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##  Article Databases 

 



  [### Année Philologique

 ](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990153098780203941/catalog) An international index that covers scholarship on all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity, including early Christianity. Search by modern or ancient author, ancient texts, disciplines, and more. 

 

 

   [### ATLA Religion Database

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:religind) Covers contemporary scholarly journal articles, essays, sermons, and book reviews in the study of religion. Materials cover all religions and all theological points of view. 

 

 

   [### Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093695720203941/catalog) Read or search publications of the Biblical Archaeology Society, including magazines, books, videos, and curated subject collections. 

 

 

   [### Index Theologicus (IxTheo)

 ](http://www.ixtheo.de/) An international bibliography for theology and religious studies that provides citations to scholarly literature about Christianity, Christian theology and its dialogue with other religions. Includes publications in many languages and formats. 

 

 

   [### New Testament Abstracts

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:newtesta) NTA is a bibliographic database of scholarship on the New Testament and its historical context, including journal articles, books, and essays in multiple languages and from many countries. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

##  E-Books and E-Text 

 



  [### Acta Sanctorum

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:actasanc) A collection of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, organized according to each saint's feast day. 

 

 

   [### Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156334055003941/catalog) The Anchor Bible commentaries are intended for the general reader, yet are stringent in their linguistic and historical scholarship. Hebrew and Greek words are transliterated. 

 

 

   [### Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093695720203941/catalog) Read or search publications of the Biblical Archaeology Society, including magazines, books, videos, and curated subject collections. 

 

 

   [### Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina Online

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990153092370203941/catalog) This is a digital database of the Latin texts published in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana , from antiquity and late antiquity to medieval and neo-Latin texts. 

 

 

   [### Cambridge Histories Online

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:cambhist) Online access to all the volumes of the Cambridge Histories series. Religion titles include: The Cambridge History of the Bible, The Cambridge History of Christianity, The Cambridge History of Islam, The Cambridge History of Judaism. 

 

 

   [### Classic Sermon Index

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:classicsermonindex) A collection of over 40,000 sermons from ancient to contemporary times. Sermons are continually added to the database and are in English or English translation. 

 

 

   [### Coptic Gnostic Library

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99155749943303941/catalog) Contains the Nag Hammadi codices, both in the original Coptic and in modern translations. 

 

 

   [### Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari (CMCL)

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:cmclette) Coptic texts, catalogues of manuscripts, bibliography, and grammar help for the study of Egyptian Christian culture from the 1st to 12th century CE. Includes information partly in English and partly in Italian, in either html or PDF format. 

 

 

   [### Critical Editions of the New Testament Online

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:brpsce) This collection provides online access to major critical editions of the Greek New Testament, including variant readings, manuscript transcriptions, and related reference materials for the study of textual history and transmission. 

 

 

   [### Digital Dead Sea Scrolls

 ](http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/) The Israel Museum’s Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project provides access to high-resolution images and interpretive materials for selected Dead Sea Scrolls from the Second Temple period. 

 

 

   [### Library of Latin Texts (CLCLT/Cetedoc)

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99158235019203941/catalog) Christian literature in Latin from the patristic and medieval periods and also from Antiquity and the early-modern and modern era. 

 

 

   [### New Testament Gateway

 ](http://www.ntgateway.com/) Academic internet resources on the New Testament, hosted by Logos Bible Software and edited by Mark Goodacre. 

 

 

   [### Open Greek &amp; Latin

 ](http://www.opengreekandlatin.org/) A open source corpus of digital texts, deep-reading tools, and software. To search and read texts, use Scaife Viewer. 

 

 

   [### Oxford Reference

 ](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094450790203941/catalog) Oxford Reference, when limited to Religion by Subject, includes reference works on the Bible such as The Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible: Digital Version, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible, Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation... 

 

 

   [### Papyri.info

 ](https://papyri.info/) Papyri.info provides access to three largely overlapping collections of digitized papyri: the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri (DDbDP), the Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis (HGV), and the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS). You can browse... 

 

 

   [### Patrologia Latina

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:patrolat) The Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Latina. The PLD contains all 221 volumes of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Series Latina, which includes... 

