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Biblos.com : search, read, study the Bible in many languages

http://biblos.com/

Biblos.com offers a wide selection of online tools for searching and studying the Bible. It includes over 20 English translations, the Greek and Hebrew original texts, and versions in dozens of other languages. Tools offered include: the ability to view multiple versions in parallel; interlinear texts to aid the study of the Bible in its original languages (extra fonts may be needed to view these properly); a concordance, dictionary, and encyclopaedia; a number of commentaries; a biblical image library; a Bible atlas; a set of Bible book and chapter outlines; and information about people and places who feature in the Bible. The site appears to be designed primarily for devotional use, but many of these tools also have academic applications. One slight drawback of the site is that is sometimes lacking in instructions, which means one has to be willing to spend a little time finding out how to use the tools by trial and error. However, there is a lot here that is worth exploring.
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Bombaxo

http://www.bombaxo.com/

Bombaxo is a theological website by independent scholar Kevin P. Edgecomb. The main focus is on biblical studies, though some material relating to patristic theology and Judaica is also included. The biblical studies resources include, among other things: lectionaries ancient and modern; information on biblical versification and the biblical canon; chronologies; and material on the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha. The site's presentation is deliberately plain, but there is a large quantity of material here, and users need to be prepared to spend some time browsing to explore it all. The information offered is most likely to be of interest to reasonably advanced scholars, rather than beginners in the field.
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Septuagint.org

http://www.septuagint.org/

Septuagint.org is an online tool which may be of use to those studying or aspiring to study either the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) or the Greek New Testament. The site offers complete versions of both these texts, and hovering the mouse pointer over a word reveals parsing information (that is, the case, number, gender, tense, and so forth). Translations are not provided, but the dictionary form of each word is given to aid users in recognising unfamiliar forms, or if necessary to facilitate looking the word up. The site also offers some tools for learners of Latin, but at time of review these were not yet complete.
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Theologie Geschichte : Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kulturgeschichte

http://aps.sulb.uni-saarland.de/theologie.geschichte/

Theologie Geschichte (Theology History) is a freely available online peer-reviewed journal of theology and cultural studies. The primary language of the journal is German, though a small number of articles in English and in French are also available. The journal was founded in 2006, and focuses on modern and contemporary history, and in particular the cultural influence of totalitarian movements in the 20th century. In addition to articles, discussion papers and reviews are also published. Works are provided in both PDF and HTML versions. Information for potential contributors is also offered.
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Rivista di studi sudasiatici

http://digital.casalini.it/19709501

Rivista di Studi Sudasiatici (Journal of South Asian Studies) is an online periodical published by Firenze University Press. Only one edition, from 2006, is available via this website (although others can be found elsewhere online). The articles, which are offered as PDFs files, cover a range of topics dealing with aspects of south Asian religion. Titles include: 'The Role of the So-called Asoka Inscriptions in the Attempt to Date the Buddha'; 'Definitions of Kalavu in the Old Tamil Poetological Tradition'; and 'The Sanskrit-Old Javanese Tutur Literature from Bali: The Textual Basis of Saivism in Ancient Indonesia'. Although this is an Italian publication, the majority of the articles are in English.
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Joseph Campbell Foundation

http://www.jcf.org/

The website of the Joseph Campbell Foundation provides information about this organisation, which exists to promote the work of the American mythologist and scholar of comparative religion, best known for his seminal text, 'Hero with a Thousand Faces'. The website offers an introduction to Campbell's work and philosophies, plus information about his publications and how these can be obtained. Users who wish to take an active part in discussion or other aspects of the Foundation's work are invited to join the free associate programme, which then allows access to a wider range of works, including a forum, articles, and transcripts of Campbell's lectures.
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Dictionary of African Christian biography

http://www.dacb.org/

The Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB) is a free online reference resource aiming to record the untold stories of African Christians who have impacted the history of the African church, and of Christianity more widely. Presented as an electronic database browsable by name of subject or region, it covers all denominations and branches of African Christianity, including the missionary movement, from earliest times to the present. The DACB aims to foster an understanding of African Christianity in its own right, as something more than simply a footnote to the story of the faith in Europe. Versions of the site are available in English, French, Portuguese, and Swahili. The Dictionary is a work in progress, but it already offers a considerable quantity of interesting material.
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Catholic Church in Lithuania

