Subreddits
- Academic Biblical Studies
- Ask Bible Scholars
- Ask Historians
- Critical Bible
- Historical Jesus
- Koine
- Ancient Near East
- ANE Academic
- Academic Religion and Mythology
Online Bibles
(click here for my article summarizing each historical Bible)
- Lumina Study Bible
- Cambridge STEP Bible
- Academic Study Bible
- Interlinear Bible
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Aleppo Codex
- Book of Kells
- Codex Sinaiticus (or here)
- Gothic Bible (or here)
- Lisbon Bible
- Latin Vulgate
- John Wycliffe’s Bible
- Gutenburg Bible
- Martin Luther’s Bible
- Great Bible
- Geneva Bible
- Bishop’s Bible
- Original King James
- Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
- Convenient list of 200 online Bibles
Research Tools
- Society of Biblical Literature Research Tools
- Best Commentaries
- Olive Tree Bible Study App
- Paralell verses search
- Interlinear Bible Word/Phrase search
- StudyLight Bible Study Tools
- Greek and Hebrew Lexicons
- Interactive reading of the Flood story with sources revealed
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Oxford Bibliography of Biblical terms
- Oxford Biblical Studies Online (subscription required)
- Interactive map of the ministry of Jesus
- Interactive virtual tour at the Model of Jerusalem in the late Second Temple Period
- BibleWorks 9 Software
Reference and Information Management Tools
- Mendeley – An all-in-one powerhouse for managing and organizing your research. It also allows you to collaborate with other researchers and find relevant papers.
- Zotero – A quick way to collect, organize, and cite source materials within browser. Similiar to Mendeley but more simplified. No academic should be without it!
- EasyBib and BibMe – Fast and easy bibliography and citation generators.
- Evernote – A great cloud application to store your written work and access it anywhere.
- Google Drive – Best free cloud storage option, letting you store and sync up to 15 GB. Also, if you’re still typing papers in Word, stop. Type them in Google Docs/Drive instead. That way you can save it in a variety of formats and you don’t have to worry about losing it if your computer crashes.
- Dropbox – Like Drive but offering an easy way to send files to friends (e.g. collaborative papers and the latest Lady Gaga mp3).
- Soda PDF – An excellent alternative to Adobe Reader/Acrobat, letting you create PDFs, edit profusely, and even read in 3D.
Art Sources
- Christian Iconography.info
- Museum of Biblical Art
- The Walters Art Museum Online Collection
- Web Gallery of Art
- ARTstor (academic affiliation required)
- WikiPaintings.org
Other Recommended Sites and Blogs
- Bible Odyssey
- The World of the Bible
- Church Across America with Senior Sidewalk Pastor Eman Learton
- BBC guide to world religions
- NY Times News about Religion and Belief, including commentary and archival articles
- PBS NOVA articles on the Bible
- Biblical Archaeology Society
- James Tabor’s Blog
- Bart Ehrman’s Blog
- Lawrence H. Shiffman’s Blog
- Religion Clause News
- ReligiousTolerance.org on the Bible