Biblical Studies: Web Resources

Using Google Earth - The location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible.

" The Center promotes cartography, historical geography, and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies through innovative and collaborative research, teaching, and community outreach activities. "

A Database of Historical Sites

A listing of significant sites online for the geography and cartography of ancient sites.

Article from "Studies in Comparative Religion" defining African religions

Religions related to South Africa and South African History

Statistics dealing with belief in African traditional religions across the continent

A Listing of several books Oxford found useful in the study of African religions

"Religion has always been central to people's lives in Africa. Although the majority of Africans are now Muslim or Christian, traditional religions have endured and still play a big role. Religion runs like a thread through daily life, marked by prayers of gratitude in times of plenty and prayers of supplication in times of need. Religion confirms identity on the individual and the group. "

A concise overview of African Religions from the Encyclopedia Britannica

Find Greek and Hebrew words in context. Search a single verse or an entire pericope. Cross referenced with Strong's Concordance

"Bill Mounce's free vocabulary drilling software program for Greek, Hebrew, and other languages. The Greek is keyed to Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek, and the Hebrew is keyed to Pratico's and Van Pelt's Basics of Biblical Hebrew. (Windows and Mac)"

"Each flash card will present a letter of the Hebrew alphabet along with a prompt for the name, numeric value, and english transliteration of the character. Click on "SUBMIT" at any time to verify your answers.
I have developed this application particularly to aid in my own learning of the ancient Hebrew, but, I provided it here as is, without warranty of any type, to aid others in their learning. I hope it is of value to you." From the website.

"The audio tracks below in mp3 format are courtesy of Audio Scriptures International.
Please note: We cannot sell or otherwise distribute CDs of these audio files. Thanks to two email replies, the reader has been identified as Abraham Shmuelof, a priest born in Jerusalem and now deceased. Additional information can be found here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/AbrahamShmuelof.html" From the website.

"The history of New Testament Exegesis is fraught with dramatic shifts from one method of exegesis to another. Last century word studies were all the rage. Now discourse analysis seems to have the spot light. In an effort to encourage balanced exegesis, this page offers links to sites which contain aids for four main areas of New Testament exegesis (lexical, morphological, grammatical, contextual). "

"Welcome to the Interlinear Bible.
The Interlinear Bible is keyed to the Greek and Hebrew text using Strong’s Concordance. Read the original and literal Greek or Hebrew text with Strong’s words using the King James Version or New American Standard. The interlinear allows for each parallel reading and lexicon study."

"Latin Vulgate . com helps you understand difficult verses in the Bible using the original Latin Vulgate as a reference. Sometimes meaning gets lost in the translation. By going back to one of the original texts, you can often figure out the meaning. One of these original texts is the Latin Vulgate written by Saint Jerome.
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"The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) is proud to announce the release of a new online version of Liddell-Scott-Jones (LSJ), the premier lexicon for classical Greek. The TLG version represents five years of intensive work to produce a fully edited and searchable version of LSJ with links to the TLG corpus."

The hebrew and Greek text appear side-by-side with the English text.

"The New Testament Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." Also included are pronunciations of each word with alternate pronunciations if available. "

"The Old Testament Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." Also included are pronunciations of each word with alternate pronunciations if available."

In the Greek

" With the online concordance, you have a tool even better than a normal Strong's Concordance. You can search multiple words and find all the verses with those words in it. For instance, you could search using the two words "beginning created" and find 4 verses that contain both of these words. This is something that a normal Strong's Concordance cannot do. Also, you can search the concordance by Strong's number. For instance, if you wanted to find all the occurrences of the Hebrew word #07723 (Shav), you put 7723 in the search box and it would list the scripture verses that contain this word. This makes it possible to get a fuller meaning of the word when you see how it is used in the context of other verses. "

"Though the terms "Bible" and "Old Testament" are commonly used by non-Jews to describe Judaism's scriptures, the appropriate term is "Tanach," which is derived as an acronym from the Hebrew letters of its three components: Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim."

