Library Guides: Literature in English: Bible as Literature

Digitized Bibles

The Bible in English (Chadwyck-Healey)
A searchable collection of 20 different versions of the English Bible from the tenth to the twentieth century, including 12 full Bibles, 5 New Testament texts, 2 versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah and the New Testament.
King James Bible (Chadwyck-Healey)
The King James or Authorized Version of the Bible was printed in 1611 and became the standard edition of the Bible for nearly three centuries. Arguably the most influential single document for English literary studies, this fully searchable online version presents the full text with all introductory matter, annotation, calendars, genealogies and tables.
Codex Sinaiticus
Digitized extracts from the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest known complete New Testament.
Digital Dead Sea Scrolls
Searchable, high-resolution images of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.

ATLA Religion Database
An index to the research literature of religion, including Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. (ATLAS) [1949 - present]

Indexes scholarly journals, books, edited volumes worldwide, and book reviews related to religion and theology, representing a wide selection of Christian traditions (including Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal), Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism, and other religious traditions.
RAMBI (Index to Articles on Jewish Studies)
A selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. [1985 - present]

Compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library

America's Public Bible
This site aims to illuminate the role of the Bible in the American press and popular culture in 19th and early 20th centuries. It identifies the 1700 most commonly quoted verses in newspapers held by Library of Congress
Bible Odyssey
A website via the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Society of Biblical Literature, Bible Odyssey sorts Bible content by topic with articles, art, and discussions relevant to the topics alongside the text itself.
Sacred Text Archive
An open-access and comprehensive collection of books on religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric, with over 1700 books.
Religion Online
From Yale Divinity School, this website features nearly 6.000 chapters, monographs, speeches and articles online dealing with both Christian and non-Christian religions.
The Vatican Library
The Vatican Library is beginning to digitize its significant collection of manuscripts on theology, along with drawings, books, etc.

Responsa Project
Collection of Jewish texts. Includes rabbinic case-law rulings, and the Bible. (Bar-Ilan Responsa Project - Online Responsa Project - Judaica Responsa - Global Jewish Database)

Also includes the Talumd and their principal commentaries; works about Jewish law, codes of Jewish law, such as Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulchan Aruch; Midrashim, Zohar, Responsa, etc. Access to the Talmudic Encyclopedia also included. Requires Adobe Flash player. In Hebrew. Click on 'login' on the home page taskbar to get to search screen on the right sidebar to gain access.

Synoptic Gospels Primer
A sample Greek synopsis and English translation of the Bible in Greek, including a search engine, a glossary of important terms and key figures, and Gospels side by side.

TLG (Thesaurus Linguae Graecae)
Contains digitized versions of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.

Contains digitized versions of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) Online
TLL Online is a comprehensive, ongoing scholarly dictionary of ancient Latin from the earliest times through AD 600. TLL currently contains all lexicon articles published up to 2008 (letters A-M, O, P-pomifer, porta-pulso), the articles in the Onomasticon volumes (letters C and D), the Index librorum, and the Praemonenda de rationibus et usu operis (a multilingual introduction to the printed version of the Thesaurus). Identical to the printed version, new fascicles will be added yearly. (Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL)

TLL Online is a comprehensive, ongoing scholarly dictionary of ancient Latin from the earliest times through AD 600. TLL currently contains all lexicon articles published up to 2008 (letters A-M, O, P-pomifer, porta-pulso), the articles in the Onomasticon volumes (letters C and D), the Index librorum, and the Praemonenda de rationibus et usu operis (a multilingual introduction to the printed version of the Thesaurus). Identical to the printed version, new fascicles will be added yearly.

Index Theologicus
A comprehensive bibliography for theology and religious studies, with access to articles, monographs, and links to other databases.

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Graduate Theological Union Library

Graduate students have privileges to the Graduate Theological Union Library, with additional journals and databases, as well as reference staff.