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On-Line Primary Literature

Related to ancient Near Eastern religions, Hellenistic Mediterranian religions and Biblical Study

Bibles

Revised Standard Version Bible
Brown Univ. Bible Browser Several versions with Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals
Vulgate (Latin) including the excluded Apocrypha (4 Ezra, etc.) Except that this link was not working the last time I checked
Vulgate (Latin) Excluding all Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals!
Vulgate (Latin) Complete, but no attempt at formatting.
Hebrew Bible Using Bitstream fonts. Works with Netscape 4.0+ or Internet Explorer with downloaded plugin
Hebrew Bible (will need Hebrew font)
CCAT parallel and Morphologically Tagged Bible texts (Gopher)
CCAT LXX variants project files (Gopher, work in progress)
Greek New Testament Including with Search engine including morphological info through hypertext. Very nice!

Ancient Near Eastern Literature

Myths

Most of these links are to the excellent site Gateways to Babylon. There is more there than I have included. If this material interests you, you should visit that site as well. Much of the Egyptian and Canaanite material comes from Mythos from the Ancient World which also has a useful Dicitonary of the Gods

Mesopotamian

The Myth of Adapa
Atrahasis - Tablet 1
The Myth of Anzu - or The retrieval of the Tablet of Destinies
Enuma Elish
The Eridu Genesis
Enki & the E-Engurra
Enki & the World Order
Enki & Ninmah
Enlil & Nam-zid-tara
Enlil & Ninlil
Enmerkar & En-suhgir-ana
Enmerkar & the lord of Aratta
Erra & Ishum
The Myth of Etana
Epic of Gilgamesh Another version in verse by Robert Temple
Sumerian Prologue to Gilgamesh
Death of Gilgamesh
Inanna in Pictures, Music & Drama - based on Wolkstein's + Kramer's work
Inanna & Ebih
Inanna & Bilulu
Inanna & Shu-kale-tuda
Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld
Lugalbanda in the mountain cave
Lugalbanda & the anzu bird
Marduk's Ordeal
The marriage of Martu
The Journey of Nanna-Suen to Nippur
The Herds of Nanna
A Song of Praise to Nanna
Nergal & Ereshkigal
Ninurta & the Turtle - or Ninurta & Enki
The Exploits of Ninurta
The Return of Ninurta to Nippur

The Creation of the Pickaxe
The Worm & the Toothache
How Grain came to Sumer


Canaanite

The Baal Epic
The Descent of Anat into the Underworld


Egyptian

Modern harmonized creation account from various Egyptian sources
Ra & the Serpent
Hathor and the destruction of humankind
Isis Recieves the True & Hidden Name of Re
Osiris
The contention of Horus & Seth


Ancient Near Eastern Treatises

The dialogue of pessimism
The Papyrus of Ani (Egyptian Book of the Dead)
The Phoenician Letters 1
The Phoenician Letters 2
Wisdom of Ahiqar (exerpts)


Prayers, Hymns and Psalms

An Assyrian Prayer against the Evil Spirit (m)
Hymn to Ishtar
Prayer of Lamentation to Ishtar
Psalm to Marduk
Prayer of Ashurbanipal to the Sun-God Shamash
Hymn to Shamash
Prayer to Sin, the Moon God
A Hymn to Sin the Moon God
Prayer to the Gods of the Night


Amulets and Incantations

Surpu Circle Incantation
Ugaritic Amulet for protection against an evil spirit (f)


Rituals

Instructions for Temple Cleasings by Salt Note this is in Sumerian -- no translation This used to be available, but the site (web2.airmail.net/apkallu7) has disappeared. If you know where it has gone, please let me know


Texts related to Marriage and Hieros Gamos

Dumuzi's Wedding (m)
New Sumerian divorce settlement (21st c. BC)
Old Assyrian divorce document
Old Assyrian marriage contract (19th c. BC)
Abrogation of a marriage agreement (15th c. BC)
Ugaritic Manumission and Marriage contract
Mibtahiah's marriage contracts (5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyrus from Elephantine)
Manumission and marriage of a female slave (5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyrus from Elephantine)

Treaties and Legal Contracts (other than marriage)

