Hogue Library
For journal articles, go into Populi, and log in using your NEBC ID information. For theological journals, use Galaxie; for all others, use Gale.
E-books
Alexander, Archibald: Thoughts on Religious Experience
Augustine: Well-Known Works, Some works
Baxter, Richard: The Reformed Pastor
Boettner, Lorraine: Limited Atonement
Bounds, E. M.: Prayer
Brooks, Thomas: Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
Burroughs, Jeremiah: Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Calvin, John: Institutes of the Christian Life
Hodge, Charles: Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians, Systematic Theology Vol.1, 2, & 3
Luther, Martin: Selected works
Murray, John: Sovereignty of God
Owen, John: Glory of Christ, Doctrine of Justification by Faith
Pink, Arthur W.: Attributes of God, Inspiration of the Scriptures
Piper, John: Desiring God has about 80 of his books available for download
Poythress, Vern: 13 of his books: Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy; God-Centered; In the Beginning was the Word; Inerrancy and the Gospels; Inerrancy and Worldview; Redeeming Science; Redeeming Sociology; Returning King; Science and Hermeneutics; Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses; Symphonic Theology; Understanding Dispensationalists; and What are Spiritual Gifts?
Ryle, J.C.: Holiness
Spurgeon, Charles H.: Treasury of David, The Spurgeon Archives has much more of his work available
Watson, Thomas: Body of Divinity
Whitefield, George: Sermons
Biblos.com
Bible study tools in many languages, including Bible versions/translations, an online parallel Bible, and Greek and Hebrew interlinear Bibles.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
An extensive collections of classics in Christian literature.
Desiring God (John Piper’s books)
John Piper, a pastor in Minnesota and well-known published author, makes the texts of about 80 of his books, and his sermons available for free download from his website.
NTS Library [of Christian theological e-books] This is a free service provided by Northwestern Theological Seminary. It contains links to the PDF version of many Christian books, which can use or download free of charge. Topics covered are:
Apologetics (7 titles)
Bible Studies (14 titles)
Bible Surveys (4 titles)
Biographies (13 titles)
Christian Doctrine (26 titles)
Christian Living (24 titles)
Christian Reference (16 titles)
Christian Counseling (6 books)
Christian Ethics (2 books)
Evangelism (4 books)
Hermeneutics & Homiletics (4 books)
Holy Bible – foreign language translations (12 books)
Ministry & Missions (10 books)
Miscellaneous (4 books)
Philosophers & Church Fathers (50 books)
Philosophy (17 books)
Theology (54 books)
Worship (3 books)
Puritan Library
This website provides links to many resources and includes a collection of about 100 of the most famous of the Puritan authors’ books in PDF and HTML formats, some of which are downloadable.
Threshold
A link to a whole host of no-charge open access Christian e-books.
WordSearchThis commercial site, based in Austin, Texas, has been producing software and electronic books for the Christian market since 1987. The company operated as NavPress Software for over 10 years before becoming WORDsearch Corp. in July 2002. WORDsearch offers more than 2,400 volumes of electronic books for Christian pastors, teachers, and laypeople.
Bartleby: Great Books Online (contains fiction, nonfiction, verse, and reference)
Digital Book Index The last decade has seen the development of a large library of “digital” or “electronic” books. While there are still large gaps, a very substantial body of “Western” thought is available in the form of downloadable or on-line books. Most major writers, from Plato to Hemingway, are now accessible on the Internet. Subjects range from the highly scholarly to the contemporary and popular — especially as more commercial publishers discover the virtues of “on-line” distribution. This resource indexes most major eBook sites, along with thousands of smaller specialized sites. In some subject categories, the resources you find here are more comprehensive than those of all but the largest of research libraries, due to the budget and space constraints of smaller institutions. The Digital Book Index provides links to more than 148,000 full-text digital books from more than 1,800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites. More than 120,000 of these books, texts, and documents are available free, while many others are available at very modest cost.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
The Free Library (includes articles in addition to the books)
Google Books
Internet Archive
ManyBooks.net
Online Books Page (more than 40,000 English works in various formats)
Project Gutenberg This website offers access to 30,000 free, non-copyrighted e-books.
Note: The following links bring you theological books from the GoogleBooks collection. In many cases, when you click on one of these links you will NOT have the entire text of the book available to you.
Textual
Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. E.F. Rhodes, trans. Second Revised Edition. Eerdmans, 1995
Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?. Sixth edition. Eerdmans, 2003.
Comfort, Philip W., and D.P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts: New and Complete Transcriptions with Photographs. Tyndale House, 2001.
