Showing posts with label Online Texts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Online Texts. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Dead Sea Scrolls Going Digital on Internet

"Scholars and anyone with an Internet connection will be able to take a new look into the Biblical past through an online archive of high-resolution images of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls."

Monday, September 27, 2010

British Library Posts Greek Manuscripts to Web

"The British Library said Monday that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-strong collection of handwritten Greek texts available online free of charge, something curators there hope will be a boon to historians, biblical scholars and students of classical Greece alike."

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Cambridge University to Digitise Faith and Science Library Collections

"Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls are among the jewels in the Cambridge University library that may soon be made available digitally."

Thursday, July 16, 2009

JISC Helps to Bring Key Islamic Resources Online

"Two of the oldest known copies of the Qur’an will be available to researchers and scholars across the world today (8 July 2009) – as part of a major project to digitise one of the richest collections of Eastern manuscripts. The two Qur'ans, one of which may date from the 7th century A.D, are part of the priceless Mingana Collection, which is housed by the University of Birmingham."

This is actual site of the Virtual Manuscript Room where the Qur'ans are found online.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Historic Bible Pages Put Online

"Visitors to the website www.codexsinaiticus.org can now see images of more than half the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript."