FREE ONLINE THEOLOGY RESOURCES
BIBLES and COMMENTARIES ONLINE
Online Bible texts
 Interlinear Bibles
 The Interlinear NRSV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall,
trans. Zondervan, 1993;
 The Interlinear NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: The Nestle Greek
Text with a Literal English Translation. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1999.
 The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New
Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
 The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Parallel New
Testament in Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
 Interlinear KJV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: Based on the Textus
Receptus with Lexicon and Synonyms. George Ricker Berry, trans. Zondervan, 1993.
 The New Greek-English interlinear New Testament: a new interlinear translation of the
Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies` fourth, corrected edition with the New
Revised Standard Version, New Testament. R.K. Brown, et al., trans. Fourth ed.
Tyndale House, 1993 (also copy).
 Interlinear KJV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English: New Testament in
Greek and English. A. Marshall, trans. Zondervan, 1992.
 Other online Bibles
 Bible Gateway
 NRSV On-line Bible
 Blue Letter Bible
 Overview of English Bible Translations
 Greek New Testament (with textual variants)
 Hebrew/Greek Bibles
 New Testament Gateway
 Synoptic Gospels Primer: Parallel Texts
Single-Volume Bible Commentaries
 Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible. Robert J. Karris, Dianne
Bergant, eds. Liturgical Press, 1992 (also copy 1 and copy 2).
 IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Craig S. Keener, ed. InterVarsity, 1993.
 IVP New Testament Commentaries -Online
 Life Application New Testament Commentary. B.B. Barton, ed. Tyndale House, 2001.
 Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. R.B. Hughes and J.C. Laney, eds. Tyndale House, 2001.
New Testament Commentaries
 Alford’s ‘New Testament for English Readers’ — The New Testament for English Readers:
Containing the Authorized Version, with Marginal Corrections of Readings and Renderings,
Marginal References, and a Critical and Explanatory Commentary, by Henry Alford, D.D., Dean
of Canterbury (London: Rivingtons, 1866; 2nd ed. 1868): Matthew, Mark, Luke (1868, John,
Acts (1863); Epistles of Paul (1865); Hebrews, Catholic Epistles, and Revelation (1866).
 Ante-Nicene Fathers: e-Catena. By Peter Kirby. References to the New Testament culled from
the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers—good for understanding how the text was interpreted
in ancient times.
 Barnes' Notes on the New Testament. A conservative commentary on the New Testament by
an American Presbyterian, Albert Barnes (1832).
 Expository Notes. By Thomas L. Constable, Senior Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas
Theological Seminary. This contains .pdf files for each book of the Bible.
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IVP New Testament Commentaries at Bible Gateway. A collection of brief and casual
commentaries from a moderately conservative perspective, recently published by InterVarsity
Press. Currently available online are: Matthew (Craig S. Keener); Luke (Darrell L. Bock); John
(Rodney A. Whitacre); Acts (William J. Larkin); 2 Cor (Linda L. Belleville); Galatians (G. Walter
Hansen); Philippians (Gordon D. Fee); Colossains (Robert W. Wall); 1 Tim (Philip H. Towner);
Philemon (Robert W. Wall); Titus (Philip H. Towner); James (George M. Stulac); 1,2,3 John
(Marianne Meye Thompson); and Revelation (J. Ramsey Michaels).
John Lightfoot's Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica. Notices
many parallels in early Jewish writings that help to explain the New Testament.
John Wesley's Notes on the Bible provide a concise commentary from an Arminian perspective,
though the doctrines peculiar to Arminianism are not emphasized. The notes for the New
Testament were originally published as part of Wesley's New Testament.
New Testament commentary for English readers, by various writers, edited by Charles J.
Ellicott, 3 vols. (London: Cassell, 1884): vol. 1 (Gospels); vol. 2 (Acts, Romans, Corinthians,
Galatians); vol. 3 (Ephesians to Revelation).
Notes on the Greek New Testament. By Peter Misselbrook. Brief commentary on all the books
of the New Testament designed for students who have some Greek. Consists mostly of
quotations drawn from recent commentaries by conservative scholars.
The People's New Testament. A commentary by the Disciples of Christ scholar Barton W.
Johnson, first published in 1891. Contains Arminian interpretations, in line with the theology of
the American "restoration movement," but otherwise very helpful, with introductions and
appendixes.
Word Studies in the New Testament by Marvin Vincent. A very useful resource for teachers.
Vincent goes through the entire New Testament briefly noting interesting details about words
and phrases. First published in 1886.
Word Pictures in the New Testament by A.T. Robertson. Similar to Vincent's earlier work, but
more up to date in scholarship and more technical. First published in 1933.
Commentaries on the Whole Bible
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Calvin's Commentaries. English translation of the famous reformer's commentaries.