Comfort, Philip W. Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. B&H, 2005.
Comfort, Philip W. The Essential Guide to Bible Versions. Revised Edition. Tyndale House, 2000.
Elliott, James K. and Ian Moir. Manuscripts and the Text of the New Testament: An Introduction for English Readers. Continuum, 1995.
Hurtado, Larry W. The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Eerdmans, 2006.
Metzger, Bruce M. Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Palaeography. Oxford, 1981.
Metzger, Bruce M. The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations. Oxford, 1977.
Origin/Canon
Ellis, E. Earle. The Making of the New Testament Documents. Brill, 2002.
Epp, Eldon J. and Gordon D. Fee. Studies in the Theory and Method of New Testament Textual Criticism. Eerdmans, 1993.
Miller, John W. How the Bible Came to be: Exploring the Narrative and Message. Paulist, 2004.
Moule, C.F.D. The Birth of the New Testament. Third edition. Contiuum, 1981.
Patzia, Arthur G. The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon. InterVarsity, 1995.
Trobisch, David. The First Edition of the New Testament. Oxford, 2000.
Theology/History
Achtemeier, Paul J. et al, eds. Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology. Eerdmans, 2001.
Aune, David E. The New Testament in its Literary Environment. James Clarke & Co., 1988.
Barnett, Paul. Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times. InterVarsity Press, 2002.
Bauckham, Richard, ed. The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences. Eerdmans, 1997.
Branick, Vincent P. Understanding the New Testament and its Message: An Introduction. Paulist Press, 1998.
Brooke, George J. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament. Fortress, 2005.
Brown, Schuyler. The origins of Christianity: a historical introduction to the New Testament. 2nd revised ed. Oxford, 1993.
Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament. 2nd revised ed. Kendrick Grobel, trans. Baylor, 2007.
Burkett, Delbert R. An introduction to the New Testament and the origins of Christianity. Cambridge, 2002.
Caird, George B. New Testament Theology. L. D. Hurst, ed. Oxford, 1995.
Capes, David B., Rodney Reeves, and E. Randolph Richards, ed. Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters and Theology. InterVarsity, 2007.
Cullmann, Oscar. The New Testament: An Introduction for the General Reader. Westminster John Knox, 1968.
DeSilva, David A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation. InterVarsity, 2004.
Drane, John W. Introducing the New Testament. Revised edition. Fortress, 2001.
Dunn, James D. G. Jesus, Paul, and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians. Revised edtion. Westminster John Knox, 1990.
Dunn, James D.G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Eerdmans, 1998.
Efird, James M. The New Testament Writings: History, Literature, and Interpretation. Westminster John Knox, 1980.
Ellis, E. Earle. History and Interpretation in New Testament Perspective.
Esler, Philip F. New Testament Theology: Communion and Community. Fortress, 2005.
Esler, Philip F., ed. The Early Christian World. Vol. 1, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, 2000.
Evans, Craig A., and Stanley E. Porter, eds. New Testament Backgrounds: A Sheffield Reader. Continuum, 1997.
Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Third edition. Eerdmans, 2003.
Flemming, Dean E. Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. InterVarsity, 2005.
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. Eerdmans, 2000.
Freed, Edwin D. The Apostle Paul and his Letters. Equinox, 2005.
Gerhardsson, Birger. Memory and Manuscript: Oral Tradition and Written Transmission in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity. Eerdmans, 1998
Gorman, Michael J. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. Eerdmans, 2004.
Green, Joel B. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Eerdmans, 1995.
Green, Joel B., Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. InterVarsity, 1992.
Gundry, Robert H. A Survey of the New Testament. Fourth edition. Zondervan, 2003.
Haffner, Paul. New Testament Theology. Gracewing, 2008.
Harrison, Everett Falconer. Introduction to the New Testament. Revised edition. Eerdmans, 1971.
Hasel, Gerhard F. New Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Eerdmans, 1978.
Horsley, Richard A., ed. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Continuum, 1997.
Jeffers, James S. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity. InterVarsity, 1999.
Johnson, Luke Timothy, and Todd C. Penner. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. Revised edition. Fortress, 2002).
Klijn, Albertus F.J. An Introduction to the New Testament. 2nd edition. Brill, 1980.
Kloppenborg, John S. The Formation of Q: Trajectories in Ancient Wisdom Collections. Continuum, 2000.
Ladd, George Eldon. A Theology of the New Testament. Revised edition. Eerdmans, 1993.
Malina, Bruce J. and Richard L. Rohrbaugh. Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels. 2nd edition. Fortress, 2003.
