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Academic E-Lists
 "There are many E-Lists now available for the academic discussion of the New Testament and New Testament related topics. This is a directory of the most important and useful of the E-lists."
From Dr. Mark Goodacre's excellent NewTestament Gateway.

  • Ancient Bible History
    E-mail discussion list.
  • B-Greek
    Biblical Greek Mailing List
    "...is a mailing list for discussing the Greek text and language of the Bible. Anyone interested in New Testament Studies is invited to subscribe, but the list assumes a working knowledge of Biblical Greek."
  • Corpus Paulinum
    The Corpus-Paul List
  • H-Catholic Discussion Network
     History and Culture of Catholicism
    "..., a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-Catholic is devoted to promoting the discussion and study of the history and culture of Catholicism."
  • Kata Markon
    The Gospel of Mark Discussion List

The Aquinas Translation Project
"The Aquinas Translation Project is a web-based project which seeks to provide scholars, religious and any interested individuals with translations of St. Thomas Aquinas's works not readily available in English. The co-ordinator of the Project is Stephen Loughlin, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at DeSales University, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA."

American Theological Library Association

Anno Domini: Jesus Through The Centuries
"Why is this exhibition important? In much of North America and Europe, the younger generations have little knowledge of the central figure in the formation of Western culture. They know little of the way Jesus, his person and teaching, and the way he has been understood, has shaped and reshaped so many key developments in art, science, politics, ideas, society, and culture. Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries offers a modest opportunity to glimpse and consider this tap-root of culture and civilization."
- Virtual Museum Canada

Bible and Anthroposophy
"In our website, The Bible and Anthroposophy, author Edward R. Smith explains the insights of Rudolf Steiner. Three of Edward R. Smith books, The Burning Bush, The Incredible Births of Jesus, and The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved, are made fully available."

Biblon 2000 Project
Developing a Dynamic HTML/Javascript version of the Greek New Testament.

The Book of Mormon
"This text was originally obtained from Project Gutenberg as a plain ASCII text -- print source and depositor as yet unknown. It is presented here in a searchable SGML form."
The Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia

Alexander Campbell
An extensive collection of online writings, including The Living Oracles (both the first and fourth editions), additional "separate publications," "contributions to books," "contributions to periodicals," "biographical and critical studies."
Part of the Restoration Movement Texts page.

The Atlantic Online
Online version of The Atlantic Monthly.

    American Media - Speaking of Faith
    Weekly public radio series. Read text or listen to entire program.

      The British Library

      • Collect Britain
        "Putting History in place: over 90,000 images and sounds from the UK and beyond."
        • Expressions of Faith
          "The British Library holds a wealth of sacred manuscripts from around the world many of them rare, ancient and beautiful....We invited a group of well-known people from different faiths and walks of life to choose their favourites."
          Sections include: Buddhism ; Christianity ; Hinduism ; Islam ; Jainism ; Judaism ; Sikkhism.

      [Catholic] All Catholic Church Ecumenical Councils - All the Decrees
      Digitized collection of all Councils from Council of Nicaea to Second Vatican Council.

      The Catholic Encyclopedia
      The 1913 ed.

      Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

      • Essays, Research Papers, and Reviews
        Sections include: Activist Groups ; Book Reviews ; The Church and the Holocaust ; Church and State ; The Crusades and the Inquisition ; Education ; The Media ; The Papacy ; "The Passion of the Christ" The Sex Abuse Scandal ; Miscellaneous.

      The Catholic Liturgical Library
      Topics include Architecture, Articles, Calendar, Documents, History, Liturgy, & Music.

      Catholic News Service (CNS)
      "...is the primary source of national and world news that appears in the U.S. Catholic press. It is also a leading source of news for Catholic print and broadcast media throughout the world."

        Catholic.net (English or Spanish)
        "is the new, successor site to the Catholic Information Center on the Internet (CICI), one of the pioneering Catholic web sites since its inception in 1995."

