This looks like a useful online resource. Here is the explanation on the site landing page: Welcome! This website was constructed to supply resources for an undergraduate class at Wofford College, called “Gods of the Biblical World: Polytheism, Magic, and Israelite...
Journals and Databases
Treasure Trove of Open Access Scholarly Journals for Biblical Studies
If you’ve followed my work for any time (or read books like The Unseen Realm), you know the value of scholarly journals. Most of them are not publicly accessible. Here’s a link to a substantial list that are online.
Online Database of Angels, Demons, and Ghosts in Rabbinic Texts
For real. The site is called Elyonim veTachtonim. Here’s the description from the site: Elyonim veTachtonim project web site. As of today the first version of the database is finally available on-line and: covers the Babylonian Talmud [BT]; bases on the Soncino...
Vatican Library Provides Online Access to High Resolution Images of New Testament Papyri
Jean-Baptiste Piggin of the Macro-Typography blog has a nice listing of available manuscripts here. If you’re interested in New Testament textual criticism, papyrology, and the transmission of the Greek New Testament, you’ll want to take a look. If you...
List of Open Access (Mostly Free) Journals in Ancient Studies
The listing located here includes over 1,600 open access scholarly journals in all areas of ancient studies. The listed was created by Charles Jones of the Ancient World Online (AWOL) blog. I’m quite sure there’s something in there to help combat...
Resource: Ancient World Digital Library
I just discovered this resource via the Ancient World Online blog. The site has a number of scholarly monographs on Egyptology, Mesopotamia, Israel, etc. that can be downloaded as PDF. For example, click here for the books in the Mesopotamian category. One of the...
Scholarly Journals in Biblical Studies and the Humanities Just Became More Accessible
I’ve blogged about the importance of scholarly journal literature a number of times on this blog. The primary impediment to their use is that you need to live near a university or seminary library that subscribes to them or has a JSTOR subscription it can extend...
Geographical Place Names in Ancient History: An Online Thesaurus
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is now available for free download. This resource of over 2 million place names includes ancient and modern names. It’s an invaluable resource for connecting place names throughout the ancient world to other...
New Open Access Resource: Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies
I just came across this new journal. It’s rationale is as follows: The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies intends to promote the hermeneutical approach to the study of the Scriptures generally known as Inductive Biblical Studies. By Inductive Biblical Study...
The THEOI Project
This looks like a useful, growing, resource. THEOI means “gods” in Greek. According to the site, it’s purpose is: . . . exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free...
Public Access Art Image Archive
Hat tip to AWOL for this. Here’s a link to the LACMA Collections Database online. The database contains nearly 20,000 images of artworks believed to be in the public domain. Enjoy this resource and break from the unrelenting nonsense we have to deal with here.
Online Encyclopedia of Mythology
Readers should be aware of the very useful Encyclopedia Mythica, “the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion.” Over 7,000 essays of mythological information!
Online Dissertations in Biblical Studies
The Ancient World Online (AWOL) recently posted a list of Durham University dissertations available for free. I combed through the list and here are some dissertations related to biblical studies and theology that readers might find of interest: BUSHUR,...
If Your Thing is Roman Emperors…
Saw this a couple days ago: AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Linked Data about Roman Emperors. The link leads to a description (and further database links) to a truckload of data about Roman emperors. Every once in a while I feel burdened to give readers real...
Dissertations and Theses Available in PDF from Duke University’s Religion Department
Some good items (to my interests) here , so I thought others might want to have a look.