"This text is derived from the Westminister Leningrad Codex (WLC) of the Westminister Hebrew Institute. Thanks to Christopher V. Kimball, who graciously made the source files for this freely available. This version is based on the October 20th, 2006 WLC release. An XML version of these files (with additional information on the transcription) can be obtained at http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml. Notes (see below) are in superscript red. Ketib variants are printed in brown, and qere variants in blue."

The entire archive the Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache is based on was digitized between 1997 and 1998, and indexed between 1998 and 2002

Another Vulgate site with the Latin and English side by side.

" The Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache (English: Dictionary of the Egyptian Language), abbreviated Wb in bibliographic references,[1] is a large German-language dictionary of the Egyptian language published between 1926 and 1961 by Adolf Erman and Hermann Grapow. It is a comprehensive work encompassing 3000 years of linguistic history, including Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian as well as hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Classical Greco-Roman period. The dictionary contains approximately 16,000 headwords in five main volumes, two secondary volumes, and five volumes of primary source references. It is therefore the largest and most complete printed dictionary of Ancient Egyptian in existence. " Wikipedia

This Gullah translation of the New Testament of the Bible was in production for 26 years and finally, after all the translating, editing, checking, typesetting and printing, it has now been released to the public. There was a launching of the Gullah New Testament at the Heritage Days Festival on St. Helena Island, SC, November 12, 2005.

2010 Religious Membership reports

From their own website " The ARIS 2008 survey was carried out during February-November 2008 and collected answers from 54,461 respondents who were questioned in English or Spanish. The American population self-identifies as predominantly Christian but Americans are slowly becoming less Christian.... "

The Public Religion Research Institute has provided this research tool that analyzes not only demographic, political, and religious attributes of the US but also American's attitudes toward key political issues.

"The latest findings, best methods and newest ideas in the scientific study of religion"

Statistical information on the changing world of religion. But you have to pay for much of what is on this site. Though, if you search, you will find some free information.

ISR exists to initiate, support, and conduct research on religion, involving scholars and projects spanning the intellectual spectrum: history, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, political science, epidemiology, theology, and religious studies. Our mandate extends to all religions, everywhere, and throughout history. It also embraces the study of religious effects on such things as prosocial behavior, family life, population health, economic development, and social conflict. While always striving for appropriate scientific objectivity, our scholars treat religion with the respect that sacred matters require and deserve.

This data collection provides county- and state-level information on the number of members of a variety of religious organizations and groups in the United States between 1906 and 1936.

Faith Communities Today is a series of ongoing research surveys and practical reports about congregational life, conducted and published by the Cooperative Congregations Studies Partnership, a multi-faith group of religious researchers and faith leaders.

The research partnership includes members from 25+ different faith groups, working in conjunction with Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary. Our first national benchmark study was issued in 2000. Reports since then include national studies in 2005, 2008 and 2010. Our latest research from 2015 is currently being analyzed and will be released in themed reports throughout 2016.

"Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religion Research has a thirty-five year record of rigorous, policy-relevant research, anticipation of emerging issues and commitment to the creative dissemination of learning. This record has earned the Institute an international reputation as an important bridge between the scholarly community and the practice of faith." From the Institute's Who We Are page.

" The Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR) is an independent, non-partisan think tank that provides innovative research and pragmatic policy analysis on a broad range of issues including racial and religious identity, philanthropy, and anti-Semitism. "

" LifeWay Research assists and equips church leaders with insight and advice that will lead to greater levels of church health and effectiveness. Frequent surveys on today’s church and culture demonstrate our knowledge of the dynamics of ministry today and our understanding of the realities of the culture we live in. "

The National Congregations Study surveys a representative sample of America's churches, synagogues, mosques and other local places of worship. Initiated in 1998, and repeated in 2006 and 2012, the NCS is based on in-depth interviews of congregational leaders. The study documents information about worship, programs, staffing, and other characteristics of American congregations.

The National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA) series was developed by the Program for Research on Black Americans at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. It was initiated in 1977 with funding provided by the National Institute of Mental Health, Center for the Study of Minority Group Mental Health. The series was developed to address the limitations in the existing research literature on the study of Black Americans. It seeks to provide an appropriate theoretical and empirical approach to concepts, measures, and methods in the study of Black Americans. The size and representativeness of the sample permit systematic investigation of the heterogeneity of the adult Black population. The series furnishes data on major social, economic, and psychological aspects of Black American life.

