Online (plus some hardcopy) Religious Texts
[Note: Links to internet sites are often not permanently valid links. Feel free to report any broken or incorrect links to randywendy@att.net.]
An asterisk (*) before a title indicates that the book is not available (to my knowledge) at this time online in traditional format for free and without registration.
Bible Translations:
Websites with Multiple Translations:
Bible Hub
Bible Gateway
Bible Study Tools
Bible.com (YouVersion)
Blue Letter Bible
Bible Supersearch
University of Michigan:
Revised Standard Version
King James Version
Concordances:
Cruden's Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments
Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible
The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Strong's Concordance)
Blue Letter Bible (Note: Through the Strong's numbering system, this is keyed to multiple translations.)
University of Michigan:
Revised Standard Version
King James Version
* NIV Exhaustive Concordance
* The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance
Cross References:
Open Bible Cross References
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Topical Bibles:
Nave's Topical Bible
* Zondervan Topical Bible (1969)
* Zondervan NIV Nave's Topical Bible (1992)
Torrey's Topical Textbook
Open Bible Topical Bible
Maps and Atlases:
Hard copy (not online) Maps and Atlases:
* The Sacred Bridge: Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World
* Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible
* The Carta Bible Atlas
---* The MacMillan Bible Atlas
* Carta's Concise Bible Atlas
* Carta's Compact Bible Atlas
* Jerusalem Biblical Archaeology: A Carta Map
* Israel Biblical Archaeology: A Carta Map
* Zondervan Atlas of the Bible
---* Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible
* Zondervan's Essential Atlas of the Bible
* ESV Bible Atlas
* New Moody Atlas of the Bible
* Holman Bible Atlas
* Rose Here and Now Bible Atlas
* The Discovery House Atlas
* Biblica: The Bible Atlas
* The Kregel Bible Atlas
* Harper-Collins Atlas of Bible History
* Standard Bible Atlas
* The IVP Atlas of Bible History
Bible History
BibleAtlas.org (including Shepherd Historical Atlas and the International Standard Version Bible Atlas)
Open Bible Atlas
BibleStudy.org Maps
The Interactive Bible
GodWeb Atlas
The Kings Bible Atlas
Knowing the Bible
Bibles Net
Bible Dictionaries and Bible Encyclopedias:
Bible Dictionaries:
Hard copy (not online) Bible Dictionaries:
* The Student Bible Dictionary
* The New Bible Dictionary
* The New International Bible Dictionary
* Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary (ed., Merrill C. Tenney) [1999]
* Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary (eds., J.D. Douglas & Merrill C. Tenney) [2011]
* Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1963; one volume)
* Unger's Bible Dictionary
* The New Unger's Bible Dictionary
* Holman lllustrated Bible Dictionary
* Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary
* The Eerdman's Bible Dictionary
* Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
* Lutheran Cyclopedia (ed., Erwin L. Lueker; 1954)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (also in various sizes, editions, and revisions including Peloubet's Bible Dictionary)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1909) (a one volume set, although the link shows a photo of the earlier five volume set)
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Holman Bible Dictionary
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Lexham Bible Dictionary (free as part of a larger pay package)
A Catholic Dictionary (eds., William E. Addis and Thomas Arnold; 1884)
Dictionary of Christian Antiquities (eds., William Smith & Samuel Cheetham; 1880):
Volume 1 (A-J)
Volume 2 (K-Z)
Dictionary of Christian Biography (eds., William Smith & Henry Wace; 1880) (Full title: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of
the Principal Sects and Heresies)
Bible Encyclopedias:
Hard copy (not online) Bible Encyclopedias:
* The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (1979-1995; 4 volumes)
* Encyclopaedia Judaica (1971-1972; 22 volumes)
* The New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967, 2002; 15 volumes)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (3 volumes in 1863; 4 volumes in 1868)
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915; 5 volumes)
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915; 5 volumes) (alternate link)
Hastings' Encyclopedia of the Bible (ed., James Hastings & John A. Selbie; 5 volumes)
The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1908-1914; 13 volumes)
The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1908-1914; 13 volumes) (alternate link)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (eds., John McClintock & James Strong; 1880; 12 volumes)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (eds., John McClintock & James Strong; 1880; 12 volumes) (alternate link)
The Catholic Encyclopedia1 (1907-1912; 15 volumes)
The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912; 15 volumes) (alternate link)
The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912; 15 volumes) (alternate link)
The Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906; 12 volumes)
Bible Handbooks and Bible Almanacs:
Halley's Bible Handbook
Hard copy (not online) Bible Handbooks and Bible Almanacs:
* Zondervan Handbook to the Bible
* The Complete Guide to the Bible
* The Complete Bible Handbook
* Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook
* The New Unger's Bible Handbook
* The Bible Almanac (Packer, Tenney, and White)
Bible Commentaries:
[Note: Both Bible Hub and the Blue Letter Bible have links to many Bible commentaries.]
Restoration Movement Commentaries:
People's New Testament (by B.W. Johnson)
* Gospel Advocate Commentaries
* Living Word Commentaries [Sweet Publishing]
* College Press NIV Commentaries
* Truth for Today Commentaries
James Burton Coffman Commentaries
Zerr's Bible Commentary (E.M. Zerr)
alternate site: Zerr's Bible Commentary (E.M. Zerr) [Not all of the volumes are at this site, but it is perhaps easier to use.]
