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Ancient Near East Background of the of the Book of Job

This site contains ANE online scholarly studies and links for a wider understanding of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible.

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Randolf C. Flores, SVD

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In memoriam: Anthony R. Ceresko, OSFS (1942-2005)

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Bibliography of the Book of Job

W.L. Michel

 Emeritus Professor: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Date of last revision: 16 Nov 2002

--so far the most comprehensive, includes even reviews and abstracts

--contains also M.Dahood Bibliography

--we thank Prof. W. L. Michel for his generosity

 

David Clines

-bibliography from his book Job 1-20 (1989)

-excellent collection till 1989

Libraries Online

BIBIL: Biblical Bibliography of Lusanne

-excellent source of  latest articles; areas of interests are arranged in the “Thesaurus”; search includes Greek and Hebrew; more than 400 entries on the Book of Job

Pontifical Biblical Institute Library

BILDI

Documentation by the Library of the University of Innsbruck, Austria

-- hit the  SUCHE” box, and the in the next window, type “Book of Job” in the Basic Index box, and click enter

-- entries are regularly updated; it has more than 600 entries on the Book of Job

--a basis of the Elenchus of Biblica

--includes also databases of the Book of Deuteronomy and Plants and Animals in the Bible

IKTINOS

hosted in Korea, but for unknown reasons, the site is no longer availabe. I’m hosting temporally the site of the Book of Job. Just click URL above.

--most entries are scholarly articles in the journals published until 1998.

 

Journals Online

Biblica (Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome)

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (University of Alberta)

Denver Journal (An Online Review of Current Biblical and Theological Studies. Denver Seminary)

 

Ugaritic Studies

Un Escrito y Varios Textos. Informatica y Filologia. Recension texto ugaritico." Jesus-Luis Cunchillos y Juan-Pablo Vita. Laboratorio de Hermeneumetica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid 2002; free book in PDF format covering development of a recension of the Ugaritic texts and the advantages of computers in such efforts

 

Mark S. Smith (a bibliography of ugaritic grammar and biblical hebrew grammar in the twentieth century)

 

Other West Semitic Materials

 

Sumerian Literature

            Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

Mesopotamian Literature

Egyptian Literature

            Archeologate Vicino Oriente  

                                    Istituto Italiano per la Civiltà Egizia), associazione culturale costituitasi a Torino nel 1986 ad opera cli eminenti studiosi delle principali università italiane, ha lo scopo cli promuovere gli studi attinenti alla civiltà egizia antica, dall'epoca faraonica a quella greca, romana e bizantina.

 

Other Links from Society of Biblical Literature

Ancient Near East

  • ABZU Guide to resources for the study of the ancient Near East available on the Internet: a project and publication of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago
  • Deutsche Morgenlandische-Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society)
  • Cuneiform Signs Analysis of the issues surrounding the development of a proposal for encoding the Cuneiform writing system for inclusion in the Unicode standard. Note that these reports are not static and will be updated on a continuing basis.
  • Chicago Demotic Dictionary online (PDF files) version of the ongoing Demotic dictionary project at the Oriental Institute
  • American Oriental Society
  • ARTA (Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology) online journal devoted to all aspects of Achaemenid research
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Includes recently added images of tablets from the Institut Catholique
  • ETANA Core Texts classic but hard to find volumes online
  • ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives a collaboration of SBL, Oriental Institute (UChicago), and others
  • Hethitologie Portal Mainz
  • "Un Escrito y Varios Textos. Informatica y Filologia. Recension texto ugaritico." Jesus-Luis Cunchillos y Juan-Pablo Vita. Laboratorio de Hermeneumetica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid 2002; free book in PDF format covering development of a recension of the Ugaritic texts and the advantages of computers in such efforts
  • Unwrapping and Visualizing Cuneiform Tablets This article demonstrates a technique with the potential to make cuneiform tablet archives accessible on a scholar's computer.
  • Okeanos: ancient Near Eastern Studies; a very well organized and useful collection of links to resources spanning classics, biblical studies, and the Ancient Near East.
  • Oriental Institute Research Archives An on-line catalogue to the archives of the Oriental Institute.
  • Hittite Home Page the starting place for serious Hittite research on the WWW.

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha
New Testament/Second Testament

