Source Library
827,615 indexed sources from 347 named authors — Tanakh, Talmud, Patristics, Reformation, Islamic jurisprudence, and modern apologetics. Showing the 120 most-represented authors below.
Ibn Kathir
21348
medieval
islamic-primary
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Augustine of Hippo
11998
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Expositions on the Book of Psalms
- Anti-Pelagian Writings
- The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustine
John Chrysostom
8116
John Chrysostom, 4th-5th century CE
eastern-orthodox-primarypatristic
- Homilies on Acts and Romans
- Homilies on Galatians through Philemon
- Homilies on the Gospel of John and Hebrews
Various
7850
ante-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa
- Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian
- Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius
Imam al-Bukhari
7580
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Sahih al-Bukhari
Imam Muslim
7360
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Sahih Muslim
Abdel Haleem
6236
modern
islamic-primary
- Quran
Hilali & Khan
6236
modern
islamic-primary
- Quran
Mufti Taqi Usmani
6236
modern
islamic-primary
- Quran
Yusuf Ali
6236
modern
islamic-primary
- Quran
Uthmani Script
6236
classical
islamic-primary
- Quran
Saheeh International
6236
modern
islamic-primary
- Quran
Imam al-Nasa'i
5679
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Sunan al-Nasa'i
Imam Abu Dawud
5272
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Sunan Abu Dawud
Imam Ibn Majah
4340
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Sunan Ibn Majah
Malbim (Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser)
4262
~19th century CE (Malbim)
rabbinic-primary
- Malbim on Leviticus, Vayikra
- Malbim on Psalms
- Malbim on Exodus
Nachmanides
4207
medieval
rabbinic-commentary
- Ramban on Torah
- Ramban on Job
Isaac Abarbanel
4191
late-medieval
rabbinic-commentary
- Abarbanel on Torah
- Abarbanel on Isaiah
- Abarbanel on Ezekiel
Imam al-Tirmidhi
3926
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Jami al-Tirmidhi
Yalkut Shimoni
3323
~13th century CE (compilation)
rabbinic-primary
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach
Abraham Ibn Ezra
3161
medieval
rabbinic-commentary
- Ibn Ezra on Torah
- Ibn Ezra on Prophets
Thomas Aquinas
3099
13th-century-scholastic
scholastic-theology
- Summa Contra Gentiles
- Summa Theologica (scoped: One God + Law + Christ)
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki)
2766
~1075-1105 CE
rabbinic-primary
- Rashi Commentary on Exodus
- Rashi Commentary on Psalms
- Rashi Commentary on Isaiah
Ellen G. White
2724
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
sda-primary
- The Desire of Ages
- Patriarchs and Prophets
- The Great Controversy
Eusebius of Caesarea
2682
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Church History
Zohar
2598
~13th century CE (compilation)
rabbinic-primary
- Zohar
Maimonides (Rambam)
2561
~1170-1180 CE
rabbinic-primary
- Guide for the Perplexed, Part 3
- Guide for the Perplexed, Part 1
- Guide for the Perplexed, Part 2
Alfred Edersheim
2446
victorian-scholarly
messianic-apologeticstemple-liturgyjewish-context
- The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah
- The Temple: Its Ministry and Services as They Were at the Time of Jesus Christ
- Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ
Ibn Taymiyya
2330
classical
islamic-primary
- Al-Jawab al-Sahih li-man Baddala Din al-Masih
Athanasius of Alexandria
2038
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Select Works and Letters
Tertullian
1952
patristic
eastern-orthodox-primarypatristics
- Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian
- Against Praxeas
- An Answer to the Jews
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lérins, John Cassian
1852
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lérins, John Cassian
Imam Malik
1818
early-medieval
islamic-primary
- Muwatta Imam Malik
Various (Gregory Thaumaturgus, Methodius, Arnobius)
1786
ante-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius, Methodius, Arnobius
Flavius Josephus
1546
second-temple
jewish-primary
John Calvin
1544
~1536-1559 CE (Reformation)
protestant-primary
- Institutes of the Christian Religion
Various (Lactantius, Victorinus)
1532
ante-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Liturgies
Gregory of Nyssa
1525
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Select Writings and Letters
Various (Clement of Alexandria, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus)
1498
ante-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria
Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
1438
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Leo the Great, Gregory the Great (Part I)
Cyril & Gregory
1438
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen
Jerome
1436
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Jerome: Letters and Select Works
John of Damascus
1353
post-nicene
oriental-orthodox-primarychristian-classical-islamic
- John of Damascus & Hilary
- Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
Basil the Great
1334
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Letters and Select Works
Various (Schaff ed.)