Matthew Henry's Commentary. An excellent resource for traditional Protestant interpretation
and application.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary. A good concise commentary, much less full than
Calvin's or Henry's, but more recent.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Especially helpful for theological exposition.
Classic Bible Commentaries, courtesy of E-Word Today. Includes commentaries of Gill,
Jamieson-Faussett-Brown, John Lightfoot, Ben Johnson, Matthew Henry, McGarvey and
Pendleton, and Luther (Galatians). Also the notes of Darby, Wesley, and the Geneva Bible.
Coffman's Commentaries. Conservative and devotional commentary on the whole Bible by a
Church of Christ scholar, James Burton Coffman.
Adam Clarke's Commentaries. Conservative and Arminian in doctrinal view.
Lexicons
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Liddell-Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon
The University of California (Irving) has made available a new (free) online version of the
Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon (commonly abbreviated LSJ). The LSJ is *the*
standard classical Greek lexicon, and it is extremely valuable to anyone studying the New
Testament. Although online versions of the LSJ have been in existence for some time, this
new electronic edition has a few major advantages. All of the lexicon entries have been
broken down so that each word has its own entry (in the print edition, many sub-entry words
were listed under a single head word entry, making navigation of the lexicon somewhat
difficult). One can navigate to any of these Greek ‘headwords’ using the left menu, or by
typing in the Latin alphabet equivalent of Greek letters in the search box (the Greek search
text shows up in a pop-up below the search box as you type, so that you can see if you are
typing the correct letters).
Bible Commentaries
Bible Researcher
Commentaries available through BibleStudyTools
Free Bible Commentary
Tyndale Seminary’s Reading Room
Bible Dictionaries
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Bible Gateway’s dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary from BibleStudyTools.net
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Holman Illustrated Pocket Bible Dictionary
LARGE RELIGION WEBSITES
Finding God in Cyberspace
This guide provides a selective listing of the best Internet resources of interest to religious studies
scholars and students of religion. Rather than attempt a comprehensive listing of religious information
on the Internet, this guide selectively points to the best gateways to specific types of religious
information. This guide is especially designed to provide both novice and advanced Internet
researchers with a helpful starting point for online religious research. The guide has its origins in a
presentation given by Dr. John Gresham at a regional conference of Religious Studies Scholars in
Dallas, Texas in 1994.
Internet Christian Library
A guide to online indexes related to Christian missions, Christian resources, Christian literature, and
early church documents.
Research Guide for Christianity
A site maintained by Yale Divinity School Library. Resources organized by these subject areas: Bible,
Church/Denominational/Ecumenical, Church History, Ethics and Social Issues, Missions & World
Christianity, Systematic/Doctrinal theology, Practical Theology, and Religion and the Arts.
Virtual Religion Index
This site provides links that may be of interest to anyone doing advanced research in matters of
religion. Site categories include Academic Sites, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archaeology & Religious
Art, Buddhist Studies, Comparative Study of Religion, East Asian Studies, Ethics & Moral Values,
Greco-Roman Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy & Theology, American Studies, Anthropology &
Sociology, Biblical Studies, Christian Tradition, Confessional Agencies, Hindu Studies, Jewish Studies,
and Psychology of Religion.
Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are
involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites,
bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. The purpose of the Guide is to encourage
and facilitate the incorporation of electronic resources into teaching.