        Christian Classics Ethereal Library
        Includes all 38 volumes of the Early Church Fathers, their World Wide Study Bible with Scripture, commentaries and sermons. Also contains fiction, hymns and reference works
        Wheaton College

        Early Church Fathers

        Church Fathers [from New Advent - Catholic Encyclopedia]

        Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [The Mormons]
        Official Home Page. Contains 'basic media information,' conference proceedings, Gospel Library and history.

        • Scriptures - Internet Edition
          Includes: Old Testament ; New Testament ; Book of Mormon ; Doctrine and Covenants ; Pearl of Great Price ; Study Helps ; Additional Helps.

        Dead Sea Scrolls
        Includes online manuscripts, timetable of discovery and debate, and links to other online resources.
        Part of Prof. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus.
        By Mahlon H. Smith, Dept. of Religion, Rutgers University

        Early Christian Writings
        "All of Early Christianity: The New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers."
        By Peter Kirby

        The Ecole Initiative
        "Creating a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history on the World-Wide Web." Includes translations of Judeo-Christian and Islamic primary sources to 1500, essays on major topics and figures, iconography and religious art and a timeline with geographical cross-index.
        Edited by Karen Rae Keck and Norman Hugh Redington, Athena University

        Electronic New Testament Manuscript Project
        "An international, scholarly, volunteer effort to make images and transcriptions of New Testament manuscripts available freely on the Internet"
        (University of Western Australia)

        Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings
        A large collection of sermons, extracts, poems, quotes and more.
        By Bill Carson

        [Gutenberg Bible] The Gutenberg Bible : Digitised Images
        "The British Library has two complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible and a small but important fragment of a third copy. One copy, printed on paper, was transferred in 1829 to the British Library with the library of King George III (1738-1820). The other copy, printed on vellum, was bequeathed by Thomas Grenville (1755-1846)."
        - The British Library

        [Gutenberg Bible] Gutenberg Digital
        The collection of Digitised Documents, includes all 1282 pages of both volumes, illuminated pages, the "Helmasperger Notarial Instrument", "Model Book" and more. There is also an impressive collection of resources recording Gutenberg and his Impact. In German or English with some biblical passages in French as well.

        [Gutenberg Bible] The Keio Gutenberg Bible
        Includes a select bibliography of the Gutenberg 42-line Bible.
        - Treasures of Keio University

        [Gutenberg Bible] University of Texas - Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

        • The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
          "The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed with movable type, is one of the greatest treasures in the Ransom Center's collections. It was printed at Johann Gutenberg's shop in Mainz, Germany and completed in 1454 or 1455. The Center's Bible was acquired in 1978 and is one of only five complete examples in the United States...For the first time, it is possible for the general public to view all of the pages from the University of Texas copy, including all of the large illuminated letters in volume I and the copious handwritten annotations, as well as other indications of the book's use in religious services."
          Sections include: The Book before Gutenberg ; Johann Gutenberg ; The Printing of the Bible ; The Spread of Printing ; The Appearance of the Bible ; Anatomy of a Page ; The Ransom Center Copy ; Selected Pages ; Digital Gutenberg Project ; Additional Resources.

        History
        The Web site of the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
        "In addition to the evaluation and cataloguing of on-line resources in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, HISTORY provides high quality information about the history profession including books, articles, theses, seminars and historians (searchable as HISTORY On-Line)."

        A History of the Crusades (etext)
        "...published by the University of Wisconsin Press over a twenty year period beginning in 1969, was intended to serve as a collaborative and comprehensive treatment of the topic, ranging in time from the first 100 years of the Crusades to their ultimate impact on the histories of the Near East and Europe. The work is comprised of six volumes, each of which is included here in its entirety."
        - University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries

        The Iconography of Saint Sebastian
        "In this page I have collected pictures of different works of art dedicated to Saint Sebastian. They are divided into three main sections: paintings ; sculptures ; drawings, miniatures, mosaics, stain-glass ... I have also collected some documents about the life of Saint Sebastian and his iconology."
        By Alessandro Giua, University of Cagliari, Italy