The North American Patristics Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the history, literature, and theology of ancient Christianity. Founded in 1970, the Society welcomes a diversity of disciplinary and methodological approaches and invites the participation of scholars at all stages of their careers; NAPS boasts a large and active graduate student membership.

"The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take positions on policy issues. Its work is carried out by these seven projects:"

" Welcome to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life data archive. This page contains links to the Pew Forum's survey data which are currently available on the Web. Survey data are released after all reporting is completed and are posted on the Web as quickly as possible. Questions concerning the datasets may be directed to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life at surveys@pewforum.org. "

PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and public policy.

A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion, including syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, and software. The purpose of the Guide is to encourage and facilitate the incorporation of electronic resources into teaching.

A resource for searching through different versions of the Bible including but not limited to the KJV, NRSV, NKJV, ESV and VULGATE

"The following websites provide the text to certain versions of the Bible, which can be copied and pasted into a word processing program (MS Word, WordPerfect, etc.), for use in both personal study or corporate worship. Enlarging the size of the text may be of help, for instance, in reading the scripture in front of the congregation. Be sure to note copyright and other information. If you use any of these extensively, consider buying the book. I am not a bookseller. Do not ask me if you can buy anything from me. Do not ask me to send you anything. This is merely a page of links, with which you can do your own work (don't ask me to do it for you). Understand? Furthermore, I am not interested in making translations for other languages, like Urdu. If you are, build your own webpage (can you guess some of the email I receive?). I am in no way advocating all of these translations. "

From its own website: “Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament.The Codex Sinaiticus Project is an international collaboration to reunite the entire manuscript in digital form and make it accessible to a global audience for the first time.“

"The King James Bible Trust has been established to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible which was completed in 1611. There have been few more important single publications and its impact through history has been colossal. Our [The King James Bible Trust] aim is to celebrate its impact in history and on language, particularly in this country, but also throughout the English speaking world."

This page highlights the section of the Pentateuch thought to be written by J,E,D,P. Does not work well in Firefox.

Put together by John W. Marshall. This HTML presentation of the Five Gospels is designed to be a teaching tool for introductory level classes in New Testament and Christian Origins. For this reason, and because of the particular constraints of HTML, it does not offer the same level of detail as a printed synopsis (i.e. Throckmorton 1979, 1992; Aland 1985). Its advantage is that it allows more "play" than a printed synopsis and that it presents the materials in the same order as the canonical Gospels. Moreover, it offers texts that are not commonly included in the synopses designed for classroom use: Thomas and Paul. Others may follow.

The sections outlined on the left give more details, but it's important to note that I am not (yet) distributing this product and that I retain copyright to the original encoding herein.

" Here you can find every person mentioned by name in the Bible. The list contains 3087 people with details such as who were their parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, concubines and children. " And so much more.

The Gutenberg Bible in digital format.

"Hebrewbooks.org was founded in order to preserve old American Hebrew books that are out of print and / or circulation. The site has since expanded to include all religious Jewish books ever printed. HebrewBooks is fully searchable (which is why it’s appearing here), currently has over 15,000 .pdf’s on file, and all documents are viewable, text-searchable, and printable for free."

This is the old edition of the International Critical Commentary
May be old but some good work still available in them. Free in PDF

" This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today."

From its own website: “Welcome to The New Testament Gateway, the award winning web directory of internet resources on the New Testament, currently being updated daily. Browse or search annotated links on everything from the Greek New Testament to Jesus in Film. “

Scroll down through the advertisement on top to get to the translation. "The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated "directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic." The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only "where the text admits to more than one interpretation." Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem."