http://www.lcn.lt/en/

The Catholic Church in Lithuania website provides information about the history, structure, and practice of Catholicism in the Baltic state. Separate versions of the website are available in English and Lithuanian. The English version includes: details of the relationship between Lithuania and the Holy See; details of the dioceses, other hierarchical structures, and religious congregations in Lithuania; sections on Catholic education, social ministry, Catholic media, and lay Catholics; and historical material, including information about saints, shrines, and sacred places. Links are also provided to other sites which may be of interest.
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Greek/Latin New Testament audio readings

http://www.greeklatinaudio.com/

Greek/Latin New Testament Audio Readings is a website which offers free downloadable MP3 files of the complete New Testament being read in the original Greek, and in the Latin Vulgate version. The site is also home to the early stages of a project to produce an audio version of the Hebrew Torah. Each chapter is downloaded individually. Consequently, there are 260 files for each language, and as the total file size is very large (some 2.5GB for the complete New Testament in both languages), users are offered the alternative of purchasing the recordings on DVD. The site also provides links to online Greek and Latin text versions, so users can follow along as they listen to the recordings. An unusual resource which may be of use to those learning New Testament Greek or Latin.
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Revue d'Etudes Augustiniennes et Patristiques

http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/1

Revue d' Etudes Augustiniennes et Patristiques is the online edition of a journal covering topics including: the theology of Augustine; late antiquity; patristics; late Latin and Greek literature; the history of early Christianity; and the history of ancient north Africa. The journal is predominantly in French, although a minority of articles published are in English. The full text of editions from 1955 to 2000 is available, with each article offered as a PDF file. The site is searchable, although it does not appear to be possible to search the full text of earlier editions.
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Historical society of Jews from Egypt

http://hsje.org/homepage.htm

This is the homepage of the Historical Society of Jews from Egypt, a committee-run organization which serves Egyptian-born Jews everywhere, but especially in the United States. The Society received a charter from the New York State Museum in 1996 and devotes itself to the history of the community as it existed in Egypt and subsequently via institutions of education, arts, good will organizations and religious establishments. Through a great range of posted letters, reminiscences and samples of private ephemera, the site describes key events and details of this very old and still extant community; it particularly notes departures during the defining 'second Exodus' in the 1950s and 1960s, when Jews were expelled and the recent rise of anti-Semitism in Egypt. Navigation is haphazard, but scholars will find a wealth of photographs, biographical information and starting points for deeper research on this interesting site. There is also a lot of news on current matters related to Jewish history and the protection of Jewish historical documents and artifacts in Egypt. Researchers will note that the site conveys an émigré perspective.
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Isaac Mayer Wise digital archive, The

http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/wise/home.php

This Web site has been developed by the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives to offer Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise’s correspondence and extensive published writings online. Wise was born in Bohemia in the Habsburg Empire in 1819 and emigrated to the United States in 1846 he became noted as the architect for Reform Judaism who pressed for a union among Jewish congregations and contributed significantly to a common prayer book, which led to his great prominence in nineteenth century America. He was also author of several works. His correspondence is posted, searchable by years from mid-century to its end, and by names of correspondents. There are also Hebrew Union College Reports; manuscripts; books; contributions to books and periodicals; editorials; photographs; and selected writings on Wise. Together the site offers some 3,000 documents online for researchers. The site can be navigated by menus or by a search engine.
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In the service of Clio

http://sarantakes.blogspot.com/

In the Service of Clio is a blog authored by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes which provides extensive information and regular new pieces advising junior historians. Sarantakes, a U.S. diplomatic, political, and military historian, states his aim is "to share some of the insights I have learned on how the historical profession works." His counsel on career management includes interviews with History PhDs who work outside of academia, the plight of adjunct instructors, and highly detailed commentaries on publishing strategies. He also describes and comments on articles from trade papers and professional association magazines which relate to employment, tenure, research, funding, salaries, mobility, family and similar issues. This site will be of use not only to younger scholars studying history and contemplating a career, but also to those interested in the history of the historical profession itself, and of the liberal professions generally at the current time.
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Peshitta Aramaic/English interlinear New Testament

http://www.peshitta.org/

The Peshitta website offers an electronic version of the Aramaic Bible text which is the official Bible of the Church of the East. The site offers PDF versions of several books (all four gospels, plus most of the book of Acts) from the Peshitta New Testament in an Aramaic/English interlinear format. Also available are Word documents providing a transliteration (untranslated) of the whole Peshitta New Testament, plus a section headed Trilinear Targums, which gives the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, with each verse accompanied by the targum (an Aramaic translation) and an English version.

