Editing Site:Other scripture resources

''A list of other scripture resources available on the web''

==Most useful==
* [http://scriptures.lds.org/ The scriptures] from LDS.org 
* [http://en.fairmormon.org/FAIR_Study_Aids/Book_of_Mormon_Resources_by_chapter_and_verse FAIR Book of Mormon Bibliography]

===Comments on a particular scripture===
* [http://institute.lds.org/courses/ Institute Student Manuals]
** [http://institute.lds.org/manuals/old-testament-institute-student-manual-1/index.asp The Old Testament Genesis - 2 Samuel]
** [http://institute.lds.org/manuals/old-testament-institute-student-manual-2/index.asp The Old Testament 1 Kings - Malachi]
** [http://institute.lds.org/manuals/new-testament-institute-student-manual/index.asp The New Testament]
** [http://institute.lds.org/content/languages/english/Institute%20of%20Religion%20Materials/Student%20manuals/Religion%20121-122,%20Book%20of%20Mormon%20Student%20Manual~eng.pdf PDF: Book of Mormon (New version)] The old version is [http://ldsces.org/inst_manuals/bm-in-sm1996/manualindex.asp online]
** [http://institute.lds.org/manuals/doctrine-and-covenants-institute-student-manual/index.asp Doctrine and Covenants]
** [http://institute.lds.org/manuals/pearl-of-great-price-student-manual/index.asp The Pearl of Great Price]
* See where it has been cited in General conference using the [http://scriptures.byu.edu/ LDS General Conference Scriptural Index].
* [http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/index.html World Wide Study Bible] Lots of links to mostly protestant Bible resources organized by chapter in the Bible. Easy to use.

===Understanding the words of the scriptures===
* See the definition of words around the time of the restoration: [http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s Webster's 1828 Dictionary] 
* Look up the meaning of the Greek or Hebrew words in the Bible using the English with these tools from the Blue Letter Bible. 
**Do a search for the English word in scripture and then link from a particular occurrence to the original Greek or Hebrew word for that occurrence. Go to [http://blueletterbible.org/search.html#search this search page], type the word of interest, click the "Show Strong's" check box, click the search button. Then click on the small super-script to the right of the word you are interested in.
**Alternatively, use the [http://cf.blueletterbible.org/search/lexiconc.cfm?ss=%20&searchtype=any&x=15&y=12 Lexicon search] to find a list of all Greek and Hebrew words translated in scripture into the English word you search for.

===Sunday school lesson materials===
* [[Site:SS_lessons]] Feast's commentary pages on Sunday School Lesson assignments
* [[Site:NTFootnotes]] New Testament footnotes, edited by Kevin Barney
* [http://lds.org/manual?lang=eng Manuals] the Church's student and teacher manuals
* [http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/ LDS Gospel Doctrine.net] a comprehensive set of links to gospel doctrine lesson material posted on the web.

===Alternate translations / other versions===
*[http://scripturetext.com ScriptureText.com] features the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible verse by verse along with several English translations and translations into various non-English languages.
*[http://www.inephi.com  1830 version of the Book of Mormon]: This impressive site provides scanned images of an actual first edition copy of the Book of Mormon. The quality is very good (use your browser to magnify, if desired).  You may examine any page in the Book of Mormon in two different ways:  look by page number in the original Palmyra edition, or search by reference online from the current edition.
*[http://www.centerplace.org/hs/iv/default.htm Inspired Version of the Bible] &asymp; JST of the Bible. (Provided by Church of Christ (formerly RLDS).)
*[http://www.centerplace.org/hs/dc/lectures.htm  Lectures on Faith] (Provided by Church of Christ (formerly RLDS).)

==More Stuff==
===LDS===
* [http://farms.byu.edu/ Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies]
* [http://www.gospeldoctrine.com Gospel Doctrine.com]
* [http://religion.byu.edu/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=default The Religious Educator] Requires subscription. Publishes topics directly related to all facets of teaching the restored gospel, as well as the doctrine and history of the Restoration. Published under the auspices of the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University
* [http://www.gospelink.com/ Gospelink.com] Requires subscription. This site is operated by Deseret Book, it has hundreds of LDS titles and has a search ability to search lds.org and byuspeeches.com.