* DeHoff's Commentaries
* A New Testament Commentary (Wayne Jackson)
Commentary on the Bible (Mark Dunagan)
A Commentary on Acts of Apostles (J.W. McGarvey)
Romans (Moses Lard)
Single Author Commentary Sets:
Barnes' Notes
Clark's Commentary
Matthew Henry's Commentary
* Commentary on the New Testament (by Richard C.H. Lenski)
Calvin's Commentaries
Explanatory Notes Upon the Bible (John Wesley)
Multi-Author Commentary Sets:
Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown)
* Baker's Exegetical Commentary
* New International Commentary
* New Testament Commentary (Hendriksen & Kistemaker)
Miscellaneous Commentaries on Single Books of the Bible:
The Treasury of David (Charles H. Spurgeon)
A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (Martin Luther {translated by T.C. Graebner})
* The Book of Isaiah [3 volumes] (by Edward J. Young)
Expository or Devotional Commentaries:
* Daily Study Bible (by William Barclay)
Pulpit Commentary
The Biblical Illustrator
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
Expositions of Holy Scripture (by Alexander Maclaren)
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Greek and Hebrew Study Tools:
Biblical Texts:
Hebrew:
Biblica Hebraica:
Kittel (1st edition)
Kittel (volume 1)
Kittel (volume 2)
* Kittel (2nd, and 3rd editions)
Stuttgartensia (4th edition)
* Quinta (5th edition)
Hebrew Interlinear Bible:
Greek:
SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) Greek New Testament
Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland text; 28th edition [site does not include textual apparatus])
UBS (United Bible Societies) Green New Testament
Greek Interlinear Bible:
Greek and Hebrew Grammars:
Greek:
New Testament Greek for Beginners (by J. Gresham Machen)
Beginner's Grammar of the Greek New Testament (by William Hersey Davis)
Simplified Greek Grammar (by Justin T. Alfred)
* Mounce, Black, etc.
Hebrew:
Hebrew Grammar (by Wilhelm Gesenius)
Simplified Hebrew Grammar (by Justin T. Alfred)
* Weingren, Lambdin, etc.
Lexicons and Dictionaries:
Greek:
Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (by W.E. Vine)
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (by Joseph Henry Thayer)
* The Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (by Bauer, Danker, Arndt, Gingrich)
The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament Illustrated from the Papyri and Other Non-literary Sources (by Moulton and Milligan)
A Greek-English Lexicon (by Liddell and Scott)
* Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (by Kittel)
* Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (by Balz and Schneider)
* The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (by Colin Brown)
Hebrew:
Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament (by H.W.F. Gesenius)
Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (by Brown, Driver, and Briggs)
* Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (ed. by Harris, Archer, and Waltke)
* Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (by Clines)
* A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (by Holladay)
* The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (by Koehler and Baumgartner)
* Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (by Botterweck and Ringgren)
* New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (by Van Gemeren)
Greek and Hebrew Combined:
* Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words
Analytical Lexicons:
* Analytical Greek Lexicon (by Harold K. Moulton)
The Analytical Greek Lexicon (by Samuel Bagster and Sons)
The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (by Benjiman Davidson)
The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (by Benjiman Davidson) [alternate link]
Greek and Hebrew Concordances:
Greek:
The Englishman’s Greek Concordance of the New Testament (by George Wigram)
* Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament (by J.B. Smith)
Hebrew:
Englishman’s Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament (by George Wigram)
* The Hebrew English Concordance to the Old Testament (by Kohlenberger and Swanson)
Devotional Literature:
Confessions (Augustine)
Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross)
The Imitation of Christ (Thomas Ā Kempis)
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
In His Steps (Charles M. Sheldon)
My Utmost for His Highest (Oswald Chambers)
* Still Higher for His Highest (Oswald Chambers)
Morning and Evening (C. H. Spurgeon)
Daily Light on the Daily Path (Samuel Bagster and Sons)
Streams in the Desert (Lettie Cowman)
* Habitation of Dragons (Keith Miller)
* Apples of Gold (Jo Petty)
* Wings of Silver (Jo Petty)
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
You Can Change the World (James Keller)
* Come Share the Being (Bob Benson)
Introductions:
[I use the term "Introduction" loosely, as these are actually rather in-depth studies.]
* Introduction to the Old Testament (by Ronald K. Harrison)
* New Testament Introduction (by Donald Guthrie)
Introduction to the Scriptures (Thomas Hartwell Horne)
Books with many good photographs:
* The New Testament World in Pictures (by William H. Stephens)
* Picture Archive of the Bible (edited by Masom and Alexander)
* The Cultural Atlas of the World: The Roman World (Cornell and Matthews)
General Online Collections:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ed. Calvin College)
Early Christian Writings (ed. Peter Kirby)
Early Jewish Writings (ed. Peter Kirby)
Miscellaneous:
* Backgrounds of the New Testament and Early Christianity (by Everett Ferguson)
* Handbook of Denominations in the United States (Olson, Mead, Hill, and Atwood)
Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible (John Haley)
* Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties (Gleason Archer)
* Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Josh McDowell)
A Harmony of the Gospels [Various harmonies have been published. Here are two examples available online:]
A Harmony of the Gospels (A. T. Robertson)
Harmony of the Gospels (a simple outline without text)
* The New Testament Background: Selected Documents (C.K. Barrett)
* Early Christians Speak (Everett Ferguson)
* Documents of the Christian Church (Bettenson)
* (Various religious debates) [Formal religious debates are not as common as they once were, but many can still serve as helpful tools in getting to the details and basics of a particular issue. There are
numerous debates available on a wide variety of topics.]