Marrow, Stanley B. Paul: His Letters and His Theology : an Introduction to Pauls Epistles. Paulist, 1986.
Marshall, I. Howard. New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. InterVarsity, 2004.
Morris, Leon. New Testament Theology. Zondervan, 1990.
Nürnberger, Klaus. Theology of the Biblical Witness: An Evolutionary Approach. LIT, 2003.
Niswonger, Richard L. New Testament History. Zondervan, 1992.
Osiek, Carolyn, and David L. Balch, eds. Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches. Westminster John Knox, 1997.
Perkins, Pheme. Reading the New Testament: An Introduction. Second revised edition. Paulist, 1988.
Pregeant, Russell. Engaging the New Testament. Fortress, 1997.
Ramsay, William M. The Laymans Guide to the New Testament. Westminster John Knox, 1980.
Reicke, Bo. The New Testament Era: The World of the Bible from 500 B.C. to A.D. 100. Fortress, 1974.
Reumann, John H.P. Variety and Unity in New Testament Thought. Oxford, 1991.
Richards, E. Randolph. Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection. InterVarsity, 2004.
Sanders, E.P. The Tendencies of the Synoptic Tradition. Cambridge, 2006.
Sanders, E.P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. Fortress, 1977; Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Third edition. Fortress, 1990.
Schweitzer, A. The Quest of the Historical Jesus. Tr. W. Montgomery. A. & C. Black, 1911.
Soards, Marion L. The Apostle Paul: an introduction to his writings and teaching. Paulist, 1987.
Stambaugh, John E., and David L. Balch. The New Testament in Its Social Environment. Westminster John Knox, 1986.
Strecker, Georg. Theology of the New Testament. M. Eugene Boring, trans. De Gruyter, 2000.
Swartley, Willard M. Covenant of peace: the missing piece in New Testament theology and ethics. Eerdmans, 2006.
Talbert, Charles H. What is a Gospel?: the genre of the canonical Gospels. Mercer, 1985.
Taylor, Justin. Where Did Christianity Come From?. Liturgical, 2001.
Tenney, Merrill C. New Testament Survey. Second revised edition. Eerdmans, 1985.
Theissen, Gerd. The New Testament: History, Literature, Religion. John Bowden, trans. Continuum, 2003.
Travis, Stephen H. Getting to Know the New Testament. Clements, 2004.
Van der Watt, Jan Gabriël, ed. Identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. De Gruyter, 2006.
VanderKam, James C. An introduction to early Judaism. 2nd edition. Eerdmans, 2001.
VanderKam, James C. and Peter Flint. Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity. Continuum, 2005.
Via, Dan Otto. What is New Testament Theology?. Fortress, 2002.
Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics. Eerdmans, 2004.
Wilkins, Michael J., and J.P. Moreland, eds. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus. Zondervan, 1996.
Witherington, Ben. Women in the Earliest Churches. Cambridge, 1991; Women in the Ministry of Jesus: A Study of Jesus` Attitudes to Women and Their Roles as Reflected in his Earthly Life. Cambridge, 1987.
Wright, N.T. Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 1: The New Testament and the People of God. Fortress, 1992; Vol. 2: Jesus and the Victory of God. Fortress, 1996.
Online Journals
American Journal of Biblical Theology
Bible and Interpretation
Bible Translation Resources
Biblica
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Journal of Biblical Literature
Journal of Biblical Studies
Journal of Textual Reasoning
Review of Biblical Literature
SBL: Seminar Papers
TC: A Journal of Textual Criticism
Affirmation & Critique
Antithesis
Christian Century
Christian Ethics Today
Christian Reflections (Baylor U.)
