LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet A Complete Directory of Networked Electronic Documents, Online Conferences, Serials, Software, and Archives Relevant to Religious Studies. Volume One of Two Volumes Edition 2.0 Low ASCII Version February 1993 Michael Strangelove University of Ottawa Department of Religious Studies LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Copyright (C) 1993 by Michael Strangelove. All Rights Reserved. This Guide is intended for free dissemination as long as this header remains intact. Permission is hereby granted for non- commercial use by electronic bulletin board/conference systems, free-nets, individuals and libraries. All commercial use requires the permission of the author. The Society of Biblical Literature is the only authorized distributer of print copies of this Guide. Please note that this copyright allows for the mounting of this Guide on Gopher, Telnet, WAIS and WorldWideWeb database servers, so long as the following conditions are met: (1) access to the server is provided free of charge; (2) the server contains the most recent edition of this Guide (out-of-date editions must be replaced as new editions are released); (3) this Guide is provided in its entirety (segmenting this Guide and tagging for hypertext applications is permissible use); (4) the author is notified of its use on any of the above database servers. Michael Strangelove Religious Studies Department University of Ottawa 177 Waller Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K1N 6N5 (613) 747-0642 (Voice) (613) 564-6641 (Fax) E-Mail Address: 441495@uottawa (BITNET) 441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca (Internet) The Electric Mystic's Guide has been made possible through the support of the Research Centre for the Study of Religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, and through funding from the American Academy of Religion. The gopher- accessible version of this guide was made possible through the cooperation of the Department of Religious Studies, Carleton University and a variety of benevolent deities responsible for the care and feeding of UNIX computers. The author gratefully acknowledges the helpful support of the Computing and Communications Services of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. This guide is the result of hundreds of e-mail queries, and countless calls and visits to the computing help desk of the University of Ottawa over the past two years. I am particularly indebted to David Sutherland (Director, Carleton University Computing and Communication Services), Peter Hickey (xxxx, University of Ottawa), our site Postmaster, Tram Nguyen, and the many dedicated individuals at the University of Ottawa Computing Help Desk. Special thanks to Ann Okerson, for encouraging me to see this through, and to Harry Gilmer, for his willingness to support this project through publication under Scholars Press. The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet features information on: Over three hundred files, documents, and software programs on the Internet of interest to Religious Studies, including the following: * Scholarly bibliographies. * Academic prepublication papers and information files in such fields as early Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism. * Complete information on online academic conferences on religion. * Over twenty course outlines, seminar syllabi and subject glossaries. * The first network accessible theses in Religious Studies. Readers will learn how to: * Communicate with colleagues in online academic conferences. * Use the Net as a research and publication tool. * Access dozens of major FTP and LISTSERV electronic text archives. * Retrieve Macintosh sound files of Arabic language prayers and recitations from the Koran. * Retrieve graphic image files of objects from the Temple, people praying at the Kotel (Western Wall), and other sites and sounds from the Middle East. * Retrieve free software for the study of the Bible and other texts. * Retrieve the entire text of the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Koran. * Retrieve dozens of freely available user guides, indexes and general information files about the Net. The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet also includes extensive information on how to subscribe to online academic conferences and electronic journals, how to use FTP, LISTSERV, Telnet, Gopher, Archie, and other network systems. * HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY * Volumes One and Two of the Electric Mystic's Guide are freely available via the international academic networks (BITNET/Internet) from the CONTENTS Project archive via FTP from the node panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the directory /pub/religion/ as the files: Volume One: electric-mystics-guide-v1-partX.ps (Postscript file) electric-mystics-guide-v1-partX.ps.Z (Unix compressed Postscript file) electric-mystics-guide-v1.txt (low ASCII text) electric-mystics-guide-v1.txt.Z (Unix compressed low ASCII text) electric-mystics-guide-v1.zip (zipped Wordperfect 5.1 text) Volume Two: (NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL SUMMER 1993) electric-mystics-guide-v2-partX.ps (Postscript file) electric-mystics-guide-v2-partX.ps.Z (Unix compressed Postscript file) electric-mystics-guide-v2.txt (low ASCII text) electric-mystics-guide-v2.txt.Z (Unix compressed low ASCII text) electric-mystics-guide-v2.zip (zipped Wordperfect 5.1 text) As the Postscript version is too large to place on the Net as one complete file, it has been made available in multiple sections. The "X" in "partX" indicates a series of files, part1, part2, part3, and so on. The Electric Mystic's Guide is also available as a low ASCII text via the CONTENTS Project LISTSERV fileserver as the files: MYSTICS V1-TXT MYSTICS V2-TXT from these addresses: listserv@uottawa listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca * HOW TO GET UPDATES TO THIS GUIDE * Updates to this guide will be made available via FTP and LISTSERV. To retrieve updates, send the command GET EMG UPDATE to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or retrieve the file emg-update.txt from the FTP node panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. This update file will contain all corrections and additions to the guide for the current edition. The most up-to-date version of this guide is available through the Internet-accessible CONTENTS Project gopher server that provides Net users with an online version of The Electric Mystic's Guide and also allows for online reading of many of the papers, bibliographies, reviews and other files documented in this guide. To find out if this gopher server is now available, send the command GET GOPHER INFO to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or retrieve the file gopher-info.txt from the FTP node panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. Scholars Press will also publish an annual revised edition of The Electric Mystic's Guide. Readers can search the CONTENTS Project LISTSERV database for updated sections of the Electric Mystic's Guide. To do this, send the following LDBASE batch job as an e-mail message to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca // JOB ECHO=NO DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES // RULES DD * SEARCH EMG: in CONTENTS INDEX / This will return an index of updated sections from the guide that have been published on the Net by The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS. See Searching LISTSERV Logbooks, page 10 for complete details. __________________________________________________________________ * Table of Contents -- Volume One * __________________________________________________________________ (Pagination does not apply to ASCII and Gopher/Telnet/WAIS versions) Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A Note to New Networkers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Networks Covered in this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Religious Studies and the Networked Electronic Scholar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to Retrieve Documents Listed in This Guide. . . . . 