LibGuides: Religion: Primary Sources

Online Primary Text and Document Resources

Jewish Life in America This link opens in a new window
Primary source material and images that document the history of Jewish communities in America from the 17th century until the mid-20th century.
Hathi Trust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
A collaborative project of several major research libraries in the U.S. to create a comprehensive library of digital library materials. HathiTrust draws its digital content from Google Books and other projects. Includes early Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Islamic texts.

The Fathers of the Church (New Advent)
This ever-expanding series presents a comprehensive list of translated works by early Christian theologians, scholars, and teachers.
Online books of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
Comprehensive compilation of books and works by Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo hosted and maintained by the University of Pennsylvania libraries.
Internet History Sourcebook Project
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented for educational use by Fordham University. Contains a comprehensive selection of primary source documents, maps, secondary sources, bibliographies, images, and music. The site is divided up into sections featuring documents from Ancient History, Medieval Studies, and Modern History as well as subject specific sourcebooks on African, East Asian, Global, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, Lesbian and Gay, Science, and Women's History.

Reed Library Greek and Latin Databases

Database of Latin Dictionaries This link opens in a new window
A searchable database comprised of: 1) dictionaries to assist translation from Latin into modern languages, 2) dictionaries providing semantic and etymological explanations in Latin of Latin words, and 3) historical Latin dictionaries.
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Digital Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Greek and Latin, with English translations for every Loeb edition in print, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content.
Library of Latin Texts (Series A and B Cross-search) Brepolis This link opens in a new window
A tool that can be used to cross-search Library of Latin Texts Series A and B.
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Library of Latin Texts - Series A, Brepolis This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database of Latin texts, containing over 3,000 texts classified under 900 authors, spanning from the patristic and medieval periods through Antiquity and the early-modern and modern eras.
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Library of Latin Texts - Series B, Brepolis This link opens in a new window
See above. (For Series A, research was done to verify facts relating to the texts, such as the authorial attribution or chronological dating. For Series B, the materials have been taken directly from existing editions.)
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Patrologia Latina This link opens in a new window
An electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844-1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862-1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. Contains the complete work, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Can be cross searched with the Acta Sanctorum database.
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
All users must create a user account to access this resource. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is a digital library of Greek literature that includes texts of Greek literature from Homer (8th century BCE) to the fall of Constantinople (1453 CE).

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