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A curated list of awesome resources for developers (and other nerds) working with biblical texts and related tools
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  • Formats

  • Biblical Corpora

    • Hebrew

      • ETCBC Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Amstelodamensis (BHSa) - NC 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) — A Hebrew Bible Database and [Text-Fabric](#text-fabric) version of the database, containing the BHS text of the Hebrew Bible augmented with linguistic annotations compiled by the [Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC), VU University Amsterdam](http://etcbc.nl). Available in [source repo](https://github.com/ETCBC/bhsa). The ETCBC has also shared a number of other great biblical and extrabiblical texts such as the [Peshitta](https://github.com/ETCBC/peshitta) (Syriac OT) along with the [Syriac NT](https://github.com/ETCBC/syrnt) and the [Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS)](https://github.com/ETCBC/dss).
      • Open Bibles Hebrew Leningrad Codex - SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) *or* ![Public Domain](https://img.shields.io/badge/Public-Domain-brightgreen) — GitHub repository of public domain and freely (libre) licensed Bibles in XML formats (including [USFX](#usfx), [OSIS](#osis), and [Zefania](#zefania)). Hebrew Leningrad Codex available in [USFX](#usfx) format.
      • Open Hebrew Bible
      • OSIS Bibles - bible/bible/tree/master/he) include Aleppo Codex, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) tagged with Strong's numbers, and Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC).
      • Sefaria
      • STEPBible Data - licensed datasets containing tagged Hebrew and Greek biblical texts saved as tab-separated value (TSV) files.
      • Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex (UXLC) - Domain-brightgreen) — This Hebrew Bible (Tanach) has been derived from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) provided by the [Groves Center](http://www.grovescenter.org/) and updated by suggestions from viewers through a formal and automated process. The text is maintained in Unicode character coding with XML markup and is [available in many standard formats](https://tanach.us/Pages/About.html), including XML format with [TEI](#tei) header, plaintext, HTML, and other formats. There are a lot of neat ways to visualize the text in the web tool, but notably you can color-code the various authors/sources per the [Documentary Hypothesis](https://tanach.us/Pages/DH.html) following the source attributions presented in Richard Elliott Friedman's *Who Wrote the Bible? (2nd ed.)* and *The Bible with Sources Revealed (BSR)* books. (DH menu in the web browser).
      • Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) - licensed Hebrew Bible based on the [Westminster Leningrad Codex](http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml). Available in [OSIS](#osis) format in [source repo](https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb).
      • Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex (UXLC) - Domain-brightgreen) — This Hebrew Bible (Tanach) has been derived from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) provided by the [Groves Center](http://www.grovescenter.org/) and updated by suggestions from viewers through a formal and automated process. The text is maintained in Unicode character coding with XML markup and is [available in many standard formats](https://tanach.us/Pages/About.html), including XML format with [TEI](#tei) header, plaintext, HTML, and other formats. There are a lot of neat ways to visualize the text in the web tool, but notably you can color-code the various authors/sources per the [Documentary Hypothesis](https://tanach.us/Pages/DH.html) following the source attributions presented in Richard Elliott Friedman's *Who Wrote the Bible? (2nd ed.)* and *The Bible with Sources Revealed (BSR)* books. (DH menu in the web browser).
      • unfoldingWord® Hebrew Bible (UHB) - SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) — An open-licensed, lexically tagged, morphologically parsed Hebrew Old Testament. Based on the [Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible](https://hb.openscriptures.org). Available in [USFM](#usfm) format in [source repo](https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/hbo_uhb/src/branch/master). Lots of [additional great resources for Bible translators](https://www.unfoldingword.org/for-translators/content) including comprehensive [translation notes](https://www.unfoldingword.org/for-translators/content#UTN), lexical resources, etc.
      • SWORD Project - GPL-blue.svg) — CrossWire Bible Society's free Bible software project. Many [modules containing Bible texts](https://crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModDisp.jsp?modType=Bibles) (and [other resources](https://crosswire.org/sword/modules/index.jsp)) are available. Numerous [Hebrew Bible texts](https://crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModDisp.jsp?modType=Bibles#lang_he) available.

