Bulletin for Biblical Research

https://www.ibr-bbr.org/bulletin-biblical-research

The Institute for Biblical Research has made open access the publications of its journal, Bulletin for Biblical Research. IBR is comprised of outstanding evangelical scholars who are focused on biblical research (as opposed to systematic theology, etc.). The following are the issues available:

• BBR Volume 1 (1991)
• BBR Volume 2 (1992)
• BBR Volume 3 (1993)
• BBR Volume 4 (1994)
• BBR Volume 5 (1995)
• BBR Volume 6 (1996)
• BBR Volume 7 (1997)
• BBR Volume 8 (1998)
• BBR Volume 9 (1999)
• BBR Volume 10 (2000)
• BBR Volume 11 (2001)
• BBR Volume 12 (2002)
• BBR Volume 13 (2003)
• BBR Volume 14 (2004)
• BBR Volume 15 (2005)
• BBR Volume 16 (2006)
• BBR Volume 17 (2007)
• BBR Volume 18 (2008)
• BBR Volume 19 (2009)
• BBR Volume 20 (2010)

New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS): Electronic Tradition

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/

This is a welcome resource with some well-known scholars among the translators.

From the home page:

Electronic Edition of NETS

This electronic edition contains the masters of the second printing of A New English Translation of the Septuagint, as published by Oxford University Press in 2009, including corrections and emendations made in the second printing (2009) and corrections and emendations made in June 2014.

Corrections and Emendations

• corrections and emendations made in second printing (2009)
• corrections and emendations made in June 2014

Preliminary Materials

• 00 Contents; Abbreviations; To the Reader of NETS, by Albert Pietersma and Benjamin G. Wright

Laws

• 01 Genesis, translated by Robert J. V. Hiebert
• 02 Exodus, tr. Larry J. Perkins
• 03 Leuitikon, tr. Dirk L. Büchner
• 04 Numbers, tr. Peter W. Flint
• 05 Deuteronomion, tr. Melvin K. H. Peters

Histories

• 06 Iesous, tr. Leonard J. Greenspoon
• 07 Judges, tr. Philip E. Satterthwaite
• 08 Routh, tr. Frederick W. Knobloch
• 09 1 Reigns, tr. Bernard A. Taylor
• 10 2 Reigns, tr. Bernard A. Taylor (OG) and Paul D. McLean (Kaige)
• 11 3 Reigns, tr. Paul D. McLean (Kaige) and Bernard A. Taylor (OG)
• 12 4 Reigns, tr. Paul D. McLean
• 13 1 Supplements, tr. S. Peter Cowe
• 14 2 Supplements, tr. S. Peter Cowe
• 15 1 Esdras, tr. R. Glenn Wooden
• 16 2 Esdras, tr. R. Glenn Wooden
• 17 Esther, tr. Karen H. Jobes
• 18 Ioudith, tr. Cameron Boyd-Taylor
• 19 Tobit, tr. Alexander A. Di Lella
• 20 1 Makkabees, tr. George Themelis Zervos
• 21 2 Makkabees, tr. Joachim Schaper
• 22 3 Makkabees, tr. Cameron Boyd-Taylor
• 23 4 Makkabees, tr. Stephen Westerholm

Poetic Books

• 24 Psalms (and Prayer of Manasses), tr. Albert Pietersma
• 25 Proverbs, tr. Johann Cook
• 26 Ecclesiast, tr. Peter J. Gentry
• 27 Song of Songs, tr. Jay C. Treat
• 28 Iob, tr. Claude E. Cox
• 29 Wisdom of Salomon, tr. Michael A. Knibb
• 30 Sirach, tr. Benjamin G. Wright
• 31 Psalms of Salomon, tr. Kenneth Atkinson

Prophecies

• 32 The Twelve Prophets, tr. George E. Howard
• 33 Esaias, tr. Moisés Silva
• 34 Ieremias (with Excursus on Bisectioning Ieremias), tr. Albert Pietersma and Marc Saunders
• 35 Barouch, tr. Tony S. L. Michael
• 36 Lamentations, tr. Peter J. Gentry
• 37 Letter of Ieremias, tr. Benjamin G. Wright
• 38 Iezekiel, tr. Noel Hubler
• 39 Sousanna, tr. R. Timothy McLay
• 40 Daniel, tr. R. Timothy McLay
• 41 Bel and the Dragon, tr. R. Timothy McLay

Using These Files

The files of this electronic edition are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The current version of the Adobe Reader is available at no charge.

You are free to download these files for your personal, scholarly purposes. They may not be sold or redistributed. For details, refer to the copyright information.

These files are protected: you cannot copy from them or print them. However, they are easy to search within Adobe Reader.

At this time, Oxford University Press does not have a separate electronic edition of NETS. However, NETS is currently available as a module in Accordance, and we expect that other electronic Bible databases will also license it from the Press in the future.

We have provided a list of corrections and emendations incorporated into the second printing of 2009 and a list of corrections and emendations made in June 2014. These lists are also in PDF format.

Users of these files are encouraged to report any errata to the editors.

• Albert Pietersma
• Benjamin Wright

Searches

If you download any or all of the files to a folder in your computer, you can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to search all PDF files in that folder for a word or phrase. To do this, choose "Search" from the Edit menu, type in the word or phrase you're looking for, and for browse for the directory in which you wish to search. Acrobat Reader will go through each document in order and list all of the results of the search.

Copyright

All translations and introductions are protected by copyright. A detailed copyright notice is included with each file.

Critical Editions of the Old Greek Texts

The Executive Committee of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies offers recommendations regarding the best available critical editions of Septuagint or Old Greek texts for use in scholarly discussion and development, including electronically based research.

About NETS

NETS is a new translation of the Greek Jewish Scriptures, entitled A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included Under that Title. For more information on this project, see the main NETS webpage.

A New Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible

Sometime before 2008 a group of scholars began on what is a truly mammoth task: to create a new, eclectic critical text of the Old Testament. The general editor is Ronald Hendel, who wrote an overview, "The Oxford Hebrew Bible," VT 58 (2008): 324-51.

The project has now has the name A New Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible, evidently reflecting the incorporation of criticism from a number of scholars over theoretical and practical matters.

Of particular importance for this blog is that the new edition will appear first in hard copy, but then in an open-access version that has all of the material in the (presumably) paid version. The downside is that this will take considerable time. Hendel states "a decade," but don't be surprised if it takes a good deal longer. The first book to appear will be Proverbs.

Archaeological Discovery

http://www.scirp.org/journal/ad/

I'm posting this resource because it covers many methods of archaeologically and includes religious and social archaeology.

From the website:

Archaeological Discovery (AD) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement of the study of Archaeology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Archaeological studies.

All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will immediately appear online followed by printed hard copy. The journal publishes original papers covering a wide range of fields but not limited to the following:

Aerial Archaeology

Archaeological Method and Theory

Archaeological Science

Archaeometry

Art Archaeology

Experimental Archaeology

Field Archaeology

Historical Archaeology

Island and Coastal Archaeology

Lithic Studies

Maritime Archaeology

Prehistoric Archaeology

Religious Archaeology

Social Archaeology

Underwater Archaeology

World Archaeology

Zooarchaeology

Journal: OrientLab

http://www.orientlab.net/pubs/

From the home page:

OrientLab is a peer-reviewed, multi-language series devoted to researches and reports on the archaeology and the environment of the ancient Near East, which is open to contributions of established and younger scholars from any affiliation. The series follows the policy of the open access to scientific data. OrientLab may be consulted online, downloaded or purchased in printed format.