TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bible

Biblical Studies

Old Testament

New Testament

Church Documents on Revelation

Church Documents on Biblical Studies

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Concordance

Biblical Commentaries

Biblical Journals

Biblical Associations

Biblical Libraries

Search Engines

Major Directories

• Greek New Testament
• Latin
• English Versions: NIV | NASB | RSV | KJV | Darby | YLT | The NET Bible |
• Douay-Rheims
• Louis Saigon
• German
• Italian
• Spanish
• Polish
   

• 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.

• Grail Psalter - The Book of Psalms. A 1963 translation into English, divided into sense lines. [72K text, 15K graphics, 8K MIDI].

• 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.

• La Traduction Oecuménique de la Bible (1975). French. Includes deuterocanonical books. Select a book, then a chapter.

• Vulgata Daniel et Esther. Vulgate arrangement or Septuagint arrangement, and in HTML or plain text, your choice.

• 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.

• BSW.org - Biblical Studies on the Web

• Catholic Biblical Association of America. [8K text, 133K graphics].

• CSB/SJU libraries' subject guide The Classical World.

• 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.

• Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World - Resources include teaching materials such as papers and study guides covering topics like women's spirituality, ancient social life, ancient and modern attitudes, gender and sexuality, and the status of women in ancient societies. Also features anthology essays, visual images, and material on biblical studies.

• 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 Page. Annotated directory.

• The Noncanonical Homepage. Your one stop for deuterocanonical literature, apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, and the Apostolic Fathers. [4K text, 60K 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].

• 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.

• Textweek - Scripture study and worship links

• Vatican II, Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1965)

  • Dei Verbum, English. [37K text, 25K graphics].

• 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.

• Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha - Non-canonical texts so not inspired scripture, but provide useful background information.

• Associates for Biblical Research An organization dedicated to confirming the historical reliability of scripture through archaeology.

• 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.

• Nick Cahill, Art in the Ancient Near East. Bronze Age, c. 2900-2200 BC. [6K text, 85K graphics]. Sumerian votive statues, ziggurats, "Head of Sargon" sculpture. Maps, photos. Access to larger version of images is restricted. Cahill is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin.

• Bible Places - features photographs and descriptions of sites in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey and Greece with an emphasis on biblical archaeology, geography and history.

• Christian Classics Ethereal Library A massive collection of classical Christian works including early church fathers, Naghammadi and Dead Sea Scrolls.

• 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.

• The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus Flavius Josephus was a Jewish Historian.

• 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.

• 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.
• Exploring Ancient Cultures - Near East
• Exploring Ancient Cultures - Egypt
• Exploring Ancient Cultures - Rome
• Follow the Rabbi

• Guide to Early Church Documents Extrabiblical documents (Pseudepigrapha), writings
  of early church fathers and early creeds and canons.

• Information on Jewish Texts Includes information on the Talmud, Mishnah and other commentaries on the Law.

• Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus

• Landmark sites in Israel Photos and descriptions of famous sites in Israel.

• Mordechai Torczyner's WebShas. Index for the Babylonian Talmud.

• The Relevance of Archaeology to the Study of Scripture- by Andrew S Kulikovsky

• Textweek - Scripture study and worship links

• Electronic New Testament Educational Resources - Felix Just, SJ

• The Five Gospels Parallels - allows side-by-side views of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
  and the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas; by John Marshall, University of Toronto

• 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.

• The New Testament Gateway - the first place to go for links to many different categories;
  regularly updated and constantly expanding;  by Dr. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham.

• Resources for New Testament Studies by Rodney J. Decker

• 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].

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Vatican II. Vatican site
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 1, Section 1 Article 1: The Revelation of God. God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness." The Stages of Revelation
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 1, Section 1 Christ Jesus - "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation." There Will Be No Further Revelation. The Transmission of Divine Revelation. The Apostolic Tradition. The Relationship Between Tradition and Sacred Scripture. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith
General Catechetical Directory (1971) See articles 10-12
Revelation Invites Us to Communion and Life November 1995 reflection by Pope John Paul II
The History of Salvation and Revelation A paraphrase by Mark F. Fischer of Chapter 5 of Karl Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith. See these sections: Part 4: On the Relationship Between the History of Universal Transcendental Revelation and the Special, Categorical Revelation. Part 5: On the Structure of the Actual History of Revelation. Part 6: A Summary of the Notion of Revelation
Revelation in Recent Catholic Theology Article by Avery Dulles, SJ, in Theology Today, 1967
Is Revelation Coherent? Article by David Griffin in Theology Today, 1971
Is It Possible to Understand Christian Revelation in a Way Which Also Allows for Divine Revelation in Other Religious Traditions? Article by Paul Mulqueen in Theology@McAuley, 2002
Sacred Scripture Theology Library links
 

Dictionaries:

• Easton's Bible Dictionary (you can also find it here)
• Dictionary of Feminist Theologies
• Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (you can also find it here)
• Smith's Bible Dictionary

Encyclopedias:

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - from Search God's Word
• Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Theology - from Bible Study Tools
• Dictionary of Theology - from CARM
• Hypertext Bible Dictionary
• Nave's Topical Bible
• Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Concordance