The site takes the official view of the Church of the East which says that the Peshitta New Testament is the original version, written in the language used by Jesus and his disciples: this view is, however, widely disputed, and most scholars in the western Christian tradition believe the texts were first written in Greek, and that the Peshitta is a translation of the Greek text into Aramaic.Added: 2010-02-01More details

Res gestae Divi Augusti : fotogrammetria

http://resgestae.units.it/index.jsp

This Italian website focusing on the Latin and Greek inscription known as "Res gestae Divi Augusti" (part of the "Monumentum Ancyranum") publishes a full catalogue of high definition pictures with some tools to improve readability. As part of the project, two sets of pictures separated by a decade will be published in an attempt to determine the degrade of the monumental inscription. Although entirely in Italian, the website is mainly a collection of pictures that can be easily browsed. The "Res gestae Divi Augusti" (Achievements of the Divine Augustus") is a funerary text written by the first Roman Emperor, Augustus and describing his life and achievements in triumphalistic tone. The surviving inscription is a later copy from Ancyra and it also has a Greek version. It is an essential text providing information on a key moment of Roman history. Most people will have heard of Augustus at school, at the cinema, or just visiting a Roman site: the source of what they heard is likely to be this inscription. Both students and researchers may find this website useful.
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Backdoor broadcasting company : Tim Thornton : Clinical Judgement and the Medical Humanities

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/11/tim-thornton-clinical-judgement-and-the-

This section of the Backdoor Broadcasting Company website makes recordings of academic lectures available to researchers and members of the public. Here, a lecture delivered by Tim Thornton of the University of Central Lancashire on 25 November 2009 at The Humanities and Arts Research Centre, Royal Holloway University of London is posted as a podcast. The lecture, "Clinical Judgement and the Medical Humanities" deals with areas of ethics and contemporary philosophy and linguistic studies related to mental health care. Applying ideas from Wittgenstein, Thornton is known for his work on "clinical judgement, idiographic and narrative understanding, the interpretation of psychopathology and reductionism and social constructionism in psychiatry." Recorded questions which were posed at the end of the lecture are also available.
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Backdoor broadcasting company : Nina Power (Roehampton) : Stony ground but not entirely : Beckett and the humanities

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/12/nina-power-stony-ground-but-not-entirely

This subsite of the Backdoor Broadcasting Company's academic section provides a podcast of a lecture delivered by Dr. Nina Power of Roehampton University in December 2009. The lecture, entitled, "Stony Ground but not entirely: Beckett and the Humanities," discusses the Irish avant garde author Samuel Beckett's relevance to theoretical studies in the Humanities. Power stresses the apparent contradiction between Beckett's classical references to the Bible, Dante and Descartes on the one hand - and his contributions to the origins of poststructuralism in literary themes, such as the death of the author and the opacity of meaning, on the other. Power points to a third way here by finding relevance in Beckett's vision of humanity and the human condition. This lecture should therefore be of interest to literary critical scholars, regardless of whether they emphasize or deemphasize poststructuralism.
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Backdoor broadcasting company : Helen Graham : Border crossings : Thinking about the international brigaders before and after Spain

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/12/helen-graham-border-crossings-thinking-a

This site is part of the academic section of the Backdoor Broadcasting Company's website. It presents a podcast of a lecture delivered by Professor Helen Graham for the Royal Holloway University of London History lecture series on 3 December 2009. The lecture, "Border Crossings: Thinking about the International Brigaders before and after Spain," focuses on the international volunteers who fought for the democratic Republic during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). The lecture confirms that many of these troops later fought in World War II as part of the resistance movement. Graham emphasizes "their significance as the antithesis of Hitler’s New Order; and their lives of perpetual border-crossing as a definition of dynamic social change." This webpage will prove of interest to researchers working on the links between the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.
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Backdoor broadcasting company : Tommaso Bobbio : Urban change, inequality and collective violence in the construction of an Indian metropolis : Ahmedabad, 1950-2000

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/12/tommaso-bobbio-economic-and-social-chang

