Resources

What is this page?

This is a dumping ground for all the tools, articles, and videos that I recommend… mostly to do with coding at the moment, but it may expand to include more in the future.

Christianity

Bible study

• Bible Hub – Excellent for comparing translations and finding cross-references (though lacks Septuagint-exclusive references). Note that the ABP concordance is not implemented correctly (Septuagint-exclusive Greek words will link to similar words in the standard NT-only Greek concordance), and one of the search bars is broken in some cases. Includes Brenton Septuagint as one of the translations, albeit with chapters reorganized to match the Masoretic Text; Septuagint-exclusive books and chapters (i.e. those in Daniel and Esther) are unfortunately absent.
• Catena – Good way to find church father commentaries on certain verses; note that many Old Testament commentaries are (of course) referring to the Septuagint version of a passage.
• Ante-Nicene Cross-Reference – Wonderful database of Church father citations of the New Testament predating the Nicaea Council of 325 A.D.
• Notes on the Septuagint by R. Grant Jones – Lots of info on the differences and similarities between the Septuagint, the New Testament, and the Masoretic Text. Includes a huge list of NT quotations (and/or paraphrases) of the Old Testament and how they compare to the Septuagint versus the Masoretic Text. See also the condensed 2006 PDF version (which contains at least one error where “out of the mouth of infants” is placed in the wrong agreement table).
• Dubious Passages Rarely Called Scripture – List of passages uncommon both in Greek and Hebrew Biblical manuscripts (and consequently unlikely to be authentic), but which seem otherwise doctrinally sound.

Bible manuscripts and translations

For the popular translations, use Bible Hub or BibleGateway.

• Roman/Sixtine Septuagint (1587) – Based on Codex Vaticanus; commissioned by the Romish Pope Sixtus V for the purpose of assisting those preparing the Sixtine Vulgate.
• Charles Thomson’s Translation (1808) – The first modern English translation of the Septuagint, and the first American Bible translation.
  • Volume I (Genesis through 1 Samuel)
  • Volume II (2 Samuel through Psalms)
  • Volume III (Proverbs through Malachi)
  • Volume IV (New Testament)
  • Letters by Thomson regarding the translation
  • 1954 revision by Charles A. Muses (contains many alterations)
  • “Charles Thomson and the First American New Testament” – 2011 article by J. Ramsey Michaels providing informative history and observations (albeit tainted slightly by liberal priors) regarding the translation—especially the New Testament.
• New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS; 2009, 2014) – Free modern translation of the Septuagint based on multiple manuscripts. Uses similar phrasing to NRSV, but thankfully not quite as libtarded when it comes to pronouns.

Theology

• The Book of Concord – The complete collection of definitive Lutheran doctrinal statements, online and easily searchable (use quotation marks for exact phrase searches).
• Stone Choir – Traditional Christian theology delivered through a podcast.

Interesting historical writings

• Letter of Aristeas – Historical account detailing the origin of the Septuagint.
• A Letter from Origen to Africanus – A defense against some weak arguments against the authenticity of the Story of Susanna (one of the Additions, or so they’re called, to the Book of Daniel).
• Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho – Justin defends the Truth claims of Christianity against the objections of a Jew.

Language

• Etymonline – Ever wonder where a word comes from?
• Webster’s Dictionary 1828 – A dictionary without most of the modern wickedness

Browser extensions

• Decentraleyes
• BlockTube – block YouTube channels
• Indie Wiki Buddy – stop landing on Fandom Inc. websites
• Old Reddit Redirect
• Return YouTube Dislike
• uBlock Origin – the best ad-blocker

CSS

HTML

• Hypermedia Systems

Minecraft

• bedrock.dev – Bedrock Add-on API documentation
• slicedlime YouTube channel – high-quality snapshot videos
• Smithed – Java Edition pack libraries and conventions

PHP

• externals.io – view discussions on the PHP Internals mailing list (see also: PHP Foundation Discourse, which provides a forum-style UI over the same thing)
• PHPStan – must-use static analysis tool

Other coding tools

• Can I Use – browser support tables
• regex101 – easily create, test, and understand regular expressions

General coding articles

• Object-Oriented Programming Is Bad – Brian Will
• Vexing exceptions – Eric Lippert
• What Color Is Your Function? – Bob Nystrom
• Wizards and warriors (5 part series) – Eric Lippert