Akkadian-Hittite Treaty

Literature related to the Jewish Scriptures

Pseudepigrapha

Apocalypse of Abraham (TAb)
Testament of Abraham (TAb)
The First Book of Adam and Eve Note that for this as well as the following text, you may have to set your browser to override document colors, since the last time I looked it was black text on black background
The Second Book of Adam and Eve
Testament of Adam
In Ethiopic
Life of Adam and Eve, electronic edition (Anderson & Stone). Others include:
The Slavonic version, which is called The Life of Adam and Eve, the Latin, referred to as Vita Adae et Evae, and the Greek version is known as The Apocalypse of Moses
Ahiqar (the story)
Letter of Aristeas Exerpt from the same with some introductory comments
Aristeas the Exegete
Aristobulus
Artapanus
Story of Asenath
2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch
3 (Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch
4 Baruch see Paraleipomena Jeremiou
Cave of Treasures
Cleodemus Malchus
Apocalypse of Daniel
Demetrius (the chronographer)
Eldad and Modad
Apocalypse of Elijah
Hebrew Apocalypse of Elijah
1 (Ethiopic Apocalypse of) Enoch From Charles' APOT
for another translation, see 1 Enoch.
For a brief discussion of 1 Enoch see "The Enoch Literature" by James C. VanderKam.
2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch.
The Book of Giants, from the Dead Sea Scrolls, may be part of of the Enoch tradition (See VanderKam's article, linked above).
3 (Hebrew Apocalypse of) Enoch
Eupolemus
Pseudo-Eupolemus
Apocryphon of Ezekiel
Apocalypse of Ezekiel
Ezekiel the Tragedian
Greek Apocalypse of Ezra
Questions of Ezra
Revelation of Ezra
Vision of Ezra
Hecataeus of Abdera
Pseudo-Hecataeus
Testament of Hezekiah
Fragments of Historical Works
Testament of Isaac
Ascension of Isaiah
Martyrdom of Isaiah
Vision of Isaiah
Ladder of Jacob
Prayer of Jacob
Testament of Jacob
Jannes and Jambres
Paraleipomena Jeremiou = 4 Baruch
The same in Greek
Testament of Job
History of Joseph
Prayer of Joseph
Jubilees
Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
Lost Tribes
5 Maccabees
Syriac Menander
Apocalypse of Moses: see Life of Adam and Eve, above
Assumption of Moses
Prayer of Moses
Testament of Moses
Book of Noah
Psuedo-Orpheus
Philo the Epic Poet
Pseudo-Philo
Pseudo-Phocylides
Fragments of Poetic Works
Lives of the Prophets
Five Apocryphal Syriac Psalms
History of the Rechabites
An Anonymous Samaritan Text
Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers
Apocalypse of Sedrach
Treatise of Shem
Sibylline Oracles
Odes of Solomon
Psalms of Solomon
Testament of Solomon
Thallus
Theodotus
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Testament of Reuben
Testament of Simeon
Testament of Levi
Testament of Judah
Testament of Issachar
Testament of Zebulun
Testament of Dan
Testament of Naphtali
Testament of Gad
Testament of Asher
Testament of Joseph
Testament of Benjamin
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
Apocalypse of Zosimus

The Revelation of Esdras is listed under Christian Apocalypses
The Apocalypse of Adam is located with the Nag Hammadi collection


Dead Sea Scrolls

Pentateuchal stories and commentaries

Reworked Pentateuch (4QPP^a=4Q158). [Student Paraphrase]
Genesis Apocryphon [Student Paraphrase]
Enoch (4Q201(En ara)) exerpt from the story of the Watchers, see 1 Enoch above
The Book of Giants (4Q203, 1Q23, 2Q26, 4Q530-532, 6Q8) may be part of the Enoch tradition (See VanderKam's article, "The Enoch Literature").
Enoch and the Watchers (4Q227).
Exhortation based on the Flood (4QFloodAp=4Q370). [Student Paraphrase]
Vision of Jacob (4QAJa=4Q537). [Student Paraphrase]


Legal and ritual texts

A Phylactery (Mur 4 Phyl)
Ritual Purity Laws (4QTohorot^a=4Q274). [Student Paraphrase]
A Baptismal Liturgy (4Q414)
Songs for the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q403(ShirShabbd))
Some Torah Precepts (4Q396 (MMTc)) exerpt


Former Prophets stories and commentaries

Prayer For King Jonathan (4Q448)


Psalms, Hymns, Poetry

Apocryphal Psalms (4QPs^f=4Q88, 4QapPs=4Q448, 11QPs^a-b=11Q5-6). [Student Paraphrase]
The Thanksgiving Psalms (Pss. 4, 5, 8, 23)
Thanksgiving Hymns #7 & 8 (1QH(odayot)^a col.10). [Student Paraphrase]
Plea for Deliverance (11QPs^a=11Q5 col.xix)