This page on the Backdoor Broadcasting Company site presents a podcast of a lecture from the Royal Holloway History Department Research Seminar Series. The lecture, presented in December 2009, by Tommaso Bobbio is "Urban change, inequality and collective violence in the construction of an Indian metropolis: Ahmedabad, 1950-2000." The talk focuses on Ahmedabad in north-western India as a case study and investigates the long-term effects of violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim religious groups on urban development. Bobbio further traces these clashes to socio-economic conditions and divisions. The question period after the lecture and some maps are also provided.
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Backdoor broadcasting company : William Cohen : Queer universality and the French Oscar Wilde

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/12/william-cohen-queer-universality-and-the

This subsite of the Backdoor Broadcasting Company provides a podcast of a lecture by William Cohen of the University of Maryland, which was presented on 2 December 2009 at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London. The lecture, "Queer Universality and the French Oscar Wilde" places Oscar Wilde's works in the context of French literature, given the author's frequent visits to France and his final, self-imposed exile there. Cohen's main thesis has two parts: he suggests that Wilde propounded aesthetics which negated national identity on the one hand, and gender and sexual identities on the other. Cohen associates Wilde's fantasies with "French culture as an international fraternity of aestheticism." The lecture, along with similar pieces made available here, should be of interest to scholars in gender studies, literature and cultural history.
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Occasion : interdisciplinary studies in the humanities

http://arcade.stanford.edu/journals/occasion/

Occasion: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities is a full-text open ejournal published from Stanford University. The journal aims to publish themed issues, each on... "a specific topic in interdisciplinary humanities". At January 2010 there is one issue freely available online, a themed issue on the topic of 'Rational Choice Theory and the Humanities'. Articles are freely available as either HTML pages or PDF files. Example articles in the first issue include: 'Speaking for the Humanities' by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; 'Rational Choice and the Humanities: Excerpts and Folktales'; and 'Literary Alternatives to Rational Choice: Historical Psychology and Semi-detached Marriages', among others. The journal Web site also has basic details of the editors and impressive Editorial Board.
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Monodie dell'antica provincia aquileiese (Mapaq)

http://mapaq.units.it/

This website publishes a database of pictures and transcriptions of ancient manuscripts (originating in the first centuries AD) conserved in northeastern Italy and coming from the archives of Aquileia, an important Roman colony and later Christian patriarchate. The ancient musical format of the "monodia" (chanted lament) resisted later influences in the area and became typical of the Christian tradition of the area. The manuscripts that have been made available are all Late Antiquity / Early Medieval volumes with Christian texts and music used for liturgical celebrations. The website is in Italian, and at the time of review it was largely incomplete and being updated. However, the pictures of some full manuscripts are already available and researchers interested in these manuscripts may find them useful, along with bibliographic references and some texts. In particular, some miniatures, liturgical texts and musical notations may be useful to researchers in the fields of history of music; art and religious studies.
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Backdoor broadcasting company

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net

Backdoor Broadcasting Company is an online broadcast provider to the internet worldwide and locally to its homebase of Oxford, United Kingdom. Upon invitation to an event, the Company records the proceedings and makes them available. It offers two services: the Academic Service, which broadcasts academic conferences, symposia, public lectures and workshops in order to provide widespread access to academic research. The Sound Experiment records novel experimental music, sound art and sonic events and similarly offers them for public consumption. The Academic Service archive presents many recorded lectures that will be of interest to researchers in religion, history, philosophy and comparative literature, among other diverse fields. Several align with current debates around religious issues in international affairs and cultural studies connected to marginalized groups and perspectives.
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London libraries

http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/home

This is the gateway to Libraries in London. From here there are links to public, academic or specialist collections, which allow some form of public access. There is also a link to the British Library. There is access to online catalogues and it is possible to browse collections through a tag cloud that includes significant collections in public, specialist and academic libraries. There is a search facility for over 50 online databases that London public libraries subscribe to, many of which library members can use online from work or home. It is possible to search by borough or by titles or to browse collections by subject. The site also has a recommended reading section, a listings calendar, and a FAQs section.
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Horror studies

http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=1770/

Horror Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published by Intellect Books. The journal is a new one and the first issue (January 2010) is available free online, with no restrictions. Further issues are likely to be only available by subscription. The first issue offers articles in the PDF format, with titles such as: 'Mummy Knows Best: Knowledge and the Unknowable in Turn of the Century Mummy Fiction'; 'Of Submarines and Sharks: Musical Settings of a Silent Menace'; and 'Strange Botany in Werewolf of London', among others. The Web page for the journal offers full details of the editors, the submission process, and the cost of subscriptions. Even without a subscription to further issues, this free first issue gives a useful insight into the current state of the academic study of popular fictional horror.
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The history education network (THEN/HiER)