Noncanonical Literature
Noncanonical Literature Documents to Aid Students and Scholars in Biblical Interpretation including Introductions and Summaries of Many Noncanonical Works

From its own website: “The mandate of the Online Critical Pseudepigrapha is to develop and publish electronic editions of the best critical texts of the "Old Testament" Pseudepigrapha and related literature. “

"It is the main intention of our online Parallel Study Bible to allow users to study verses using more than one translation and version. This study tool can help people see how different translators have interpreted the original language." Includes the KJV, NAS, NIV and New Revised Standard.

Includes the TANAKH KJV, NIV, ESV, among others.

The Paul Page was founded in 1999 by Mark M. Mattison. Originally designed as a personal web site “dedicated to the new perspective on Paul,” it quickly grew to include a wide variety of resources. The Paul Page was an early pioneer of topic-based internet resources on biblical theology, combining the functionality of a “gateway” (a site filled with off-site links) with original featured content (including articles and book reviews) and an electronic bookstore. The combination of these features made The Paul Page a comprehensive one-stop resource on the new perspective on Paul. The editorial decision to include material critical of the new perspective enhanced its usefulness. In 2009 Logos Bible Software redesigned the site

The Theological Commons is a digital library of 50,022 books on theology and religion

From its own website: “These pages are intended as a resource for serious, scholarly studies of the early Christian writings and their social world. “

From its own website: “The Review of Biblical Literature (RBL), founded by the Society of Biblical Literature, presents reviews of books in biblical studies and related fields. “

"The earliest version of the Old Testament Scriptures which is extant, or of which we possess any certain knowledge, is the translation executed at Alexandria in the third century before the Christian era: this version has been so habitually known by the name of the SEPTUAGINT, that the attempt of some learned men in modern times to introduce the designation of the Alexandrian version (as more correct) has been far from successful. " Greek and English side by side.

From its own website: “The Skeptic's Annotated Bible is intended to be a self defense manual against biblical fundamentalism. It identifies the passages that are inconsistent with the concept of biblical inerrancy, or that could not have been inspired by a benevolent god."

From its own website: “The Society of Biblical Literature was founded in 1880 to foster biblical scholarship.

A Synoptic Gospels Primer is an electronic gateway for English speakers into the history of literary analysis of gospels that were originally composed in Greek. For those who can read or at least decipher some New Testament Greek, this e-textbook includes a sample Greek synopsis based on the Nestle-Aland critical edition used by modern biblical scholars. Yet, knowledge of Greek is not required for most of the pages of this electronic text, since the thread on which it is constructed is an English version of the gospels.

"This text is derived from the Westminister Leningrad Codex (WLC) of the Westminister Hebrew Institute. Thanks to Christopher V. Kimball, who graciously made the source files for this freely available. This version is based on the October 20th, 2006 WLC release. An XML version of these files (with additional information on the transcription) can be obtained at http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml. Notes (see below) are in superscript red. Ketib variants are printed in brown, and qere variants in blue."

Includes NRS, KJV and NAS among others.

Another Vulgate site with the Latin and English side by side.

"The Wesley Center Online website is a collection of historical and scholarly resources about the Wesleyan Tradition, theology, Christianity, and the Church of the Nazarene"

" Digital Image Archive Search Form

NOTE: The images on this web site are available for use in research, teaching, and private study. We also encourage their use for church activities such as Bible classes, worship services/programs, sermon illustrations, or church bulletins. For such purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) materials from this web site without prior permission. We ask that you credit this usage with the following text: Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

For more formal uses of materials from this web site (for example, publication or any other purpose that does not fall under "fair use") we require that you contact us in advance for permission to reproduce and the proper wording of acknowledgement. Please send such inquiries to dia@emory.edu.

The Library claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections material. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. "

" The earliest written religious texts as well as the first documented monotheistic religion also developed in Africa. During the European dark ages, many ancient manuscripts were preserved in African libraries in places such as Ethiopia and Timbuctoo. This section has texts on the traditional spirituality of Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as their descendants in the New World. "

The civilization of Ancient Egypt lasted longer than the entire span of what we have come to accept as 'recorded history': over three thousand years. During these millenia the Egyptians developed a multitude of gods and goddesses, as well as esoteric practices that we are still unravelling the meaning of. Besides this, Egypt was the source of the first true monothestic religion, under the pharaoh Akhenaton. This rich tradition was mostly unknown until the early nineteenth century, when the Egypt

"Building an Image Bank of Inscriptions
The Centre is undertaking a long-term project to create a library of digitised images of Greek inscriptions, based in the first instance on material in its squeeze collection. The scope and technical details of the project are described in this article."

