INTRODUCTION & LINGUISTIC CONTEXT
HEBREW, ARAMAIC & SEMITIC TEXTUAL RESOURCES
Digital textual environments and linguistic corpora for examining Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, and related Semitic-language evidence.
Resources are classified according to their evidentiary function. Inclusion in The Apostolic Record Research Library does not constitute endorsement of a particular linguistic theory, translation, textual interpretation, theological position, or institutional perspective.
SHEBANQ — HEBREW BIBLE QUERY ENVIRONMENT
LINGUISTIC DATABASE · HEBREW TEXT RESEARCH
SHEBANQ is an online scholarly environment for studying the Hebrew Bible through the linguistically annotated BHSA database. It permits examination of the Hebrew text through morphological and syntactical data and provides tools for constructing, preserving, and sharing queries across the biblical corpus.
COMPREHENSIVE ARAMAIC LEXICON — CAL
ARAMAIC CORPUS · LEXICAL RESEARCH
The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon of Hebrew Union College is a major scholarly database covering Aramaic texts and dialects from the earliest surviving evidence through the medieval period. It provides lexically analyzed texts, searchable linguistic data, bibliographic resources, and tools for the comparative study of Aramaic.
SEFARIA — TANAKH & TARGUM COLLECTIONS
TEXTUAL CORPUS · HEBREW & ARAMAIC SOURCES
Sefaria provides digital access to the Hebrew Tanakh together with major Aramaic Targum traditions, including Targum Onkelos, Targum Jonathan, Targum Neofiti, and additional Aramaic textual witnesses. The collection permits comparative examination of Hebrew biblical texts and their Aramaic transmission and interpretation.
BHSA — BIBLIA HEBRAICA STUTTGARTENSIA AMSTELODAMENSIS
LINGUISTIC DATASET · BIBLICAL HEBREW
The BHSA is a linguistically annotated digital representation of the Hebrew Bible developed by the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer. It combines the Hebrew text with detailed morphological, syntactical, lexical, and other linguistic annotations for advanced textual and computational research.