Christian Research Journal
Christian Scholar’s Review
Christianity Today
Church & State
Citizen [Focus on the Family] Commentary
Cross Currents
First Things
Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine
Journal of Church and State
Journal of Men, Masculinities, and Sexuality
Journal of Religion and Film
Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
Journal of Religion and Society
Journal of Religion and Theatre
Journal of Southern Religion
Review of Faith & International Affairs
WORLD
Adventist Today
Anglican Journal
Anglican and Episcopal History
Anglican Theological Review
Baptist History and Heritage
Canadian Journal of Orthodox Christianity
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Direction: A Mennonite Brethren Forum
Founders Journal
Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry
Mennonite Life
Mennonite Quarterly Review
Methodist Review
Presbyterian Record
Protestant Reformed Theological Journal
Quaker Theology
Semper Reformanda – (Lutheran Reformation)
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
Stone-Campbell Journal
Studies in Reformed Theology
Wesleyan Theological Journal
Decision Magazine
Discipleship Journal (ceased publication at issue 171)
Inner Resources for Leaders
Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership
Leadership
Xenos Online Journal
Al-Tawhid. A Quarterly Journal of Islamic Thought & Culture
Hinduism Today
Jewish Studies
Journal for the Study of Religions And Ideologies
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Journal of Philosophy and Scripture
Journal of Religion
Mythological Studies Journal
Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy
Philosophy Today
Religions
Studia Judaica
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
Women in Judaism
Acta Theologica
American Theological Inquiry
Australian E-Journal of Theology
Biblical Theology Bulletin
Chinese Theological Review
Christian Apologetics Journal
Concordia Theological Quarterly
Conservative Theological Journal
Foundations – A Journal of Evangelical Theology
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
Journal for Christian Theological Research
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Journal of Theology for Southern Africa
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Kairos : Evangelical Journal of Theology
Modern Reformation
Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy
Perspectives: a Journal of Reformed Thought
Religious Studies Reviews
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
Studies in Reformed Theology
Theologia
Theological News
Theological Studies
Theology Today
Touchstone – a Journal of Mere Christianity
Wesleyan Theological Journal
Westminster Theological Journal
Online Theological Resources
Interlinear
- The Interlinear NRSV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- The Interlinear NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: The Nestle Greek Text with a Literal English Translation. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1999.
- The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- Interlinear KJV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Based on the Textus Receptus with Lexicon and Synonyms. George Ricker Berry, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- The New Greek-English interlinear New Testament: a new interlinear translation of the Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies` fourth, corrected edition with the New Revised Standard Version, New Testament. R.K. Brown, et al., trans. Fourth ed. Tyndale House, 1993 (also copy).
- Interlinear KJV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1992.
Online
- Bible Gateway
- NRSV On-line Bible
- Blue Letter Bible
- Overview of English Bible Translations
- Greek New Testament (with textual variants)
- New Testament Gateway
- Synoptic Gospels Primer: Parallel Texts
Directories-Commentaries
- Allen’s Annotated Directory of Bible Commentaries
- Open Access Bible Commentaries Quick Search
SingleVolume-Commentaries
- Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible. Robert J. Karris, Dianne Bergant, eds. Liturgical Press, 1992 (also copy 1 and copy 2).
- IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Craig S. Keener, ed. InterVarsity, 1993.
- IVP New Testament Commentaries — Online
- Life Application New Testament Commentary. B.B. Barton, ed. Tyndale House, 2001.
- Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. R.B. Hughes and J.C. Laney, eds. Tyndale House, 2001.
NewTestament-Commentaries
- Alford’s ‘New Testament for English Readers’ — The New Testament for English Readers: Containing the Authorized Version, with Marginal Corrections of Readings and Renderings, Marginal References, and a Critical and Explanatory Commentary, by Henry Alford, D.D., Dean of Canterbury (London: Rivingtons, 1866; 2nd ed. 1868): Matthew, Mark, Luke (1868, John, Acts (1863); Epistles of Paul (1865); Hebrews, Catholic Epistles, and Revelation (1866).
- Ante-Nicene Fathers: e-Catena. By Peter Kirby. References to the New Testament culled from the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers—good for understanding how the text was interpreted in ancient times.
- Barnes’ Notes on the New Testament. A conservative commentary on the New Testament by an American Presbyterian, Albert Barnes (1832).
- Expository Notes. By Thomas L. Constable, Senior Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary. This contains .pdf files for each book of the Bible.
- IVP New Testament Commentaries at Bible Gateway. A collection of brief and casual commentaries from a moderately conservative perspective, recently published by InterVarsity Press. Currently available online are: Matthew (Craig S. Keener); Luke (Darrell L. Bock); John (Rodney A. Whitacre); Acts (William J. Larkin); 2 Cor (Linda L. Belleville); Galatians (G. Walter Hansen); Philippians (Gordon D. Fee); Colossains (Robert W. Wall); 1 Tim (Philip H. Towner); Philemon (Robert W. Wall); Titus (Philip H. Towner); James (George M. Stulac); 1,2,3 John (Marianne Meye Thompson); and Revelation (J. Ramsey Michaels).
- John Lightfoot’s Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica. Notices many parallels in early Jewish writings that help to explain the New Testament.
- John Wesley’s Notes on the Bible provide a concise commentary from an Arminian perspective, though the doctrines peculiar to Arminianism are not emphasized. The notes for the New Testament were originally published as part of Wesley’s New Testament.