"To our knowledge this is the first extensive English translation of the Talmud to be posted on the Internet. The Talmud is a vast collection of Jewish laws and traditions. Despite the dry subject matter the Talmud makes interesting reading because it is infused with vigorous intellectual debate, humor and deep wisdom."

An on-going project of The Reformed Reader is to present authors of Baptist and Reformed books, miscellaneous works and on-line biographies. A much needed resource for Baptists in the 21st century is a return to the "old paths" of our historic Baptist heritage rich in the Reformed faith. Along with the "old paths", Reformed Baptist authors of our present time will be presented here as well as introducing authors less known but who are committed to the continuity of the Reformed Baptist faith.<

Index of Biblical Quotations and Allusions in Early Christian Literature

Beveridge translation. Published first in 1536, the Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's magnum opus. The Institutes has remained important for Protestant theology for almost five centuries. Written to "aid those who desire to be instructed in the doctrine of salvation," the Institutes, which follows the ordering of the Apostle's Creed, has four parts. The first part examines God the Father; the second part, the Son; the third part, the Holy Spirit;

From its own website: “Welcome to the CCEL! The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use. “Maintained by Calvin College.

The complete works of the famous Jewish historian, translated by William Whiston

"The Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum (CSL) is a collaborative project among scholars from a variety of disciplines with the main purpose of creating a digital library of Latin literature, spanning from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the eighteenth century. Toward this end, we maintain an up-to-date catalogue of all Latin texts that are currently available online, making CSL a single, centralized resource for locating Latin literature on the internet."

A Subscription is required. "Is like an electronic encyclopedia of the first five centuries of Church History, with extensive links to information on around 700 people and themes, and around 230 Church Councils; plus links to many off-site public domain original language texts and English translations. "

From its own website: “The purpose of this web site is to set out all of the Christian writings that are believed to have been written in the first and second centuries, as well as a few selected from the early third. I have also included non-Christian documents that may have special bearing on the study of early Christianity in order to make this web site a comprehensive sourcebook.”

Primary sources include but not limited to Thomas Adams, Richard Baxter, Thomas Boston, Stephen Charnock, Jonathan Edwards, Ebenezer Erskine …

A complete look at Christian doctrine on a scale that hadn't been acheived at that time.

Greco-Roman and other primary sources. Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

The mission of the Jonathan Edwards Center is to support inquiry into the life, writings, and legacy of Jonathan Edwards by providing resources that encourage critical appraisal of the historical importance and contemporary relevance of America’s premier theologian. The primary way that we do this is with the Works of Jonathan Edwards Online, a digital learning environment for research, education and publication, that presents all of Edwards’s writings, along with helpful editorial

The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic texts such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth.

Searchable Greek, Latin and translated English Ancient texts. Our larger mission is to help make the full record for humanity as intellectually accessible as possible to every human being, providing information adapted to as many linguistic and cultural backgrounds as possible. Our work in the 2008-09 academic year focuses upon the three most widespread classical languages of the Mediterranean world: Greek, Latin, and Arabic.

This ... page of The Resource Pages to Biblical Studies is intended to be a resource page dedicated to the study of Philo of Alexandria (ca. 20 BCE - ca 40 CE), the famous Jewish philosopher and theologian. It contains references and pointers to scholarly Philonic material from the steadily growing WWW world.

This is the Latin but each section allows you to go to a translation including English.

