Zadok University Online Library

     

    Bibles & Bible Study Tools

  • Bible Study Tools: Commentaries
    Includes such Bible commentaries Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, and Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
    http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries
     
  • Old Testament Gateway
    "A comprehensive, annotated, academic directory of internet sites on the Old Testament [which] focuses on resources that will be of interest to both scholars and students of the Old Testament.
    http://www.otgateway.com
     
      
  • Bible Gateway
    Provides access to versions of the Bible in 18 non-English languages as well as to the several English Bible versions including the New International Version, the New American Standard Bible, the New Living Translation, the New King James Version, the Amplified Bible, and the Revised Standard Version.
    http://www.biblegateway.com
     
      
  • Blue Letter Bible
    Searches the KJV of the Bible. Also searches several Bible study helps: Nave's Topical Bible, Torrey's New Topical Textbook, Vine's Dictionary of New Testament Words, Easton's Bible Dictionary, the Thematic Subject Guide, and Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary.
    http://blueletterbible.org/index.html
     
  • The New Testament Gateway
    A "comprehensive, up-to-date, annotated guide to good academic New Testament Web resources." Major categories include Greek New Testament, Bible translations, textual criticism, non-canonical, the Gospels and Acts, Paul, Revelation, the historical Jesus, Judaica, the early Church, Jesus in film, scholars, maps, archaeology, art and images, women and gender, bibliography.
    http://www.ntgateway.com
     
  • Biblical Studies.org.uk
    This "Internet resource for studying the Bible" provides a collection of full text articles on biblical subjects collected by Robert I. Bradshaw.
    http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk
     
  • The Unbound Bible
    A collection of searchable Bibles including ten English versions such as the NASB, Greek and Hebrew versions, and 42 versions in other languages.
    http://www.planetwisdom.com/resources/unboundbible
     
      
  • Bible Basics
    Provides an overview of each book of the Bible. Includes a pronunciation guide to difficult Biblical words and names.
    http://netministries.org/BBasics/BBasics.html
     
      
  • The Linked Word Project
    Links each word in the KJV of the Bible to its appropriate entry in Strong's Concordance.
    http://www.bju.edu/bible
     
      
  • Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
    Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world. Includes the New English Translation (NET). A Bible study section includes 3,000 studies organized by topic or book of the Bible. Compiled by Torrey Seland.
    http://www.torreys.org/bible
     
      
  • Olive Tree Bible Search
    Searches several English versions simultaneously. Also includes some non-English versions.
    http://olivetree.com/bible
     
      
  • Latin Vulgate (ed. Saint Jerome)
    Every word is linked to a Latin parsing lexicon.
    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0060
     
      
  • New Testament (eds. Brooke Foss Westcott, Fenton John Anthony Hort)
    Every word is linked to a Greek parsing lexicon. Sometimes slow loading.
    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0155
     
      
  • Electronic New Testament Educational Resources
    Provides helps for the study of the New Testament. Includes introductory charts, lists, and glossaries, as well as materials specific to the various sections of the New Testament including the four Gospels and the evangelists; Acts, Paul, and the Epistles; and the Book of Revelation and other apocalyptic literature. Created by Felix Just, S.J., of Loyola Marymount University.
    http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/
     
      
  • The Postmodern Bible Commentary
    "Bible study online - interactive commentary for serious Bible study including over 1000 sound & picture files. The Amos commentary is the trial prototype for a series of commentaries covering the whole Bible text. Written by established scholars - a new resource for online biblical studies."
    http://www.bible.gen.nz/
     
      
  • Gutenberg Digital
    Images of every page of the Gutenberg Bible are available for viewing.
    http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/gudi/start.htm
     
      
  • The Synoptic Problem Home Page
    Reviews various solutions to the Synoptic problem and provides links to materials related to its resolution. Includes a four-color synopsis in which the Greek text of each synoptic is color coded to indicate unique and shared material.
    http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/synopt/index.html
     
      
  • The Five Gospel Parallels
    Includes the Gospel of Thomas as well as the four canonical gospels.
    http://www.utoronto.ca/religion/synopsis
     
      
  • Parallel Bible: Search God's Word
    Allows you to search a biblical passage in two versions and displays them side by side.
    http://www.searchgodsword.org/par/
     
      
  • Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
    Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world.
    http://www.torreys.org/bible
     
      
  • Bible Study Tools
    Includes an online study Bible, a Bible-in-a-Year reading program, an interlinear Bible, a parallel Bible, and numerous Bible reference works including commentaries, lexicons, concordances, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology is part of the collection.
    http://www.biblestudytools.net
     

    Bibliographies

  • Theological Studies.org.uk
    "An Internet Resource for Studying Christian Theology" created by Robert I. Bradshaw. Includes bibliographies of diverse aspects of theology as well as hosts the full text of numerous journal articles.
    http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk
     