1329
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils
Origen, Tatian, Various
1327
ante-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron of Tatian, Apocalypses, Origen's Commentaries on John and Matthew
Socrates & Sozomen
1275
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Church Histories
Ambrose of Milan
1263
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters
Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Origen
1068
ante-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Tertullian Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen
John Lightfoot
1065
early-modern
messianic-commentaryhistorical-geography
- Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae
- Chorographical Century (Horae Hebraicae, Vol 2)
- Chorographical Decad (Horae Hebraicae, Vol 4)
Augustine
1058
post-nicene
patristic
- Homilies on the Gospel of John
Classical Aggadic Midrashim (Vilna edition)
984
~400-1100 CE (composite redaction)
rabbinic-primary
- Midrash Rabbah on Bereshit Rabbah
- Midrash Rabbah on Shemot Rabbah
- Midrash Rabbah on Vayikra Rabbah
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
897
19th-century
biblical-commentary
- St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon
Origen
890
ante-nicene
patristics
- Against Celsus (Contra Celsum)
Brigham Young
857
mormon-primary
Midrash Tanchuma (Tanchuma-Yelammedenu)
852
~4th-9th century CE (composite)
rabbinic-primary
- Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa
- Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach
- Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot
Martin Luther
800
1517-1520 CE (Reformation)
protestant-primary
- First Principles of the Reformation (the Ninety-five Theses and the three primary works of 1520)
- The Bondage of the Will
- Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
Gregory the Great, Ephrem the Syrian, Aphrahat
702
post-nicene
eastern-orthodox-primary
- Gregory the Great (Part II), Ephrem the Syrian, Aphrahat
Tommy Wasserman
701
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
Kli Yakar (Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz)
646
~1600 CE (Kli Yakar)
rabbinic-primary
- Kli Yakar on Genesis
- Kli Yakar on Exodus
- Kli Yakar on Deuteronomy
Or HaChaim (Chaim ibn Attar)
622
~1742 CE (Or HaChaim)
rabbinic-primary
- Or HaChaim on Genesis
- Or HaChaim on Exodus
- Or HaChaim on Leviticus
Tobiah ben Eliezer
603
~11th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Midrash Lekach Tov on Exodus
- Midrash Lekach Tov on Genesis
- Midrash Lekach Tov on Leviticus
Tosefta
528
~3rd century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Tosefta Sotah
- Tosefta Shabbat
- Tosefta Bava Kamma
Peter Gurry
518
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
Peter M. Head
512
1 Enoch, 3rd-1st century BCE
manuscript-evidence
Zohar Chadash
493
~13th century CE (compilation)
rabbinic-primary
- Zohar Chadash
Targum Jonathan (Yonatan ben Uzziel)
471
~1st-4th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Targum Jonathan on Isaiah
- Targum Jonathan on Jeremiah
- Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel
John Taylor
460
mormon-primary
Tosafists (compilation)
453
medieval
rabbinic-commentary
- Hadar Zekenim on Torah
Orson Pratt
444
mormon-primary
Ibn Hisham
422
classical
islamic-primary
- Sirat Rasul Allah (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Hisham recension)
Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro
420
late-medieval
rabbinic-commentary
- Bartenura on Torah
Nathanael Zimmerman
419
1 Enoch, 3rd-1st century BCE
messianic-defense
Targum Onkelos
402
~100-200 CE
rabbinic-primary
- Targum Onkelos on Genesis
- Targum Onkelos on Exodus
- Targum Onkelos on Numbers
Sifrei Devarim (Tannaitic school of R. Akiva)
401
~3rd century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Sifrei Devarim
Sifra (Torat Kohanim)
382
~3rd-4th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Sifra, Shemini, Mekhilta DeMiluim II
- Sifra, Tzav, Mekhilta DeMiluim I
- Sifra, Kedoshim, Chapter 10
Anonymous (1840 Moses Samuel compilation of Hebrew midrashic source)
353
~1613 CE Hebrew compilation / 1840 English translation
pseudepigrapha