- New Testament commentary for English readers, by various writers, edited by Charles J. Ellicott, 3 vols. (London: Cassell, 1884): vol. 1 (Gospels); vol. 2 (Acts, Romans, Corinthians, Galatians); vol. 3 (Ephesians to Revelation).
- The People’s New Testament. A commentary by the Disciples of Christ scholar Barton W. Johnson, first published in 1891. Contains Arminian interpretations, in line with the theology of the American “restoration movement,” but otherwise very helpful, with introductions and appendixes.
- Word Studies in the New Testament by Marvin Vincent. A very useful resource for teachers. Vincent goes through the entire New Testament briefly noting interesting details about words and phrases. First published in 1886.
WholeBible-Commentaries
- Calvin’s Commentaries. English translation of the famous reformer’s commentaries.
- Matthew Henry’s Commentary. An excellent resource for traditional Protestant interpretation and application.
- John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible.Especially helpful for theological exposition.
- Classic Bible Commentaries, courtesy of E-Word Today. Includes commentaries of Gill, Jamieson-Faussett-Brown, John Lightfoot, Ben Johnson, Matthew Henry, McGarvey and Pendleton, and Luther (Galatians). Also the notes of Darby, Wesley, and the Geneva Bible.
- Coffman’s Commentaries. Conservative and devotional commentary on the whole Bible by a Church of Christ scholar, James Burton Coffman.
- Adam Clarke’s Commentaries. Conservative and Arminian in doctrinal view.
Lexicons
- Liddell-Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon. The University of California (Irving) has made available a new (free) online version of the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon (commonly abbreviated LSJ). The LSJ is *the* standard classical Greek lexicon, and it is extremely valuable to anyone studying the New Testament. Although online versions of the LSJ have been in existence for some time, this new electronic edition has a few major advantages. All of the lexicon entries have been broken down so that each word has its own entry (in the print edition, many sub-entry words were listed under a single head word entry, making navigation of the lexicon somewhat difficult). One can navigate to any of these Greek ‘headwords’ using the left menu, or by typing in the Latin alphabet equivalent of Greek letters in the search box (the Greek search text shows up in a pop-up below the search box as you type, so that you can see if you are typing the correct letters).
Fee-based
Logos. This commercial site offers online and CD-ROM based access to all versions of the Bible and hundreds of commentaries and Bible study and other Christian books. Subscription-based—not free.
BibleCommentaries
- Bible Researcher
- Commentaries available through BibleStudyTools
- Free Bible Commentary
- Tyndale Seminary’s Reading Room
BibleDictionaries
- Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
- Bible Gateway’s dictionary
- Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
- Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary
- Holman Illustrated Pocket Bible Dictionary
- Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (Watson E. Mills, et al., eds.)
- King James Dictionary
- Smith’s Bible Dictionary: More than 4,500 subjects and proper names are defined and analyzed with corresponding Scripture references.
- Tyndale Bible Dictionary (W.A. Elwell, P.W. Comfort, eds.)
BibleEncyclopedias
Other
- At Christianity Today
- At BibleStudyTools
- Basic Dictionary of Bible People ( Julien Chilcott-Monk, ed.)
- Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (K. van der Toorn, et al., eds.)
- Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Joel B. Green, et al. eds.)
- New Testament Words (William Barclay)
- Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. (Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan, eds.)
- Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies (John William Rogerson, Judith Lieu, eds.)
- Oxford History of the Biblical World (M.D. Coogan, ed.)
- Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies (A.G. Patzia and A.J. Petrotta, eds.
- Saint Mary
s Press Essential Bible Dictionary. (S. OConnell-Roussell et al. eds.) - Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric
- Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible (Donald E. Gowan, ed.)
- Who`s Who in the New Testament (Ronald Brownrigg, ed.)
- Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible
Directories
- For complete directories of all major denominational websites, use these directories:
- USA Churches – directory of most denominational websites
- Hartford Institute’s directory of denominations
- Topography of faith
- A map of the United States that shows a state-by-state statistical breakdown of adherents by religion
- Bibliography of articles on denominations
- A list of relevant articles concerning major denominations
Major_US_Denominations
- Adventist
- Anglican & Episcopal
- Baptist
- Catholic
- Charismatic & Pentecostal
- Churches of Christ
- Lutheran
- Mennonite
- Methodist
- Orthodox
- Presbyterian
- Quaker (Friends)
- Reformed Church in America
- Wesleyan
Christian_Ministries
Below you’ll find links to some popular ministries.
For a complete directory of all major ministries and related organizations, see:
Hartford Institute’s Directory of Para-Church OrganizationsAlpha Pregnancy Center
Focus on the Family
ICL’s Directory of Christian Organizations
ICL’s Directory of Christian Educational Institutions
Jesus Site: a directory of 170+ international Christian ministry websites
Jew for Jesus (help for witnessing to Jews)
Women of the Harvest (a website for female missionaries)
Wycliffe Bible Translators
The Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative of the American Theological Library Association and Association of Theological Schools is a repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries. The creation of CDRI was made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation; it is now an ongoing program of the American Theological Library Association.
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.
Ancient_World
- Ancient World Mapping Center: At the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, this center “exists to promote cartography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies”. Many useful, high resolution, well documented reproductions of maps from print resources in the AWMC Map Room including maps of the Expansion of the Empire in the Age of Augustus, Greece, the Aegean and Western Asia Minor and Roman Empire in AD 69.
- Historical Maps of the Middle East: The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin: this comprises reproductions of many old maps.
- Oriental Institute Map Series — Site Maps: Seven maps of the ancient near east (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran), locating primary archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses set against a plain background. They are located at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute.
Atlases
- Bible Geocoding (This uses GoogleEarth to locate every possible place that is mentioned in the Biblical text.)
- Oxford Bible Atlas. (Adrian Curtis) pub. by Oxford, 2007.
- Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. (Bruce M. Metzger & Michael D. Coogan, eds. pub. by Oxford, 2004).
- The Uttermost Part of the Earth: A Guide to Places in the Bible. (Losch, Richard R.) pub. by Eerdmans, 2005.
Israel_Jerusalem-Time_of_Christ
- Communities of the Gospels (PBS site)
- Historic Jesus: Maps: Collection of 17 color maps relevant to 1st Century Israel. Some of these maps are from older, out-of-copyright material; others are more recent. All are in color.
- Land of Israel: By Mahlon Smith: an excellent, clear map with hyperlinks to information on the places it charts.
- Palestine in the Time of Christ (B.W. Johnson): Taken from The People’s New Testament of 1891.
- Palestine in the time of Christ (HyperHistory online)
- Palestine in the Time of Jesus: By K.C. Hanson: this web site (designed to accompany the book of the same name by Hanson and Douglas Oakman) features several old maps including Bethlehem and Nazareth.
Holy_Lands,_Israel_in_General
- Bible Tutor: Biblical Places: A section in the Luther Seminary’s Bible Tutor: visit this site for simple but useful maps hyperlinked to more information on the place names they contain.
- Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views: A useful site covering some of the same material as in the previous site from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Jerusalem 3000: Celebrating Three Millennia of History: An interesting collection of different kinds of old maps of Jerusalem, real, imaginary and combinations of the two, located at the Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine.
Jewish_Diaspora
- Jewish Diaspora (PBS site)
Paul_the_Apostle
- Paul: maps related to his life and ministry: Done by Nancy A Carter, this contains annotated color maps in different sizes of The Roman Empire, The Journeys of Paul, The Mediterranean World during the Time of Paul, and Greece.
- Paul’s Missionary Journeys (B.W. Johnson): Taken from The People’s New Testament of 1891.
Roman_Empire
- Roman Empire: An interactive map of “the Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent” from the 1907 Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography, adapted for the Internet by J. Vanderspoel.
- Roman Empire: Part of Lacus Curtius, Bill Thayer’s web site on Roman antiquity (University of Chicago). Features several detailed maps made in the 19th Century, including Greece, Asia Minor and Syria.
- Roman Empire (PBS site)
- Roman Empire (HyperHistory online)
Spread_of_Christianity
- Spread of Christianity (PBS site)
- Spread of Christianity: Done by Glenn Davies, this was scanned and adapted from Lightfoot, Harmer & Holmes, and The Apostolic Fathers. Users can click on some points on the map to see more information.
- Spread of Christianity Down to 180 AD: Adolf Von Harnack’s map, digitized by Jay Treat; you can view the whole or sections of it.
- Baptist Confession of Faith – 1689
- Center for Reformed Theology & Apologetics: Historic Creeds
- Creeds of Christendom
- Hall of Church History
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- For a complete compilation of the creeds of most denominations, go to: bible-researcher.com
- Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN)
Alibrary of over 10,000 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 70 different institutions. Titles may be downloaded for a reasonable fee, along with conference papers from Evangelical Theological Society, American Society of Church History, Society for Pentecostal Studies, North American Patristic Society, and the American Catholic Historical Association. - Research in Ministry (RIM)
A freely available database that indexes DMin. and DMiss. projects from reporting schools of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Indexing began in 1981. Author, title, project advisor, institution, and subject access are provided. In addition, an abstract for each project is included when one has been provided by the author. The full text of the work is not available through RIM. If you need a copy of a thesis or dissertation, please e-mail the librarian and he will make every attempt to secure a copy.