http://www.thenhier.ca

The History Education Network/Histoire et Éducation en Réseau (THEN/HiER) is an award-winning bilingual site dedicated to the study of history at various levels of education in Canada. Produced through a collaboration among professional academics, public museum professionals and educational curriculum policy makers, THEN/HiER has several sections: News and Resources; Research; Practice; Curriculum and Advocacy; and Make your Voice Heard. The news section provides the latest updates on resources in history education, posts a database of history programmes, offers job listings, a newsletter, and notable events such as lectures and conferences. The research subsite allows users to access a database of article, chapter, book and report summaries, and thesis and dissertation abstracts. It also provides tips on how to conduct historical research and lists journals that deal with history education. The section on Practice explains best practices in historical education and provides primary and secondary source bibliographies in that field. Curriculum and Advocacy offers curriculum and education policy documents. Make Your Voice Heard gives users interactive components, such as message boards and sets up forums for collaborative projects. While the site is Canadian, it is worth noting that the site's administrators pick up news from Europe, the USA and further abroad internationally, making this a generally useful resource for anyone teaching history in the secondary or tertiary educational systems. Users can register and log in to access all information available.
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Manly P. Hall archive

http://www.manlyphall.org/

The Manly P. Hall Archive provides a selection of works by the Canadian-born scholar of mysticism, mythology, religion, and the occult. Texts, audio recordings of lectures, and video recordings of Hall speaking are available, along with a couple of articles which provide general background information. The texts offered include: Ceremonial Magick and Sorcery; Rosicrucian and Masonic Origins; and Mystic Christianity. Rather surprisingly, Hall's magnum opus, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, does not appear to be available, although there are links to a number of other online editions. While the primary sources may provide a useful resource for those researching Hall's areas of interest, users should note that the user comment sections of the site do not appear to be particularly tightly moderated, and hence the comments range from the erudite to the eccentric to the simply irrelevant.
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Des climats et des hommes : Glaciologie, climatologie, archéologie, histoire

http://www.inrap.fr/archeologie-preventive/Ressources/Conferences-et-colloques/p

The website of the "Des climats et des hommes - Glaciologie, climatologie, archéologie, histoire" conference organised by the INRAP and held in Paris on 19-21 November 2009 publishes the video recordings (Flash must be enabled; files in excess of 200 Mb) of all presentations. The recordings are also available at lower resolution (and without slides) in MP4 format accessing the "podcast" page.

The presentations span from the earliest hominids to the 2009 international conference on climate change held at Copenhagen and include the discussions held at the end of each session. Among the principal topics covered are the Neandertals and the possible role of climate in their demise; European and Near Eastern climate during the Neolithic and Bronze Age; the desertification of Sahara; Iron Age and Roman Europe; monsoons in China; medieval Greenland, the American Anasazi; modern Europe; volcanic eurptions and their role in climate change; and several climatological presentations concerned with contemporary climate change and global warming. Although most presentations do not focus away from the Mediterranean Sea and archaeologists and climatologists rarely combine their data in the presentations, the conference provides an updated cross-disciplinary perspective of current studies. Most archaeological papers explore the influence that climate had on specific locations at given periods, while the climatological papers are more concerned with economic and political issues. Despite many attempts of dramatising the topic, perhaps the most dramatic paper is the one focusing on Sahara since climate change affected human lives most clearly there. People reacted moving out of Sahara and it appears (also from the presentations) that mobility and adaptability is a constant of human history. This resource is a treat for researchers and can be useful to students as well; some understanding of French is required to follow many presentations.
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Sacred text conference archives

http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/sac/

The Sacred Text Conference Archives website offers video recordings of presentations at the Sacred Texts conference hosted by Claremont Graduate University in 2007. The theme of the conference was the exploration of passages dealing with exclusivity and inclusivity in the scriptures of six traditions: Islam, Judaism; Christianity; Zoroastrianism; LDS/Mormonism, and Hinduism. Nine recordings are available, which includes the introductory and concluding remarks. While the content is interesting, the volume is in places lower than one might wish, and users should note that that there are no transcripts of the lectures, although a one paragraph description is given for each of them. The resource is hosted by Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
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Queer spiritual spaces

