Listed below are some full-text Biblical manuscripts found online:
One of the oldest monastic libraries in the world the library’s valuable holdings illustrate the development of European culture and document the cultural achievements of the Monastery of St. Gall from the 7th century until the dissolution of the Abbey in the year 1805. The core of the library is its manuscript collection with its preeminent corpus of Carolingian-Ottonian manuscripts (8th to 11th century), a significant collection of incunabula, and an accumulated store of printed works from the 16th century to the present day
Bible history is a place to find maps, images, helpful tools, and basic information about people, places, and events in the ancient world. The knowledge of the historical background of the Bible is essential to a comprehensive understanding of the Scriptures.
Includes original texts of classic Christian writings.
Provides electronic access to texts about and images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt. Topics include early Christianity, women & children, and slaves.
A good collection of links to information about and online texts of Christian primary sources dating from 30 to 250 CE. By Peter Kirby, a student at Fullerton College in California
Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history.
A comprehensive collection of books on religion, mythology, and folklore with over 1700 books.
John Foxe’s protestant martyrology. Original editions can be viewed online.
A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE. The link goes to primary source documents.
Documents pertaining to the Greco-Roman world's history, literature, and culture.
Some writers represented are Thomas Paine, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, John Wesley, and Jonathan Swift.
The following resources are part of the Waggoner library collection. Search these sources using names, keywords, or type of resource (e.g., sermon) you are researching.
The ATLA Digital Library brings together digital collections of scholarly, historical, and cultural significance that are relevant to the study, teaching, and learning of religion and theology. Historical manuscripts, including letters and sermons, written by or about important religious or theological figures. Digital reproductions of photographs, paintings, woodcuts, and other artistic works related to religious leaders and movements, places of worship, and religious historical events.
14 Vol.of ancient history from Prehistory to Late Antiquity. Written in a narrative style use indexes within each volume to locate your topic. These can be checked out.
8 volume history of medieval Europe from 500 to 1500 AD. Written in a narrative style use indexes within each volume to locate your topic. These can be checked out.
A comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery covering the world from 1450 to 1945. 13 Vol. Written in a narrative style use indexes within each volume to locate your topic. These can be checked out.
Dissertations are great ways to locate primary and secondary resource citations. Review the Literature Review and References list for possible sources. Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to get sources, not in the library's collection.
The Loeb Classical Library, founded by James Loeb, 1911, includes epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church Fathers who made particular use of pagan culture — in short, our entire Greek and Latin Classical heritage is represented here with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations. These can be checked out.
The Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library (WHDL) database contains free multidisciplinary digital resources: Books, articles, and other papers, Multimedia materials, Archival content, and Scholarly resources.
The following resources are part of the Waggoner library collection. Search these sources using names, keywords, or type of resource (e.g., sermon) you are researching.
Browse by a primary source, topic, and by time period—from eight historical periods relevant specifically to African-American history. Slave narratives, maps, audio, and video are some of the types of resources found here.
The documents included in this collection are firsthand accounts, battlefront perspectives, personal artifacts, insightful correspondence, and notable papers.
This primary source collection contains virtually every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in America over a 160-year period.
