Writing Resources
How to Write a Thesis Statement (PDF)
Tips+for+Writing+a+Thesis+Statement.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [245.2 KB]
Tips+for+Writing+a+Thesis+Statement.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [245.2 KB]
Research Essay Grading / Assessment Rubric (Word)
Research Essay Grading and Assessment Ru[...]
Microsoft Word document [29.0 KB]
Research Essay Grading and Assessment Ru[...]
Microsoft Word document [29.0 KB]
- Link to download Zotero
(Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you
collect, organize, cite, and share research.)
Style Guides
- Link to download University of Oxford Style Guide
(PDF)
(a guide to writing and formatting documents in British English)
Online Bibles
- Link to Bibeln.se (Svenska 2000)
- Link to BibleGateway.com (SFB2015, nuBibeln, SV1917)
(obs. commentaries are NOT research quality)
- Link to BibleStudyTools.com (obs. commentaries are NOT research quality)
- Link to BlueLetterBible.org (obs. commentaries are NOT research quality)
- Link to Jewish Study Bible
Biblical Languages
- Link to download
SBL Hebrew and Greek fonts
(for Hebrew keyboard, choose SIL layout)
- Link to Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon (NAS)
- Link to New English Translation of the Septuagint
(LXX, ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible)
- Link to New Testament Greek Lexicon (NAS)
Research Quality Online Resources: Biblical Studies
Old & New Testament
- Link to HarperCollins Bible Dictionary
- Link to EnterTheBible.org
(Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, USA, faculty produced commentary of each biblical book)
- Link to Oxford Biblical Studies Online: Commentaries
(Some information free, some with free 30-day trial, some through subscription)
(Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, USA, faculty produced commentary of each biblical book)
- Link to Oxford Biblical Studies Online: Reference Works
(Some information free, some with free 30-day trial, some through subscription)
- Link to Glossary for technical terms in biblical studies (SBL)
Old Testament
- Link to Chronology of the Old Testament (Oxford)
- Link to Ralph W. Klein’s website: The Old Testament and the Ancient Near East (Professor Emeritus, The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)
Open Access Information with Links
About open access resource and access to restricted material
VID Specialized University's Senior Librarian, Nina Sundnes Drønen, developed a survey of open access resources (with hyperlinks to online resources; current through June 2018).
Open resources 07.06.2018.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [574.3 KB]
VID Specialized University's Senior Librarian, Nina Sundnes Drønen, developed a survey of open access resources (with hyperlinks to online resources; current through June 2018).
Open resources 07.06.2018.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [574.3 KB]
Research Quality Online Resources: Theology/Philosophy
- Link to St. John's Timeline
(illustrated video content from over 100 specialists in theology and philosophy)
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