7 Retrieving Documents via LISTSERV . . . . . . . 7 Sending Commands to LISTSERV. . . . . . . . . . 7 How to Retrieve LISTSERV List Indexes and Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Searching LISTSERV Logbooks . . . . . . . . 10 Batch Jobs With LDBASE. . . . . . . 10 Interactive Searching . . . . . . . 11 Using FTP Mail Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 FTPMAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BITFTP -- Princeton BITNET FTP Server . . . 14 Find Out More About LISTSERV. . . . . . . . . . 15 Retrieving Documents via FTP. . . . . . . . . . 16 Using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting to a Host (Node) . . . . . . . . 17 FTPing Binary Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Various Common FTP Commands and Their Use . 19 FTP Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Common FTP Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Uncompressing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Common Compression Formats and Their Uncompression Programs . . . . . . . 22 Retrieving and Using Graphic (Picture) Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Find Out More About FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Selected Network Guides and Useful Information Files. . 24 General Information Documents About the Net . . 24 Network User Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 System-Specific Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Print Books About the Net . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Print Magazines About the Net . . . . . . . . . 30 Hypertext Guides to the Net . . . . . . . . . . 32 A Note to Moderators, Authors and Maintainers of Networked Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Network Accessible Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 1. Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ANTHAP-L Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 The Electronic Buddhist Archives. . . . . . . . 38 The ANTHRO Gopher Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . 39 The Anthropology Information Distribution System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2. Articles and Prepublication Papers . . . . . . . . 40 3. Bible Study Aids and Software Programs . . . . . . 44 4. Bibliographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 5. Book Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 6. Buddhism and Related Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 7. Contemporary Jewry and Israel. . . . . . . . . . . 57 israel.nysernet.org FTP Archive . . . . . . . . 58 Old Frog's Almanac Holocaust and Fascism Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 8. The CONTENTS Project Miscellaneous Files . . . . . 60 9. Course Outlines, Seminar Syllabi and Glossaries. . 61 10. Electronic Texts and Databases . . . . . . . . . . 64 11. History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 The Mississippi State History Archives. . . . . 66 Supreme Court Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 12. IOUDAIOS Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . . 67 13. Islamic Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Islamic Computer Resource Guide . . . . . . . . 69 The Islamic School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Software Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 ArabTex TeX/LaTeX Arabic Word Processor . . . . 72 Islam History Hypercard Stack (Macintosh) . . . 72 Other Islamic Studies Resources . . . . . . . . 72 14. Journal Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 TOC-L -- Tables of Contents of Religious Studies Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 TOCS-IN -- Tables of Contents of Interest to Classicists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 16. Online E-Mail Address Compilations . . . . . . . . 77 18. Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 19. Sacred and Primary Electronic Texts . . . . . . . 86 The Bible (King James Version). . . . . . . . . 86 The Book of Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 The Koran (Quran) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 The Tanach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 The Kama Sutra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Vedic Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 John Trevisa Corpus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Searching for Online Sacred Texts with Archie . 89 Reading Texts Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 20. Software/Hardware Reviews and Information Files. 92 21. Software Programs for Religious Studies. . . . . . 94 Primary Software Archives . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Graphic Files from Israel . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Vatican Library Exhibit at the Library of Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 22. Thesis and Dissertations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 23. Thesis and Dissertations -- Abstracts. . . . . . . 97 Index of Network Tools and Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Index of Document Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 [Note that the indexes are not included in the low ASCII version of the Electric Mystic's Guide.] __________________________________________________________________ * Introduction * __________________________________________________________________ The Electric Mystic's Guide is a non-technical survey of all major documents, archives and services of relevance to Religious Studies and related fields that are available through the international, academic computer networks commonly referred to as the Net (BITNET, Internet and affiliated networks). This includes networked papers, reviews, book notes, dissertations, major sacred texts, software programs, electronic mail address collections, general information files, data banks, electronic journals, newsletters, online discussion groups, specialized commercial and public networks, and relevant networked organizations, associations, institutions and companies. It should be noted that the Electric Mystic's Guide is not meant to be a handbook on how to use the Net, and thus assumes a certain level of familiarity with FTP, Telnet, LISTSERV and other Net operating programs. Nonetheless, extensive instructions have been included in the guide to ensure that readers will be able to access the material documented herein. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of the approximately 300 files documented in this guide have been placed on the Net in the last three years. This would suggest that the end of this decade will see well over two thousand networked documents relevant to Religous Studies. The number of Religious Studies and related scholars presently online is unknown but certainly exceeds ten thousand. No comprehensive electronic mail address book for Religious Studies exists at this point in time. We can look forward to a proliferation of specialized archives over the next few years. Electronic mail addresses given within this guide are in BITNET and Internet format, unless otherwise stated. Login to FTP nodes listed herein as anonymous with your e-mail address as the password unless otherwise stated. All other aspects of this guide are system neutral. Travellers on the Net should note that there are many versions of Telnet and FTP software and a variety of login procedures. Most systems will offer some form of help if you enter the command HELP or ?. The Electric Mystic's Guide was previously written as one complete document but has been divided into two volumes, due to its growing size and technical restrictions within some systems on the size of network accessible manuscripts. The guide has the following format: Volume One documents a wide variety of network-accessible files and software programs of direct and indirect relevance to Religious Studies and related fields. The selection of material was based on the scholarly nature of the documents or their significance as general information files. No attempt has been made to document every file related to religion on the Net, due to the transient nature, and questionable academic value of some of the material that has be placed on network fileservers. If a document has been overlooked that the reader feels should be listed in the Electric Mystic's Guide, please contact the author with details of its content and location. Volume One also has extensive information on how to retrieve documents listed in this guide, how to use Archie, LISTSERV and FTP, and how to search LISTSERV logbooks. Readers will find interesting Net tidbits, information servers and archives mentioned in the boxes titled FYI throughout this guide. Volume Two provides information on relevant networked organizations, online academic conferences, journals and newsletters, commercial Religious Studies related networks, detailed information on network-accessible document archives of interest to this field and various other relevant scholarly sources and forums to be found within the emerging Electric Gaia. Each volume has its own index. Volume One also includes an index of network tools, systems, archives, and commands documented herein (page 98). The low ASCII versions of the Electric Mystic's Guide do not contain these indexes. Please note that the LISTSERV fileserver of the online academic conference, IOUDAIOS, will be changing its e-mail addresses at some point in mid 1993. If you find that the addresses listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca do not work, please contact the list moderator (David Reimer dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca) for the new address. * A Note to New Networkers It is impossible for this guide to tell you everything that you will need to know about using the Net. It is therefore strongly recommended that the new networker begin by identifying local support personnel and make friends with them (take them out to dinner, buy them a large gift), take a course or two in the use of your local system and electronic mail, and subscribe, as soon as you know how, to the online forum HELP-NET. Send the e-mail message SUBSCRIBE HELP-NET your name to listserv@templevm or listserv@vm.temple.edu. HELP-NET is intended for the new user and is the best online forum for asking questions about how to use the Net and how to find information within it. An index is available that lists very helpful information files available from the HELP- NET fileserver. Send the command INDEX HELP-NET to listserv@templevm or listserv@vm.temple.edu for the index of files. The Electric Mystic's Guide assumes that the reader has a basic grasp of electronic mail (e-mail) and is able to send mail on his or her own local system. It also assume that the reader has already installed a modem and knows how to use their own personal computer and communication software. The numerous types of mainframe systems and communication software make it impossible for the guide to give details on how to download or upload a file or program from a mainframe to a personal computer. WARNING: I cannot possibly answer every query from readers concerning how to use e-mail, upload files, install a modem, unzip a file or overcome unrequited love. The main intention behind this guide is not to instruct the reader on how to overcome every unforeseeable problem but to equip the reader with basic resources, direct to appropriate online forums, and engender skills that will help the new networker become proficient both at mining the Net and at network research problem solving. I will gladly answer queries concerning errors and problems within the Electric Mystic's Guide. Inappropriate queries will receive a pre-written reply that directs the reader to more appropriate online sources of instruction and information. * The Networks Covered in this Guide * The following are the main networks that are documented in the Electric Mystic's Guide. To make effective use of this guide, you should know what network your e-mail account is on. New users of the Net are advised to take local courses on the use of their network's systems. Note that some sites have both BITNET, Internet and USENET connections. It is up to your local system administration if USENET newsgroups are made available in part or whole. Readers interested in further details about these and other networks are encouraged to read John S. Quarterman's The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide (Bedford, Massachusetts: Digital Press, 1990, ISBN: 1-55558-033-5). BITNET BITNET (Because It's Time NETwork) connects over three thousand hosts in over 32 countries. BITNET's main feature is the automatic mailing program called LISTSERV. LISTSERV fileservers maintain archives of primarily low ASCII documents and also runs LISTSERV discussion groups, also known as lists. BITNET does not support FTP or Telnet. BITNET is connected to identical networks in Canada and Europe named NetNorth and EARN. Internet The Internet is actually a worldwide internetwork, a large collection of over 5,000 networks across the globe. The Internet is so large that its size can only be estimated. Current numbers put the Internet at over one million hosts and ten million users. Most North American universities are connect via the Internet. Users on the Internet can access FTP and LISTSERV fileservers and also use Telnet. Most Internet sites will have access to USENET newsgroups. USENET USENET (User's Network) is a worldwide network that has one main service, news or newsgroups, a collection of over 300 different online discussion groups. See the section, USENET -- General Information, Volume Two, for more information about USENET. Denominational Networks There are a number of denominational networks throughout North America. These networks connect church related organizations and church members. The denominational networks documented thus far in this guide are those belonging to Ecunet. See Volume Two for information on Ecunet. __________________________________________________________________ * Religious Studies and the Networked Electronic Scholar * __________________________________________________________________ The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy describes the universe as being "Big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is" (as related by Douglas Adams). I mention this because when people start talking about the Net, the conversation tends to take a similar direction. Like the universe, both the size and growth rate of the Net has the effect of sending users into fits of metaphorical frenzy. Any numbers used to describe the Net are usually guestimates (a lot depends on how you define the "Net") but it does help to frame any discussion about the utility of the Net as a research tool by noting that through it, one is connected to perhaps