Bible
Study Tools
The Best Online Bibles & Tools:
- New American Bible
- full text of the NAB, in canonical order; from the official website of the
USCCB.
- New Revised Standard Version - text and notes of NRSV and other translations; from "Oremus Bible Browser"; index by chapters also provided by Devotions.net
- Bible Gateway -
allows concordance-style searches of the Bible in nineteen English versions
(NIV, RSV, KJV, etc.) and many other modern languages.
- Bible Study Tools -
resources and searches in about 20 English translations, incl. several not available
elsewhere (NRSV, Douay-Rheims, etc.).
- Blue Letter Bible - Hebrew,
Greek, Latin, and eight English translations; excellent interlinear and comparative
tools.
- Five Gospels Parallels
- allows side-by-side views of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the non-canonical
Gospel of Thomas.
- Online Greek Bible
- enables viewing of the New Testament in several Greek fonts.
- Greek
New Testament - listen to the Westcott-Hort version of the Greek
NT, with MP3 files.
- New Testament Hyper-Concordance - easy word searches in English, from the Semantic Bible site
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Bible Verse of the Day (from the Canadian Bible Society)
Other Sites with Biblical Texts:
- British Library Treasures
- digital images and information about the Lindisfarne
Gospels, the Gutenberg
Bible (2 complete copies), and the Tyndale
New Testament
- Gutenberg Digital
- images of all 317 folios of the Göttingen Gutenberg Bible, and many related
materials in German or English, from the Göttingen State and University Library
- NEW
- Douay-Rheims Bible - full
online version - NEW URL 2/06
- Clementine Vulgate
Project - viewable in html or pdf formats, or with "VulSearch",
a free downloadable program - NEW
- Nova
Vulgata / Neo-Vulgate Bible - official 1979 revision, from the Vatican website
- NEW
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The
Jerusalem Bible - from the Ecole Biblique and Editions du CERF; in French
- Bibles.net - commercially-sponsored
site with a large online collection of links to Bibles and Biblical Resources
- e-Sword - free, downloadable Bible
study software, programmed by Rick Meyers; nice versatile features, but mostly older
(copyright-free) translations.
- HTML Bible - KJV and several older
English translations, in downloadable HTML and "Speaking Bible" versions;
from johnhurt.com
- NET Bible - a new English
translation made specifically for the internet; from the "Biblical
Studies Foundation"
- Online Bibles - electronic
texts in about 40 modern languages; from the International Bible Society
- Perseus Digital Library -
large collection of Classic texts (Greek & Roman), incl. the Greek
NT (ed. Westcott & Hort, 1885) and Jerome's Latin
Vulgate; from Tufts University
- Unbound Bible - a collection
of searchable Bibles including 10 English versions; 42 versions in other modern
languages; Greek, Hebrew, and four other ancient versions; from Biola University
- Year of the Bible - a plan
for reading the Bible for 5 minutes a day; from the Gospel Communications Network,
using the "Contemporary English Version" of the American Bible Society
Related Literature and Archaeology:
- Early Christian Writings
- introductory materials on canonical and non-canonical works; by Peter Kirby
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library - church
history and classic books from A-Z, some related to biblical studies; maintained
by Harry Plantinga, of Calvin College
- Duke Papyrus Archive -
images and descriptions of a wide variety of ancient papyri, secular and religious
- Early Church Fathers
- free HTML versions of the "Ante-Nicene Fathers" and "Nicene and
Post-Nicene Fathers" series; from the Gracious Call Library
- The Fathers of the Church -
even more primary texts, in alphabetical order of ancient authors; from the New
Advent website
- The Gnostic Society Library
- the Nag Hammadi writings and a wide variety of other primary texts, ancient and
modern; from the Gnostic Society, Los Angeles
- Metalogos Index - texts of the Gospels
of Thomas, Philip, and Valentinus; in English and Spanish
- Non-Canonical Literature
- links and texts of Apocryphal Acts, Apocalypses, Gospels, etc.; by Northwest Nazarene
University; formerly called "The Noncanonical Homepage" - new
URL
- The Orion Center for the Study of the
Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature - from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Scrolls
from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship - from
an Exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- WWW Sites Relating to the