    • Greek

      • Codex Alexandrinus - SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) — *Partially-completed* LXX Greek text according to Codex Alexandrinus. Based on text provided and digitalized by [First1KGreek Project](https://opengreekandlatin.github.io/First1KGreek/).
      • CCAT Parse - party tool to interpret CCAT morphology codes.
      • Codex Sinaiticus
      • Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies (CATSS)
      • Morphological Analysis of the LXX - party tool](https://github.com/orenfromberg/lxxproject) that uses this data to generate a SQLite database with book, verse, and word number attributes as well as root and morphological data.
      • LXX Greek Textual Variants - Explan.htm)).
      • Parallel Hebrew // Greek Text Module
      • Greek Learner Texts Project - licensed, annotated texts in Ancient Greek for extensive reading. Has a section for [Biblical and Early Christian Texts](https://greek-learner-texts.org/texts/#biblical-and-early-christian-texts).
      • Perseus Digital Library - SA 3.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/) — Online digital library which covers, among other things, the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world (including Greek LXX and NT). Extensive datasets, [an online viewer specifically made for pre-modern texts](https://scaife.perseus.org), and available for [download in XML format](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/opensource/download). See also [accompanying GitHub repo for Greek texts](https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-greekLit). The [Open Greek & Latin international collaboration](https://opengreekandlatin.org) has several other notable repos and projects, including [First1KGreek](https://opengreekandlatin.github.io/First1KGreek/).
      • Improved version (tlg0527) - corrected version of Swete's Septuagint from Open Greek and Latin First1K Project but with additional improvements / corrections.
      • Berean Greek Bible - reader formats.
      • Bunning Heuristic Prototype (BHP) Greek NT - SA 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC_BY--SA_4.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) — The BHP GNT was created by Alan Bunning for the [Center for New Testament Restoration (CNTR)](https://greekcntr.org/home/index.htm) as a preliminary template computer-generated text. [Documentation](https://greekcntr.org/resources/BHP_Introduction.pdf). The data are available on [the CNTR website](https://greekcntr.org/resources/BHP_Data.txt) and in [a GitHub repo](https://github.com/greekcntr/BHP).
      • Open Greek New Testament (OGNT) - NC-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) — The OGNT is a Nestle-Aland 28th edition (NA28) / NA27 equivalent text with numerous associated resources in the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/eliranwong/OpenGNT).
      • Robinson's Greek Texts - Domain-brightgreen) — Dr. Maurice A. Robinson's Greek texts (most with morphological parsing and Strong's numbers). Robinson uses his own format for text storage with custom parsing codes and tense-voice-mood numbers. [Documentation of this format is available](https://github.com/byztxt/robinson-documentation) along with [a library of Python tools for working with the format](https://github.com/byztxt/librobinson). Some of the notable Greek texts are listed in the below sublistings.
      • Antoniades Patriarchal Greek NT (PATr) - antoniades) contains plaintext and parsed versions with morphological parsing tags and Strong's numbers.
      • Elzevir Greek NT - elzevir) contains plaintext and parsed versions with morphological parsing tags and Strong's numbers.
      • Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Majority Greek NT - Pierpont edition of the Greek New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Majority Text. [GitHub repo](https://github.com/byztxt/byzantine-majority-text) and [ByzantineText.com](https://byzantinetext.com/study/editions/robinson-pierpont/) contain various formats including with morphological parsing and Strong's numbers, collations with other texts, and PDFs.
      • Scrivener Greek NT - scrivener) contains the text.
      • Stephanus Greek NT - stephens) contains the text.
      • Westcott-Hort Greek NT - westcott-hort) contains plaintext and parsed versions with morphological parsing tags and Strong's numbers.
      • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Greek NT (SBLGNT) - available (but [copyrighted](https://www.sblgnt.com/license/) ([and strictly enforced](https://www.baylyblog.com/blog/2009/03/copyrighting-holy-spirits-words-then-living-profit)) with *downstream impact*) critically edited Greek New Testament encoded in a Unicode-compliant font. Made available by [Logos Bible Software](https://www.logos.com/product/8486/the-greek-new-testament-sbl-edition) and the SBL in [a variety of formats](https://sblgnt.com/download/) including XML, [OSIS](#osis), [SWORD module](https://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=SBLGNT), plaintext, PDF, and more.
      • Westcott and Hort Greek NT (ScrollTag) - SA 3.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/) — Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament with accents, punctuation, morphology and lemmas.
      • Open Greek New Testament (OGNT) - NC-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) — The OGNT is a Nestle-Aland 28th edition (NA28) / NA27 equivalent text with numerous associated resources in the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/eliranwong/OpenGNT).
      • Robinson's Greek Texts - Domain-brightgreen) — Dr. Maurice A. Robinson's Greek texts (most with morphological parsing and Strong's numbers). Robinson uses his own format for text storage with custom parsing codes and tense-voice-mood numbers. [Documentation of this format is available](https://github.com/byztxt/robinson-documentation) along with [a library of Python tools for working with the format](https://github.com/byztxt/librobinson). Some of the notable Greek texts are listed in the below sublistings.

