Bibliographer for the Oriental Institute.
• Christopher B. Siren
  • The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ. [63K text, 22K graphics].
  • Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ. [51K text, 24K graphics].
  • Hittite/Hurrian Mythology REF.
  • Sumerian Mythology FAQ.
• Mordechai Torczyner's WebShas. Index for the Babylonian Talmud.

New Testament

• Georg S. Adamsen, Revelation Resources. Annotated bibliography of scholarship on the book of Revelation.
• The Fathers of the Church. Includes a good collection of apocalypses and NT apocrypha (at bottom of page).
• Mark Goodacre
  • Mark Without Q. Argues for Markan priority and against the hypothetical Q.
  • New Testament Gateway. Directory organized by topic, with brief annotations. Focus on English-language scholarly resources. Unique to this site: a list of home pages of New Testament researchers.
• More than you ever wanted to know about the Gospel of Thomas. A tour de force. [9K text, 121K graphics].
• Corey Keating, Learning New Testament Greek (Frames-Dependent). Basic grammatical concepts. Explanation is all in English. Frames-haters, see: Learning New Testament Greek (Index) and Greek Page Instructions.
• Dag Kihlman, Wordbase Greek. Software to help you learn New Testament Greek. Registration is currently free. Made for Windows 9x; also works on Macs with Virtual PC, or Windows 3.x with Win32s.
• Origen (c. 185-254), Commentary on the Gospel of John.
• Michael Spencer, The Gospel of Mark Homepage. [2K text, 68K graphics]. Spencer has an M.Div., and serves as chaplain for the Oneida Baptist Institute.
• Tatian (fl. 154-165), The Diatessaron. An early attempt to "harmonize" the Gospels.
  • The Diatessaron, no notes. [336K].
  • The Diatessaron, with notes and links to chapters. [515K].

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