Study Resources
Sources for the Search
A working library of scripture texts, ancient-language tools, and manuscript archives — spanning LDS, RLDS, and wider Restoration movement research, Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship, and Hebrew and Greek word study — gathered here for deeper study.
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Scripture Study Tool
3 Scriptures
A verse-by-verse study platform covering the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants — the core LDS and RLDS canon — with built-in Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries, concordances, and a People & Places index for tracing every name and location through the text.
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Essene Community
Brotherhood of Christ Church
Teachings "interpreted from ancient tablets" by a modern Essene community, including the Enochian Calendar, the Book of Remembrance library, and essays exploring angels, watchers, and community rule.
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Dead Sea Scrolls
DSS English Bible — Books FAQ
A running project translating the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls into English, book by book, with color-coded notes marking spelling variants and places where a scroll departs from the Masoretic Text. This FAQ page covers scroll counts, dating, and translation method.
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Word Study
EliYah Strong's Lexicon
A searchable Strong's Concordance paired with full Hebrew and Greek lexicons — look up any word by its Strong's number or search across translations to trace a term back to its original language.
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Restoration Library
Centerplace.org
A sprawling index of RLDS and wider Restoration-movement resources: scripture search tools, Mormon church history volumes, the Inspired Version, Doctrine and Covenants study notes, sermons, and a deep library of historical tracts and testimonies.
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Jewish Text Library
Sefaria — English Translations
A free, open digital library spanning 3,000 years of Jewish texts — Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, and Midrash — with multiple side-by-side English translations so you can compare renderings of the same passage.
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Primary Source Archive
The Joseph Smith Papers
The definitive digital archive of Joseph Smith's journals, revelations, letters, and other papers, published by the LDS Church Historian's Press with full transcriptions and scholarly annotation — a primary-source companion for tracing Mormon and Restoration history to its documents.
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Manuscript Archive
National Library of Israel — Ktiv
The National Library of Israel's digitized manuscript collection, gathering images from tens of thousands of Hebrew manuscripts held in libraries around the world — prayer books, biblical texts, and commentary spanning the Middle Ages to today.
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Documentary Film
The Land — A Short Documentary
A short documentary following daily life, work, and worship among those who live close to the land — self-sufficient, agrarian, and set apart from town.
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