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The sacred text of Christianity, the Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament form the foundation of our understanding of God's Story and Our Story. It is the core of all Christian education programs.
Here you will find:
- Description of Bible translations
- Bible Study methods, materials and ideas
- Links to a multitude of bible study resources
- Methods of theological reflection
- and more . . .
Here you will find:
- Description of Bible translations
- Bible Study methods, materials and ideas
- Links to a multitude of bible study resources
- Methods of theological reflection
- and more . . .
Files:
- Bible Translations - A brief overview of the different types of Bible translations.
- Exploring the Ten Commandments - An exercise for exploring what the Ten Commandments might be if we, as individuals, had to write them. From Dr. Louie Crew, Rutger's University.
- Bible Study Playing Cards - A deck of cards (you can make this with index cards) with questions. These can be used with any group doing a bible or book study that wants to try a different approach to discussion or if the regular/assigned leader for the session is absent.
- Ancient Mesopotamia - Mesopotamia, an ancient Greek term meaning "the land between rivers," is considered to be the cradle of civilization because this is where we find the origins of agriculture, written language, and cities. Chosen from the Mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, this website tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia now present-day Iraq - a story shared by all humans. A good source if studying the Old Testament, especially Genesis.
- Choosing a Children's Bible - This article on Gretchen Wolff Pritchard's blog is an excellent review of how to choose a children's bible and offers some great suggestions.
- Interactive Bible Maps - Bible maps are essential to understanding the relationships between the people and places in the stories of the Bible. These Flash-based interactive Bible maps allow you to explore this entire collection and zoom in and out of the maps. Click on the legend and the related information is highlighted in the map viewing window. From the American Bible Society.
- The Bible and the Qu'ran - The integral texts of the Bible and the Qu'ran alongside each other on one website allows you to search the texts using any word to compare them. The site appears in Dutch, English and Arabic at the same time. The objective of the site is to build a bridge between Muslims and Christians.
- What Would Judas Do? - Deidre Good, professor of New Testament at the General Theological Seminary discusses some of the theological issues raised by the rediscovery of the Gospel of Judas. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.
- Resources for Biblical Studies - A compilation of numerous online resources compiled by Bernard Bell that covers various bible translations, bible software, e-books, academic resources, journals, hymnals, photos, maps and more.
- Psalms of Life - These new prayers are written in the form of "psalms" for public or private use, and are grouped under 5 headings of: the world, work, worship, praise, and devotion. Using some familiar words or prayers as well as ideas and images used by Christians today, these are prayers about our daily life. They can be used as a refreshing way to enliven worship, in formal as well as informal settings, or they can help an individual to widen their personal prayers. Many of them were written for specific occasions in a church, or other meeting. Written by John Hammersley, a retired Anglican priest.
- Sacred Texts Timeline - This is a timeline which gives the history of sacred texts, as well as a few other relevant events. Of course, not all of the dates in this timeline are accurate; some are entirely conjectural. The author has included a few dates, events and documents which are or may be entirely fictional. Links on this page are to resources at this site, not to external sites.
- World Digital Library - Supported by UNESCO, this is a project to provide primary sources from other countries and cultures free of charge, and is offered in seven different languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, and Russian. The design of the website is easy to navigate and very interactive, with its map of the world and timeline beneath it. Moving either of the lime green bars on the left and right of the timeline will change the images on the world map above it, and will provide images of the time period chosen when clicked. Each image is explained in whichever of the seven languages chosen in which to view the site, but any language that appears in the image remains in its original language. At the top of the page, visitors can choose to browse by "Place", "Time", "Topic", "Type of Item", and "Institution". The image quality is excellent, and once chosen, the image can be zoomed in on and panned. Thumbnails of similar items to the image chosen are also provided underneath the image.