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- 19. Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions)
-
- The following is a listing of all electronic network-accessible
- sacred texts that may be freely retrieved via FTP or LISTSERV. The
- Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Koran (also spelled Quran) are
- available at many sites and in a variety of formats, such as ASCII,
- zipped (.zip), compressed (.Z) and archived (.arc). The following
- section indicates where low ASCII versions of these sacred texts may
- be found on selected sites. For related programs see the section
- Software Programs for Religious Studies (page 92).
-
- The Bible (King James Version)
-
- Available as the files bible10.zip and bible10.txt from the Project
- Gutenberg archives via FTP from the node mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
- (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext92/ directory.
-
- Nicene Creed. Various versions, English text (1991). Available
- from ORTHODOX, listserv@indycms as CREED ENGLISH1 and
- CREED ENGLISH2.
-
- The Book of Mormon
-
- Available as the files mormon13.txt and mormon13.zip from the
- Project Gutenberg archives via FTP from the node
- mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext91/
- directory.
-
- Other Church of Mormon Materials:
-
- Doctrine and Covenants. Available as the file d-and-c.zip via
- FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/mormon/
- directory.
-
- Pearl of Great Price. Available as pofgp.zip via FTP from
- oak.oakland.edu in the directory /pub/msdos/mormon/
- directory.
-
- The Koran
-
- M.H. Shakir's translation of the Koran is available as 114
- individual ASCII text chapters from the node quake.think.com
- (192.31.181.1) in the /pub/etext/koran/ directory (note that when
- there are many files to be retrieved via FTP, use the command mget
- *.* to retrieve all files in the current directory. Ensure that you
- have sufficient disk space available on your e-mail account before
- using the command mget to retrieve a large amount of data.) It is
- also available from the nodes princeton.edu snake.mcs.kent.edu
- mcs.kent.edu hydra.unm.edu. The Koran and a related dictionary is
- also available as koran-dict.Z and koran.Z from the node
- oes.orst.edu (128.193.124.2) in the /pub/almanac/etext/ directory.
- This version contains a few typographical errors which are
- delineated in the file on-line-quran available from the node
- cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the
- /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory.
-
- A short file of various quotes from the Koran is also available via
- LISTSERV from listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuacad as
- PAKISTAN AL_QURAN.
-
- Other Islamic Studies Materials:
-
- American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Software Library at
- cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory.
-
- USENET Newsgroup soc.religion.islam Archive at cs.dal.ca
- (129.173.4.5) in the
- /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory.
-
- See the section Islamic Studies (page 69) for more details and
- resources.
-
- The Tanach
-
- The Hebrew text of the Tanach is available via FTP from the node
- capella.eetech.mcgill.ca (132.206.1.17) in the
- /wuarchive/mirrors3/archive.umich.edu/msdos/foreign_lang/hebrew/
- directory as three files:
-
- tanach1.zip The Torah
- tanach2.zip The Prophets
- tanach3.zip The Writings
-
- From the same directory is also available these related files:
-
- heb-disp.zip An MSDOS utility program for
- displaying Hebrew letters on the monitor
- screen of a personal computer.
-
- reveal.zip An MSDOS utility program that counts
- occurrences of letters in the Tanach.
-
- The Kama Sutra
-
- The text of the Love Teachings of Kama Sutra, translated by Indra
- Sinha, is available as the file kama-sutra.Z from the Almanac
- archives via FTP from the node 128.193.124.2 (oes.orst.edu) in the
- /pub/almanac/etext/ directory.
-
- FYI -- Special Internet Connections
-
- A six page directory of special Internet archives and
- servers, written by Scott Yanoff, is available as the
- file inet.services.txt via FTP from csd4.csd.uwm.edu in
- the /pub/ directory.
-
- For More Information on Electronic Sacred Texts
-
- The following information files will help you locate
- electronic texts that are not available on the Net. Note
- that most of these texts are not free.
-
- Catalogue of Electronic Text Projects.
- (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology,
- Georgetown University, 1990). Available
- from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as PROJECTS
- ETEXTS.
-
- CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT)
- on CD-ROM Information File. (1991).
- Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm
- as CLCLT CDROM and as CLCLT CETEDOC.
-
- Electronic Bibles and Biblical Studies Project
- Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and
- Technology, Georgetown University, 1991).
- Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa
- or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as BIBLICAL
- E-TEXTS.
-
- Electronic Septuagint Studies Project Listing.
- (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology,
- Georgetown University, 1991). Available
- from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca
- or listserv@uottawa as LXX-JUD E-TEXTS.
-
- List of Texts and Software Available from the
- Center for Computer Analysis of Texts
- (CCAT). (1988). Available from HUMANIST,
- listserv@brownvm as CCAT COLLECTN.
-
- Searching for Online Sacred Texts with Archie
-
- The sacred texts listed above are available via FTP through many
- different hosts around the world. If the above locations are
- difficult to reach from your location you can find alternative
- locations by using an Archie server. Telnet to the nearest Archie
- server and login as archie. To conduct a search type prog keyword
- where keyword is the name of the desired text. Some appropriate
- keywords are bible, koran, quran, mormon, and tanach. If your site
- does not allow for Telnet sessions it is possible to search Archie
- by sending e-mail messages to the nearest server. Information on how
- to use Archie can be obtained by sending the command HELP as an e-
- mail message to archie@archie.mcgill.ca (or archie@any.node.below).
- Other helpful documents are What is Archie? (Richard Hintz, 1991),
- available via FTP as the file archie_guide.txt from the node
- hydra.uwo.ca in the directory /libsoft/ and the document Internet
- Archie Server Listing Service: A Reference Manual, (R.P.C. Rodgers,
- 1991), available via FTP as the file archieuser.gde from the node
- infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/soft/archie/ directory. There is
- also available Peter Deutsch's document, Archie - An Electronic
- Directory Service for the Internet, which can be retrieved as the
- file whatis.archie via FTP from the node ftp.sura.net in the
- /pub/nic/archie/docs/ directory. For detailed user instructions, see
- also the file archie.man.txt in the same directory.
-
- Archie will provide user information if you type the command help.
- It is possible to have your Telnet session search results mailed to
- you by typing the command mail your@address which causes the output
- of the last command to be mailed to the specified address or
- comma-separated list of addresses (replace your@address with your e-
- mail address. All the various Internet addressing styles are
- understood. BITNET sites should use the convention
- user@sitename.bitnet). If you use the command set mailto
- your@address before conducting any searches with the prog command,
- then the output of any search will be mailed to you upon entering
- the command mail. This is very useful if you intend to conduct a
- number of searches in one session.
-
- Archie Locations World Wide:
-
- archie.unl.edu (129.93.1.14)
- University of Nebraska in Lincoln server
- archie.sura.net (128.167.254.179) USA server
- archie.ans.net (147.224.1.2)
- ANS archie server (USA)
- archie.rutgers.edu (128.6.18.15)
- Rutgers U., Piscataway, New Jersey server
- archie.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3)
- Canadian server, original Archie server
- archie.au (139.130.4.6) Australian server
- archie.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) European server in Finland
- archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.11.3)
- United Kingdom server
- archie.cs.huji.ac.il (132.65.6.15) Israel server
- archie.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.19.24) Far East server
- archie.wide.ad.jp (133.4.3.6) Japanese server
- archie.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.19.24) Taiwanese server
-
- Reading Texts Online
-
- The Bible, Koran and Book of Mormon can be read online
- via Telnet to the University of Maryland's Info
- Database. Telnet to info.umd.edu and login as info.
- Select Reading Room and then select Religion. It is
- possible to FTP the texts from this system but, due to
- the systems design, it is not altogether as easy as
- FTPing them from the above sites. The Koran, King James
- Version of the Bible and the Book of Mormon are also
- available for reading online from the Cleveland
- Free-Net. Telnet to freenet-in-a.cwru.edu or freenet-in-
- b.cwru.edu or freenet-in-c.cwru.edu and login as (2)
- Visitor, select (11) Library and then select (3)
- Electronic Bookshelf.
- ________________________________________________________________
- From _The Electric Mystic's Guide_ Volume One, Edition 2.0 1993.
-
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