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Visit the Gnostic Society Library, a comprehensive library of Gnostic scriptures -- including the Nag Hammadi Library -- as well as a large selection of writings and documents relating to the study of Gnosticism. For over a decade, the Gnostic Society Library has been the principal internet resource on Gnostic tradition.  Also check the Gnostic Society Bookstore featuring the best current works on Gnosis and Gnosticism.

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The Multifaith Information Gateway is the World's First Blogsphere Created with the object of disseminating information in the area that is called: Multifaith. And, as a domain Multifaith encompasses faiths, beliefs, religions, spiritualities, cults, cultures, races, regions, meditation, mysticism, etc.

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A Brief History of the New Testament is a good starting place for those wanting a quick glance at how the NT came to us. It's also a starting place for those recovering from Biblical Literalism and the inerrency/

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Wouldn't it be cool to find a book you want to read and then merely send it to your printer? What if the books were free for the taking? Well, there are a few sources for eBooks, but the eBooks on the following site are free because they're in the public domain.

Project Gutenberg currently has over 18,000 free books available. The catalog can be browsed by author, title, language or posting date. And the entire library is indexed for text searching.

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If you like history, this is a great place to dig around. On the main page, there is information for purchasing a folding World History Chart with people, events, culture, and period maps.

From the What is HyperHistory page.

The World History Project

HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.

A novel synchronoptic concept depicts a full panorama of history in such a way that it will appeal to a cultivated public at large. A true picture of the world would be incomplete if it equates history with the history of wars and politics and neglects all other aspects of life. The addition of scientific, cultural and religious facts and events are therefore a key to a fundamental knowledge of society.
A spatial representation of time has obvious educational advantages: here history is no longer learned but viewed.

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As many readers will know, our New Testament canon did not come together in a single official unit until 360 years after the time of Jesus. Although there were many writings produced during these centuries—some favored in a few communities while other collections were favored elsewhere—the collection congealed over centuries and ecumenical councils and was ratified at the 3^rd Synod of Carthage in 397 CE.

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From the Introduction Page:

The purpose of this web site is to set out all of the Christian writings that are believed to have been written in the first and second centuries, as well as a few selected from the early third. I have also included non-Christian documents that may have special bearing on the study of early Christianity in order to make this web site a comprehensive sourcebook.

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More than 5,700 articles and chapters. Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Pastoral Care, Counseling, Homiletics, Worship, Missions and Religious Education.

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At BIBARCH you can learn of the cultures of ancient biblical peoples, consider the worldviews of the servants and prophets of God, and extend your understanding of the life and times of the first Christians and the early church. Our intent is to assist all seeking to extend their knowledge in biblical archaeology, desiring to become avocational or professional archaeologist

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Information on Passover from Chabad of Dallas