The Internet is a phenomenal thing. One need not do too much more than sit down at a computer, and one has literally thousands of resources for biblical studies at one’s fingertips—some worthless, some priceless. Both for my own convenience and for the convenience of anyone else who may find such resources useful, I have compiled a list here. I will continue to add resources as I find them.
Greek Resources
Greek Bibles
- The Online Greek Bible
- Zhubert’s online Greek Bible (including the LXX) and study tools
- Greek New Testament search with textual variants
- The Septuagint (LXX) online
Lexical and Morphological Tools
- Liddell-Scott lexicon online at Perseus
- Perseus Greek Morphological Analysis
- Other text/lexical tools at Perseus
- Kalos offers free software for lexical and morphological analysis as well as inflection charts
Grammar Resources
- The Institute of Biblical Greek has an amazing collection of resources
- Greek Grammar on the Web, a huge, categorized compilation of online Greek resources
- Smyth’s Greek Grammar viewable online at Perseus, and fully downloadable in PDF form from Textkit.
- Goodwin’s Greek Grammar, fully downloadable in PDF form at Textkit
- Clyde W. Votaw, The Use of the Infinitive in Biblical Greek, fully downloadable from Google Books
- James Hope Moulton, A Grammar of New Testament Greek, also fully downloadable from Google Books
- Jay C. Treat, Differences Between Classical and Hellenistic Greek
- Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, partially viewable from Google Books
- Other Greek resources at Textkit
Hebrew Resources
Hebrew Bibles
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) online at the German Bible Society’s web site (site is in German)
- Online 1839 Biblia Hebraica
- Interactive version of the 1839 Biblia Hebraica
- For online versions of the LXX, see Greek Resources
Lexical Tools
Grammar Resources
- Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar, fully downloadable from Google Books
Latin Resources
Latin Bibles
- Latin Vulgate Bible online with search
- Biblia Sacra Vulgata at Biblegateway.com
Lexical Tools
- Online Latin-English dictionary
- Glossary of Latin words
- The University of Notre Dame’s online Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
Grammar Resources
- Allen and Greenough’s Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, fully downloadable from Google Books
- Charles E. Bennett, A Latin Grammar, also fully downloadable from Google Books.
- Latin resources at Textkit
Coptic Resources
Coptic Bibles
- Coptic New Testament, and many other resources
Learning Aids
- Online Coptic lessons in text, video, and audio formats
- More online Coptic lessons
- Lance’s Coptic Language Resources, including learning aids and readings
Grammar Resources
- Plumley’s Introductory Coptic Grammar online
- Ludwig Stern, Koptische Grammatik, fully downloadable from Google Books (in German, obviously)
Online Bibles
In Original Languages
- See “Bibles” subsections under the Greek Resources and Hebrew Resources sections.
In English and Other Languages
- Biblegateway.com
- The Blue Letter Bible (also has Greek and Hebrew)
- Crosswalk.com Bible and Study Tools
- NET Bible
Parallel Versions
- Online Parallel Bible
- The Unbound Bible
- Studylight.org Parallel Bible
- The Five Gospel Parallels (the four canonicals plus GThomas)
Non-Canonical Texts
New Testament Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Fathers
- The Christian Classics Ethereal Library has texts in Greek, Latin, English, and other languages
- Early Christian Writings
- Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, and Sacred Writings (see section on NT)
- The Nag Hammadi Library online
- The Gospel of Thomas, Brill translation
- The Secret Gospel of Mark Homepage, including the Greek text and translations in English, German, Russian, and Polish
Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- Early Jewish Writings
- Online Critical Pseudepigrapha
- Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, and Sacred Writings (see section on OT)
- The Apocrypha: Greek and English, in Parallel Columns, fully downloadable from Google Books
- H. T. Andrews, The Apocryphal Books of the Old and New Testaments, fully downloadable from Google Books
Other Writings
- Early Jewish Writings (see sections on Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus)
- Ancient Jewish Accounts of Jesus (crosslisted in Historical Jesus section)
- Josephus’ works online
- Flavii Iosephi Opera Omnia, the Greek text of Josephus’ works, fully downloadable from Google Books
- The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus, and Eusebii Caesariensis Opera (in Greek), both fully downloadable from Google Books
Textual Criticism
Papyrology
- Harvard Digital Papyrus Collection
- Duke University Papyrus Archive
- Oxford University’s Manuscripts
- The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Synoptic Problem
- The Synoptic Problem Homepage
- The Four Color Synopsis (at the Synoptic Problem Homepage)
- The Five Gospel Parallels
- Daniel B. Wallace, “The Synoptic Problem,” at Bible.org