http://www.queerspiritualspaces.com/

The Queer Spiritual Spaces project website provides details of this scholarly investigation into the practice of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) spiritual communities. Information is given about the project objectives, staff, and activities such as conferences, plus the six case studies which form the core of the project: Queer Buddhists; Queer Muslims; Queer Quakers; Spiritual Seekers (dealing with LGBTQ people who do not belong to a particular religious group); Findhorn Community (covering New Age spirituality); and Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Other resources include a blog and a list of suggestions for further reading. The project is funded jointly by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and is based at the University of Sussex.
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Forbidden gospels

http://forbiddengospels.blogspot.com/

The Forbidden Gospels is a blog written by April DeConick, Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University. The chief focus of the posts is on Christian apocrypha, including the Nag Hammadi Library (a collection of early Christian Gnostic writings) and the Tchacos Codex (an ancient Egyptian Coptic papyrus, also bearing Gnostic texts). There are separate sections giving an overview of key issues in the study of the Gospels of Thomas and Judas. To locate blog posts on a specific topic, users can scroll to the bottom of the page to see a list of labels. Information is also provided about DeConick's own published work, plus links to other blogs which may be of interest.
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Aleppo Codex

http://aleppocodex.org/

The Aleppo Codex home page offers digitised images of and information about this medieval manuscript. The Codex was the oldest known complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible (although parts of it were lost after the manuscript was damaged in 1947). In addition to high-quality zoomable images of the work itself, the site also offers a series of articles. These include a general introduction, plus information about: the Bible text and its transmission; the Masoretes (scribes who aimed to preserve and hand down an accurate biblical text); the physical state and history of the Codex; and location and care of the Codex today. The site is available in English and Hebrew.
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Alberti Magni e-corpus

http://www.albertusmagnus.uwaterloo.ca/

The Alberti Magni E-Corpus provides online editions of the works of the medieval philosopher and theologian, Albert the Great (ca. 1193-1280). Users can download PDF image files of over 30 volumes of Albert's works, taken from the Borgnet edition. Over 20 works (including Ethica, De Morte et Vita, and Super Porphyrium De V Universalibus) have also been transcribed for online browsing and searching, and there are plans to add further works in the future. Users should note that the texts are only available in the original Latin. The site home page and search interface are available in English and French. This resource is hosted by the University of Waterloo in Canada.
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Evangelical textual criticism

http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/

Evangelical Textual Criticism is a group blog devoted to the scholarly discussion of biblical manuscripts and textual history, from the perspective of evangelical theology. Posts are relatively frequent (typically several each week), and discussion in the comments is encouraged. With over a dozen contributors, the blog covers a range of aspects of this field of study. In addition to the usual chronological archives, an 'index locorum' (which lists the biblical passages discussed) and an index of New Testament manuscripts allow users to locate material on specific topics of interest (these indices can be found by scrolling down the right-hand sidebar). The blog also offers links to other online biblical studies resources which may be of interest.
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Gertrude and Robert Metcalf collection of images of stained glass

http://ica.princeton.edu/metcalf/

The Gertrude and Robert Metcalf Collection of Images of Stained Glass is an online database of almost 10,000 slides. The bulk of the glass featured in the collection dates from the 13th to the 16th centuries, with a few later pieces (chiefly 19th century reproductions). Details of the location and date of each window pictured are given. However, a considerable disadvantage of this resource is the lack of any effective search function: although users are able to sort the database in various ways, the large size of the collection (and a lack of total uniformity in the metadata) means that it is hard to locate works that meet specific criteria, though an external tool such as Google's 'search within a site or domain' feature might be of some assistance. Also available is biographical information about the Metcalfs, who were responsible for the original photography and cataloguing of the collection.
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Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/

The Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies is a collaborative venture between the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London and Dr Williams's Library. The Centre's website provides information about its activities and publications. The Centre exists to promote scholarly research into puritanism and other Protestant dissenting movements from the 16th century onwards, by encouraging use of the Library's unique collection, which includes puritan, Protestant nonconformist, and dissenting books and manuscripts. The website also provides details of the Centre's regular seminars, and hosts a small number of electronic resources. These include: an online edition of Charles Surman's biographical index of Congregational ministers; a bibliography of the writings of William Hazlitt; and transcriptions of over a hundred letters from Joseph Priestly to Theophilus Lindsey.
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Philosophy of religion mind mapping project

http://www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/Philosophy/mindmapping/