Wisdom Literature

Wisdom Text (1Q26, 4QWisd^a=4Q410 & 4Q412-413, 4QWisdB^a-b=4Q415, 4QWisdA^a-d=4Q416-419, 4QRight^a-b=4Q420-421, 4Qfarmer=4Q423). [Student Paraphrase]
Collecton of Proverbs (4QWisd=4Q424). [Student Paraphrase]
Wiles of the Wicked Woman (4Q184). [Student Paraphrase]
The Parable of the Bountiful Tree (4Q302a)


Prophecy and Apocalyptic

Hosea Commentary (4Q166 (4QpHosa)) exerpt
The Chosen One (4Qelect=4Q534, 4QarNC=4Q535-6). [Student Paraphrase]
The Book of Secrets (lQMyst=1Q27, 4QMyst^a-c=4Q299-301)
The Divine Throne Chariot
The Coming of Melchizedek (11Q13)
Redemption and Resurrection (4Q521)
Words of Michael (4Qmich=4Q529, 6Qunidar=6Q23). [Student Paraphrase]


Sectarian literature

War Rule (4Q285 (SM) frg.5) exerpt
Community Rule (4QSd) exerpt
The Damascus Document (4Q271(Df)) exerpt
Tongues of Fire (1Q29, 4Q376)


Misc.

The New Jerusalem [first part] (1QJNar=1Q32, 2QEx^c=2Q4, 4QJM^a=4Q554-5, 5QJNar=5Q15, 11QJN=11Q18). [Student Paraphrase]
The Copper Scroll (3QTreasure^a=3Q15). [Student Paraphrase]
Physiognomic Horoscopes (4QCryptic-4Q186, 4QPhysiogn=4Q561). [Student Paraphrase]
Calendrical Document (4Q321 (Mishmarot Ba)) exerpt
Observances (4QCal=4Q327 (Mishmarot), 4QMMT^a4Q394). [Student Paraphrase]
Targum of Job (4QtgJob=4Q157, 11QtgJob=11Q10). [Student Paraphrase]


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DSS Links

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature is the site for DSS material and bibliography.
The Qumran Library. A collection of pictures and short translation fragments related to the DSS and Qumran.


DSS anthologies in English translation

[DJD]	Various, Discoveries in the Judaean desert, [18 of 23 vols. published so far happen to be in English] (Clarendon, 1997)
[EW]	Robert Eisenman & Michael Wise, Dead Sea Scrolls uncovered (Penguin Books, 1992).
[THG]	Theodor H. Gaster, The Dead Sea scriptures (Peter Smith Pub, 1976).
[FCM]	Florentino Garcia Martinez, The Dead Sea Scrolls translated, tr. Wilfred G.E. Watson, 2nd Ed. (William B. Eerdmans, 1996).
[GV]	Geza Vermes, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Press, 1997).
[WAC]	Michael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr. & Edward Cook, Dead Sea Scrolls: A new translation (HarperSanFrancisco, 1996).

Specialty pages and exerpt collections (Related to Bible and 2nd Temple Judaism)

The Story of Noah, marked according to documentary source
Lilith Traditions
Song of Songs Interpretation Samples

Literature related to Early Christianity

Gospels

Avenging of the Savior (The story of Veronica)
The Questions (Gospel?) of Bartholomew
Gospel of the Ebionites
Papyrus Egerton 2, Fragments of an Unknown Gospel
Papyrus Egerton 2 home page
Gospel of the Hebrews
The Two Books of Jeu (Ieou)
The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
The Secret Gospel of Mark
Secret Gospel of Mark home page
The Gospel Marcion. While Marcion was Gnostic, his gospel is basically Luke
Gospel of Matthias This is actually a web paper, but it includes all the pertinent quotes.
Gospel of the Nazareans
The Gospel of Nicodemos (The Acts of Pilate)
Another version, in King James English, from The Ante-Nicene fathers includes three different textual traditions: Greek A, Greek B, and Latin.
Oxyrhynchus 840 gospel fragment This is actually a web paper on the Gospel of Matthias, but it includes the full text of p.Oxy. 840 about half way down the page.
The Gospel of Peter M.R. James
Henry Barclay Swete translation
Gospel of Thomas
Also available are a translation by Thomas Lambdin (et.al), which includes the Greek fragments, Nancy Johnson's translation and an Interlinear Coptic/English presentation
Toldot Yeshu: a Medieval Jewish Anti-gospel
And a Hebrew version from the same larger tradition (but not the text from which the above was translated) -- you will need a Hebrew font
Infancy Gospels
An Arabic Infancy Gospel
An older translation, apparently of the same gospel: The first Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ. The Non-canonical Homepage indentifies this as a "5th century compilaton of Thomas texts."
The Proto-Gospel of James
The History of Joseph the Carpenter
The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text A, B & Latin form from Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8
Alternatively, M.R. James translation (with introductory notes) of Greek Text A, Greek Text B, and Latin Text.

