Online Bible study resources: the ultimate list
Below is a wide-ranging list of online Bible study resources curated and recommended by seminary professor and Sunday school lesson author Dr. Dan Lioy. You can download a PDF copy of this list here.
Be sure to check out Dr. Lioy’s guide for using these resources to write Sunday school lessons!
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), a repository of digitized classic Christian literature: http://www.ccel.org
- Tyndale House Library, a catalogue providing links to online collections of academic biblical studies books and journals: http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/index.php?page=library
- Biblical Studies, a repository of digitized biblical scholarship curated by Rob Bradshaw: http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/index.html
- Biblical Encyclopaedia, edited Bill Mounce, et al. (2015, Biblical Training): https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/articles
- Theopedia: An Encyclopaedia of Biblical Christianity (2015, Charlottesville: Theopedia): http://www.theopedia.com
- Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, edited by Walter Elwell (1996, Grand Rapids: Baker): http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/
- International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, edited by James Orr (1915, Chicago: Howard-Severance Co): http://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/isb/
- Jewish Encyclopaedia, edited by Cyrus Adler, et al. (1906, New York: Jewish Encyclopaedia): http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com
- Encyclopaedia Judaica Online, edited by Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (2007, Detroit: Macmillan Reference):http://www.bjeindy.org/resources/library/encyclopediajudaica/
- Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, edited by Edward Zalta, et al. (2014, Stanford: Stanford University: http://plato.stanford.edu
- Bible Research, providing internet resources for students of Scripture: http://www.bible-researcher.com/index.html
- Bible Resources, providing information about books of the Bible, people, and so on, produced by the American Bible Society: http://bibleresources.americanbible.org/bible-resources/bible-resource-center
- Introductions from the NIV Study Bible (2002, Grand Rapids: Zondervan): http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/online-bible/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/
- Thomas L. Constable Expository (Bible Study) Notes (a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary): http://www.soniclight.com/constable/notes.htm
- Lumina Bible Study Suite: https://lumina.bible.org/bible/Matthew+1
- NET Study Bible: New English Translation. Garland, Texas: Biblical Studies Press: https://net.bible.org/#!bible/Matthew+1
- Bible Browser. The Woodlands, Texas: Digital Bible Society: http://biblewebapp.com/v2/app/index.html
- Bible Suite. Glassport, Pennsylvania: Biblos: http://biblos.com/
- Septuagint (Greek Old Testament): http://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&interlin=on
- Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Vine, Unger, and White). Ultimate Bible Reference Library. http://www.ultimatebiblereferencelibrary.com/Vines_Expositary_Dictionary.pdf
- A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Brown, Robinson, Driver, Briggs). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Libraries: http://archive.org/details/hebrewenglishlex00browuoft
- The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (Davidson). Google ebook: http://books.google.com/books?id=tp0CAAAAQAAJ&output=html
- Synonyms of the Old Testament (Girdlestone). Google ebook: http://books.google.com/books?id=D3YcA72rnqQC&output=html
- Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. Camarillo, CA: Salem Communications: http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/
- Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. Gdansk, Poland: StudyLight.org: http://www.studylight.org/lex/heb/
- Greek Dictionary of the New Testament (William Mounce). Teknia. http://www.teknia.com/greek-dictionary
- A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament (Green and Thayer). Salt Lake City, Utah: Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40935
- Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek. Perseus Digital Library (Berlin site): http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/resolveform
- A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament (Robinson). Google ebook: http://books.google.com/books?id=bbMGAAAAQAAJ&output=html
- A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (Abbott-Smith). Google ebook: http://books.google.com/books?id=E-kUAAAAYAAJ&output=html
- New Testament Greek Lexicon. Camarillo, CA: Salem Communications: http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/
- New Testament Greek Lexicon. Gdansk, Poland: StudyLight.org: http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/