- Finding God in Cyberspace
This guide provides a selective listing of the best Internet resources of interest to religious studies scholars and students of religion. Rather than attempt a comprehensive listing of religious information on the Internet, this guide selectively points to the best gateways to specific types of religious information. This guide is especially designed to provide both novice and advanced Internet researchers with a helpful starting point for online religious research. The guide has its origins in a presentation given by Dr. John Gresham at a regional conference of Religious Studies Scholars in Dallas, Texas in 1994. - Internet Christian Library
A guide to online indexes related to Christian missions, Christian resources, Christian literature, and early church documents. - Research Guide for Christianity
A site maintained by Yale Divinity School Library. Resources organized by these subject areas: Bible, Church/Denominational/Ecumenical, Church History, Ethics and Social Issues, Missions & World Christianity, Systematic/Doctrinal theology, Practical Theology, and Religion and the Arts. - Virtual Religion Index
This site provides links that may be of interest to anyone doing advanced research in matters of religion. Site categories include Academic Sites, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archaeology & Religious Art, Buddhist Studies, Comparative Study of Religion, East Asian Studies, Ethics & Moral Values, Greco-Roman Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy & Theology, American Studies, Anthropology & Sociology, Biblical Studies, Christian Tradition, Confessional Agencies, Hindu Studies, Jewish Studies, and Psychology of Religion. - Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
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. - ACL LibGuide
- Virtual Theological Library
- Bryan College Library: Bible Study Resources
Other Online Resources
Interlinear
- The Interlinear NRSV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- The Interlinear NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: The Nestle Greek Text with a Literal English Translation. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1999.
- The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- Interlinear KJV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Based on the Textus Receptus with Lexicon and Synonyms. George Ricker Berry, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
- The New Greek-English interlinear New Testament: a new interlinear translation of the Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies` fourth, corrected edition with the New Revised Standard Version, New Testament. R.K. Brown, et al., trans. Fourth ed. Tyndale House, 1993 (also copy).
- Interlinear KJV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1992.
Online
- Bible Gateway
- NRSV On-line Bible
- Blue Letter Bible
- Overview of English Bible Translations
- Greek New Testament (with textual variants)
- New Testament Gateway
- Synoptic Gospels Primer: Parallel Texts
Directories-Commentaries
- Allen’s Annotated Directory of Bible Commentaries
- Open Access Bible Commentaries Quick Search
SingleVolume-Commentaries
- Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible. Robert J. Karris, Dianne Bergant, eds. Liturgical Press, 1992 (also copy 1 and copy 2).
- IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Craig S. Keener, ed. InterVarsity, 1993.
- IVP New Testament Commentaries — Online
- Life Application New Testament Commentary. B.B. Barton, ed. Tyndale House, 2001.
- Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. R.B. Hughes and J.C. Laney, eds. Tyndale House, 2001.
NewTestament-Commentaries
- Alford’s ‘New Testament for English Readers’ — The New Testament for English Readers: Containing the Authorized Version, with Marginal Corrections of Readings and Renderings, Marginal References, and a Critical and Explanatory Commentary, by Henry Alford, D.D., Dean of Canterbury (London: Rivingtons, 1866; 2nd ed. 1868): Matthew, Mark, Luke (1868, John, Acts (1863); Epistles of Paul (1865); Hebrews, Catholic Epistles, and Revelation (1866).
- Ante-Nicene Fathers: e-Catena. By Peter Kirby. References to the New Testament culled from the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers—good for understanding how the text was interpreted in ancient times.
- Barnes’ Notes on the New Testament. A conservative commentary on the New Testament by an American Presbyterian, Albert Barnes (1832).
- Expository Notes. By Thomas L. Constable, Senior Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary. This contains .pdf files for each book of the Bible.
- IVP New Testament Commentaries at Bible Gateway. A collection of brief and casual commentaries from a moderately conservative perspective, recently published by InterVarsity Press. Currently available online are: Matthew (Craig S. Keener); Luke (Darrell L. Bock); John (Rodney A. Whitacre); Acts (William J. Larkin); 2 Cor (Linda L. Belleville); Galatians (G. Walter Hansen); Philippians (Gordon D. Fee); Colossains (Robert W. Wall); 1 Tim (Philip H. Towner); Philemon (Robert W. Wall); Titus (Philip H. Towner); James (George M. Stulac); 1,2,3 John (Marianne Meye Thompson); and Revelation (J. Ramsey Michaels).