  • A searchable Greek New Testament most notable for its non-browser specific implementation and the ability to limit searches by proximity, other words, or grammatical category.
  • Duke Papyrus Archive
  • Greek New Testament MP3 Files Marilyn Phemister reads the Greek New Testament.
  • Bibliographical Repertoire of Greek Lexicography, RBLG (second supplement)
  • Digital Nestle-Aland Prototype The standard scholarly text for the Greek New Testament has taken a giant step forward at this site. The Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University Münster in collaboration with Scholarly Digital Editions (Leicester, UK) and the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (Stuttgart, Germany) fulfilled concrete the promise of technology for biblical studies. This project raises the bar for any biblical text project to be considered serious scholarship.
  • British New Testament Society
  • Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus Using brief passages from original texts, translated into English, this site provides readers with texts illustrating the cultural background of the New Testament and the life of Jesus.
  • The Johannine Literature Web An excellent starting point for students or scholars seeking high quality online materials on Johannine Literature. Maintained by Felix Just, SJ, Loyola Marymount University
  • New Testament Gateway a very comprehesive site for New Testament scholars by Mark Goodacre which includes the "All-in-One Biblical Resources Search" page; highly recommended.
  • New Testament Transcripts Prototype,the prototype for transcripts of New Testament manuscripts from the Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster; as an adaptation of modern technology to a traditional scholarly task, this project has no equals in the world of biblical textual studies and only one outside that realm. (Peter Robison's Chaucer project; It should be noted that Professor Robinson is acting as an adviser to this project.)
  • Otfrid's Evangelienbuch
  • Processes used to study New Testament manuscripts
  • Synoptic Gospel Primer Mahlon Smith has made good use of hypertext links and text coloring to illustrate Synoptic Gospel issues for undergraduates. This is a "primer" only in the sense that it relies on an English translation of the text, which makes it more accessible to its intended audience. The site and its techniques merit extended study and emulation by scholars concerned with textual or textual transmission issues.
  • Resource Pages for Biblical Studies Based at Volda University College these pages focus on "early Christian writings and their social world" but also include resources of interest to biblical scholars/students in general.

Mediterranean World/Early Church

 

Gender in the Ancient World

  • Diotima Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world, including biblical studies

Maps & Archaeology

  • British School of Archaeology in Iraq The BSAI site has several links that cover the impact of the 2003 Iraq War on Iraq's cultural heritage.
  • Archaeological Site Photography
    recent (1973-1990) photographs of archaeological sites by John and Peggy Sanders. Classified under Mesopotamia and Egypt
  • Egyptian Mirage a database of 19th-century "studio photographs" of Egypt in the collection of the Griffith Institute, Oxford
  • Global Egyptian Museum: The Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research (CCER) has developed the Global Egyptian Museum (GEM) in collaboration with 13 European collections to offer access to 6,600 artifacts from those collections on the WWW. By the end of 2004, the number of artifacts is projected to reach 17,500. Accessible in seven languages, this site offers free 24 trial access, followed by a subscription requirement.
  • Hemma Plateau (Hassake, Syria) 2003 campaign report
  • The Survey and Excavation Project in Egypt (SEPE) will be of interest to scholars interested in the relationships of Egypt and neighboring countries, with an emphasis on the East Delta and the Sinai. Specific resources at this site include excavation reports from Tell Tebilla (East Delta) as well as material on the use of satellite imagery.
  • Tell en-Nasbeh Research Project
  • Theban Mapping Project
    Stunning use of new technology delivers an atlas of the Valley of the Kings. Includes a 3-D reconstruction of KV 14.
  • Virtual Petra
    Prof. Martha Joukowsky ( Brown University)is leading a collaboration of scientists, engineers and artists to create a virtual restoration of the Great Temple of Petra. In addition to having academic merit, it also illustrates the advantages of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
  • Virtual World Project a virtual tour of ancient sites along the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Holy Land Photos The purpose of HolyLandPhotos.org is to make images from the lands of the Bible available to the general public.The site has been conceived, developed, and maintained on a volunteer basis by Dr. Carl Rasmussen and Jesse Gavin . Carl Rasmussen provides all photos unless otherwise noted. Please note - this is a GROWING site. Images are being added to it weekly.
  • Digital Map of the Ancient Near East digital map of the Ancient Near East; requires Mac OS 9.5 or above, or Internet Explorer 5.0 or above

Technology for Manuscripts & Artifacts

  • Academic Commons offers a forum for investigating and defining the role that technology can play in liberal arts education. Sponsored by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College, Academic Commons publishes essays, reviews, interviews, showcases of innovative uses of technology, and vignettes that critically examine technology uses in the classroom.
  • NINCH guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials; excellent guide to best practices to insure that digitized materials are useful both now and for future projects.
  • New Testament Transcripts Prototype the prototype for transcripts of New Testament manuscripts from the Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster; as an adaptation of modern technology to a traditional scholarly task, this project has no equals in the world of biblical textual studies and only one outside that realm. (Peter Robison's Chaucer project; It should be noted that Professor Robinson is acting as an adviser to this project.)
  • Cuneiform Signs Analysis of the issues surrounding the development of a proposal for encoding the Cuneiform writing system for inclusion in the Unicode standard. Note that these reports are not static and will be updated on a continuing basis.
  • "Un Escrito y Varios Textos. Informatica y Filologia. Recension texto ugaritico." Jesus-Luis Cunchillos y Juan-Pablo Vita. Laboratorio de Hermeneumetica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid 2002; free book in PDF format covering development of a recension of the Ugaritic texts and the advantages of computers in such efforts
  • Vindolanda Tablets Online. While not strictly relevant to biblical studies per se, this site offers a glimpse of the possibilities that technology can bring to the presentation of primary source materials. It should be noted that this is a collaborative effort that combines the talents of content specialists with those of technologists to result in a resource beyond the capabilities of either working alone .

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Other Projects in the Humanities

  • The Stoa: A Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities Stoa offers referred scholarly publications, is developing new models for scholarly collaboration and is committed to bringing classical scholarship to a wider audience. While emphasizing the highest standards of scholarship, Stoa seeks to reach out to a broader audience of non-specialists.

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