Primary sources from Luther, Melanchthon, Calvin, Zwingli, Bullinger

"A collection of material ancient and modern about the ancient Christian Latin writer Tertullian and his writings." But it's also got many, many other obscure ancient church Father's writings

"This page contains a list of links to volumes of the Patrologia Graeca (Patrologiae Cursus Completus. Series Graeca) available online in PDF form. They all lead to downloadable PDFs – at least from where I live (Australia). If they don’t work for you, try accessing them via an anonymous proxy server. "

"Named after Woodstock College, the Jesuit seminary in Maryland where they were published, the Woodstock Letters offer detailed accounts of events, institutions, ideas, and persons of the Society of Jesus from 1872 until 1969. Written almost entirely by Jesuits, and originally intended to be read only by Jesuits, the Letters form 'a record of current events and historical notes connected with the colleges and missions of the Society of Jesus in North and South America.'"

The United Methodist Church's 2016 Book of Discipline - Free to read online

The Wesley Center Online website is a collection of historical and scholarly resources about the Wesleyan Tradition, theology, Christianity, and the Church of the Nazarene.

A visual computer model of the Essene community

"The exhibition Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls which have been the subject of intense public interest. Over the years questions have be en raised about the scrolls' authenticity, about the people who hid them away, about the period in which they lived, about the secrets the scrolls reveal, and about the intentions of the scrolls' custodians in restricting access. The Library's exhibiti

From Hebrew University

The Shrine of the Book was erected in 1965 for the preservation and exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display them on a continuous basis, a system of scroll rotation has recently been developed. After a scroll has been exhibited for 3-6 months, it is removed from its showcase and placed temporarily in a special storeroom, where it is given a "rest" from exposure. Scrolls that had been removed from exhibition are replaced by other authentic

(The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology) A fictional story, written about a man whose name was actually mentioned in one of the scrolls, based on details of daily life taken from the scrolls and other relevant sources.

Numerous scientific reports by Dr. Jan Gunneweg to determine date and identity of the inhabitants of the site and the caves. Some material is unavailable online until it is published.

"The Israel Museum welcomes you to the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, allowing users to examine and explore these most ancient manuscripts from Second Temple times at a level of detail never before possible. Developed in partnership with Google, the new website gives users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.

From the World Council of Churches - " The Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism [GlobeTheoLib] is a multilingual online library offering access free of charge to more than 650'000 full-text articles, journals, books and other resources. Its focus is on theology, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, ethics, and ecumenism in World Christianity. "

From their own website: "This Virtual Religion Index is a tool for students with little time. It analyzes & highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research."

From their own website: "A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. The purpose of the Guide is to encourage and facilitate the incorporation of electronic resources into teaching. "

From Michael Nielsen Ph.D. "Hello, and welcome to my Psychology of Religion pages! I have developed these pages to serve as a resource for people interested in psychological aspects of religious belief and behavior. My general philosophy is that you should find the information you need quickly and easily. For that reason, I have kept graphics to a minimum. These pages were begun in 1994, and have been updated periodically ever since. Please check back from time to time for future updates. Unless otherwise indicated, these pages are copyrighted. You may link to the pages if you wish, but you may not post them on another website."

Though we can't prove the existence of one (or many) god(s), we can provide evidence for the power of religion. For good or for evil, faith factors into our everyday functioning: We've evolved to believe. Religion can help us make sense of our world, provide motivation, and bind us together. Nevertheless, structured belief has its drawbacks. So keep your mind open when dealing with dogma.

David's contribution to dialogue between psychology and religion reflects his perspective as a participant in mainstream psychological science and as a person of faith. He has danced on the science-faith boundary by:explaining to people of faith the value of psychological science documenting for social scientists some interesting links between faith and personal and social well-being comparing big ideas about human nature found in both psychological research and biblical and theological literatures.

Division 36: Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality promotes the application of psychological research methods and interpretive frameworks to diverse forms of religion and spirituality; encourages the incorporation of the results of such work into clinical and other applied settings; and fosters constructive dialogue and interchange between psychological study and practice on the one hand and between religious perspectives and institutions on the other. The division is strictly nonsectarian and welcomes the participation of all persons who view religion as a significant factor in human functioning.

The International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) is an international organization promoting the scientific research and exchange within the field of the psychology of religion. The Association is not partial to any particular trend but aspires to provide a platform for the entire spectrum of the scientific-psychological study of religion for psychologists of religion from all over the world.