- Book of Jasher (Sefer haYashar — 1840 Moses Samuel translation)
George Q. Cannon
319
mormon-primary
Sforno (Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno)
308
~16th century CE (Sforno)
rabbinic-primary
- Sforno on Genesis
- Sforno on Exodus
- Sforno on Deuteronomy
P.J. Williams
305
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti
299
post-classical
islamic-primary
- Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Anonymous
297
Historical sources, various eras
deuterocanonicalpseudepigraphamanuscript-evidencehistorical
- 1 Enoch (Ethiopian Book of Enoch)
- 1 Maccabees
- Judith
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (Western Aramaic)
290
~2nd-8th century CE (composite)
rabbinic-primary
- Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis
- Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Exodus
- Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Numbers
Justin Martyr
255
patristic
patristics
- Dialogue with Trypho
Rashbam (Samuel ben Meir)
215
~1085-1158 CE (Rashbam)
rabbinic-primary
- Rashbam on Genesis
- Rashbam on Exodus
- Rashbam on Deuteronomy
Al-Tabari
214
classical
islamic-primary
- Jami al-bayan (Tafsir al-Tabari)
Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael (Tannaitic school of R. Yishmael)
212
~3rd century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael, Tractate Pischa
- Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael, Tractate Nezikin
- Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael, Tractate Bachodesh
George Sale
207
early-modern-apologetics
islamic-rebuttal-classical
- Preliminary Discourse to the Koran
Heber C. Kimball
196
mormon-primary
trans. E. A. Wallis Budge
195
early-20th-century-translation
pseudepigrapha
- Kebra Nagast (The Glory of Kings)
Sifrei Bamidbar (Tannaitic school of R. Yishmael)
194
~3rd century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Sifrei Bamidbar
Pesikta Rabbati
166
~6th-9th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Pesikta Rabbati
Tim Hegg
161
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
Messianic Judaismmessianic-jewish
George A. Smith
159
mormon-primary
Anonymous Second-Temple Jewish
147
~150 BCE
pseudepigrapha
- Book of Jubilees
Wilford Woodruff
145
mormon-primary
trans. R. H. Charles
141
second-temple-pseudepigrapha
pseudepigrapha
- The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
- 2 Baruch (The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch)
- 2 Enoch (The Book of the Secrets of Enoch)
Unknown
139
Historical sources, various eras
manuscript-evidencepatristicjewish-primaryhistorical
Dirk Jongkind
131
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
Aphrahat (the Persian Sage)
130
patristic
patristics
- Select Demonstrations
Pesikta DeRav Kahana
128
~5th-7th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Pesikta DeRav Kahana
Christian Askeland
118
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
Samuel M. Zwemer
109
early-modern-apologetics
islamic-rebuttal-classical
- The Moslem Christ
Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer (attrib. R. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus)
104
~8th-9th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer
Orson Hyde
102
mormon-primary
Daniel H. Wells
97
mormon-primary
Erastus Snow
92
mormon-primary
Jesus ben Sira
87
Second Temple
deuterocanonical
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
John Meade
71
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
Charles W. Penrose
71
mormon-primary
Joseph F. Smith
69
mormon-primary
Midrash Mishlei
67
~9th century CE
rabbinic-primary
- Midrash Mishlei
Elijah Hixson
64
Septuagint (LXX), 3rd-2nd century BCE
manuscript-evidence
trans. (RSV public-domain text of 2 Esdras, hosted alongside Charles corpus)
58
second-temple-pseudepigrapha
pseudepigrapha
- 4 Ezra (2 Esdras, R. H. Charles edition)
Lorenzo Snow
54
mormon-primary
Franklin D. Richards
44
mormon-primary
Ibn Hazm
44
classical
islamic-primary
- Al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa al-Ahwa' wa al-Nihal (anti-Christian sections)
Amasa M. Lyman
42
mormon-primary
Parley P. Pratt
42
mormon-primary
Jason of Cyrene (epitome)
39
Second Temple
deuterocanonical
- 2 Maccabees