    Biographical Information

      
  • Augustine of Hippo
    Includes information related to Augustine's life and works, texts and translations, some commentaries, and research materials and essays. The page is created and maintained by James J. O'Donnell.
    http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html
     
      
  • The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Home Page
    "The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Home Page in English is maintained by the English Language Section of the International Bonhoeffer Society."
    http://www.dbonhoeffer.org
     
      
  • Flavius Josephus Home Page
    "This site is maintained by G. J. Goldberg. I am an independent scholar who hopes this site will help introduce people to the works of this important historian. I also hope the organization of themes will serve as a convenient reference for those already knowledgeable about his works."
    http://members.aol.com/FLJOSEPHUS/home.htm
     
      
  • LWS: The Lonergan Website
    "The LWS aims to provide a virtual place for collaboration in Lonergan Studies. We do this by providing book reviews, interviews, dialectic resources and research notes, a Lonergan glossary, and links to related sites of interest to Lonergan scholars."
    http://lonergan.concordia.ca/
     
      
  • Biography Resource Center
    An index to biographical material. Search, for example, under "Theologian" or under the name of a particular theologian. Includes full text. Restricted to ORU faculty, staff, and students.
    http://80-infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.oru.edu:2048/itweb/oru?db=BioRC
     
      
      
  • Biography.com
    Provides biographical sketches of over 25,000 persons, past and present.
    http://www.biography.com/
     

    Books & Historical Documents

      
  • Bibliotheca Religiosa IntraText
    A collection of religious online texts. Includes, among others, Vatican II documents, the papal encyclicals including those of John Paul II, patristics, documents related to the Orthodox Church, and some related to the Reformation.
    http://www.intratext.com/BRI/
     
  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library
    Classical Christian books in electronic format. Includes the early church fathers, the World Wide Study Bible, and the World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity. Created by Harry Plantinga at Calvin College.
    http://www.ccel.org
     
      
  • Online Books Page: Religion
    A collection of links to online texts that are classified BL-BX (Religion) according to Library of Congress classification. Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom and made available through the University of Pennsylvania.
    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?BL-BX
     
      
  • Religion Online
    Full texts by recognized religious scholars. Includes more than 3,600 articles and chapters on such topics as the Old and New Testament, theology, ethics, history and sociology of religion, communication and cultural studies, pastoral care, counseling, homiletics, worship, missions, and religious education.
    http://www.religion-online.org
     
      
  • Official Church Documents
    Includes links to the full text of ecumenical and local councils and other Catholic documents. Compiled by the Theology Library of Spring Hill College.
    http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/docs.htm
     
      
  • Noncanonical Homepage
    Includes Old and New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Nag Hammadi Codices, and the Church Fathers.
    http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/index.htm
     
      
  • ICL Guide to Early Church Documents
    "Contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history." Includes New Testament canonical information, writings of the Apostolic Fathers, patristic texts, creeds and canons, and other texts.
    http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html
     
      
  • Revival Theology Resources
    Includes the complete works of Charles Finney as well as works by Asa Mahan, John Wesley, Aaron M. Hills, John Fletcher, Jonathan Edwards, and other Reformation authors.
    http://www.revivaltheology.com
     
      
  • Project Canterbury
    "Project Canterbury is home on the Internet to Anglican texts. Emphasis is placed on documents expressing the Catholic identity of Anglicanism. The Tracts for the Times and the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology are essential print resources for this collection, as are other out-of-print materials not readily accessible in many libraries. The site is also host to translations of the Book of Common Prayer in many languages other than English."
    http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc
     
      
  • ACQWEB's Religion Publishers
    A segment from the Directory of Publishers and Vendors.
    http://www.acqweb.org/pubr/rel.html
     
      
  • Augustine: Confessions
    An online reprint of Augustine: Confessions with commentary by James J. O'Donnell (Oxford: 1992).
    http://www.stoa.org/hippo
     

    Book Reviews

      
  • Books & Culture
    The current issue of Books & Culture: A Christian Review is available full text from the main page, and the archives (1998-2004) are available by clicking Archives.
    http://www.christianitytoday.com/books
     
      
  • Review of Biblical Literature
    "The Review of Biblical Literature (RBL), founded by the Society of Biblical Literature, presents reviews of books in biblical studies and related fields. Appearing in ... digital form and in print, RBL is comprehensive, international, and timely."
    http://www.bookreviews.org
     

    Christianity and the Arts

      
  • Art and the Bible
    "This site offers background information on famous paintings and biblical themes."
    http://www.artbible.info
     
      
  • Reformation of the Arts and Music
    "An exploration of the arts, music, and the Christian worldview."
    http://www.artsreformation.com
     
