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Literature Research/ Bibliographische Recherche:

National Libraries and Bibliographic Research Tools --- Nationalbibliotheken und Dienste zur Literaturrecherche

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. --- http://www.loc.gov/index.html

ATLA  - American Theological Library Association Home Page --- http://www.atla.com/atlahome.html

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Germany --- http://www.d-nb.de/

Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK), Karlsruhe, Germany --- http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html

BILDI --- Theologische Literaturdokumentation der Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria --- http://www.uibk.ac.at/bildi/

Index theologicus, Tübingen, Germany --- http://www.ixtheo.de/

VThK - Virtueller Katalog Theologie und Kirche --- http://www.vthk.de/

Verband kirchlich-wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken --- http://www.vkwb.de/

United Bible Societies --- http://www.biblesociety.org/

Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany --- http://www.dbg.de/

Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart, Germany --- https://www.bibelwerk.de/home

ETANA/ABZU Ancient Near Eastern literature resources from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Ill., USA --- http://oi.uchicago.edu/ and http://www.etana.org/

Special Research Collections and Text Editions in the Internet --- Spezielle Forschungsdatenbanken und Textausgaben im Internet

Aleppo Codex --- http://www.aleppocodex.org/homepage.html

Codex Leningradensis --- http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/biblical_manuscripts/LeningradCodex.shtml

Codex Sinaiticus --- http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/en/

Ancient texts related to the Bible --- http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/ancient_texts/

Biblical Art on the web --- http://www.biblical-art.com/index.htm

The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, including the State Archives of Assyria online --- http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/

The Great Isaiah Scroll --- http://www.imj.org.il/shrine_center/Isaiah_Scrolling/index.html

The Temple Scroll --- http://www.imj.org.il/shrine_center/temple_scrolling/index.html

Professional Societies and Similar Institutions --- Berufsverbände und ähnliche Organisationen

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) --- http://www.sbl-site.org/sitemap.aspx

American Association of Religion (AAR) --- http://www.aarweb.org/

American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) --- http://www.asor.org/

Biblical Archaeology Society  (BAS) --- http://www.bib-arch.org/

European Association of Biblical Studies --- http://www.eabs.net/

Israel Antiquities Authority --- http://www.antiquities.org.il/

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) --- http://www.dainst.org/index_37d6b23ebb1f14a165370017f0000011_de.html

Deutsches Evangelisches Institut (DEIAHL) --- http://www.deiahl.de/

Lexicons and Theological Dictionaries --- Lexika und theologische Wörterbücher

– Biblical background information:

a) free access:

b) login required (via library or other institutional accounts):

• Theologische Realenzyklopädie:
• Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception:

– Hebrew and Aramaic

– Greek

– Thesauri, exegetical glossaries

Unicode:

What is Unicode, and why use it? --- Was Sie über Unicode wissen und warum Sie es benutzen sollten

The Unicode Consortium: What Is Unicode? --- http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html and http://www.unicode.org/standard/tutorial-info.html

Penn State University information on Unicode and Hebrew: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/hebrew.html

SIL unicode information resources --- http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&cat_id=Unicode

Alan Wood's Unicode Resources --- http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/

Unicode Standard Homepage

The Unicode Consortium --- http://www.unicode.org/

The latest Unicode definition standard is Unicode 6.0.0: http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/

Definition charts --- http://www.unicode.org/charts/

Unicode Fonts --- Unicode-Schriftarten

You will find a selection of unicode-compliant fonts on the following websites --- Auf den folgenden Webseiten finden Sie eine Auswahl unicode-kompatibler Schriftarten:

Alan Wood's Unicode Resources --- http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/

Society of Biblical Literature Font Resources --- http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/biblicalfonts.aspx

SIL Unicode Fonts:  General Download Page --- http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&cat_id=FontDownloads

           a) Hebrew --- Hebräisch http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&item_id=EzraSIL_Home 

           b) Greek --- Griechisch http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&item_id=SILgrkuni

The Titus Cyberbit Basic Font, also good for transliteration: --- Download: http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/tituut.asp Documentation: http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/indexe.htm

Hebrew and other Semitic language support and recommended font lists--- http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/hebrew.html, http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts-middle-eastern.html

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts-middle-eastern.html#imperialaramaic, http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts-middle-eastern.html#phoenician

Meanwhile, even cuneiform has been added to the Unicode standard definitions, and some very nice cuneiform fonts are available from the common Hittitology homepage of the Universities of Mainz and Würzburg:

Unicode Conversion Tools and Keyboard Enhancement --- Unicode-Konvertierungsprogramme und Tastaturlayouts

SIL Conversion Resources --- SIL http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&cat_id=EncConvRes  and SIL Reprise (for Legacy fonts only) http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Reprise

Multikey --- http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/multikey/

 UniqTitus --- http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/tituutk.asp

Biblical Texts in Unicode

Codex Leningradensis with punctuation, also transliteration and English translation --- http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/tan/index.htm

Hebrew Bible/TNK without punctuation --- http://www.ccel.org/a/anonymous/hebrewot/home.html

Hebrew Bible (Masoretic text) both with and without punctuation and cantillation marks --- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/c/ct/c0.htm, access to all Bible editions through the start page: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/

Rabbinic and Other Hebrew and Aramaic Sources in Unicode --- Rabbinische und andere hebräische und aramäische Unicode-Texte

Talmud (Mishnah, Toseftah, Babli, Yerushalmi) --- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/ and http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/b0.htm

more resources to follow soon