• Parallel Aligned Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Jewish Scriptures
• Morphologically Analyzed Hebrew Bible
• Morphologically Analyzed Septuagint
• Bible Browsers
• Greek New Testament Grammar
• Greek New Testament Concordance
• Ancient Greek Texts Search : Perseus Project'
• Hebrew / Greek Lexicons -
• The Bible Gateway searchable, multiple languages: Spanish-RVA | French-LSG | Portuguese-NVI |
  Nave's Concordance | Web Chapel's |
• English Synopsis of the Bible, John N. Darby
• Bible study resources -- FTP text (Easton's Bible Dictionary, Nave's Topical Bible, Strong's Concordance, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, and Torrey's New Topical Textbook)
   

• OBAL Online Biblical Articles Library maintained by BSW Research Center.
• Biblical Journals Online
  • Online Partial Edition of Biblica
  • American Journal of Biblical Theology
  • Bibliotheca Sacra Theological Journal
  • TC- A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism - "TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism is an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian biblical texts."
  • The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
  • Biblical Theology Bulletin
  • Journal for the Study of Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament

• Catholic Biblical Association
• Society of Biblical Literature
• American Bible Society
• Biblical Archaeology Society
• Biblical Studies Foundation
• École Biblique - Jerusalem
• Pontifical Biblical Institute - Rome
• United Bible Societies

• MultiWEB URBE - Union of Roman Ecclesiastical Libraries
• Pontificio Istituto Biblico (only inside URBE) (username: aleph)
• THEOLDI Documentation of Theological and Interdisciplinary Literature School of Theology
   at the University of Innsbruck.
• COPAC A search engine from some of the major library catalogs in the UK and Ireland.
• ISBR Institut Romand des Sciences Bibliques: Lausanne University.
• Gabriel WWW and Telnet links to online services and (international) publications
  of the European National Libraries.
• Blais The online catalog of the librairies of the Claremont Colleges.
• CCO Catalogues Collectifs des Ouvrages.
• CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries.
• Harvard University (username: Hollis)
• U.R.B.E. Common Catalog (only inside URBE)(username: aleph)
• South West Germany Library Consortium:EUCOR Universities of Karlsruhe, Freiburg and Strasbourg
• PALNI Private Academic Library Network of Indiana. It regroups 20 participating libraries.
• OPALL
• BIBP Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique: UniversitÈ Laval (QuÈbec)
• Acadia University's Library System
• Dallas Theological Seminary (Texas)
• The Internet Public Library
• Pontifical College Josephinum (Ohio)
• Princeton University
• Union Theological Seminary (New York)
• Washington Theological Union (Washington, D.C.)
• URBE - Union of Roman Ecclesiastical Libraries
  Warning: Telnet is allowed only inside the URBE Network
   
  • MultiWEB
  • Pontificio Istituto Biblico
  • Pontificia Universita' Gregoriana
  • Pontificia Universita' S.Tommaso
  • Pontificia Accademia Alfonsiana
  • Pontificio Ateneo S.Anselmo
  • Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum
  • Pontificia Universita' della Santa Croce
  • Pontificia Facolta' Teologica Marianum
  • Pontificio Istituto di Studi Orientali
  • Pontificia Universita' Urbaniana
  • Centro Pro Unione
  • Pontificia Università Salesiana
     
• Vatican Library and others
• Biblioteca Francescana (Milan, Italy)

• All-in-One Biblical Resources Search - a single-page collection that allows one to search over two dozen different websites related to Biblical Studies; maintained by Dr. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham.
   

• ABZU - "Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet";  maintained by Charles E. Jones, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.

• Argos - a "Limited Area Search of the Ancient and Medieval Internet"; from University of Evansville.

• BSW.org - Biblical Studies on the Web

• Bible.org - Foundation for Biblical Studies

• Bible and Scripture Resources - Bellarmine Theological Studies Resources

• Internet Theology Resources: Scripture - from the Alcuin and Clemens Libraries
  at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, Collegeville, MN.

• Resource Pages for Biblical Studies - the granddaddy of biblical links pages; very extensive,
  well organized and regularly updated; compiled by Torrey Seland, Volda College, Norway

• Academic Info: Biblical Studies - annotated directory of internet resources, by Mike Madin

• Biblical Studies Page - annotated list of select resources for Biblical Studies, by Randy McRoberts

• Biblical Studies Resources - growing list of resources by Dr. Jim West, Quartz Hill School of Theology

• GTU Library: Biblical Studies - fine collection of basic internet resources
• Rutgers University: Biblical Studies - another very helpful compilation of links
• Sacred Scripture Resources - extensive annotated lists of biblical resources,
  from the Archdiocese of Chicago's seminary library
• The Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources - excellent collections of links "For Teaching
  and Learning in Theology and Religion"; see their section on "Archaeology and Bible,"
  especially their pages on Archaeology and Classics, Bible: General, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament,
  New Testament
• Biblical Studies Internet Resources Guide
• Resources for Catholic Educators: Bible Study