Jewel Sage
SCRIPTURE RESOURCES

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יִרְאַ֣ת אֲדוֹנָי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
Proverbs 1:7


These are the online resources I use to study the Scriptures.
(I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)



2023/4 Torah Reading Schedule
with Commentary
Begins 10/14/2023

The Essentials

Scriptures A menu containing the entirety of the scriptural canon of the Church.
General Conference Hear the words of modern-day prophets, apostles, and general authorities.
Come, Follow Me A year-long study course, week by week, for each of the Standard Works.
Study Helps A collection of tools for the scriptures: a topical guide, Bible dictionary, reference guides, and maps.

General Scriptural Resources

BYU ScholarsArchive Archive which includes scholarly articles centered on the scriptures.
Scripture Citation Index Excellent reference tool that synthesizes all of the Standard Works, General Conference talks, Journal of Discourses speeches, and writings from Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
General Conference Corpus A search engine for all General Conference talks.
ScriptureTools.net [archive] Has statistical info of the Standard Works and has a study mode where you can read in two languages side-by-side.
Gospel Doctrine Hosts commentary on all of the Standard Works.

Bible Resources

General

Enduring Word Commentary Very detailed Bible commentary that goes chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Includes historical and cultural references that provides context for the scriptures.
Books of the Bible Bible commentaries by Ken Cayce. Excels in providing context and cross-references for verses and concepts.
Bible Study Tools You can search by verse (i.e. “1 Corinthians 12:3”) and pick the translation as well as see explanations on the verse and chapter at large.
BibleRef Select a chapter of a book and select individual verses for commentary. Similar to Bible Study Tools. This project is ongoing and incomplete but still is a valuable resource.
Blue Letter Bible Search for a particular verse and get a customizable breakdown of the original text (Hebrew/Greek) as well as cross-references and commentaries.
Bible Family Tree Interactive family tree from Adam to Jesus Christ.
intertextual.bible A tool that highlights and compares verses from different scriptural texts, ranging from the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint to the New Testament, Deuterocanonical writings, and various other Jewish texts.
Kingdom Chronology of Judah/Israel Incredibly detailed timeline of kings and prophets in Palestine (931–587 BC).

Interlinear Bibles

BibleHub Hebrew Interlinear Bible See the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament directly translated and transliterated word-for-word.
BibleHub Greek Text Analysis See the original Greek text of the New Testament directly translated and transliterated word-for-word.

Lexicon and Grammar

delitz.fr/bdb Searchable Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-English lexicon of the Hebrew Bible.
unfoldingWord Hebrew Grammar Hebrew grammar reference manual.
Bible Study Tools Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon (KJV) Full lexicon of the Hebrew Bible using Strong’s Concordance.

Book of Mormon Resources

Book of Mormon Online The website to study the Book of Mormon, bar none. Almost every verse has multiple commentaries. View facsimiles of every edition of the Book as well as the 1829 Printer’s Manuscript. Also features a map and timeline of the narrative and much more. Click here to join my study group!
Isaiah in the Book of Mormon Compares the extant Isaiah text to how it is quoted in the Book of Mormon.
Book of Mormon Central A branch of Scripture Central; a great resource for explaining (and otherwise making accessible) the Book of Mormon.
Learning to Love the Book of Mormon An excellent resource for commentary and history of the Book of Mormon. A fellow Neocite!
Book of Mormon Onomasticon A wiki for speculating the etymology of names found in the Book of Mormon.
The Plates within the Plates A very helpful infographic charting the plates used in the compilation of the Book of Mormon.

Judaism and Hebrew Resources

Sefaria Sefaria contains a near comprehensive collection of all the major works in Rabbinical Judaism. Every verse is in both Hebrew and English.
JewishEncyclopedia Contains the entirety of what is often called the best English-language encyclopedia of Judaism and Jewry.
Chabad’s Torah Recitation Trainer Interactive tool that plays a recitation of a chapter in the Torah where you can follow along word-by-word.
A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament [PDF] An extremely detailed and thoroughly-referenced lexicon of the Hebrew Bible based on the lexicon of William Gesenius. This link is a PDF (1148 pages) of the book, edited by Francis Brown, D.D. D.litt.
Niqqud Tool This tool applies vowel markings to words in Hebrew. It's accurate about 90–95% of the time.
HebrewSyntax.Org A collection of useful Biblical Hebrew lectures, PDFs, and Anki decks.
JewishAnswers.org Answers to common questions about Judaism.
Talmud Starter Kit Excellent series of links to aid in the study of the Talmud.

Miscellaneous