as many as ten million other individuals worldwide. At last count, the Internet alone connected over five thousand sub-networks, and one million hosts, each of which may in turn be connected to anywhere from zero to one thousand or more other computers or terminals. The number of files and programs that can be accessed through the Net has been estimated at over one million, containing roughly the equivalent of 100 gigabytes of free programs and information, or more than you could possibly read in what little spare time you have to spare. Like some benevolent, virus, the truly shocking thing about the Net is that it is doubling in size every year. What makes all this talk of millions-of-this and gigabytes-of-that rather impressive is the way that it has effected not just a few computer wizards and midnight hackers, but governments. Large governments with big budgets. The government of the United states of America is taking the Net seriously enough to consider reallocating billions of dollars from its military budget towards the development of the National Research and Education Network (NREN). NREN will link all educational institutions, from elementary schools to universities, with research centres, libraries and government databases through a national high performance computer network. Not to be outdone in the area of technology, Japan is intent on developing a national fibre optic network capable of transmitting complete multi-media services to homes and business by the year 2015. Whereas transportation technology was the basis of the industrial revolution, global computer networks are quickly becoming the primary infrastructure of this age of information and its proliferation of minor revolutions. Government and businesses are busy trying to ensure that they end up on the winning side of any coming revolution (always an asset come election time) and there are a number of tell tale signs that the academic community is on the verge of embracing the Net as an integral part of the way it does business. While the Net is expanding at a mindboggling rate, it must be remembered that, above all else, it is young. Desk top computing only took off in the mid-eighties, in the seventies computers were portrayed in cinema as monsters in the care of white-coated "scientist". Five years ago perhaps as much as fifty percent of the Net did not exist. So we are very much in the middle of a global birthing, which is the primary reason for all the "ooohhs and aaahs" and speculation on what the Net will be when it grows up and who it will look like (capitalist, socialist or anarchist?). Many of the archives and systems on the Net have been started or developed in the past few years, so while the Net is not quite yet the "ultimate" resource and research tool, it does hold forth much promise for scholars and students of Religious Studies and related disciplines (indeed, all of academia). Over the next few short years we can look forward to the growth of extensive network-accessible archives of secondary and even primary material for Religious Studies, much of which will be available at no cost to the user. This guide will continue to provide an overview of these network-accessible archive projects, such as the Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive, the CONTENTS Project, the Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Data Bank, the Electronic Buddhist Archives, the American Arab Scientific Society Software Library and the Israel Project at Nysernet (see Volume Two for details). We will also see a proliferation of network-distributed electronic serials for Religious Studies and an expanding number of online academic discussion groups of increasing quality and size. An excellent example of how Religious Studies departments can make use of the Internet is seen in the CCAT Gopher database. This is a Gopher database of course materials for University of Pennsylvania Humanities (Classical and Religious Studies) courses, accessed at ccat.sas.upenn.edu. This database contains complete electronic primary texts, course syllabi, glossaries, photograph and sound archives, and related pedagological material. This Gopher database is a sample of what we can expect to see much more of on the Internet in the near future. All of these resources will be documented through an Internet- accessible CONTENTS Project gopher server that will provide Net users with an online version of The Electric Mystic's Guide and also allow for online reading of many of the bibliographies, reviews and other files documented in this guide. To find out if this gopher server is now available, send the command GET GOPHER INFO to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or retrieve the file gopher-info.txt from the FTP node panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. The following are some examples of how the Net has proven useful to a variety of individuals, scholars and researchers around the world. * The Internet has provided me with access to several religion scholars who have been very helpful and willing to correspond with me on various issues. (Carl Briggs, Director of Public Relations, Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, West Virgina.) * Networking has helped me in that I have been able to post inquiries concerning projects I'm working on and solicit submissions for an anthology that I am currently compiling. I doubt that I would have obtained the response I have received at such a low cost if I had sent out my notices via snail (surface) mail. Also, I have been able to communicate with many brilliant minds, on subjects of mutual interest to us, although that has not precluded some really silly disagreements as well. I am quite happy to have discovered this "magical process," and wonder how I managed without it before. (Lin Collette, Brown University.) * One of the best uses of the Net is this: obtaining a quick and accurate, informed answer to a question that has one flummoxed. It happened to me. Right in the middle of a lecture on the Upper Palaeolithic period and how scholars approach research today a student asked: "When did Race begin?" Darned if I knew. But I did know the question was one worth asking. So I posted the question to the anthropology and archaeology lists (online academic conferences), and the result was that when I walked into class the next week I had pulled together a really informed discussion of race as both social and biological construct. (Maureen Korp, University of Ottawa) * Our article, "On the Logic of the Ontological Argument" (Philosophical Perspectives 5, J. Tomberlin (ed.), Atascadero: Ridgeview, 1991) was selected for the 1992 Philosopher's Annual as being among the ten best articles in philosophy to appear in print the previous year. The seminal idea in the article was conceived and formalized in a face-to-face discussion, but with the exception of a few phone calls, our subsequent work took place via the Internet. Drafts of the paper were exchanged and discussed by FTP and e-mail. The fine tuning of the paper, however, was accomplished by online "chat" sessions, in which we used the cut and paste functions of a windowing system to transfer text from the online chat session into the source file. And, of course, we used e-mail to keep in touch about the subsequent publication details. (Paul E. Oppenheimer, Thinking Machines Corporation and Edward N. Zalta, Stanford University). * Electronic Mail has been an invaluable discovery. It allows conversation with scholars all over the world on particular items of interest. Frequently in a university department, one may be the only person interested in a given topic. But, on the Net, all those who share an