Ancient Mediterranean - very useful and comprehensive collection of links, by
Dr. K. C. Hanson of Fortress Press
- "Ancient World Web" - by Julia Hayden (site closed July 2005 -
see http://www.julen.net/ancient/)
Some of the Best Internet Sites related to Biblical
Studies:
- New Testament Gateway - very
fine, well-organized, and easy to use pages with great links and frequent updates,
by Dr. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham
- Old Testament Gateway - a new site
listing many and diverse online materials for each book of the Hebrew Bible; by
Roy Nicholason, Tabor College, Victoria
- The Text This Week
- "Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources for
Students, Teachers and Preachers"; an extremely good site with many scriptural
resources for each biblical book; by Jenee Woodard
- E-Library:
Sacred Scripture - extensive annotated lists of biblical and related resources,
from Rev. Jim McIlhone, librarian at the University of St. Mary of the Lake (the
major seminary of the Archdiocese of Chicago)
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iTanakh - a growing collection of resources for scholarly study of the Hebrew Bible; by Prof. Christopher Heard, Milligan College
- Wabash
Center Internet Guide: Biblical Studies - part of their large "Guide to
Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion"
- Academic
Info: Biblical Studies - annotated directory of internet resources, by Mike
Madin
- The Bible: The
Book that Bridges the Millennia - interesting global and cultural perspectives,
by the Women's Division, Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
- Biblical Studies on the Web - several online
academic journals, and links to online articles and commentaries - NEW
- Biblical Studies
Links - 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
- The Development of the Canon of the New Testament
- introduction and comparative charts, collected and organized by Glenn Davis
- The Ecole
Initiative - "Creating a Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History on the
World-Wide Web", from the University of Evansville
- Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual
Criticism - short articles, by Robert Waltz - NEW
- From
Jesus to Christ: The First Christians - an excellent companion website to a
very fine PBS "Frontline" Program, including separate pages on the four Gospels
- GTU
Library: Biblical Studies - fine collection of basic internet resources
- Internet Resources
for the Study and Teaching of Theology: Biblical Studies - from CTI: Centre
for Textual Studies, at Oxford University [soon to be revised and renamed as part
of the "Humbul Humanities Web"
- Internet Theology Resources:
Scripture - maintained by Elizabeth Knuth; Alcuin and Clemens Libraries, College
of St. Benedict & St. John's University
- Jesus of Nazareth in Early Christian Gospels
- excellent resource with introductions, translations, bibliography and links on
canonical, non-canonical and hypothetical gospels; by Andrew Bernhard.
- Resources for
the Study of Christian Origins - excellent and extensive collection, by Justin
Meggitt, Corpus Christi College and Cambridge University
- Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
- the granddaddy of biblical links-pages; very extensive, well organized and regularly
updated; compiled by Torrey Seland, Volda University College, Norway - new
URL
- Theology
Library: Sacred Scripture - a very extensive collection of links, by Gerald
Darring, Spring Hill College
- Virtual
Religion Index: Biblical Studies - another very helpful compilation of links,
from the Religion Department, Rutgers University
- The Whole Bible:
Analysis of the Canonical and Apocryphal New Testament Scriptures - short descriptions
by Geoff Trowbridge - new URL
- World Wide Study Bible
- part of the "Christian Classics Ethereal Library" from Calvin College
- WebNexus - "Links for students and scholars of
Early Judaism and Christianity"; a promising new venture with large lists of categorized
and annotated links; maintained by Loren Stuckenbruck and Jerry Truex of the University
of Durham (formerly http://www.ntworld.org/webnexus/ - no longer online 8/05)
Learning New Testament Greek
- Greek New Testament- many
fine links for basic study and advanced research; from Dr. Mark Goodacre's "New
Testament Gateway".
- Greek NT Audio Files
- most of the Greek NT (Westcott and Hort edition) available for listening online
or downloading as MP3 files; by Marilyn Phemister
- Greek Alphabet - my own
introductory page on Ancient and Biblical Greek
- MS Word Symbol Font - my
chart of the English letter equivalents for the Greek characters using Microsoft
Word programs.
Professional Biblical Organizations: