Bibliography of Classical Folklore Scholarship

Gods of the Biblical World

by drmsheiser | Jan 31, 2018 | Journals and Databases

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...

Treasure Trove of Open Access Scholarly Journals for Biblical Studies

by drmsheiser | Aug 2, 2017 | Journals and Databases

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

by drmsheiser | Mar 4, 2017 | Journals and Databases

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

by drmsheiser | Jul 21, 2016 | Journals and Databases

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

by drmsheiser | Jul 12, 2016 | Journals and Databases

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

by drmsheiser | Jun 9, 2015 | Journals and Databases

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...