        Internet Medieval Sourcebook
        "The Sourcebook is in two parts. The first is made up of fairly short classroom sized extracts, derived from public domain sources or copy-permitted translations, the second is composed of the full documents, or WWW links to the full documents...At the moment, the texts available still address elite governmental, legal, religious and economic concerns. The similarity of the texts in a book like Tierney's The Middle Ages and the collections of ninety years ago is striking. A desiderata here is to expand the number of texts addressing women's history, the history of sexuality, lay and popular religion, the history of marginalized groups such a Jews along with more texts on Byzantine and Islamic culture."
        Edited by Paul Halsall, Adjunct Lecturer, Fordham University

        Into His Own
        Perspective on the World of Jesus With New Translations from Primary Texts.
        "Into His Own is designed as a tool for the historical study of Christian scriptures. Since the works in the New Testament were composed in implicit & often explicit dialog with first century champions of Jewish tradition, the bulk of the passages included here have been excerpted from works written by Jewish authors, especially those composed after the Hebrew scriptures that can be found in any Christian "Old Testament. " But there are also selections from non-Jewish sources that help bring the writings of Christian authors into a clearer cultural perspective.
        Sections include: Texts ; Background ; Reviews ; Network ; Weblog.
        By Mahlon H. Smith, Dept. of Religion, Rutgers University

        The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, 1610-1791
        "This site nearing the completion of the entire English translation of the The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, originally compiled and edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites and published by The Burrows Brothers Company, Cleveland, throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century. Each file represents the total English contents of a single published volume. The original work has facing pages in the original French, Latin or Italian, depending on the author."
        "This project is housed on the College of Arts and Sciences Web Server at Creighton University. These volumes were scanned and transcribed by Thom Mentrak and then formatted and organized by Rev. Raymond A. Bucko, S.J."

        King James Bible
        "This text was originally created at the University of Pennsylvania by Robert A. Kraft, was made available to us by the Oxford Text Archive, and is presented here in a searchable SGML form by the University of Virginia."
        Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia

        Labyrinth Latin Bookcase
        An extensive collection of links to various hypertext projects and texts.
        Maintained by Martin Irvine and Deborah Everhart, Georgetown University

        Little Gidding: English Spiritual Traditions
        "...The purpose of the site is to bring together texts and images that will provide a record of those rich and diverse traditions. The emphasis will be mainly on Anglican devotional and liturgical works of some literary distinction rather than theological and doctrinal studies, and the lives of the men and women who wrote them; but there will also be some attention paid to non-Anglican varieties of spirituality. My primary aim is to create a library of electronic texts that are accurate and typographically appealing; the texts will be shared with a companion Web site, English Literature and Religion. William S. Peterson

        Mary Baker Eddy Institute
        Founder of Christian Science.
        Includes full-text of the most important of Mary Baker Eddy's writings:

        Matrix
        A Scholarly Resource for the Study of Women's Religious Communities from 400 to 1600 CE.
        "...we aim to collect and make available all existing data about all professional Christian women in Europe between 500 and 1500 C.E. The project draws on both textual and material sources, primary and secondary, although its basis is unpublished archival evidence."
        Sections include The Monasticon, The Chartulary, On-Line Articles, Bibliography, Glossary, and Images, Maps, Site Plans.
        Edited by Lisa M. Bitel, and Katherine Gill

        Metalogos
        Annotated online editions of Thomas, Philip and Valentine (Truth) in English and Spanish.
        The Ecumenical Coptic Project

        Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET)

        Nag Hammadi Library
        "The texts discovered at Nag Hammadi available in the Gnostic Society Library are indexed in alphabetical order, and by their location in the original codices. A subject categorized list of the writings is also given. You may also search the entire collection of texts for keywords or phrases using a search form"
        Part of the excellent Gnostic Society Library

        The Philotheou Monastery Project
        Includes information on The Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, The Greek manuscripts of Philotheou Monastery, the history of the monastery and its manuscript library, methodological papers, and an archive of watermarks and papers in Greek manuscripts
        Created by Robert W. Allison, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Bates College

        Old Paths Archive
        A depository of religious articles, sermons, poems, books, theses and music written by members of churches of Christ Mostly early to mid twentieth century writings

        Oxford Hypertext Project of Baptist and Anabaptist Resources
        A brief list of available sources but hopefully more will added shortly

        Papal Writings
        Selected Papal encyclicals and pronouncements

        PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
        Ethics NewsWeekly explores contemporary moral and spiritual issues and beliefs people and groups across the spectrum of religion and ethics.

        Project Wittenberg
        "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. Project Wittenberg is the first step towards an international electronic library of Lutheranism. As such, we are always adding and changing our sites. This site contains Project Wittenberg texts in final form."
        Maintained by Reverend Bob Smith, Walther Library, Concordia Theological Seminary

        Reformation Ink
        An Exhaustive On-line Selection of Reformation Resources
        "This site exists in order to make important and hard to find primary source Reformation documents readily accessible. This not only includes books and articles from the sixteenth century, but also works from authors who stand in the Reformation tradition.
        By Shane Rosenthal


        Religion Online
        Full Texts by Religious Scholars. Topics include Bible, Theology, Ethics, Church and Society, Communication, Cultural Studies, Homiletics, Pastoral Care, Missions, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, and Religious Education.

        Revised Standard Version of the Bible
        Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia

        Salem Witch Trials
        Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
        "...consists of an electronic collection of primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records."
        Sections include: Archives ; Books & Letters ; Documents ; Maps ; People.
        Project Director: Benjamin C. Ray, Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Virginia

        The Skeptic's Annotated Bible (SAB)
        "It contains the entire text of the King James Version of the bible presented from a skeptic's point of view. Verses are classified using a four star rating system, with cross-referenced links and attached notes."
        By Steve Wells

        St. John's University (Minnesota) - Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

        • Vivarium
          "Vivarium is the home of digitized manuscripts, art, rare books, photographs, audio, video, and other resources from two Benedictine monastic and educational communities in central Minnesota."
        • The Works of Trithemius
          An exhibit of works from Saint John's University Special Collections by the 16th-century monastic scribe.

        Vatican Museums
        "I hope that this new site may be a useful instrument of knowledge and give access to the complex reality of our five hundred-year- old art collections which are visited by more than three million people a year."

        • Vatican Museums Online
          Sections include: Gregorian Egyptian Museum ; Gregorian Etruscan Museum ; Sistine Chapel ; Raphael's Room ; Pinacoteca ; Ethnological Missionary Museum.
          Online highlights include works by Botticelli ; Michelangelo ; Raphael ; Leonardo Da Vinci.

        Web Edition of Biblical Counsel: Resources for Renewal
         "The full text, partially edited and revised, is now available on the World Wide Web. This includes Chapters 1 - 11 and Appendixes C and D. Editing and revision is in progress."
        By Steven C. Kettler

        The Wellington Valley Project
        The Letters and Journals Relating to the Church Missionary Society Missions to Wellington Valley New South Wales [Australia], 1830-40.
        A Critical Electronic Edition.
        "They are particularly significant for the account they provide of Wiradjuri society before the destruction of full ceremonial life. This alone would be justification for their publication in full, in both electronic and, it is anticipated, printed formats. Collectively, the Wellington Valley papers provide a wealth of information about the missionaries and their troubled encounter with a people staggering under the impact of European occupation."
        Edited by Hilary M Carey and David A. Robert

        Yale Divinity Digital Image and Text Library
        "..."...is a faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity School that provides digital resources for teaching and research related to the history of Christianity... Some images in the database are restricted to Yale use, due to copyright agreements."

        Bibliographies

        Crusades Bibliography

        Institut für Theologie und Frieden, Barsbüttel (German or English)
        Institute for Theology and Peace
        "...is a research institution of the Catholic Church established by the Catholic Military Chaplaincy. The emphasis of research and documentation is on the political and social debate on questions of peace from a theological-ethical point of view."