- John Lightfoot’s Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica. Notices many parallels in early Jewish writings that help to explain the New Testament.
- John Wesley’s Notes on the Bible provide a concise commentary from an Arminian perspective, though the doctrines peculiar to Arminianism are not emphasized. The notes for the New Testament were originally published as part of Wesley’s New Testament.
- New Testament commentary for English readers, by various writers, edited by Charles J. Ellicott, 3 vols. (London: Cassell, 1884): vol. 1 (Gospels); vol. 2 (Acts, Romans, Corinthians, Galatians); vol. 3 (Ephesians to Revelation).
- The People’s New Testament. A commentary by the Disciples of Christ scholar Barton W. Johnson, first published in 1891. Contains Arminian interpretations, in line with the theology of the American “restoration movement,” but otherwise very helpful, with introductions and appendixes.
- Word Studies in the New Testament by Marvin Vincent. A very useful resource for teachers. Vincent goes through the entire New Testament briefly noting interesting details about words and phrases. First published in 1886.
WholeBible-Commentaries
- Calvin’s Commentaries. English translation of the famous reformer’s commentaries.
- Matthew Henry’s Commentary. An excellent resource for traditional Protestant interpretation and application.
- John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible.Especially helpful for theological exposition.
- Classic Bible Commentaries, courtesy of E-Word Today. Includes commentaries of Gill, Jamieson-Faussett-Brown, John Lightfoot, Ben Johnson, Matthew Henry, McGarvey and Pendleton, and Luther (Galatians). Also the notes of Darby, Wesley, and the Geneva Bible.
- Coffman’s Commentaries. Conservative and devotional commentary on the whole Bible by a Church of Christ scholar, James Burton Coffman.
- Adam Clarke’s Commentaries. Conservative and Arminian in doctrinal view.
Lexicons
- Liddell-Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon. The University of California (Irving) has made available a new (free) online version of the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon (commonly abbreviated LSJ). The LSJ is *the* standard classical Greek lexicon, and it is extremely valuable to anyone studying the New Testament. Although online versions of the LSJ have been in existence for some time, this new electronic edition has a few major advantages. All of the lexicon entries have been broken down so that each word has its own entry (in the print edition, many sub-entry words were listed under a single head word entry, making navigation of the lexicon somewhat difficult). One can navigate to any of these Greek ‘headwords’ using the left menu, or by typing in the Latin alphabet equivalent of Greek letters in the search box (the Greek search text shows up in a pop-up below the search box as you type, so that you can see if you are typing the correct letters).
Fee-based
Logos. This commercial site offers online and CD-ROM based access to all versions of the Bible and hundreds of commentaries and Bible study and other Christian books. Subscription-based—not free.
See Bible Sprout.
New_England
- Church Planting in New England:
- BCNE Overview
- BCNE Process
- Plant New England
- Emmanuel Gospel Center
- Church Planting in Vermont:
- Green Mountain Baptist Association
- Vermont Church Planting
- Articles on Church Planting:
- Lyandon Warren on methods
- The great need
- Methods
- Southern Baptist Convention expansion in New England
- Southern Baptists Expand Northward
Bennington_Demographics
- Bennington:
- American Fact Finder
- Bennington city data
- Bennington info from AreaConnect
- Bennington info from Movoto
- Bennington info from Trulia
- Bennington 2010 Census data
- Bennington History
- Revolutionary Day
- Virtual Vermont
- Bennington Museum
- Famous People from Bennington County
- Robert Frost Poet
- Grandma Moses Folk Artist
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Author
- Norman Rockwell Illustrator
- Vermont:
- Quick Census Facts
- Vermont Population Breakdown
- Vermont Children Statistics
Theological_History_of_New_England
Archives of Source Documents, accessible to the Public:
Chester Baptist Church (Chester, VT)
Liberal religion in Vermont
Richard Boles collection of New England Church history
by state:
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
Baptist History in Massachusetts
Haystack Prayer Meeting in Williamstown
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
See Criswell’s Sermons.
Turabian
- NEBC Turabian Supplement
- Turabian Online
- Ohio State University guide to Turabian style
- OWL guide to Chicago Style (close to Turabian)
- Citation Machine (automatic citation generator)
eTurabian
Plagiarism
- Definitions: Is it Plagiarism?
- How to Avoid it: Safe Practices to Avoid Plagiarizing (from the OWL)
- Writing Program Administrators statement on Plagiarism
- This statement is an extremely thorough document which outlines the definition of plagiarism, good practices to use to avoid, and also the responsibilities of students and faculty in collegiate settings for dealing with the issues involved.