The Home Page of Robert A. Kraft

Basic Information and Photograph

Résumé and Major Interests

• Basic Information -- Academic Credentials -- Professional Memberships -- Research and Expertise -- Other Professional Activities
• Bibliography and Electronic Publications [with instructions on dual window "frames" presentations]
• Current Electronic Publication Update Projects: Barnabas-Didache, Bauer, Harnack, James, Pfeiffer, Ryle, Resch
• Other currently ongoing scholarly work: Jewish and Christian Scribal Practices and Early History of the "Book"
• History of Humanities Computing (Timeline)
• PSCO = Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins
• CATSS = Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study: see also the IOSCS page and the Septuagint Studies page by Joel Kalvesmaki
• Papyrological and Manuscript Studies: see also the APIS project, the ABZU index, and Other Papyrological Resources
• Numismatics (via Forum of Ancient Coins or the Wildwinds site; Eric Kondratieff's excellent site seems to be offline)
• Genealogical Research and Family Histories: see also Other Genealogical Resources
• Poetic Byways

Course Materials

• Maps of the Ancient Mediterranean Area and other historical maps
• General Aids: Glossary, Subdivisions, TimeLines for Judaism-Christianity-Islam
• Religious Studies 002 (formerly 014): Judaism, Christianity, Islam (see also this version)
• Religious Studies 015 (English 073): The English Bible; see also the BibleGateway Resource
• Religious Studies 135: Christian Origins; see also the old files and especially RelSt 435, 436, 525, and 535 (below)
• Religious Studies 225: Dead Sea Scrolls; see also the old files, the new page, the Orion DSS page and Texts & Translations
• Religious Studies 310: Biblical Language and Imagery in Modern American Culture; see also the BibleGateway Resource
• Religious Studies 427: Dead Sea Scrolls, Advanced (see also above, Religious Studies 225)
• Religious Studies 435: Ancient Joshua/Jesus Traditions; see also old files
• Religious Studies 436: Life and Letters of Paul; see also the old files
• Religious Studies 525: Varieties of Early Judaism in General; see also the old files and Texts, other Texts and General Resources
• Religious Studies 525: Varieties of Early Judaism with a Focus on Parabibilcal Literature (Spring 2006; under construction)
• Religious Studies 535: Varieties of Early Christianity in General; see also the old files and Other Resources (Noncanonical Literature)
• Religious Studies 535: Varieties of Early Christianity: with a Focus on "Gnosticism(s)" (Spring 2005)
• Religious Studies 535: Varieties of Early Christianity: with a Focus on "Apocalyptic" (Fall 2005)
• Religious Studies 735: Seminar on Early Judaism and Early Christianity overview and older files
• Religious Studies 735 (Fall 2006): Focus on Papyrology
• Religious Studies 735 (Spring 2007): History and Historiography, Josephus to Eusebius
• Religious Studies 735 (Fall 2007) Greco-Roman Realia (inscriptions, papyri, coins, art, archaeology, etc.)
• Religious Studies 735 (Spring 2008): Ancient Book Technology: Early Development of the Christian Book
• Religious Studies 735 (Fall 2008): Textual Criticism (especially Greek and Latin texts)
• Religious Studies 735 (Spring 2009) Papyrology (again) -- Thurs 9-12 noon, 330 Museum
• Religious Studies 999: Philo (Fall-Spring 2003-2004)

Additional Links of Particular Interest

• Picture with Emanuel Tov
• Picture with Septuagint and DSS Scholars
• Kraft Publications in Electronic Format
• The CCAT Gopher mirror site
• UPenn Libraries (and other Library Links, including TLG)
• Directory of Scholarly Discussion Lists, by Diane Kovacs
• Links to Useful WWW Sites, by Topic, by Jay C. Treat
• Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity, compiled by Jay C. Treat
• Home Page of Jim O'Donnell, with Resource Links
• Resources Page of Alan Humm
• Explorator links to ancient topic sites
• Labyrinth: Catalog of WWW Resources from Georgetown
• Electronic Research Archives for Ancient Near East, from Chicago's Oriental Institute
• Guide to Early Church Documents from the Institute for Christian Leadership (includes link to Philo page)
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library webpage (especially English Bible, Christian Fathers)
• The ECOLE Initiative (especially Early Christian Materials)
• Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews and other classical Jewish materials
• Works of Josephus in English (Whiston)
• Clementine Vulgate online (also Weber edition? and here)
• Vatican Exhibit at Library of Congress
• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Server, from the U. of Michigan.
• Franz Joseph Dölger-Institut page for Late Antiquity
• Search the Oxford English Dictionary (via UPenn Libraries)
• Crum's Coptic Dictionary online (pdf)
• Jim Davila's "Blog" on early Judaism
• Mark Goodacre's "Blog" on early Christianity
• PPenn Papyrology Experimental Page
• Boleslaw Prus, Emancipated Women (tr Stephanie B. Kraft)

Last modified: 2 December 2008