interest can converge. I've been able to locate addresses for scholars in a matter of minutes, hours, days; when, through usual channels, this may have taken months. For example, just recently I had been searching for a scholar for weeks; he was in Britain, but where? By chance, someone from his institution put out a query over the Net. With his help, I finally made contact with the "missing" person. It seems he was no longer listed in the Commonwealth faculty directory because he had become the University Registrar and was no longer teaching. The electronic speed of communication is astonishing. To write to Europe usually takes a minimum of two weeks. I can type a message to England and have my answer by the next day, if not sooner. And, believe it or not, I have even found a long-lost relative over the Net. (Renee H. Bennett, St. Louis University). * FYI -- The Directory of Electronic Journals an Newsletters * The Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of all electronic journals and newsletters which are of academic interest and available through BITNET, Internet and any affiliated networks. This directory is part of an ongoing project and is updated as new electronic journals and newsletters come into existence and as existing entries are changed. Every effort has been made to provide the user with up-to-date information. Most entries have been either provided from or scrutinized by the journal and newsletter editors themselves to assure accuracy. Internet users can read an online version of the Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters by Gopher or Telnet to the University of Maryland's Info Server. This server will send you any of its files via e-mail, so it is a particularly useful resource. Telnet Access: telnet info.umd.edu Select ReadingRoom then Newsletters then DirectoryofENews Gopher Access: gopher info.umd.edu Select Info - Gopher Interface then ReadingRoom then Newsletters then DirectoryofENews. Contact: consult@umail.umd.edu The Directory can also be accessed at the CICNet Gopher, gopher.cic.net. See Volume Two for complete information about the Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters. __________________________________________________________________ * How to Retrieve Documents Listed in This Guide * __________________________________________________________________ The following describes how to retrieve documents listed in the Electric Mystic's Guide from LISTSERV and FTP archives. One way to think of the Net is to imagine a giant computer hard drive that contains countless files in thousands of directories. LISTSERV and FTP are the two main programs for retrieving files from this global hard drive. This section will also describe how to search LISTSERV logbooks and databases, how to use BITFTP and FTPMAIL, and how to uncompress files. * Retrieving Documents via LISTSERV LISTSERV (which means "list server") is the automated system that runs on IBM/VM computers. LISTSERV runs BITNET based discussion groups called lists (sometimes referred to as online academic discussion groups in the guide) and also maintains fileservers that store documents and some programs. This guide documents all LISTSERV based lists and documents that are of direct interest to Religious Studies and related areas (see Volume Two). Whenever you send a mail message to an address that starts with listserv@ you are actually sending a command to a computer program, not to a person. You can always get help from LISTSERV by sending the command HELP. The Electric Mystic's Guide has instructions on the following aspects of LISTSERV: Retrieving Documents via LISTSERV (this section) BITFTP (page 14) FTPMAIL (page 13) Searching LISTSERV Logbooks (page 10) How to Make the Most of Online Discussion Groups (Volume Two) Directories of LISTSERV Lists (Volume Two) How To Subscribe to Online Discussion Groups (Volume Two) Retrieving Logbooks (Volume Two) BITNET and Internet Religious Studies Related Lists (Volume Two) Users that are not on the Internet will not be able to make direct use of FTP. These users should see, BITFTP -- Princeton BITNET FTP Server, page 14 and FTPMAIL, page 13 . * Sending Commands to LISTSERV When you wish to retrieve a document that is stored on a LISTSERV fileserver, the best way to do this is to send an e-mail message to LISTSERV that contains the command you want it to execute. But first, to retrieve a document from a LISTSERV fileserver you need to know the LISTSERV fileserver's address and the document name. A LISTSERV fileserver address will always look like this: (BITNET Address) (Internet Address) listserv@xxxx or listserv@xxx.xxx.xxx listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca The "@" means "at" and on some systems you must write the address like this: listserv at uottawa or listserv at acadvm1.uottawa.ca You can tell a BITNET address from an Internet address by how many sections follow the @. A BITNET address will only have one section, as in @uottawa whereas an Internet address will always have two or more sections separated by periods, as in @acadvm1.uottawa.ca. This is important to remember because if you are on Internet you must use Internet style addresses. Some Internet based systems will only allow you to use Internet addresses, some will allow for both types of addresses. The Electric Mystic's Guide gives both Internet and BITNET addresses for LISTSERV fileservers whenever possible. LISTSERV will tell you the BITNET version of an Internet e-mail address or the Internet version of a BITNET e-mail address if you send it the command: SHOW ALIAS address where address is the BITNET or Internet address of which you want a "translation". For example, if you send the command SHOW ALIAS UOTTAWA as a mail message to listserv@uottawa (or any other LISTSERV), you will get an answer back in the form of an e-mail message that says: UOTTAWA is also known as acadvm1.uottawa.ca. Files on LISTSERV fileservers will always have two parts to their name, usually referred to as filename filetype. Both parts are never more than eight characters long. In the Electric Mystic's Guide, files on LISTSERV fileservers are usually referred to like this: Kraft, Robert A. Philo and the Sabbath Crisis: Alexandrian Jewish Politics and the Dating of Philo's Works. (Version 2, 1990). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SABBATH ARTICLE. The author's name is given first, then the full title of the file, date of electronic publication, name of the online academic conference (list) that has archived the file (here it is IOUDAIOS), and then the address of the LISTSERV fileserver, here given as listserv@yorkvm1 (BITNET) or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca (Internet). The LISTSERV file here is SABBATH ARTICLE. The name of a LISTSERV file in this guide is always written in capital letters. This is done simply to distinguish them from FTP file names, which are always case sensitive. LISTSERV is not case sensitive so they may be typed in lower and/or upper case letters. There are two ways in which to retrieve a document from a LISTSERV fileserver, once you know the address and file name. You can send an e-mail message directly to a fileserver (leave the subject line blank and turn off any automatic signature files). To retrieve the above file, for example, send an e-mail message to listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca with a single line saying: GET SABBATH ARTICLE Those on PROFS mailers should note that messages sent to LISTSERV must be sent as MAIL and not as DOCUMENT. If your system has interactive messaging capability (BITNET systems do, Internet systems do not), you can send the GET command from the system