The Philosophy of Religion Mind Mapping Project is an online resource hosted by the University of Glasgow. It offers a diagrammatic representation of the key topics in philosophy of religion. The main navigation map offers ten branches (including topics such as reason and religious belief; evil; religious diversity; and various argument for the existence of God), each of which can be clicked for further detail. The left-hand sidebar includes an Attachments section, which offers links to other relevant online resources. The interface takes a little getting used to, but the site does provide a good overview of the structure of the central debates in this area. For those who find the mind map format unhelpful, a text version is also available.
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Indica et Buddhica : materials for Indology and Buddhology

http://indica-et-buddhica.org/

Indica et Buddhica is a collaborative website offering a set of bibliographic and textual resources relating to Indology and Buddhology. Users need to register to access most of the material on the site, though this is free of charge. The resources offered include: tables of contents for online journals containing Indological and Buddhological material; a union library catalogue providing information about the holdings of over 130 libraries with significant collections in this area; dictionaries and word lists; a collection of machine readable Sanskrit texts for philological research; and a digital archive for the storage and distribution of scholarly material. The site is most likely to be of use to advanced scholars within these disciplines.
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Linked word project

http://bible.worthwhile.com/bible.php

The Linked Word Project is an online resource which offers an electronic text of the whole Bible in which the vast majority words are hyperlinked, and can be clicked for further information. This information (displayed in a box alongside the text) includes: a transliteration of the original Hebrew or Greek word; the word's origin; a reference number for the Theological Word Book of the Old Testament or the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; part of speech; what the word is used to mean in the King James Version of the Bible, and how many times each usage occurs; and a definition. The resource does not, however, provide untransliterated versions of words in their original language, nor does it fully parse each word. Nevertheless, this may still be a useful aid for those aspiring to study the Bible in its original languages.
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Writings of Geerhardus Vos

http://www.biblicaltheology.org/

The Writings of Geerhardus Vos is a website that aims to make available electronic versions of all the uncollected English-language works of the American Calvinist theologian, who many regard as the father of Reformed biblical theology. The site offers the complete text of Vos's book 'The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes', plus numerous articles and book reviews. The texts are mostly in the form of PDF files. There is also a full bibliography of Vos's work, brief biographical information, and a feature that allows users to browse the works by the publication in which they first appeared. No new content seems to have been added to the site for a number of years, but the works that are already available may prove a useful primary resource for those working in this area.
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Umilta

http://www.umilta.net/index.html

Umilta is a selection of twelve interwoven websites on ancient religious texts. Users will find online, illustrated articles on: Julian of Norwich; St Brigitta of Sweden; women and the bible; Benedictinism; and the British Library Amherst Manuscript Project. Users will also find a bibliography section and a selection of book reviews. The resource is vast, and the multiple links in the body of texts and numerous title headings can make it confusing to navigate. Nevertheless, manuscript scholars will find voice recordings of chants and texts, images of illuminated manuscripts and icons, translations of texts, and numerous links to other web resources of interest (such as archive catalogues). The resource would be of value to anyone with an interest in religious manuscripts, if enough time is invested to navigate the site's often confusing layout.
Added: 2010-01-19More details

Shelter, The : a Francis A. Schaeffer site

http://www.rationalpi.com/theshelter/

The Shelter is a website dedicated to the thought and writings of 20th century evangelical theologian and Presbyterian pastor Francis A. Schaeffer. The chief resource provided by the site is a bibliography of Schaeffer's works, in which most items are accompanied by a one paragraph summary, information about the availability of the work, and a selection of key quotations. There is also a short list of articles (some hosted onsite, some elsewhere on the Web), a very brief biography, a collection of photos, and information about the L'Abri Fellowship study centres founded by Schaeffer.
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Concordia Historical Institute : Department of Archives and History, LCMS (Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod)

http://chi.lcms.org/

The Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) is the Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. The Institute's website provides details of its holdings, which include the world's largest collection of artefacts and information relating to Lutherans in America. The Archives and Manuscripts Collections database offers a number of finding aids, and in addition to providing details of the material held in the archives (although the material itself is not available online), offers historical and biographical notes to place it in context. Also available are several online exhibits on the history of Lutheranism (in particular the Missouri Synod) and related topics, such as the lives of Katie Luther (wife of Martin Luther) and reformer Philipp Melanchthon. There is also an 'On This Day in Lutheran History' feature, plus information about CHI publications and events.
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African-American religion : a documentary history project (AARDOC)