General TC Resourcs
- Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
- An Online Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels
- Electronic Critical Editions of the Gospel of John (in Greek, Latin, Syriac, and Coptic)
- April DeConick’s List of Internet Resources
- The Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism
- TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism (crosslisted in the Journals & Articles section)
The New Testament Use of the Old Testament
- Parallel Passages in the New Testament quoted from Old Testament at Blue Letter Bible
- Reading the Old Testament in the New: The Gospel of Matthew
- Quotations in the New Testament at Bible.org
- Robert L. Thomas, “The New Testament Use of the Old Testament,” The Master’s Seminary Journal 13/1 (Spring 2002)
The Historical Jesus
Online Books and Articles
- Albert Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus, fully downloadable from Google Books
- Risto Santala, The Messiah in the New Testament in the Light of Rabbinical Writings, fully viewable online
- Rudolph Bultmann, Jesus and the Word, fully viewable online
- Richard Longenecker, “The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith: Some Contemporary Reflections,” McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry
- John P. Meier, “The Historical Jesus and the Historical Samaritans: What Can Be Said?” Biblica 81 (2000)
- Jonathan Reed, “Excavating Jesus,” at Bible and Interpretation
Primary Texts
- Ancient Jewish Accounts of Jesus (crosslisted in the Non-Canonical Writings section)
- Into His Own is a collection of primary texts for exploring and understanding the world in which Jesus lived
- Jesus of Nazareth in Early Christian Gospels
Other Historical Jesus Resources
- From Jesus to Christ is an accompaniment website for the PBS show of the same name, with some useful articles and resources on the historical Jesus
- The Jewish and Roman World of Jesus by Dr. James Tabor
- The official site of the Jesus Seminar Forum
- A Portrait of Jesus explores the historical Jesus through the work of Marcus Borg
- The FFF list of Historical Jesus resources provides a wealth of valuable lectures, articles, books, and websites, etc.
The Ancient World
Archaeology
- Biblical Archaeology Society
- The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Art and Archaeology at Perseus
- Palestine in the Time of Jesus, an accompaniment website for the book of the same name, with maps, pictures, and other useful media
- The Bible and Interpretation
- BiblePlaces.com
Maps
- BibleMap.org
- Maps for Students from UNC-Chapel Hill
- Images and Maps from Blue Letter Bible
- Biblical Maps and Historical Maps for Bible Study
Online (Freely Accessible) Journals & Articles
- Biblicalstudies.org.uk hosts a huge collection of journal articles, lectures, and essays
- Journal of Biblical Studies
- Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism
- Wesleyan Theological Journal
- Biblica
- Biblical Archaeology Review
- The N. T. Wright Page contains mounds of articles, lectures, sermons, etc. from the acclaimed Bishop of Durham
- The Paul Page contains a collection scholarly articles and other resources dealing with the New Perspective on Paul
- TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism (crosslisted in the Textual Criticism section)
Biblioblogs
- Biblioblogs.com contains the ‘canonical’ list of blogs dealing with biblical studes, etc.
- Here is an extremely thorough list of biblio- and related blogs
Other Resource Lists
- The New Testament Gateway, by Dr. Mark Goodacre
- April DeConick’s list of Internet Resources
- Biblical Studies Resources, by Dr. Jim West
- Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
- Journal of Biblical Studies Resources page
Enjoy! If you are aware of any useful resources that I have not included here, I would like to know of them.
February 6, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Add to the “Online Bible in English Versions”:
http://www.studylight.org/par/
I used this a lot of times in our Romans class last semester. It has a couple “literal” translations as well as typical modern translations.
February 6, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Great. I’ll add it.
February 7, 2008 at 11:07 pm
It is possible to get to Greek and Hebrew translations from the Blueletter Bible.
April 9, 2008 at 8:40 am
[...] stumbled upon the gegraptai blog which has a very helpful page that lists free online biblical language resources. As you can [...]
April 9, 2008 at 10:53 pm
If you ever think of adding a list of (biblical) language learning resources please include דָּבָר: Biblical Hebrew Vocabularies it is a tool that allows teachers to output rich vocabularies for their students as mini websites, or “flashcards” (well not actually, rather two folded bits of paper, but they work much the same
Contributors can also add new words to supplement those already in the system.
PS if anyone is interested in making a Greek version - I think we can get permission to install the system for that…
May 14, 2008 at 2:42 am
Hello my friends