prompt (not as a mail message) like this: TELL LISTSERV AT YORKVM1 GET SABBATH ARTICLE (VM/CMS users) SEND LISTSERV AT YORKVM1 GET SABBATH ARTICLE (VAX users) This command may differ on other systems. Note that even if your system has interactive TELL or SEND capability, it is nonetheless safer to send LISTSERV commands as mail messages, as they will not be subject to becoming "lost" on the way to the remote computer. You can also send more than one command at a time in a mail message to LISTSERV, just remember to put only one GET file name request per line. For a complete list of useful LISTSERV commands, send the command INFO REFCARD to any LISTSERV. Some systems will send a file retrieved from LISTSERV directly to your filelist or account directory. Other systems will send you a message when the file has arrived. The file may arrive in a few minutes or a few hours, depending on the size of the file and the time of day. If you are on a VAX/VMS machine, enter the command RECE * to move the file into your account directory or filelist. Then enter TYPE SABBATH ARTICLE to read the file. If you are using an IBM VM/CMS system, type RDRL or READERLIST and use the RECEIVE command to move the file into your account filelist. The file can then be read by entering XEDIT SABBATH ARTICLE at the Ready; prompt. For more information on how to use various system mailers and editors, such as UNIX, VAX and VM, see System-Specific Guides, page 28 You can add the command F=MAIL to the end of a request for a file from LISTSERV and this will cause the file to be sent as a mail message straight to your mailbox. This command is used as follows: GET SABBATH ARTICLE F=MAIL and can be used interactively or within a mail message to LISTSERV. * How to Retrieve LISTSERV List Indexes and Files * If you simply want to retrieve the entire logbooks or some other file from a LISTSERV fileserver, send the command INDEX listname to the address of the list. For example: to get a list of files and logbooks available from the LISTSERV list about humanities computing, HUMANIST, send the command INDEX HUMANIST as an e-mail message to listserv@brownvm. This will return a filelist, which is a list of all available logbooks and files from HUMANIST. To retrieve a particular file, send the command GET file name to listserv@brownvm, where file name is the name of the desired file taken from the file list. Searching LISTSERV Logbooks LISTSERV list logbooks (records of past conversations and postings) can be searched remotely by sending LDBASE commands as e-mail messages to a list's database of logbooks. An information file that explains how to do this is available by sending the command GET LISTDB MEMO to any LISTSERV address (for example, to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca). Charles W. Bailey Jr., has written a simplified explanation of how to search LISTSERV logbooks using LDBASE. This document may be retrieved as the file pacsl_dbms.txt via FTP from the node hydra.uwo.ca in the /libsoft/ directory. The following will give some brief examples of how you can send interactive and batch job e-mail messages using LDBASE to search the logbooks of online academic conferences. Note that LDBASE will only work with LISTSERV based lists (not Internet interest groups or USENET newsgroups). * Batch Jobs With LDBASE The best way to use LDBASE batch jobs is to start by creating a permanent file on your e-mail account that can be retrieved into an e-mail message for sending to LISTSERV. This file should have the following lines in it: // JOB ECHO=NO DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES // RULES DD * SEARCH INDEX // I have named this file LDBASE JOB on my e-mail account and simply retrieve it into a mail item when I wish to search a LISTSERV database or collection of logbooks. LDBASE can be used to search the CONTENTS Project for updated sections of the Electric Mystic's Guide. To do this, send the following LDBASE batch job as an e- mail message to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca // JOB ECHO=NO DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES // RULES DD * SEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES UPDATE in CONTENTS INDEX // Note that all posted updates of the Electric Mystic's Guide will use the original section names, such as Bibliographies, Buddhism and Related Topics, Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions), an so on as the subject heading plus the word Update. This is done to facilitate searching for updates via LDBASE. The above command will return the following e-mail message: Item # Date Time Recs Subject ------ ---- ---- ---- ------- 000051 92/05/19 11:33 107 Directory of Online Religion Scholars 000080 92/06/25 12:00 166 Electronic Buddhist Archives ( Part 1 000081 92/06/25 12:05 308 Electronic Buddhist Archives ( Part 2 000117 92/10/09 20:31 869 BTS BULLETIN ( 2/2) 000150 92/11/11 15:31 258 MISC: Bibliographies Update 000154 92/12/10 16:39 80 Changes to the Contents Project Now you can send another LDBASE batch job that will return the actual bibliographies section update. Note that you must repeat the search command: // JOB ECHO=NO DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES // RULES DD * SEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES UPDATE in CONTENTS PRINT 150 // LDBASE can be used to search the past conversations on online academic conferences such as IOUDAIOS, ELENCHUS and HUMANIST. Simply e-mail the batch job to the address of the LISTSERV list in question (for example, listserv@brownvm for HUMANIST), change the word "CONTENTS" (above) to the list name, and replace "BIBLIOGRAPHIES UPDATE" with the desired keyword. LDBASE is quite sophisticated and can use AND, OR, NOT, and other modifiers. For complete information on how to use LDBASE, send the command GET LISTDB MEMO to any LISTSERV address (for example, to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca). * Interactive Searching BITNET users can search remote LISTSERV databases interactively by first getting the LDBASE user interface (program) by sending the following commands to your nearest LISTSERV: For VM/CMS systems: TELL LISTSERV GET LDBASE TELL LISTSERV GET LSVIUCV MODULE For VAX/VMS systems: SEND LISTSERV GET LDBASE COM After you have received these files into your e-mail account disk, enter the command LDBASE at your system prompt. This will start your interactive session. LDBASE will ask you to enter the LISTSERV address you wish to connect to by default. I answered TEMPLEVM to this, as this is where the HELP-NET logbooks are kept. LDBASE will then ask you to "Please enter the userid of the LISTSERV server at TEMPLEVM, or a blank line if it is "LISTSERV". Just hit enter. Now you will see the following appear on your screen: welcome to listserv@templevm - release 1.7e, backbone server. Cpu model 3084, dasd model 3380. Enter command, or "quit" to exit: A few sample commands that you could send are as follows: search FTP in HELP-NET Which will return the message: Search started... CONNECT= 00:09:12 VIRTCPU= 000:00.16 TOTCPU= 000:00.33 --> Database HELP-NET, 694 hits. To get a complete list of all these hits, send the command: SENDBACK INDEX. This will send you the following file as an e-mail message: Item # Date Time Recs Subject ------ ---- ---- ---- ------- 000016 92/01/07 11:34 9 RE: Internet lists 000025 92/01/08 20:07 16 FTP addresses 000026 92/01/09 11:11 21 Re: FTP addresses 000035 92/01/10 17:35 13 Anon FTP of RFCs? 000037 92/01/10 18:31 20 Re: Anon FTP of RFCs? 000039 92/01/11 14:11 14 email load on NSFNET 000042 92/01/11 21:04 16 Re: email load on NSFNET 000043 92/01/11 20:19 96 NEW LIST: VIRTU-L - VR / 000049 92/01/12 11:08 12 Re: RFC's, NIC's and 000053 92/01/13 13:00 37 Re: email load on NSFNET 000070 92/01/16 15:20 11 FTP'ing and GET command and so on .... If you wanted to read the e-mail message with the subject FTP'ing and GET command, then send the command SENDBACK PRINT 0070. This will return the original mail message to your e-mail box. If you want to interactively search another database, start your session by entering LDBASE listserv@address, where listserv@address is the address of the list you are interested in searching (for example, ldbase listserv@uottawa). Interactive searching with LDBASE is interesting but unfortunately slow and will only return files under thirty lines long directly to you. Longer files must be sent as e-mail with the command SENDBACK, which serves to defeat the purpose of interactive searching. The best way to use LDBASE is by sending what are called "batch" jobs (explained above) to the LISTSERV that holds the logbooks in which you are interested. See the document LDBASE MEMO for complete information on interactive and batch searching. Using FTP Mail Gateways For those who do are not on the Internet and do not have access to FTP, there are two servers that will process FTP commands which are sent as e-mail. One of these servers is called BITFTP and the other is FTPMAIL. Either sever will retrieve any file from an anonymous FTP server on the Internet. These FTP mail gateways are far from perfect and will not always produce the desired results. They work best for retrieving small to medium size text files. The following will give you some examples of using these servers and tell you where to get more information on how to use them. * FTPMAIL The best way to explain these FTP servers is by giving you a few tested examples to try for yourself. The following examples will show you how to get the index, a bibliography and a binary file from the CONTENTS Project Religious Studies archive. All FTPMAIL requests must be sent to the address ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com. Leave the subject line blank and turn off your signature file before sending the mail message. If you do not know how to turn of your signature file, the command quit (below) will suffice. Note that you do not need to specify login and password, as these are already defaulted to "anonymous" and your e-mail address. Here is an example of retrieving an FTP archive index: connect panda1.uottawa.ca chdir pub/religion get ftp-index.txt quit This will return an e-mail message that includes the following notice: There are [x number of] jobs ahead of this one in our queue. You should expect the results to be mailed to you within a day or so. We try to drain the request queue every 30 minutes, but sometimes it fills up with enough junk that it takes until midnight (Pacific time) to clear. Note that the "reply" or "answer" command in your mailer will not work for this message or any other mail you receive from FTPMAIL. To send requests to FTPMAIL, send an original mail message, not a reply. As shown in the header of this message, complaints should be sent to the ftpmail-admin@inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com address rather than to postmaster, since our postmaster is not responsible for fixing FTPMAIL problems. There is no way to delete this request, so be sure that it has failed before you resubmit it or you will receive multiple copies of anything you have requested. There is no way to specify that your request should be tried only during certain hours of the day. If you need a file from a time-restricted FTP server, you probably cannot get it via FTPMAIL. If you are not sure what files are in a FTP archive, then send the ls command, which will give you a list of all files and subdirectories in any one directory, or send the ls -lR command, which will return to you a "recursive" listing of all files in the current directory and all subdirectories and their files as well. connect panda1.uottawa.ca chdir pub/religion ls quit To get a bibliography that is in ASCII text on the CONTENTS Project FTP fileserver, use the following as a guide: connect panda1.uottawa.ca chdir pub/religion get shaman-1.txt quit To get a binary file, you will have to first have it encoded into ASCII before it is mailed to you. Here is an example: connect panda1.uottawa.ca binary uuencode chdir pub/religion get unzip42.exe quit You will need to use uudecode before trying to execute any binary file. Remember to always scan binary files for any viruses before and after unzipping or executing. VMS, DOS, and Macintosh versions of uudecode, atob, compress and compact are often available through your university's computing services, if they are not already on your network system. You can get further information about using FTPMAIL by sending the command HELP to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com as an e-mail message. * BITFTP -- Princeton BITNET FTP Server BITFTP provides a mail interface that allows BITNET, NetNorth, and EARN users to FTP files from sites on the Internet. For complete instructions on how to use BITFTP, send the e-mail command HELP to bitftp@pucc or bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu. Net users on VMS systems should send the command VMS to bitftp@pucc or bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu to request a collection of tips provided by BITFTP users on how to handle binary files from BITFTP on VMS systems. As with FTPMAIL, the load on BITFTP is often very heavy, and request backlogs are often so large that it may take several days for a file to get to you once BITFTP receives your request. If your system allows you to send interactive messages, you can inquire about BITFTP's backlog by sending the command TELL BITFTP AT PUCC HOW ARE YOU? Unlike FTPMAIL, BITFTP is not able to provide service to nodes that are not directly on EARN or BITNET or NetNorth. If you are not directly on these networks, BITFTP will tell you so. At this point you should use FTPMAIL (above) as an alternative. If BITFTP is unable to connect to the FTP node you specify, it will send you a e-mail message after the first attempt, but will keep trying at intervals over three days. The only additional mail file you will receive will be when the connection is made successfully or when BITFTP gives up after three days. Here is a sample BITFTP request for the ASCII text bibliography, Religious Studies: Selected Reference Works at the Western Washington University Libraries (1992): FTP panda1.uottawa.ca NETDATA cd pub/religion get reference-works-biblio.txt quit Note that if the username is "anonymous" (it almost always is), no password is required; BITFTP will use your userid and e-mail address as the password. Questions about BITFTP and suggestions for improvements should be directed to Melinda Varian, maint@pucc or maint@pucc.princeton.edu. Using BITFTP or FTPMAIL to retrieve binary files, or even Postscript files, can be more than a bit tricky (although they do work quite well when retrieving ASCII text files). One way around having to deal with these FTP gateways is to post a query to a LISTSERV list asking if someone on the Internet could retrieve the program or document for you and send it via surface mail on a diskette. This is best used with reserve, and if you have been on the Net for any length of time, chances are that you have acquired a few e-mail friends who will be willing to do this for you, if contacted directly. Always offer to repay the individual for mailing costs and time. * Find Out More About LISTSERV * If you require further help in retrieving LISTSERV files please contact your local computing services or retrieve the following help files: LISTSERV MEMO (intended