    • Coptic

      • Coptic SCRIPTORIUM - testament/) and [New Testament](https://data.copticscriptorium.org/texts/new-testament/).

    • English Translations

      • New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS)
      • Open English Bible - 1.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/80x15.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) — A public domain revision of [the Twentieth Century New Testament](https://github.com/openenglishbible/usfm-bibles/tree/master/Twentieth%20Century%20New%20Testament), which was a translation of the New Testament published in the early twentieth century based on the Greek text of Westcott and Hort. Available in [USFM](#usfm) and user-friendly format; has associated [GitHub repo](https://github.com/openenglishbible/Open-English-Bible).
      • The 2001 Translation - Domain-brightgreen) — A free collaborative Bible translation continually corrected and refined by volunteers. Translates OT from the LXX and NT from Greek and Aramaic texts. There are a number of distinctives this translation follows that differ significantly from mainstream English Bible translation conventions. [Downloads available](https://2001translation.org/download) in HTML, ePub, Kindle/MOBI, and Microsoft Word document formats.
      • World English Bible (WEB) - Domain-brightgreen) — WEB is a modern English translation that is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Holy Bible first published in 1901, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa (BHS) Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. The companion Deuterocanon/Apocrypha is derived from the Revised Version Apocrypha and the Brenton translation of the Septuagint into English. It is in draft form and is currently being edited for accuracy and readability (although the Protestant Christian canon is essentially complete). Available in numerous formats including [USFX](#usfx), [USFM](#usfm), SWORD modules, Microsoft Word XML, HTML, plaintext, PDF, e-reader formats, XeTeX, and more.

  • Lexical Resources

  • APIs

    • English Translations

      • API.Bible - commercial usage with limitations.
      • Biblia.com API
      • Bible Brain API
      • ESV API - commercial usage with limitations.
      • jsonBible API - available Bible text API. No API key required.
      • NET API
      • NLT API - commercial usage with limitations. Anonymous limited use also available (without an API key).
      • jsonBible API - available Bible text API. No API key required.
      • NLT API - commercial usage with limitations. Anonymous limited use also available (without an API key).

  • Other Awesome Lists

Programming Languages
Python 7 TeX 3 Jupyter Notebook 2 HTML 2 JavaScript 1 HCL 1 PHP 1 Rust 1 XSLT 1
Categories
Formats 55 Biblical Corpora 40 APIs 9 Other Awesome Lists 2 Lexical Resources 1
Sub Categories
Greek 24 English Translations 13 Hebrew 11 Conversion Tools 9 TEI 9 USFM 7 Zefania 7 USX 6 OSIS 6 CES 3 USFX 3 Text-Fabric 2 Greek Lexica 2 PAULA 2 Comparisons 1 Coptic 1 Hebrew Lexica 1
Keywords
bible 3 hebrew 3 hebrew-bible 3 bhsa 2 etcbc 2 morphology 2 bible-api 1 text-fabric 1 sumerian 1 search-engine 1 search-algorithm 1 sanskrit-language 1 greek-bible 1 greek 1 etcbc-data 1 cuneiform 1 annotation 1 xml 1 berean 1 bhs 1 biblebento 1 biblia-hebraica-stuttgartensia 1 interlinear 1 opengnt 1 openscriptures 1 scripture 1 strong-number 1 wlc 1 greek-new-testament 1 lexicon 1 tyndale-house 1 variants 1