The following websites are a selection of online resources, available free and open access, for research on Levantine (“biblical”) archaeology and the Bible in its ancient world. We have listed mainly high quality and non-confessional resources in English that are accessible to the general public, and which we believe will be of most value to the readers of The Bible and Interpretation.
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible
American Society of Overseas Research
American Society of Overseas Research, Affiliated Archaeological Projects
Archaeological Institute of America, Glossary
Bar-Ilan University, Institute of Archaeology
Biblical Archaeology Society, Digs
Israel Science and Technology Directory, Archaeology
Israeli Institute of Archaeology
Tel Aviv University, Institute of Archaeology
The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Institute of Archaeology
The Jerusalem Post, Archaeology
The Times of Israel, Archaeology
University of Haifa, The Zinman Institute of Archaeology
Wikipedia’s List of Archaeological Sites in Israel and Palestine
Photos of the Land of the Bible
Hebrew and Greek Languages and Texts
Accordance Bible Software (free trial, paid modules)
Ancient Inscriptions from Israel/Palestine
Codex Alexandrinus on Archive.org
Codex Leningrad on Archive.org
DICTA: Analytical Tools for Hebrew texts
DigiVatLib: The Digitization Project of the Vatican Library
Ma'agarim: The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language
SHEBANQ: System for HEBrew Text: ANnotations for Queries and Markup
Society of Biblical Literature Greek New Testament
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
The Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer
The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Library
The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
Bibles in English and Other Modern Languages
New English Translation of the Septuagint
Resources for Biblical and Related Texts and Scholarship
ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Logos Bible Software (free app, paid modules)
Sefaria: A Living Library of Torah
Learned Societies for Biblical and Related Scholarship
American Society of Overseas Research
Association for Jewish Studies
Catholic Biblical Association of America
European Association of Biblical Studies
International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament
National Association of Professors of Hebrew
Society of Biblical Literature
The International Organization for Qumran Studies
The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
The Society for New Testament Studies
The Society for Old Testament Study
Bibliographic Resources
Agade Archive and Agade Mailing List: Compiled and distributed by Jack M. Sasson. Valuable source of news and information of interest to scholars in Ancient Near East, biblical studies, late antiquity, Judaica, classics, and archaeology including announcements of new and forthcoming publications. To subscribe to Agade by email send a blank email to listserv [at] unc.edu, and include (as subject and in first line): subscribe agade.
American Theological Library Association Websites on Religion LibGuide
AWOL: The Ancient World Online
BiBIL: Bibliographie biblique informatisée de Lausanne
Biblical Studies and Technological Tools
Biblical Studies Carnival Master List
Biblical Studies Journal Alerts
Charles Conroy’s Biblical Bibliographies and Related Material
KeiBi: Keilschriftbibliographie
OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism
RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
The Orion Center’s On-Line Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography
Sources for Open Access Books and Articles
AWOL’s List of Open Access Ancient Language Textbooks, OERs, and Primers
AWOL’s List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies
AWOL’s List of Open Access Monograph Series in Ancient Studies
Directory of Open Access Books
Directory of Open Access Journals
Open Access Digital Theological Library
Many scholars upload their publications to Academia.edu, Humanities Commons, and/or Research Gate.