Jim Ross' Bible Page

Many Bible resources are available on the Internet: Bible search programs, linguistic studies, library catalogs, electronic journals, discussion groups, and studies of the biblical background. For a general introduction to the Internet, the World Wide Web, and system requirements see an article by K. C. Hanson, with an excellent glossary and bibliography.

Bible Pages and General Studies

Among these are

• Michael Fraser's Theological Index has this biblical section
• Hivolda Bible Studies
• Hahne Bible Resources
• Biblical Studies Foundation
• Bibelwissenschaft (Passau)
• Computereinsatz in der Exegese/ Multilinguale Textverarbeitung
  This page is maintained by Franz Böhmisch, and has a variety of links to other bible resources.
• Yale Divinity School Library has a Web page listing various Bible tools, especially concordances and a link to the use of Logos (for which see the next section here).
• McGill University Bibles and Tools for Biblical Study

Commercial Bible Study Programs

Perhaps the most frequently used of these are

• Logos
• Bible Works
• Bible Windows
• Gramcord Institute
• Accordance
  Claims to be "the most complete family of Bible study products available for the Macintosh"
• Hahne's Bible page has reviews of these programs and several others. See also his article on the
• Use of Bible-Search Software in grammatical analysis of the N.T.

Biblical Sections in General Studies of Religious Literature

• Religious and Sacred Texts (Wiley)
• Guide to Christian Literature
• Review of P. Durusau's A Guide to Biblical and Religious Studies, Classics, and Archaeological Resources on the Internet, with links to other resources.
• There is also an update to Durusau.

Library Resources

There are many of these, mostly available through TELNET.
Of special interest, however, is

• Pitts Theological Library at Emory University

Linguistic Studies

Hebrew

• Yamada Web Guide to Hebrew (University of Oregon)
• Hebrew Software (Commercial)
• Parsons Hebrew Tutor (Commercial)
• Navigating the Bible is intended primarily for the Bar Mitzvah, and has this interesting section with recitation of the Hebrew text, along with a transliteration.

Greek

• Liddell-Scott Greek Lexicon Perseus Project, Tufts University
• Hellenistic Greek
• Learning NT Greek
• Parsons Greek Tutor (Commercial)

Bible Search Programs

• WWW Bible Gateway
• Parsons QuickVerse (Commercial)
• RSV Search Program
• ChristianNet Bible Search
• Browsable RSV
  This site can display RSV and King James in side-by-side frames. It gives access to the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center, which has a considerable variety of resources.
• Richard Goerwitz' Bible Browser
• ARTFL
  This is a multi-lingual Bible search program.
• DIOTIMA
  Diotima searches a variety of texts and resources, including biblical.

Studies of Parts of the Bible

• New Testament Gateway
  An extensive page created and maintained by Dr. Mark Goodacre of the University of Birmingham with numerous NT references.
• Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
  This page by Timothy Seid is devoted mostly to NT textual criticism, but has some other general information.
• Electronic New Testament Manuscripts
• Historical Jesus Studies
  • From Jesus to Christ
    The WWW pages accompanying the PBS program.
  • The Real Jesus
    A WWW page with considerable relevant material. Has a reference to a corresponding listserv discussion group, Crosstalk.
  • The Jesus Seminar
• Pauline Studies
  In the Footsteps of Paul
• Westminster Morphologically Analyzed Hebrew Old Testament
• Non-Canonical Documents
  OT and NT Apocrypha, Church Fathers, and others
• Apocryphal New Testament
• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
• Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
  Texts only; mostly from RSV and Charles

The Bible and its Background

Ancient History and Archaeology

• TELA (The Electronically Linked Academy; Scholar's Press)
  Among other things, TELA has links to biblical, archaeological, and classical resources, as well as learned societies such as the American Schools of Oriental Research, the Society for Biblical Literature, and the American Philological Society. Many other scholarly resources are available here.
• Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University
• ASOR digs, with clickable maps.
• Aspects of the Mediterranean Social World
• K. C. Hanson has a page on World Wide Web Sites Relating to the Ancient Mediterranean
• Index of Resources for Historians
  More than 1700 links, many of which are for the ancient history of the Near East, Greece, and Rome

Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology

• ABZU (Ancient Near East Resources)
• Ancient Near East Home Page
• ArchNet: The Near East
• Materials for a course on Archaeology of Egypt and Canaan in Ancient Times taught by John R. Abercrombie.
• Israel: Archaeology from the Air
  This is a photographic exhibit, and therefore takes a long time to load. But it is worth it.

Classical History and Archaeology

• Internet Classics Resources
• Classics and the Ancient Near East
• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
• The Perseus Project Classical Greek and Archaeology
• TOCS Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
• TLG Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: An electronic data bank of ancient Greek literature from Homer to 600 A.D.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

• The Dead Sea Scrolls: Library of Congress Exhibit
• The Orion Center for DSS Study

Other Resources

• Second Temple Synagogues by Don Binder
• The Nag Hammadi Library
• The Gospel of Thomas
  This page is maintained by Stevan Davies.

Electronic Journals

• TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
• Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
• Journal of Higher Criticism
• Biblical Studies on the Web -- by subscription
• Biblical Archaeologist
• Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
• Biblical Studies on the Web
  Summaries of articles only here; subscription required for full texts.

Discussion Groups

These are mailing lists (LISTSERV/MAJORDOMO), not USENET bulletin boards. See also Crosstalk under Historical Jesus Studies above.

• Biblical Study Groups
• ANE (Ancient Near East) Mailing List
• ASOR Mailing List
  Message should read only "subscribe asor-l".
• Miqra: Hebrew Bible Discussion List
• Graphai: A New Testament Discussion Group

Please feel free to send me any corrections or additions to this page. Thanks!

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