      
  • English Literature and Religion
    "This Web site offers a large bibliographical database about religious aspects and backgrounds of English literature, from the Middle Ages to the present century, with primary (though not exclusive) emphasis upon writers within the Anglican tradition." Compiled by William S. Peterson.
    http://www.english.umd.edu/englfac/WPeterson/ELR/elr.htm
     

    Church History

      
  • Wabash Center: Guide to Internet Resources For Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
    For church history-related resources, see: Christianity--History, Christianity--Early Church, Christianity--Middle Ages, Christianity--Reformation, and Christianity--Age of Enlightenment.
    http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm
     
      
  • Scrolls from the Dead Sea
    The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship.
    http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/toc.html
     
      
  • Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
    The purpose of this site is to: "provide access to research tools such as electronic bibliographies, searchable databases, and texts related to the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement that are not available any where else on the Internet" as well as "to provide links to other sources of information on the Internet about the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement." .
    http://www.bible.acu.edu/stone-campbell
     
      
      
  • From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
    "An intellectual and visual guide to the new and controversial historical evidence which challenges familiar assumptions about the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity."
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/
     
      
  • Guide to Early Church Documents
    "Contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history." Includes New Testament canonical information, writings of the Apostolic Fathers, patristic texts, creeds and canons, and other texts."
    http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/christian-history.html
     
      
  • Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
    "The main focus...is on the process used to study the ancient manuscripts upon which the New Testament is based."
    http://www.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/interp_mss.html
     
      
  • The Reformation: Google Directory
    A list of links related to the Reformation.
    http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Church_History/The_Reformation
     
      
  • Early Church Fathers
    The Christian Classics Ethereal Library full text version.
    http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/
     
      
  • The Writings of Flavius Josephus
    Includes Antiquities of the Jews, War of the Jews, Flavius Josephus Against Apion, and Josephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades. .
    http://bible.crosswalk.com/History/BC/FlaviusJosephus/
     
      
  • Project Wittenberg
    "Project Wittenberg is home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links to other places where words and images from the history of Lutheranism live."
    http://www.projectwittenberg.org/
     
      
  • Restoration Movement
    Features "historical texts, pictures, resources for historical research and links to other relevant pages dealing with the Restoration Movement. This nineteenth-century unity and restitution effort by Barton W. Stone and Thomas and Alexander Campbell spawned several distinct religious groups: the Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ. The wider historical context also includes the Christian Churches of James O'Kelly and the Christian Connexion of Elias Smith and Abner Jones."
    http://www.therestorationmovement.com/
     
      
  • The Hall of Church History
    "Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys"
    http://www.gty.org/~phil/hall.htm
     
      
  • The Ecole Initiative
    Hypertext excyclopedia of early church history. Includes translations of Judaeo-Christian and Islamic primary sources, a glossary, articles on major topics and figures, Judaeo-Christian iconography and religious art, and a timeline.
    http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb
     
      
  • Calvinism Resources Database
    "This database provides access to articles, essays, and lectures dealing with John Calvin and Calvinism from the 16th century to the present."
    http://www.calvin.edu/library/database/card/index.stm
     
      
  • The Christian Catacombs of Rome
    "This site is intended for people who wish to deepen their knowledge of the Christian Catacombs of Rome and of the Church history in its origins."
    http://www.catacombe.roma.it
     
      
  • The Jewish History Resource Center
    "The Jewish History Resource Center is a project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. Over 6000 links to websites in over 30 categories dealing with Jewish History have been visited by our team and have been found to be of value to those interested in Jewish History."
    http://www.dinur.org/1.html?rsID=219
     
      
  • Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives
    A compilation of full text documents relevant to the early church. See also Ancient History Sourcebook--Christian Origins.
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook3.html
     
      
  • The Labyrinth
    Resources for medieval studies. Sponsored by Georgetown University.
    http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
     
      
  • Sketches of Church History
    From A.D. 33 to the Reformation.
    http://bible1.crosswalk.com/History/AD/SketchesofChurchHistory
     
      
  • Christian History
    The online version of the journal.
    http://www.christianitytoday.com/history
     
      
  • Sketches of Church History
    From A.D. 33 to the Reformation.
    http://bible1.crosswalk.com/History/AD/SketchesofChurchHistory
     
      
  • Religion in Latin America
    "This site provides information, research, discussion, and analysis of religion in Latin America. [It] emphasizes history of Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, Evangelical, indigenous, and Afro-Latin American religions. Sources for religion and politics are treated in detail. References for theology of liberation and other Latin American theologies are given.... The full text for three books are available and downloadable."
    http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/rla/index.htm
     

    Church Unity

      
  • World Council of Churches
    "The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity."
    http://www.wcc-coe.org/
     

    Databases and Indexes

      
  • RAMBI
    "The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies" from the Jewish National and University Library.
    http://jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi
     
      
  • THEOLDI
    "Theological Literature Documented in Innsbruck."
    http://bildi.uibk.ac.at/index-theoldi-en.html