 

 

   [### Patrologiae Graecae

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:patrgrae) The electronic version of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca (Paris, 1857-1866). It is a collection of the writings of the church leaders who wrote in Greek, including both the Eastern "Fathers" and those Western Christians... 

 

 

   [### Searchable Greek Inscriptions

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:seagrein) Ancient Greek inscriptions and papyri held at Duke University, University of Michigan, and Cornell University. The texts are organized by period and corpora; they are available transliterated in Latin characters and in Greek. The database covers Greece... 

 

 

   [### Sources chrétiennes online

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156665156103941/catalog) Critical editions of texts from the first 1400 years of the Church. This is the searchable version of the Sources Chrétiennes series. The series features original texts in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, and Georgian, accompanied by French translations. 

 

 

   [### Thesaurus linguae Graecae: a digital library of Greek literature

 ](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990087725040203941/catalog) Database of virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600. A large number of texts derive from the period between A.D. 600 to 1453. Site structure is in English while texts are in Greek. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

##  Reference Sources 

 



  [### Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection)

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:ORO_0192800051) Covers essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language, including principles, theories, techniques, artefacts, materials, people, and places. 

 

 

   [### Dictionary of the Bible

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:ORO_019860890X) Brief entries on the books of the Bible, customs, religions and worship, history, theology, important places and personalities. Includes explanations of technical terms, methods of interpretation, critical analysis and notes on some biblical scholars. 

 

 

   [### Encyclopedia of Ancient History

 ](https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1lqd3jo/01HVD_ALMA512668566960003941) Online version of thirteen volume Encyclopedia of Ancient History .The entries cover the entire Mediterranean world from the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE. Content is regularly updated and expanded. 

 

 

   [### Encyclopedia of Christianity Online

 ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990153504110203941/catalog) An English language encyclopedia based upon the third revised edition of the German Evangelische Kirchenlexikon (1999-2008). The encyclopedia looks at Christianity within a global context and in relation to other religions and philosophies. 

 

 

   [### Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ebrgruyt) Entries on (I) origins and development of the Bible in its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity and (ii) history of the Bible's reception in the broader culture and many religious traditions. Ongoing progress toward future completion. 

 

 

   [### Gnomon Online

 ](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990101763790203941/catalog) Gnomon is bibliographic database for the study of Greco-Roman antiquity. 

 

 

   [### New Pauly 

 ](https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/01HVD_INST/1lhnfvk/alma99153594468003941) Brill’s New Pauly is the English edition of Der Neue Pauly, an encyclopedia of the ancient world and the classical tradition covering Greco-Roman antiquity and its later reception. 

 

 

   [### New Testament Gateway

 ](http://www.ntgateway.com/) Academic internet resources on the New Testament, hosted by Logos Bible Software and edited by Mark Goodacre. 

 

 

   [### Oxford Bibliographies Online

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:oxfrdbib) Provides annotated bibliographies of essential literature on various subjects in the humanities and social sciences. Guides are updated quarterly, with entries added yearly to each subject area, as well as revisions to existing entries. 

 

 

   [### Oxford Classical Dictionary

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:ORO_9780199545568) This online edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary is a continually evolving resource with new and updated content added monthly. Includes new articles on Christianity, Jewish Studies, among others. 

 

 

   [### Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible

 ](https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/01HVD_INST/1872n68/alma99158018826303941) This essential guide offers 325 articles that describe the people and places that appear in the New Testament and Old Testament of the Bible. From prophets, apostles, and groups (such as Hebrews and Angels) to kingdoms and countries, cities and mountains... 

 

 

   [### Oxford Reference

 ](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094450790203941/catalog) Oxford Reference, when limited to Religion by Subject, includes reference works on the Bible such as The Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible: Digital Version, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible, Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation... 

 

 

   [### Projekt DYABOLA

 ](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:dyaboxxx) Sources for the study of classical art and archaeology, including Early Christian archaeology. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  Research Guides 

 



  [### Biblical Studies Resources 

 ](https://guides.library.harvard.edu/hds/biblical-studies) This guide orients you to selected resources for the study of the Bible, including commentaries and articles. 

 

 

   [### Using Young's Concordance 

 ](http://guides.library.harvard.edu/hds/biblical-studies/hds/biblical-studies-youngs) A guide to looking up words in Robert Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible.