Links and Resources

Class Discussion Board and WebCT

• Mary Adams's classes

Meta-sites

• Religious Tolerance --site promoting religious tolerance by placing data about many religions side by side. Great on such topics as
  • Christianity
  • Christianity and Islam (a comparison)
  • Science and the Bible
  • Religous "Hot Topics"
• Jewish History Resource Center
• Resources for Biblical Studies
• Old Testament Studies
• Academic Info--Religious Studies
• Near Eastern Mythology
• Who Wrote the Bible? from Straight Dope
• Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Orion Center for study of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Texts

• Searchable bible in translation (various translations)
  • NCC's New Revised Standard Version site
    • Searchable NRSV (with apocrypha)
  • Crosswalk (features Parallel and interlinear English and Hebrew versions. No Apocrypha.
  • SearchGod'sWord.org
  • Bible Gateway
  • Interlinear bible (shows original meaning in Greek & Hebrew)
  • Septuagint online (searchable text of the original greek, with concocordance)
• Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism
• All-in-one Bible Resources Search
• Religious Texts and Resources -- U Penn
• Textual issues and translation:
  • bible translation
  • translation theory and methods
  • Bible versions
• Midrash and Talmud--oral legends surrounding the Hebrew Bible
  • Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews
• Other Apocryphal and non-canonical texts
  • Pre-Christian
    • Book of Enoch
    • Book of Jubilees
    • Forgotten Books of Eden
  • New Testament and Early Christian texts
    • Gnostic Gospels
      • Gospel of Thomas Home Page
    • Probably contents of Q
    • Other Q Resources

Reference

• Bible dictionaries
• Concordances (use these to look up every use of a word or name)

Other ancient texts and religious traditions

• Zoroastrianism
• Sumerian Mythology
• Assyrian and Babylonian Mythology FAQ
• Babylonian and Near Eastern Texts
  • Code of Hammurabi
  • Another one with popup illustrations
• Gateways to Babylon--info on Mesopotamian Religion
• Epic of Gilgamesh--about
• Caananite Mythology
  • Canaan and Ancient Israel--a site about archeological finds
  • Ancient Egypt--from the same UPenn Museum site as above
• Mithraism
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Divine mediator figures in the biblical world (maintained by Dr. James R. Davila at St. Andrews)
  • Melchizedek/ Michael and the War in Heaven tradition
• Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity

Maps

• Simple Bible Atlas--contains old and new testmament maps
• Specific topics maps--alphabetical list
• Abraham's Journeys
• Old Testament Maps
• Map with Old testament events

Science and the Bible

• The age of the universe--article that attempts to reconcile differences between biblical and scientific chronology
• Science and the Bible--Religious Tolerance's excellent discussion

Bible history

• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Old Testament Chronology--the wider history
• Slides related to Hebrew Bible (from J. Tigay's UPenn course)

Other Courses,

• Bible as Literature (Wayne Narey at Arkansas State)
• Bible as Literature ( John Becker at Fairleigh Dickinson U)
• Bible as Literature (Steven Marx at Cal Poly U)
• Bible as Lliterature (Chana Bloch at Mills College)

Miscellaneous Texts, Blogs, and Miniguides

• Readng the Old Testament (By by Barry L. Bandstra, Hope College)
• Dr. Constable's Bible Study Notes (good insights in bible texts; has a fundamentalist Christian perspective on authorship)
• Bible Dudes
• PaleoJudaica (a blog about ancient Judaism and its contexts)
• Blogging the Bible ("Ignoramus" David Plotz reacts as he reads the whole bible without the benefit of textbook or commentary)

Final Exam

• FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE (FALL 2005)
• FINAL EXAM GUIDE (FALL 2006)
• LINKS FOR SPRING 2004 EXAM.
• Different kinds of biblical criticism (source, form, canonical)
• Crosswalk (features Parallel and interlinear English and Hebrew versions)
• bible dictionaries
• American Heritage Dictionary
• Concordances (use these to look up every use of a word or name)
• Essay Questions
  • Roman Empire: History and Archeology links
  • Women, Roman Empire. and Early Christianity
  • Roman Mystery Religions
  • Juadism in the time of Jesus
  • Jesus movements
  • PBS Video's page on Paul
• Powerpoint bible maps and map of Roman Empire in AD 14

Links related to specific books

The Pentateuch

• The Documentary Hypothesis
• more details on this
• an article about the documentary hypothesis
• Genesis--historical chronology
• Genesis--Ugaritic parallels
• Genesis--Near Eastern myths
• Genesis--Abraham's journeys
• Genesis -- Enuma Elish (creation Myth) and Epic of Gilgamesh--Summary
• Genesis Art Gallery
• Genesis and Exodus--Baal Worship in the Old Testament
• Exodus--Art Gallery
• Exodus--Images from Moses
• Exodus--Translating Exodus--by a professor of history and bible studies at San Diego State University
• Exodus--Dating Exodus (Hope College site)
• Exodus--color-coated by authors J, E, and P (documentary hypothesis)
• Exodus--Ba'al worship in the OT
• Exodus & Deuterotomy--In the Footsteps of Moses (BBC Program includes some great computer reconstructions)
• Exodus & Deuterotomy--Codes of Conduct (Israel compared to surrounding nations)
• Deuterotomy--Notes and Outline by Bob Dunston @ Cumberland College
• Deuterotomy--The Shema
• Deuterotomy--Beautiful Captive Women
• Deterotomy, others--Demons in the Old Testament

Prophecies

• Judges--Outline of Judges--Bob Dunston
• Judges--article by Dennis Bratcher
• Judges--Role of women in Judges
• Judges--Art from Judges
• Kings--Art depicting Solomon
• Kings--Art depicting the Temple
• Kings--Art depicting Elijah
• Kings--Art depicting Hezekiah
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Ezekial

The Writings or Wisdom Literature

• Book of Ruth
• Esther
• Song of Solomon
  • A commentary that suggests the poem is about sex
• Job
  • An Introduction to OT Wisdom Literature
• Daniel
• Lamentations: Near Eastern Parallels

New Testament

• Who Wrote the New Testament -- from Straight Dope
  • How the bible was canonized
• The Synoptic Gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke)
• Gospel of John
• Josephus (Jewish historian who gives us much of our early NT background)
• Revelation
• Revelation
  • Christian Apocalyptic Writings
  • Revelation
  • Revelation in the Canon
  • Millennialism and Competing End-of-world theories
  • Art