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Accordance Bible Software Original Language Collection

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) This link opens in a new window
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A digital, fully searchable, collection of 3,700 high-quality eBooks books in the Humanities.
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries This link opens in a new window
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries span over 86 volumes and is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars
Augustine: The Works of Saint Augustine This link opens in a new window
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Complete, online translation of Augustine's works.
Barth - The Digital Karl Barth Library This link opens in a new window
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Contents include the English translation of Barth's Church Dogmatics.
The original German version, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, is also included as are the first 45 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe and English translations of thirteen important texts by Barth.
Biblical Studies 2016 This link opens in a new window
Annual collections of scholarly bible and biblical related publications curated by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Biblical Studies 2017 This link opens in a new window
Annual collections of scholarly bible and biblical related publications curated by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Biblical Studies 2018 This link opens in a new window
Annual collections of scholarly bible and biblical related publications curated by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Biblical Studies 2019 This link opens in a new window
Annual collections of scholarly bible and biblical related publications curated by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Biblical Studies 2020 This link opens in a new window
Annual collections of scholarly bible and biblical related publications curated by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window
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Writing style guide used by Luther Seminary for all academic writing.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library This link opens in a new window
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Classic works of Christian literature.
EBSCO eBooks This link opens in a new window
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EBSCO eBooks held by the Luther Seminary Library.
Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible This link opens in a new window
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Offer authoritative interpretation of the earliest texts of the biblical books and related
literature.
International Critical Commentary This link opens in a new window
For over 100 years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis—linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theological—with a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.

~ From the ICC website
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
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English translations of classical Greek and Latin texts as well as the Early Church Fathers.
Luther's Works This link opens in a new window
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English translation of Luther's complete works.
Luthers Werke This link opens in a new window
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The critical edition of Luther's writings in Latin and German.
MinistryMatters This link opens in a new window
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Biblical commentaries and other full text resources.
Post-Reformation Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents from the late 15th-18th centuries.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new window
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Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600.