Narrative Lectionary Resources

• Narrative Lectionary Home Page
  Home page for Narrative Lectionary resources
• Narrative Lectionary FAQ
  Explains what the Narrative Lectionary is together readings and resources
• Narrative Lectionary Four Year Overview
  A good way to look ahead to get details on upcoming readings
• The Text This Week Narrative Lectionary Resources
  The Narrative Lectionary counterpart to Jenee Woodard’s The Text This Week site. Not a lot here, yet, but could develop into a good resource

Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) Texts

• United Church of Christ Lectionary Texts
  Lectionary readings hosted by the United Church of Christ (use the drop-down list at the top of the page to access the readings).  Each day’s reading also includes commentary and other useful material. The site lists readings for each church season (roughly).  To view Lectionary texts for the entire year (or beyond), see the Vanderbilt Lectionary Site below.
• Revised Common Lectionary from the Vanderbilt Divinity Library
  The Vanderbilt Lectionary Site hosts all the readings for the Lectionary’s entire three-year cycle.  In the site’s own words, “The online Revised Common Lectionary is a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, a division of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library of Vanderbilt University. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.”
• The Consultation on Common Texts
  The Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) is the body that produces the Lectionary readings for each Sunday.  In the CCT’s own words, it is “an ecumenical consultation of liturgical scholars and denominational representatives from the United States and Canada, who produce liturgical texts for use in common by North American Christian Churches.  A noted work of the CCT is the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL).  The CCT meets biannually in New York on the campus of the General Theological Seminary.”

Revised Common Lectionary Commentaries

• The Text This Week
  Jenee Woodard’s The Text This Week is a huge compilation of Lectionary resources.  (Click on the link directly below the date to access the Lectionary resources for that date.)  In her own words, “this site features a wide variety of resources for study and liturgy based on the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle. I  am intentionally including a diverse variety of resources for scripture study, reflection and liturgy, and purposefully not restricting the resources to any particular theological/ideological position, including my own.”

Bible Translations

• BibleStudyTools.com – Bible Versions
  Full-featured study site with many Bible translations (NRSV, KJV, NIV, TNIV and many, many more), reference tools, and more.  Many of the study tools listed under “Bible Study Tools” below are from this site
• BibleGateway.com
  Another site with Bibles and reference tools, but what makes BibleGateway special is the selection of audio Bibles.
• Ken Collins’ Survey of English Bible Translations
  Ken Collins is a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) pastor, and his Web site has lots of interesting and extremely useful Bible study aids.  One really outstanding section on his site is his guide to English Bible translations, which contains a very inclusive list of translations with pros and cons of each.  This is a great introduction to the history of the Bible in English and a terrific place to start if you’re looking for a new Bible translation.
• Bible Basics – Pronunciation
  This site features both a pronunciation guide and audio files for Bible names and places. With the audio files, you can actually hear the pronunciation of names from Artaxerxes to Zerubbabel.

Bible Study Tools

• NET Bible (Study Bible)
  The NET Bible is a modern scholarly translation with more than 60,000 footnotes.  You’ll also find study tools at the NET Bible site.
• Nave’s Topical Bible (Concordance)
  Nave’s Topical Concordance lists the important topics in the Bible (such as “love,” “salvation,” and so on) and the key verses where these topics are discussed.  Browsing Nave’s often works better than searching.
• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Cross Reference)
  The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is a huge cross-reference.  You choose a book, chapter, and verse and you’ll see links to other Bible verses that are related to the target verse.
• Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament (Commentary on Greek)
  Robertson’s Word Pictures is a commentary on the Greek language used in New Testament, but you’ll find general commentary too.
• New Testament Greek Lexicon (Greek Lexicon)
  A New Testament English-Greek dictionary.  Type in a Greek transliteration or English word and search.
• Bible Maps
  Superior collection of maps from the NET Bible site.