Resources

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

(Vernon Law [baseball player] in Sports Legends on Success)

Caveat: I cannot guarantee the quality of information contained in all of the links listed below. Be prudent in your use of these resources. Please ask me to examine the sites about which you're not sure.

Before consulting these and other resources, look in the course books for a bibliography (or bibliographies), usually found at the end of the book or sometimes at the end of a chapter or section. Check also the footnotes or endnotes for significant sources.

Resources for Na courses

Bible

Videos in our AV Department: search under "Religion" (subject) in the catalog.

• Early Christian Writings (good collection of primary & secondary sources)

>	The Anchor Bible Dictionary
>	Encyclopaedia Judaica
>	Harper’s Bible Dictionary
>	The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible
>	Oxford Bible Atlas (very helpful for map assignments)
	Additional study aids

	Biblical & extra-biblical texts
	Bible Gateway (basic Bible study tools)
	Bible research tools (links & reviews for many resources)
	Biblical Studies (great resources in abundance!)
	The NET Bible (electronic Bible, lots of resources); also NET Bible
	Study Bible (electronic Bible, lots of notes & commentaries)
	Bible Software: word searches in many versions (including foreign languages); free downloads
	Bible Tutor (great for review & exploration)
	Bible Study Tools

#	Video: "The Bible as Western Culture" in our AV Department (6 tapes; see esp. tapes 1-3).
	R-drive: "NOAB" in the "Religion" folder (New Oxford Annotated Bible, quick search function [concordance], excellent map program)

	Bible Places (pictorial library)
	Nicene Creed & Apostles' Creed (with historical notes)
	Contradictions in the Bible & Responses

Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

	Ancient Near East (texts, quizzes, chronology)
	OT Gateway (great resources)
#	Video: "The Bible as Literature" in our AV Department (2 tapes).

New Testament

>	Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
>	Dictionary of Paul and His Letters
>	Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
>	Synopsis of the Four Gospels (see also the Greek-English version)
	The NT Gateway (great resources for NT + much more; best site of this kind)
	Synopsis (canonical Gospels + much more) Synoptic Gospels (in English; see "Sample Synopsis" at bottom) Synoptic Gospels (in English; M & Q) Synoptic Gospels (in Greek)

	From Jesus to Christ (PBS program on historical Jesus--amazing site full of info; videos in AV) Jesus and Superman (comparison of 2 myths) The Search for Jesus (Q & A on Jesus; lots of resources; ask contemporary scholars your Qs) Jesus Seminar forum (Rutgers University) Westar Institute (home of Jesus Seminar)

	Early Jewish Writings (great primary sources)
	Early Christian Writings (great primary sources)

	The Greeks (amazing interactive learning site)
	Ancient History (great info & links; try links for Socrates, Alexander, Caesar & Jesus)
	The Roman Empire (texts, quizzes, chronology)
	The Gospel of Thomas (in English)

Christianity

Faith & Reason (PBS program: genetics, evolution, cosmology, technology)

Theology & worship

>	Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
>	The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship
	Catechism of the Catholic Church (full text)
	CRTA (Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics)
	Reformed distinctives (PDF) ("Essential Tenets and Reformed Distinctives")
	Augustine of Hippo (great resources for Augustine research)
	Calvin: The Institutes of the Christian Religion (old translation)
	PC(USA) Creeds and Confessions

Faith & reason

>	The Encyclopedia of Religion
	Lewis, C. S., Mere Christianity (simple yet profound exposition of Christianity)
	Christian History Tutor (great for review & exploration)
	American Atheists (official Web site for this national organization)
	Exploring Religions (Intro to Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism)
	Faith & Reason (PBS program: genetics, evolution, cosmology, technology)

Inquiry 111

	Plato's works
	Faith & Reason (PBS program: genetics, evolution, cosmology, technology)
	Locke (& Hobbes)
	Population count

Inquiry et cetera

	Inquiry stuff (universe, microscopy, Malthus)
	Earth from space

Miscellaneous

	Elements of Style (Strunk's first edition; full of writing tips)
	English Matters (Kang Na's collection of common mistakes in English)
	The Grammar Lady
	Ultimate Style: the Rules of Writing (very practical A–Z list; lots of good examples)
	Refdesk (great source of facts & info)
	Writing research papers (MLA)
	Wikipedia (the brave new world of encyclopedia; read the "Disclaimer")
	CGFA (virtual art museum)