Al-Maktaba "Bibliyutiq"

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Gets wearing putting these up as separate entries. Let me throw a collection of primarily religion focussed references into a single heap. Please feel free to suggest additions - though I would ask if you feel like an atheist / antitheist library start your own.

To begin:

Here you find biblical texts in a variety of versions and source languages; the search works well::

[http://biblos.com/]

Here, very useful to anyone wants to know what various Christian organizations actually claim:

[http://www.creeds.net/]

Some texts with very diverse viewpoints:

The Little Flowers - stories from the glory days of St Francis and his buds:

[http://aren.org/prison/documents/religion/Religion/The%20Little%20Flowers%20of%20St.%20Francis%20of%20Assisi.pdf]

Richard Rolle, Middle English hermit - on the ecstatic side:

[http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/Rolle.html]

The Cloud od Unknowing - anonymous Middle English, heavy mysticism

[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/anonymous2/cloud.toc.html ]


Annie - unusual set of 20th century visions

http://lovestthoume.com/AnniesVisionsmenu.html

Sir Thomas Browne - English cutting edge scientist and doctor from the 17th century

[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/relmed/relmed.html]

Simone Weil - somewhat unusual take on philosophy and the divine:

[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102841384]

For a change of pace, this will lead to some of the Jataka tales.

http://www.buddhanet.net/bt_conts.htm

Sure, given my orientation and background most of the selections will be Western Christian - but far be it from me toi be inclusive:

http://rumi.org.uk/poems.html

Luther approved this one: - the Theologia Germanica

http://www.passtheword.org/DIALOGS-FROM ... eogrm1.htm

Jewish Publication Society Bible
- Translations in: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS, and Kaplan -
http://www.breslov.com/bible/bible.htm

Thanks and a tip of the Philologos hat to MarketandChurch - and while we are in that neck of the woods, hdere is some Talmud for you:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/talmud.htm

The Christian Classics Ethereal Library - the go-to source for the writings of the Church Fathers, and other significant writers.

A tip of me titfer to Natty Boh -

and while we are speaking of Kallistos Ware, here the Philokalia:

[http://www.scribd.com/doc/22006204/Philokalia-Complete-Text]

which since it is not for the faint of heart on their first steps, you mnay want to start with The Way of a Pilgrim [http://www.amazon.com/Way-Pilgrim-Continues-His/dp/0060630175] which some have found valuable.

I have not found an online text yet. WORKING as the Enterprise computer used to say.

The Gospel of Thomas - posted in tribute to my sainted mother, who found it very interersting:


Of course, I would go for this version - I like to see the original, and Coptic is a great language:

http://gospel-thomas.net/gtbypage_112702.pdf

But for those NOT linguistically inclined, if you can't find a site to suit on THIS page: [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/thomas.html] you ain't trying.

Because one was just asking how you get to be a Hindu [no, I can't answer the question], have some Vedic material:

[http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/rigintro.asp]

I didn't see this, but thank you! It has been a journey learning Genesis, I still have the daunting task of 4 more books with commentary to understand, accompanied by my slow learning of hebrew so the worry was that the talmud would be saved for another lifetime but I'm seeing that it will probably make a great accompanyment as I revisit Genesis (before coving Exodus.)

My pleasure.

There is some incredible stuff out there, in the original [be still, my heart! I would have thought I dierd and went to heaven in my teens] as well as translation.

Try here as well or instead for Rumi - the translations are more direct and som of the Persian text is included, allowing for quality checking.

Another slightly unconventional addition to our set of readings"

An ex-Quaker makes for a different take. Othere works on site.

http://alampthatburns.net/smith/unselfi ... ntents.htm