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion stimulates, promotes, and communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949, SSSR fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among scholars from sociology, religious studies, psychology, political science, economics, international studies, gender studies, and many other fields. Its flagship publication, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, is the most cited resource in the field.

Since 1943, the Conference has gathered on Memorial Day Weekend to provide a respite for individuals of all spiritual and religious backgrounds who wish to delve more deeply into their inner world. FCRP is one of the oldest conferences in the U.S. dedicated to individual spiritual exploration with a focus on in-depth psychology, specifically Jungian psychology.

"The Spirituality, Medicine, and Health Bibliography site contains a detailed bibliography of books and articles in a wide range of specialties under the general area of spirituality, medicine, and health. Information is current as of January 1, 2012."

The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion will attempt to assemble the best voices and insights from communities of color, promoting interdisciplinary and innovative investigation, and embracing new technologies of dissemination and empowerment.

The Journal of Childhood and Religion, a peer-reviewed online journal, provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars representing a wide range of research fields, interests, and perspectives that relate to children and religion. Such fields may include but are not limited to religious studies, biblical studies, the range of human sciences, pastoral psychology, practical theology, pastoral theology, religious education, psychology of religion, sociology of religion, counseling psychology

The Journal of Postcolonial Theory and Theology welcomes all scholarly interrogations of postcolonial theories and theologies, without restriction to any particular political/cultural ideology or to specific critical practices. JPTT seeks to encourage the broadest possible variety of approaches and viewpoints, and the generation of wide-ranging, productive debates. Submitted articles will be evaluated for quality of their argument rather than personal agreement with the results or method.

Theologians and theorists interested in religion are beginning to address technology on their own terms as a community-enabling tool. Community has surfaced through a variety of different dimensions, including online church opportunities, digitized diaspora, and the application of diverse modes of theological criticism to new technologies. JTTR's articles in the first six months will reflect popular interests among theologians such as virtual church, Facebook, cyborgs, and identity formation

"Analecta Hermeneutica is the annual refereed journal of the International Institute for Hermeneutics (IIH). It provides an intellectual forum for interdisciplinary, inter-religious, and international hermeneutic research. The journal publishes research in the form of articles, reviews, and other scholarly contributions in all hermeneutically related fields, with a particular focus on philosophy, theology, and comparative literature."

TC publishes full-length scholarly articles, shorter notes, project reports, and reviews of works in the field of biblical textual criticism. Articles on any aspect of the textual criticism of the Jewish and Christian scriptures (including extracanonical and related literature) are welcome, and contributions that transcend the traditional boundary between Hebrew Bible and New Testament textual criticism are especially encouraged. We also invite articles discussing the relationship between textual criticism and other disciplines.

Spring 2006 to the present. Theological investigations in church and culture. Produced by Columbia Theological Seminary, this unique journal is a ministry especially to adult church members who are hungry for thoughtful and provocative resources to stimulate their growth in Christ.

A Catholic publication dedicated to the Liturgy in the Catholic church. 1995 to the present.

1948 to present

Published under the auspices of the American Benedictine Academy

A Biannual Journal of Theology Culture & History

Read all 16372 of their textbooks for free after free registration! Many books on Religion in English! Great reference resource! Click on ALL BOOKS on Menu Bar. Then, in the left hand column under Languages click English and under Categories click religion.

From its own website: “African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project was founded in 1987 and is headquartered at Amherst College. Its goal is to produce a comprehensive history of African-American religion, from the earliest African-European encounters along the west coast of Africa in the mid-fifteenth century to the present day.“

From its own website: “Welcome to the North Star, a Journal of African American Religious History. “

From its own website: “The Church in the Southern Black Community collects autobiographies, biographies, church documents, sermons, histories, encyclopedias, and other published materials. These texts present a collected history of the way Southern African Americans experienced and transformed Protestant Christianity into the central institution of community life.“

From its own website: “In six hours of dramatic storytelling, This Far by Faith examines the African-American religious experience through the centuries. “A PBS presentation.

Full text, images, and links dealing with slave songs in America.

