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Welcome to the Encyclopaedia Biblica Project
These pages contain a directory of topics covered in the public domain Encyclopaedia Biblica [1]. Although the Enc. Bib. was published in 1903 and thus does not cover 20th century archaeological discoveries, such as the Dead Sea scrolls, and the Gospel of Judas, it has few equals in providing a comprehensive English-language synthesis of pre-20th Century scholarship on the Bible, and its background. The "redlinked" items on the lists do not have direct equivalents in Wikipedia at present.

You may do the following things to make the redlinks go blue:

  • Create a new article for the topic; or
  • Redirect the redlink if there is a corresponding article on Wikipedia which bears an alternative name; and
  • Merge any relevant material from the Enc. Bib. into Wikipedia.
There are several articles that are present in the Encyclopaedia Biblica which already have topics in Wikipedia, but Wikipedia does not have some or any of the content which is present in the Encyclopaedia Biblica. In many cases this is obvious when the article is about a religious topic and contains much information easily collected from popular 'knowledge', but little or no information from academic studies. This is particularly obvious when an article contains no historical-critical information. If you spot an article that has such an appearance, it may be worth checking the corresponding article(s) on the Encyclopaedia Biblica.

Once done, please do not delete the topic from the list (now blue-linked), but preserve it so we can continue to compare Enc. Bib. articles to their equivalents in Wikipedia (cf the 1911 verification project).

Method[edit]

As part of your efforts to start a new article or augment existing articles on Wikipedia, you are welcome to copy and paste the text from the Enc. Bib. Click on the external link next to each entry on the list to see a digital transcription of the original JE article. The transcriptions on the JE website have not been edited, so please check the text against the accompanying facsimile of the page from the hard-copy volume.

DO NOT indiscriminately dump text from the Enc. Bib. into Wikipedia! At a minimum, please:

  • format the text according to the Wikipedia Manual of Style;
  • correct any spelling errors;
  • rephrase any awkward-sounding prose to improve clarity and flow;
  • put 19th century references into reference tags (<ref>details of reference</ref>)

When you have finished editing your article, add the {{EncyclopaediaBiblica|article=...|section=...}} template. This practice not only creates a proper reference of the source of the text, but will also help locate articles which demand updates since some of the information from the Enc. Bib. may be obsolete.

For a good example of a Wikipedia article adapted from the Enc. Bib., see ----name of good example should be added here when there is one -----.

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Alphabetical Listing of Topics[edit]

Page From - to Remaining Initial Complete Date Last Updated
A1 Aalar - Aroer 96 575   83.3% 08/11/2015
A2 Arom - Azzur 119 191   37.7% 08/11/2015
B Baal - Buzite 138 448   69.2% 08/11/2015
C Cab - Cyrus 19 403   95.3% 08/11/2015
D Dabareh - Dysentery 5 171   97% 08/11/2015
E Eagle - Ezril 135 335   59.7% 08/11/2015
F Fair-Havens - Furnace 27 97   72% 08/11/2015
G Gaal - Gymnasium 84 233   63.9% 08/11/2015
H Haahashtari - Hyssop 140 402   65.2% 08/11/2015
I Ibhar - Izziah 73 143   49.0% 08/11/2015
J Jaakan - Juttah 164 381   57.0% 08/11/2015
K Kab - Kushaiah 29 102   71.6% 08/11/2015
L Laadah - Lystra 38 171   77.8% 08/11/2015
M Maacah - Mytilene 131 466   71.9% 08/11/2015
N Naam - Nymphas 65 187   65.2% 08/11/2015
O Oabdius - Ozora 24 107   77.6% 08/11/2015
P Paarai - Python 114 346   67.1% 08/11/2015
Q Quail - Quiver 1 12   91.7% 08/11/2015
R Raamah - Rye (Hods) 67 201   66.7% 08/11/2015
S1 Sabannus - Sin offering 215 500   57% 08/11/2015
S2 Sinai and Horeb - Syrtis 31 180   82.8% 08/11/2015
T Taanach - Ladder of Tyre 105 280   62.5% 08/11/2015
U Ucal - Uzziel 6 37   83.8% 08/11/2015
V Vaheb - Vulture 12 36   66.7% 08/11/2015
W Wafers - Writing 27 89   69.7% 08/11/2015
X Xanthicus - Xerxes 1 2   50% 08/11/2015
Y Yarn - Yoke 0 4   100% 08/11/2015
Z Zaanaim, The Plain Of - Zuzim 40 160   75% 08/11/2015
Total 1906 6259   69.5%