FREE OPEN ACCESS ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
Apologetics
Christian Apologetics Journal
Archaeology
American Journal of Archaeology
Internet Archaeology
Near Eastern Archaeology
Biblical Studies
American Journal of Biblical Theology
Bible and Interpretation
Bible Translation Resources
Biblica
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Journal of Biblical Literature
Journal of Biblical Studies
Journal of Textual Reasoning
Review of Biblical Literature
SBL: Seminar Papers
TC: A Journal of Textual Criticism
Charismatic / Pentecostal Topics
Charisma and Christian Life
Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research
Encounter – Journal for Pentecostal Ministry
PentecoStudies
Christian Education
Christian Education Journal
Christian Higher Education
Journal of Education and Christian Belief
Religious Education
Church & Church Administration
CellChurch
Verbum et Ecclesia
Word and World
Church History
Baptist History and Heritage
Christian History and Biography
Christian Perspectives in Education
Church History
Journal of Religious History
Colleges’ and Seminaries’ Publications
Concordia Journal
Covenant Magazine
Denver Seminary Journal
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
Harvard Divinity Bulletin
Masters Seminary Journal
McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry
Princeton Seminary Bulletin
Southern Seminary Magazine
Trinity Journal
Tyndale Bulletin
Culture, Society & Politics
Affirmation & Critique
Antithesis
Christian Century
Christian Ethics Today
Christian Research Journal
Christian Scholar’s Review
Christianity Today
Church & State
Citizen [Focus on the Family]
Commentary
Cross Currents
First Things
Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine
Journal of Church and State
Journal of Men, Masculinities, and Sexuality
Journal of Religion and Film
Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
Journal of Religion and Society
Journal of Religion and Theatre
Journal of Southern Religion
Review of Faith & International Affairs
WORLD
Denominational Publications
Adventist Today
Anglican Journal
Anglican and Episcopal History
Anglican Theological Review
Baptist History and Heritage
Canadian Journal of Orthodox Christianity
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Direction: A Mennonite Brethren Forum
Founders Journal
Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry
Mennonite Life
Mennonite Quarterly Review
Methodist Review
Presbyterian Record
Protestant Reformed Theological Journal
Quaker Theology
Semper Reformanda – (Lutheran Reformation)
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
Stone-Campbell Journal
Studies in Reformed Theology
Wesleyan Theological Journal
Evangelism & Discipleship; Leadership
Decision Magazine
Inner Resources for Leaders
Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership
Leadership
Xenos Online Journal
Missions
American Missionary, the [1878-1901]
Currents in Theology and Mission
International Journal of Frontier Missions
Journal of Applied Missiology
Mission Frontiers
Missionalia
On Mission
World Vision
Music
Hymn, The
Pastoring
Creator
Inner Resources for Leaders
Journal of Pastoral Counseling
Leadership
Preaching
African American Pulpit, The
Homiletic : a Review of Publications in Religious Communication
Homiletic and Pastoral Review
Kerux
Religions, non-Christian & Philosophy
Al-Tawhid. A Quarterly Journal of Islamic Thought & Culture
Hinduism Today
Jewish Studies
Journal for the Study of Religions And Ideologies
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Journal of Philosophy and Scripture
Journal of Religion
Mythological Studies Journal
Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy
Philosophy Today
Religions
Studia Judaica
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
Women in Judaism
Science & Religion
Answers in Genesis
Creation
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Theology
Acta Theologica
American Theological Inquiry
Australian E-Journal of Theology
Biblical Theology Bulletin
Chinese Theological Review
Christian Apologetics Journal
Concordia Theological Quarterly
Conservative Theological Journal
Foundations – A Journal of Evangelical Theology
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
Journal for Christian Theological Research
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Journal of Theology for Southern Africa
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Kairos : Evangelical Journal of Theology
Modern Reformation
Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy
Perspectives: a Journal of Reformed Thought
Religious Studies Reviews
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
Studies in Reformed Theology
Theologia
Theological News
Theological Studies
Theology Today
Touchstone – a Journal of Mere Christianity
Wesleyan Theological Journal
Westminster Theological Journal
Youth Ministry
Campus Life
Youth Worker
MAPS of BIBLE LANDS
Ancient World
Ancient World Mapping Center
At the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, this center “exists to promote cartography
and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient
studies”. Many useful, high resolution, well documented reproductions of maps from print
resources in the AWMC Map Room including maps of the Expansion of the Empire in the Age of
Augustus, Greece, the Aegean and Western Asia Minor and Roman Empire in AD 69.
Historical Maps of the Middle East
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin: this
comprises reproductions of many old maps.
Oriental Institute Map Series — Site Maps
Seven maps of the ancient near east (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and
Iran), locating primary archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses set against a
plain background. They are located at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute.
Atlases
Bible Geocoding (This uses GoogleEarth to locate every possible place that is mentioned in
the Biblical text.)
Oxford Bible Atlas. (Adrian Curtis) pub. by Oxford, 2007.
Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. (Bruce M. Metzger & Michael D. Coogan, eds.
pub. by Oxford, 2004.
The Uttermost Part of the Earth: A Guide to Places in the Bible. (Losch, Richard R.) pub. by
Eerdmans, 2005.
Israel and Jerusalem – time of Christ
Communities of the Gospels (PBS site)
Historic Jesus: Maps
Collection of 17 color maps relevant to 1st Century Israel. Some of these maps are from
older, out-of-copyright material; others are more recent. All are in color.
Land of Israel
By Mahlon Smith: an excellent, clear map with hyperlinks to information on the places it
charts.
Palestine in the Time of Christ (B.W. Johnson)
Taken from The People’s New Testament of 1891.
Palestine in the time of Christ (HyperHistory online)
Palestine in the Time of Jesus
By K.C. Hanson: this web site (designed to accompany the book of the same name by
Hanson and Douglas Oakman) features several old maps including Bethlehem and Nazareth.
Holy Lands, Israel in General
Bible Tutor: Biblical Places
A section in the Luther Seminary’s Bible Tutor: visit this site for simple but useful maps
hyperlinked to more information on the place names they contain.
Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views
A useful site covering some of the same material as in the previous site from the Israel
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Jerusalem 3000: Celebrating Three Millennia of History
An interesting collection of different kinds of old maps of Jerusalem, real, imaginary and
combinations of the two, located at the Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine.
Jewish Diaspora
Jewish Diaspora (PBS site)
Paul the Apostle
Paul: maps related to his life and ministry
Done by Nancy A Carter, this contains annotated color maps in different sizes of The Roman
Empire, The Journeys of Paul, The Mediterranean World during the Time of Paul, and
Greece.
Paul’s Missionary Journeys (B.W. Johnson)
Taken from The People’s New Testament of 1891.
Roman Empire
Roman Empire
An interactive map of “the Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent” from the 1907Atlas of
Ancient and Classical Geography, adapted for the Internet by J. Vanderspoel.
Roman Empire
Part of Lacus Curtius, Bill Thayer’s web site on Roman antiquity (University of Chicago).
Features several detailed maps made in the 19th Century, including Greece, Asia Minor and
Syria.
Roman Empire (PBS site)
Roman Empire (HyperHistory online)
Spread of Christianity
Spread of Christianity (PBS site)
Spread of Christianity
Done by Glenn Davies, this was scanned and adapted from Lightfoot, Harmer & Holmes, and
The Apostolic Fathers. Users can click on some points on the map to see more information.
Spread of Christianity Down to 180 AD
Adolf Von Harnack’s map, digitized by Jay Treat; you can view the whole or sections of it.
E-BOOKS
Collection of selected classic and current Christian texts
Alexander, Archibald: Thoughts on Religious Experience
Augustine: Well-Known Works
Augustine: Some works
Baxter, Richard: The Reformed Pastor
Boettner, Lorraine: Limited Atonement
Bounds, E. M.: Prayer
Brooks, Thomas: Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
Burroughs, Jeremiah: Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Calvin, John: Institutes of the Christian Life
Hodge, Charles: Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians
Systematic Theology Vol.1, 2, & 3
Luther, Martin: Selected works
Murray, John: Sovereignty of God
Owen, John
Glory of Christ
Doctrine of Justification by Faith
Pink, Arthur W.: Attributes of God
Inspiration of the Scriptures
Piper, John: About 80 of his books are available for download from Desiring God
Poythress, Vern: 13 of his books: Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy; God-Centered; In the
Beginning was the Word; Inerrancy and the Gospels; Inerrancy and Worldview; Redeeming Science;
Redeeming Sociology; Returning King; Science and Hermeneutics; Shadow of Christ in the Law of
Moses; Symphonic Theology; Understanding Dispensationalists; and What are Spiritual Gifts?
Ryle, J.C. : Holiness
Spurgeon, Charles H.: Treasury of David
much more of his work available at The Spurgeon Archives
Watson, Thomas: Body of Divinity
Whitefield, George
Sermons
COLLECTIONS ON CHRISTIAN TOPICS
Websites of collections of open access e-books
Biblos.com (Bible study tools in many languages, including Bible versions/translations, an online
parallel Bible, and Greek and Hebrew interlinear Bibles)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library (extensive collections of classics in Christian literature)
Desiring God (John Piper’s books)
John Piper, a pastor in Minnesota and well-known published author makes the texts of about 80 of his
books, and his sermons available for free download from his website.
NTS Library [of Christian theological e-books]
This is a free service provided by Northwestern Theological Seminary. It contains links to the PDF
version of many Christian books, which can use or download free of charge. Topics covered are:
Apologetics (7 titles)
Bible Studies (14 titles)
Bible Surveys (4 titles)
Biographies (13 titles)
Christian Doctrine (26 titles)
Christian Living (24 titles)
Christian Reference (16 titles)
Christian Counseling (6 books)
Christian Ethics (2 books)
Evangelism (4 books)
Hermeneutics & Homiletics (4 books)
Holy Bible – foreign language translations (12 books)
Ministry & Missions (10 books)
Miscellaneous (4 books)
Philosophers & Church Fathers (50 books)
Philosophy (17 books)
Theology (54 books)
Worship (3 books)
Puritan Library
This website provides links to many resources and includes a collection of about 100 of the most
famous of the Puritan authors’ books in PDF and HTML formats, some of which are downloadable.
WordSearch
This commercial site, based in Austin, Texas, has been producing software and electronic books for
the Christian market since 1987. The company operated as NavPress Software for over 10 years
before becoming WORDsearch Corp. in July 2002. WORDsearch offers more than 2,400 volumes of
electronic books for Christian pastors, teachers, and laypeople.
last update: 1 March 2014