Christian Classic Ethereal Library
ccel.org
ccel.org/info CCEL: The Vision
I would love to build the CCEL into a theological library containing 1000 of the most important public-domain works for theological study, containing:
- Around 1000 volumes, selected by theologians and ministers from a variety of Christian traditions, to cover important topics for theological study and edification. A premliminary list of books wanted is available, but much more work must be done to develop it.
- A good Bible translation for study that can be distributed relatively cheaply, such as the NRSV
- Coverage of topics important for theological students
- Commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, and other reference works
- Classic sermons and sermon illustrations
- Indexes to the material by scripture reference (WWSB) and topic
- The Bible and other important works in the original languages
- Greek and Hebrew dictionaries and study tools
- Markup of the texts in XML to identify theological subject matter, scripture references, etc.
- A flexible, easy-to-use search engine
- "Guided tours" or self-study guides on various topics