From its own website: “The Spirituals Project is a broad-based initiative to explore the many, varied dimensions of African American spirituals as art form, tradition and tool; and to invite all people to experience the joy and power of this dynamic music and gift from African Americans to the world. “

From its own website: “This site is devoted to traditional African American spirituals, and some information is given about the early Gospel songs “

From its own website: “Welcome to the Official Website of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Incorporated, a Pennsylvania Corporation, administered by the Office of the General Secretary and Chief Information Officer of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church). This site is the gateway into the AME Church Online Community. “

From its own website: “We, The National Black Catholic Congress, comprised of member organizations, represent African American Roman Catholics, working in collaboration with National Roman Catholic organizations. We commit ourselves to establishing an agenda for the evangelization of African Americans; and to improve the spiritual, mental, and physical conditions of African Americans, thereby committing ourselves to the freedom and growth of African Americans as full participants in church and

From its own website: “Reformed Blacks of America, Inc. (RBA) is a center that seeks to build and maintain an infrastructure and network among African-Americans in a Reformed theological context for indigenous leadership, church growth and theological research for today's world. “

Official site of the C.M.E. Church.

From the ATLA web site: " Research in Ministry (RIM) online indexes and abstracts project reports and theses from more than 50 Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Missiology programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. " There are 10,300 records with over 700 more added annually.

From the ATLA web site: " The Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative (CDRI) of ATLA and the Association of Theological Schools is a repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries. The CDRI database provides access to digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, postcards, manuscripts, lithographs, sermons, shape-note tune books, and various forms of Christian art, architecture, and iconography. Access to CDRI is free on the ATLA website"

From its own website: “Our mission is to help Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources. “

From an article by Christopher Black in the Baptist Press (http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30859) "The Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has launched a new exhibit with downloadable digital copies of a series of rare theology documents.The collection of 16th- and 17th-century documents, available at baptistcenter.com, includes articles written by Baptists and their critics.
"We want to make these rare original documents accessible to sch

From its own website: “This exhibition demonstrates that many of the colonies that in 1776 became the United States of America were settled by men and women of deep religious convictions who in the seventeenth century crossed the Atlantic Ocean to practice their faith freely. “

From its own website: “America's founders believed religious freedom to be the "first liberty." The content of this site is concerned with issues of religious freedom in the U.S. and around the world. “

From its own website: “The Religion Newswriters Association is a non-profit trade association founded in 1949 to advance the professional standards of religion reporting in the secular press as well as to create a support network for religion reporters. RNA strives to help improve and encourage religion writing excellence in the secular press. “

An excellent collection of Web resources, maintained by Yale Divinity School Library. The site includes primary sources, journals, organizations and institutions, electronic discussion lists, ethics and social issues, religion and the arts, and more.

From its own website: “I list sites that are of broad interest, or sites that keep indexes of interesting Web sites devoted to part of the Jewish world. “

Yale’s extensive links to Jewish resources

Sefaria is home to 3,000 years of Jewish texts. We are a non-profit organization offering free access to texts, translations, and commentaries so that everyone can participate in the ongoing process of studying, interpreting, and creating Torah.

From its own website: “Please enter the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between. “

Contributed by Luther Seminary

The Wabash Center's bibliography

From Bethel Theological Seminary, emphasizing non-white authors

Assembled by Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Maintained by Saundra Lipton (lipton@ucalgary.ca)

"The Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) is a library of over 20,531 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 135 different institutions. Titles may be ordered online through our search and order system.

TREN also makes available conference papers presented at annual meetings of several academic societies. Here are a few of our conference paper sources"

"Research in Ministry® (RIM®) indexes and abstracts projects and theses from over 100 Doctor of Ministry (DMin), Doctor of Missiology (DMiss) and Doctor of Educational Ministry (DEdMin) programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). RIM is a searchable database with entries for authors, titles, thesis/project advisors, schools, and ATLA subject headings. Abstracts can be searched by keyword. The database also supports Boolean and proximity searches as well as nested searches and wildcards. Links have also been added to records for schools that also participate in the Theological Research Exchange Network."