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American Bible Society

http://www.americanbible.org/

This Web site includes a Concise History of the English Bible and information about the First Bibles in America, which include detailed information about and images of specific printings and editions. The site also features an exhibit dealing with "the history of African American achievements spreading God's Word," a Bible Learning Center, and a Search the Bible feature - by book, chapter, verse and keyword.

Author: American Bible Society (webmaster@americanbible.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity--Bibles

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

The Bahá'í Page at Sunsite

http://sunsite.unc.edu/~towfiq/Bahai/

Simple and detailed keyword searches of Bahá'í writings by the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, the Universal House of Justice, and others can be performed using the True Seeker Home Page. Statements made by national and world governing bodies of the Bahái'ís are also included.

Author: Mark Towfíq (towfiq@sunSITE.UNC.Edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Bahai

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Bahai; Bahai writings; Bab; Baha'u'llah; Abdu'l-Baha; Shoghi Effendi

The Bible Browser Basic Home Page

http://www.stg.brown.edu/bible_browser/pbeasy.shtml

A site "designed to help you browse the Bible actively, in a way that is not possible with traditional printed books. Using the Bible Browser, you can look up biblical passages directly, by keyword, substring, or word pattern. You can also perform phrase searches, execute logical operations on groups of passages, retrieve passages from different versions, and limit in various ways the quantity and range of material retrieved." A users' guide is included.

Author: Richard L. Goerwitz (Richard_Goerwitz@Brown.EDU)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity--Bibles

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Deuterocanon; Apocrypha

The Bible Gateway

http://bible.gospelcom.net/

"The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading scripture online. Additionally, it provides advanced searching capabilities, allowing readers to find particular passages in scripture, based on keywords." The site is available in 12 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish, Tagalog, and Arabic). The English language site allows for search and comparison of 10 different versions and translations of the Bible.

Author: Gospel Communications Network

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity--Bibles

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Biblenotes

http://www.biblenotes.net/

"The entire Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is summarized with easy-to-read review notes and keypoints -- useful for everyone and as a resource for Bible study."

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Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity--Bibles

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL)

http://www.ccel.org/

Contains complete versions in electronic format of numerous non-fiction classic Christian books including 38 volumes of the most important writings from the first 800 years of the church, writings by St. Augustine, John Calvin, George Fox, Martin Luther, and others. Fiction authors include Chesterton, Dostoevsky, MacDonald, and Tolstoy. Links to Biblical reference sites are also included.

Author: Harry Plantinga (whp@wheaton.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Online Texts

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Bible

Dvaita Text Resources

http://www.dvaita.net/

"This is an online text archive mainly for the dualist Vedanta (Hindu) school of Madhva (13th cent.). Features rare texts such as Upanishad commentaries and prayers as downloadable PDF files. Much content is in Sanskrit, but also some introductions, translations, and Forewords in English."

Author: Shrisha Rao (shrao@dvaita.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Hinduism

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Vedanta; Vaishnava; Madhva; Upanishad; Gita

Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative

http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/ebti.htm

"This site contains information regarding the a wide range of ongoingprojects which aim at the digital utilization of Buddhist texts, images and other cultural artifacts. Included are records of previous EBTI meetings,as well as a comprehensive annotated list of projects and other related URLs" by Charles Muller.

Author: Charles Muller

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Asia

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Japan; Korea; China; Taiwan; Asian Studies

Internet Sacred Text Archive

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

"This site is intended to be a freely available archive of significant primary texts relating to religion and mythology. Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language." Covers Ancient, Eastern, and Western religions.

Author: J.B. Hare (postmaster@sacred-texts.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

ishwar.com - Resource for Religious Texts

http://www.ishwar.com/

"Contains the complete texts of sacred books. Including:Dhammapada (Buddhism), Holy Bible (Christianity), Holy Quran (Islam),Shri Bhagwad Gita (Hinduism), Shri Guru Granth Sahib (Sikhism)."

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Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Buddhism; Islam; Hinduism; Sikhism; Koran

Islamic Texts and Resources Metapage

http://wings.buffalo.edu/student-life/sa/muslim/isl/isl.html

This page contains a number of Islam-related links as well as some of the sacred texts and religious thought of Islam. "This section is an attempt to provide a 'springboard' for exploring texts and resources on Islam and Islamic thought, ideas, and related issues. Although there is a fine line between the histories of Islamic thought and Muslim civilization, it is useful to treat the study of Islam, the faith, somewhat differently than the culture, politics and realities of Muslim peoples. "

Author: Muslim Student Association of the State University of New York at Buffalo (Muslim-SA@acsu.buffalo.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Islam

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Muslim; Islam

Miami Christian University Virtual Library

http://mcu.edu/library/

A collection of Christianity-related sites. Includes a comprehensive guide to Bibles and a directory of churches on the Internet.

Author: Jesus Fellowship (webmasters@jf.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Bibles; Churches

Quran Browser

http://www.stg.brown.edu/quran_browser/pqeasy.shtml

Search for a particular passage or word in the Quran, and have it displayed in one of three different translations.

Author: Richard Goerwitz (Richard_Goerwitz@brown.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Islam

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Koran

Religious and Sacred Texts

http://davidwiley.com/religion.html

This site includes links to many religious and sacred texts available on the web: the Analects of Confucius, World Scriptures, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, texts by early Christian Fathers, and the Urantia Book, as well as Apocryphal, Islamic, Mormon, Bahai, Gnostic, Zoroastrian, Ethiopian, Hindu, Taoist, Sikh, Zen, Medieval, and Jewish texts.

Author: David Arnim Wiley (david@davidwiley.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Apocryphal; Islamic; Mormon; Bahai; Gnostic; Zoroastrian; Ethiopian; Hindu; Taoist; Sikh; Zen; Medieval; Jewish

Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought

http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/index.html

This Website contains an annotated list of the electronic texts available in East Asian studies and religion. Very well maintained. Also contains a "Dictionary of East Asian Literary (CJK) Terms."

Author: Charles Muller

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy--Eastern

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Japan; China; Taiwan; Korea; reference; Taoism; Confucianism

World Wide Study Bible

http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/

Contains Biblical text in several different versions plus commentary by book, chapter, and verse contributed by the Web community. Not searchable but fairly easily navigable.

Author: Harry Plantinga (whp@wheaton.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity--Bibles

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Commentary

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