http://www.amherst.edu/~aardoc/

African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project (AARDOC) is the website of a research project based at Amherst College. The project aims to produce a comprehensive history of African-American religion, from the earliest African-European encounters in the mid 15th century up to the present day. A range of relevant materials are offered on the site, including brief overviews of three periods: African-American religion in the Atlantic world, 1441-1808; the continental phase, 1808-1906; and the global phase, 1906-the present. There are also sample primary documents (for example, the journal of a young black female 19th-century missionary); bibliographic essays; teaching resources including syllabi; and a small collection of articles. A useful resource for those interested in this area.
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Unbound Bible

http://unbound.biola.edu/

The Unbound Bible is an online resource provided by Biola University. It offers a powerful search tool for a large collection of Bible versions, including a variety of English translations; the original Greek and Hebrew texts plus ancient translations; and dozens of other modern language versions. Users can view several versions in parallel for comparative study. Although the search function is not difficult to use, users are likely to get more out of the site if they first spend a little time learning how to use it most effectively: some notes are provided on the site's home page. The site also offers various other aids to biblical study, including: biblical language tools; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and indexes; Matthew Henry's 18th century commentary on the Bible; a harmony of the gospels; and a tool which allows user to search for artwork illustrating a particular biblical passage.
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Codex Sinaiticus in English : Anderson translation

http://www.sinaiticus.com/

The Codex Sinaiticus in English website offers an online edition of H. T. Anderson's translation of the New Testament as found in Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century Greek manuscript which offers the earliest complete copy of the New Testament, plus a handful of additional texts such as the Shepherd of Hermas, epistles of Barnabas and Clement, and the Didache. In addition to the full text of the translation, the site also provides a brief preface by the site's editor, biographical information about Anderson, and the table of contents and preface which appeared with the translation when it was first published in 1861.
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Perfect corpse (NOVA)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bog/

This website accompanies the television braodcast of "The Perfect Corpse" on American television. It summarises some recent research on bog bodies (naturally mummified human bodies) in America and Europe. There is a transcript of the TV program and an essentail bibliography in addition to a few illustrated interactive reports (some "printable versions" are available) aimed at the general public and students. Undergraduate students may find this website useful. Readers are advised that some images of ancient human corpses may be disturbing. A Flash enabled browser is necessary as well as the ability to open pop-ups on this website.

A section of the website focuses on the 4th century BC "Tollund Man" and it includes an audio recording of Seamus Heaney's poem "The Tollund Man", which demonstrates how archaeological discoveries can influence contemporary culture.
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Bog bodies : preserved corpses

http://cogitz.com/2009/09/04/bog-bodies-preserved-corpses/

"Bog bodies" is a single post on a blog focusing on "weird" news. The page contains several images and videos about bog bodies, including the "Tollund Man" that can be useful to archaeology students. It should be noted that since the pictures portray human corpses, albeit mummified, they can be disturbing to the casual viewer. The text is basic, and the value of the page resides mostly on the imagery.
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Codex : resources for biblical, theological, and religious studies

http://biblical-studies.ca/

The Codex website offers a selection of resources for biblical, theological, and religious studies. It is maintained by Tyler F. Williams, Assistant Professor of Theology at The King's University College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The main focus of the site is resources relating to the study of the Old Testament. Included are: a collection of syllabuses for courses taught by Williams; Old Testament study aids such as an annotated guide and a survey of available commentaries; resources for students learning biblical Hebrew; sections on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament); information about Bible software and fonts for biblical languages; a religion and pop culture section; and a blog. Also provided are details of the Biblical Studies Carnival, which offers a regular round-up of the best academic blog posts on biblical studies. A valuable site for students and researchers working in this area.
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Early man in Azerbaijan

http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai111_folder/111_articles/111_cart_rut

This webpage summarises recent research on the most ancient evidence of human beings in Gobustan, a World Heritage site famous for its rock art dating from the Upper Palaeolithic to Roman times. The illustrated article is an excellent introduction for students to an archaeological site only recently (2007) recognised by UNESCO. It was printed in the "Azerbaijan International Magazine" and there is a previous article on the same magazine and by the same authors linked. Featured in the two articles are "cart ruts", prehistoric tracks (roads); petroglyphs (rock art); cupmarks; water channels; sacrificial sites; wine presses; and megalithic monuments. Despite their simple structure, the two articles summarise a lot of archaeological evidence at a very important site. Students in particular may find this website useful.
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