The Dialogue of the Saviour, The Gospel of Mary, The Gospel of Philip The Gospel of the EgyptiansThe Gospel of Truth are linked from Nag Hammadi

Acts

The Acts of Andrew
The Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew
The Acts of Andrew and Matthew

The Acts of Peter and Andrew
The Acts of Barnabas
Martyrdom of Bartholomew
The Acts of John
The Mystery of the Cross: Excerpt from The Acts of John
The Acts of John the Theologian
The Book of John Concerning the Death of Mary
The History of Joseph the Carpenter
The Book of John Concerning the Death of Mary
Related text: The Passing of Mary (1st Latin form) and 2nd Latin form
The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew
The Martyrdom of Matthew
The Acts of Paul
Several links to a part of The Acts of Paul: The Acts of (Paul and) Thecla, and another translation
The Acts of Peter
The Act of Peter from the Berlin Gnostic Library may have originally been a pericope from the Acts of Peter
The Acts of Peter and Paul
The Acts of Philip
The Travels and Martyrdom of Philip, Part of the predeeding, this is another translation, apparently based on a somewhat expanded text
The Report of Pilate Greek A and Greek B See the G. Nicodemus above
Related texts: Letter of Pontius Pilate
Giving up of Pontius Pilate
Death of Pilate
The Acts of Thaddaeus
Acts of Thomas
Avenging of the Savior: Medieval Latin stories about Veronica and Nathaniel


Epistles and Treatises

The Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar, King of Edessa
Another, older translation
The Doctrine of Addai (Addeus) e.g. Thaddeus' teaching to the previously mentioned Agbar of Edessa
Apostolic Constitutions (falsely ascribed to Clement of Rome)
The Epistle of the Apostles (Epistula Apostolorum ?c. 160)
Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions
3 Corinthians
Corinthian Correspondence
Mathetes's Epistle to Diognetus is this different from the Ep. ofDiognetus?
Book of Elchasai
Book of John the Evangelist
Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans
The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca (prior to 4th c.)
Preaching of Peter


Christian Revelations and Apocalypses

Note that the terms "apocalypse" and "revelation" are both translations of the same Greek term. Technically, "revelation" is a translation and "apocalypse" is a transliteration. The upshot is that the same works are often referred to by different modern writers as the "Apocalypse of x" or the "Revelation of x", creating no shortage of confusion. I would have preferred to standardize on "revelation," at least partly because "apocalypse" in modern usage carries with it the connotation of eschatological vision. While this is certainly a feature of some of the works which go by the name, it is not so of all. Never-the-less, in scholarly circles, 'apocalypse' is the standard label for some of these works, 'revelation' for others. I have used the list of abbreviations for use in Textual Criticism as an anchoring reference to scholarly standards.
**Revelation of Esdras
Apocalypsis tou hagiou Ioannou (ApIoan)
The Revelation of John the Theologian
The Apocalypse of Paul
Two other translations: from Greek version and from Latin version.
For the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul, see under Gnostic Apocalypses
The Apocalypse of Peter
A slightly different translation of one of these texts, along with different introductory commentary is found at: The Revelation of Peter. The Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter can be found under Gnostic Apocalypses
The Apocalypse of Sedrach
The Revelation of Stephen
The Apocalypse of Thomas
The Apocalypse of the Virgin
The Rev. of Adam, the 1st Rev. of James, the 2nd Rev. of James, the Gnostic Rev. of Paul and the Gnostic Rev. of Peter are listed under Gnostic Apocalypses


Aposotlic Fathers

Note that the CCAT gopher texts display well in Netscape, but are virtually unreadable in MS Internet Explorer. These are the ones labeled "Lightfoot" (the translator)
Epistle of Barnabas Lightfoot
1 Clement Lightfoot
2 Clement Lightfoot
Didache [Hoole]
or, alternatively, the Lightfoot translation
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus Lightfoot
another translation
The Shepherd of Hermas Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans Lightfoot
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians Lightfoot
Fragments of Papias
Epistle of Polycarp (to the Philippians) Lightfoot
Martyrdom of Polycarp Lightfoot
• Search the Apostolic Fathers on CCAT with Gopher Search

Collections

St. Pachomius Library: Huge collection of Christian Literature from the Early Fathers onward
From the Order of St. Benedict Lectio Divina:
First to Third Centuries (50-300)
Fourth Century (301-400)

Early Gnostic Literature

Collections

The Corpus Hermeticum


Nag Hammadi and Berlin Gnostic Library Colletion

The Gnostic Society Library or The Gnostic Society Virtual Library (Norway)