===Bible specific===
====General====
*[http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/index.html World Wide Study Bible]. Organized by book and then chapter. Has links to various translations, audio, commentary, and sermons. There are other tools better for comparing translations (though this source is comprehensive) but this is one of the best places to find bible commentaries. Mostly Protestant sources. Some Catholic as well. 
*[http://bible.crosswalk.com/ Crosswalk] contains Bible study tools including: several versions of the Bible, searches, parallel bibles, dictionaries, encyclopedias, lexicons and more.
*[http://biblegateway.com Bible Gateway] another bible study tool which includes the bible in several languages (text or audio), several translations of the bible in English (text or audio), commentaries and a topical index.
*[http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Main_Page BibleWiki] a wiki with the goal of being an encyclopedia for the Bible; currently contains Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary, the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), and the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907).
*[http://www.bible.org/netbible/index.htm NET Bible] is a fairly literal translation produced by evangelical scholars. It includes extensive translation notes.
*[http://scripturetext.com ScriptureText.com] features the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible verse by verse along with several English translations and translations into various non-English languages.
*[http://www.devotions.net/bible/00bible.htm New Revised Standard Version] of the Bible.
*[http://www.ebible.org World English Bible] is one of the very few modern translations in the public domain.
*[http://www.soniclight.com/constable/notes.htm Dr. Constable] has an on-line commentary of the Old and New Testaments.
*[http://www.faithofgod.net/davar/ Devar free bible study tool] is a freeware Bible program with over 70 different books. With Bibles in many languages, commentaries, lexicons and other scripture research books. An increadble free program.

====Biblical Studies Journals====
''Also see this [http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/bible_journals.htm list of Bible-Related Electronic Journals]''
These contains free electronic articles (at least a few)
* [http://www.sbl-site.org/Publications/Publications_Journals_JBL.aspx ''Journal of Biblical Literature'']
* [http://www.sbl-site.org/Publications/Publications_Journals_Semeia.aspx ''Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism''] 
* [http://www.neotestamentica.net/ ''Neotestamentica'']
* [http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=journal&journal_code=ETL ''Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses: Louvain Journal of Theology and Canon Law'']
* [http://orthodoxeurope.org/section/11.aspx Russian Orthodox Church: Representation to the European institutions] articles on theology and spirituality
* [http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org/ ''Journal of Biblical Studies'']
:* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biblical-studies/ Biblical Studies Discussion List] at YahooGroups.
* [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/ssr/ ''Journal of Scriptural Reasoning'']
* [http://www.philosophyandscripture.org/ ''Journal of Philosophy and Scripture'']
These require subscription
* [http://www.bookreviews.org/ ''Review of Biblical Literature'']
* [http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BR/indexBR.html ''Bible Review'']
* [http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=journal&journal_code=LS ''Louvain Studies'']

====Rabbinic literature====
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/index.htm Tales and Maxims from the Midrash] by Rev. Samuel Rapaport [1907].  Includes Midrash Rabba.

* Zohar
:* [http://www.kabbalah.com/k/index.php/p=zohar/zohar The Zohar: the most powerful spiritual tool] by Rav Berg (full text)
:* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/zdm/index.htm Zohar: Bereshith to Lekh Lekha] (roughly Genesis 1 - Genesis 17; basically 3 of the 15 Zohar volumes) by Nurho de Manhar
:* [http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/zohar/the_book_of_zohar/the_book_of_zohar.htm The Book of Zohar By Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai]--With the Commentary Sulam (The Ladder) By Rabbi Yehuda L. Ashlag], includes Commentary of Rav Michael Laitman, PhD As Studied in Private Lessons With Rabbi Baruch S. Ashlag (only a few selections)

* Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906
:* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/ Main site] (site seems to be down frequently)
:* [http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopedia%2C_1906 At the Bible Wiki site] 

====Notable Biblical scholars and books====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Cassuto Umberto Cassuto]
:* CASSUTO, Umberto. A commentary on the book of Genesis. Translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrahams. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1961-1964 

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nechama_Leibowitz Nehama Leibowitz]

* Margaret Barker
:*[http://thinlyveiled.com/barker.htm Articles available on-line]--(provided by an LDS webmaster) 
:*[http://www.home.earthlink.net/~paulrack/id55.html On Margaret Barker: A new paradigm in Biblical studies]--an essay on her work

===Computer software===
* [http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10151&categoryId=13656&langId=-1&cg1=13603&cg2=14655&cg3=&cg4=&cg5= Scriptures software] This has all the LDS scriptures on CD-Rom, it only costs $6, some of the cool things about the software is that you can make notes as long as you want, in as many verses as you want, without getting the margins of your scriptures messy. One sad thing though, you can’t highlight. 
* [http://www.swordsearcher.com/ swordsearcher.com] This software costs around $60, it has a fairly large library of books, and you can create your own book on the software, so other users can download, and search right along with the regular  books. 
* [http://www.logos.com/ logos.com] This is by far the BEST Bible study software I have ever seen. One awesome thing about this library, is that it is an ‘open library’ meaning that Logos is always adding books to the library that you can buy. There are thousands and thousands of different books, the price of the software ranges from $150-$4,300 depending on what you want. You can go to [http://www.logos.com/comparison the comparison page] to find out more.

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