Wellesley College Library Resources

General

• Research Guide for Religion
• Research Guide for East Asian Studies
• Research Guide for Jewish Studies
• Research Guide for Middle Eastern Studies

Journals

• American Jewish History
• Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
  An electronic journal featuring peer-reviewed, scholarly articles, book reviews, commentary, and project reports on the study of Jewish and Christian Biblical texts. Published by Emory University.
• Journal of Early Christian Studies
  Library subscribes to printed version.
• The Journal of the History of Ideas
  Library subscribes to printed version.
• Modern Judaism
  Library subscribes to printed version.
• Prooftexts
• Union Seminary Quarterly Review
  A Journal of Religion and Theology published by Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University in the City of New York.

Bible Study

• Bible Gateway
  Another bible-search engine covering seven languages and multiple bible versions.
• The ARFTL Project: Multilingual Bibles
  A search engine covering parallel versions of the Bible.
• Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
  An electronic journal featuring peer-reviewed, scholarly articles, book reviews, commentary, and project reports on the study of Jewish and Christian Biblical texts. Published by Emory University.
• Search Specific Bible:
  • The New Testament (Rheims 1582)
  • King James Version
  • Martin Luther's Die Bibel
  • Revised Standard Edition

Buddhism

• Buddhist Studies Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei
• Collection of Asian Studies Social Sciences Resources
• Buddhist Studies WWW VL
• Journal of Buddhist Ethics
• Journal of Buddhist Ethics -- Global Resources For Buddhist Studies
• Asian Studies World Web Virtual Library
• Ancient China. Exploring Ancient World Cultures.

Christianity

• Book Of Mormon
  A searchable electronic version of the Book of Mormon, a primary text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Encyclopedia Coptica
  Information and links regarding The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt.
• Orion Center For the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea Exhibit at the Library of Congress
• Summa Theologica
  by St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by the fathers of the English Dominican Province

Islam 

• Early Islam - Exploring Ancient World Cultures
  Contains essays, anthology, chronology, bibliographic resources, and links to related web sites.

Judaism

• Judaica Collection
• Judaism and Jewish Resources (Shamash Home Page)
• The Khazaria Info Center
  Celebrating 2000 years of Jewish Life in Russia.
• Orion Center For the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea Exhibit at the Library of Congress
• Taylor-Schechter Unit Home Page
  Cambridge University Library, the home page of the Taylor-Schetchter Genizah Research Unit.
• Witches in the Bible and in the Talmud
  by Meir Bar-Ilan. This essay is meant to examine the female aspect of Jewish witchcraft in the ancient era.

Hinduism

• Ancient India - Exploring Ancient World Cultures
  Contains essays, anthology, chronology, bibliographic resources, and links to related web sites.
• Hindu Electronic Scriptures Reference Center
  Provides the full texts in English translation of several ancient Hindu writings, including the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Bhagavad Gita.

Mythology

• Myths and Legends
  Aside from the General and Creatures of Myth and Legend sections, these links are organized by region and language group, with those groups which produced written accounts of their myths and legends earlier, generally appearing closer to the beginning."
• The Encyclopedia Mythica
  A searchable database of general information about mythology, folklore, and legends.
• Japanese Folk Tales
  A few synopses of some of the most well known Japanese folk tales as well as resources to full text tales and legends.
• Greek Mythololgy
  Sparse tales told with a few pictures.
• Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas
  A page dedicated to Germanic mythology and culture, especially Old Norse.
• Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Mythology
  A page dedicated to Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Native American, Sumerian, and Asian mythology.

Philosophy & Philosophy of Religion

• Encyclopedia of Religion and Philosophy
• Guide to Philosophy on the Internet