The Apocalypse of Adam Codex V,5
Allogenes Codex XI,3
Asclepius (21-29) Codex VI,8
Authoritative Teaching Codex VI,3
The Concept of Our Great Power Codex VI,4
Discourse on the Eighth and the Ninth Codex VI,6
The Gospel of the Egyptians Codex III,2; IV,2
Hymnal prayer from the Gospel of the Egyptians
Eugnostos the Blessed Codex III,3; V,1
The Exegesis on the Soul Codex II,6
Fragments Codex XII,3
Hypsiphrone Codex XI,4
Hypostasis of the Archons =The Reality of the Rulers Codex II,4
The Interpretation of Knowledge Codex XI,1
The First Apocalypse of James Codex V,3
The Second Apocalypse of James Codex V,4
The Apocryphon of James Codex I,2
Another translation
The Sophia of Jesus Christ Codex III,4; BG 8502,3
The Apocryphon of John Codex II,1; III,1; IV1; BG 8502,2
Marsanes Codex X,1
The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) Codex BG 8502,1
Melchizedek Codex IX,1
The Thought of Norea Codex IX,2
On the Origin of the World Codex II,5; XIII,2
The (Gnostic) Apocalypse of Paul Codex V,2
The Prayer of the Apostle Paul Codex I,1
The Act of Peter Codex BG 8502,4
The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles Codex VI,1
The (Gnostic) Apocalypse of Peter Codex VII,3
The Letter of Peter to Philip Codex VIII,2
The Gospel of Philip Codex II,3
Plato`s Republic 588a-589b Codex VI,5
The Prayer of Thanksgiving Codex VI,7; VI,7a (scribal note)
The Dialogue of the Saviour Codex III,5
Second Treatise of the Great Seth Codex VII,2
The Three Steles of Seth Codex VII,5
The Sentences of the Sextus Codex XII,1
The Paraphrase of Shem Codex VII,1
The Teachings of Silvanus Codex VII,4
The Testimony of Truth Codex IX,3
Thomas the Contender Codex II,7
The Gospel of Thomas Codex II,2 see also under Christian Gospels
Another translation
Thunder, the Perfect Mind Codex VI,2
The Treatise on the Resurrection Codex I,4
The Trimorphic Protennoia Codex XIII,1
The Tripartite Tractate Codex I,5
The Gospel of Truth Codex I,3; XII,5
Another translation
A Valentinian Exposition Codex XI,2
On the Anointing Codex XI,2a
On the Baptism A Codex XI,2b
On the Baptism B Codex XI,2c
On the Eucharist A Codex XI,2d
On the Eucharist B Codex XI,2e
Zostrianos Codex VIII,1
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Other Gnostic material

Gnostic Scriptures and fragments in translation.
The Books of the Saviour (Bruce Codex)
The Hymn of the Pearl (The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle)
Pistis Sophia
The Polemical works against the gnostics by the Church Fathers.
Plotinus: The 6 Enneads (250, CE)

Church Documents

Creeds

Nicene Creed
Definition of Chalcedon
The Athanasian Creed

Rabbinic and Kabalistic Literature

Tanach, Talmud Bavli, and Talmud Yerushalmi (in Hebrew) for browsing. Need Hebrew Font

Major Stand-alone Collections

Complete Works of Josephus

Important site links

General

Pharos texts
CCAT text archive: Religion
Religious and Sacred Texts
Wesley Center text collection
Noncanonical Home page
Religious Studies
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
Institute for Christian Leadership: Finding things
Ancient History Items


Ancient Near East

ABZU guide to resources for the study of the ancient near east available on the internet


Hellenistic World

Perseus Project
Collection of Papyrological sites
Library of Congress: Greek and Latin Classics Internet Resources


Biblical

Biblical Studies
Bible Sites


Dead Sea Scrolls

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship


Judaism

Philo of Alexandria
The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit


Orthodox Christian

The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt
Christian Classics Library
Early Church Fathers
New Advent: Fathers of the Church
The Ecole Initiative -- An On-Line Encyclopedia of Early Church History
Documents, Glossary, Essays, Images, Chronology
Medieval Sourcebook (some early stuff)
The Hall of Church History
Historic Documents of the Church
Guide to Early Church Documents
Guide to Christian Literature on the internet
New Advent: Fathers of the Church
Creeds and chronologies
St. Pachomius Library
Early Church Fathers in WinHelp format


Gospel material

Synoptic Problem
Thomas Home Page


Gnosis

Gnostic and other literature colleciton and www.gnosis.org
Dead Sea Scroll translations
Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments
Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library
Gnostic texts
The Codex II Student Resource Center