to help non-BITNET or non- VM/CMS users in sending commands to LISTSERV and LISTSERV lists, highly recommended reading) from listserv@bitnic and BITNET USERHELP from listserv@marist and LISTSERV BASICS from the HELP- NET LISTSERV fileserver at listserv@templevm or listserv@vm.temple.edu. These are very helpful and informative introductory files. Another useful document that explains BITNET and LISTSERV is file HOSTINFO NOTES from listserv@jhuvm or listserv@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu. This document contains a bibliography of other useful references. These documents may also be available at your own site. Retrieving Documents via FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is what those who have access to the Internet use to transfer files from one computer to another. FTP can retrieve an electronic copy of the entire Bible from the other side of the globe in a matter of minutes. On the Internet there are hundreds of thousands of files and programs that reside on FTP fileservers. To FTP a file or a program from a fileserver you need to know the domain name of the system from which you want to transfer a file. You also need to know the directory that the file is in and the name of the file. In this guide a domain name is referred to as a node. Wherever possible, nodes have been given in numbers and letters, as some systems prefer one or the other. Using FTP is referred to as a session. Note that only those users on an Internet system will have FTP capability. BITNET users will not be able to make direct use of FTP (see Using FTP Mail Gateways, page 13). FTP is quite complex (surprised?) and a complete description of this network tool would exceed forty or so pages. In stead of overwhelming you with everything-about-FTP this guide will simply tell you what you need to know to perform basic tasks such as FTPing to a node (Internet accessible computer), changing directories and retrieving low ASCII text files, compressed documents, and binary programs. If you imagine the Net as a building full of filing cabinets, then using FTP is like going to a particular filing cabinet (a node), opening one drawer (directory) at a time, searching through the files in the drawer and taking home one or more of these files (documents, programs, sound recordings, photographs, graphic images, entire books, almost anything). FTP can be that simple. As with all Net tools, it is impossible for you to break anything while using FTP, and no one will ever know if you make a few mistakes trying out something new. It is important that your FTP sessions be restricted to after the normal business hours of the site that you are FTPing to (if you are able to determine where that site is located). This is done to reduce the load on FTP sites during peak local times. Failure to observe this FTP etiquette has resulted in FTP access to certain sites being discontinued, due to heavy use at the wrong time of day. Remember that local business hours of a distant site may be different from your own clock, due to different time zones. * Using FTP FTP sessions have three basic stages; connecting to a remote host (computer), changing to the desired directory and retrieving files. Note that FTP software varies slightly throughout the Net. If the following instructions prove unhelpful, enter the command HELP or ? for more information once you have started your FTP session. This guide cannot give precise details on how to start your FTP session, due to the wide variation in systems throughout the Net. In most cases you start a session simply by entering ftp node.address at your system prompt. Remember to consult local system manuals and support staff if more direction is needed. When a file is available via FTP the Electric Mystic's Guide will give the full name of the file, its node address, the directory the file is found in and the name of the FTP file itself. The following example provides information on the electronic text of the Bible. The Bible (King James Version). Available as the files bible10.zip and bible10.txt from the Project Gutenberg archives via FTP from the node mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext92/ directory. The node address is mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12). Both the letter address and number address is given, as some systems prefer one or the other. The directory is /extext/etext92/. Note that unlike the backslash " \ " used by MSDOS, FTP uses a frontslash " / ", familiar to those who use UNIX. The file names are bible10.zip and bible10.txt. With these pieces of information a users may then retrieve the file to his or her own local e-mail account. * Connecting to a Host (Node) A host generally refers to any computer that can be accessed from either a local terminal or a remote computer. Hosts are also referred to as network servers or mainframes. A host will have one or more network addresses called nodes. Nodes are how computers on the Net tell each other where they are located and how to find them. Node addresses take the form of a series of either letters or numbers, separated by periods, such as mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu or (128.174.201.12). Note that the brackets ( ) are not part of the node address. Think of a host like a store and the node as the store address. Here is an sample session of FTPing to the CONTENTS Project archive. Start by entering: FTP panda1.uottawa.ca This command returns the following: VM TCP/IP FTP V2R2 Connecting to panda1.uottawa.ca 137.122.6.16, port 21 220 panda1 FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. USER (identify yourself to the host): To which you answer by typing: anonymous. Note that login names are case sensitive, and anonymous is always lower case, unless otherwise specified. Now you will see the following message: >>>USER anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: By "ident" is meant your full e-mail address. Sometimes FTP sessions will require you to enter guest as a password. FTP will usually tell you what is required. The CONTENTS Project archives are in the directory /pub/religion/. On some systems you can now type cd pub/religion but on others you must type cd pub then cd religion. If one way fails, then try the other way. Note that on the vast majority of systems, directory and file names are case sensitive. They must be typed exactly as they appear. The command cd means "change directory". Once you have moved to the desired directory, enter the command ls to see what files are archive there. If you enter the command list or dir, this will give you file names, as well as their size (in bytes) and the date they were archived. This can be important if you have limited disk space. Now you are ready to FTP any low ASCII text files. These files usually have the extension .txt or .text and if there is no extension, then the file is probably a low ASCII file. ASCII files include texts, program source codes, electronic mail messages, UNIX shell archives, uuencoded files and Postscript files. Note that binhexed Macintosh files will have the extension .hqx and must be treated as ASCII files. At this point you could FTP the file muslim_biblio.txt to see how things work. This is done by entering the command get muslim_biblio.txt. When the transfer is complete, simply type QUIT, CLOSE or BYE to return to your own site and e-mail account. The file muslim_biblio.txt also exists as a nicely formatted Postscript file, under the name of muslim_biblio.ps. Postscript files are ASCII, not binary files. Here is what the FTP session for retrieving this Postscript file looks like: Ready; system prompt of CM/VMS site FTP panda1.uottawa.ca start your session VM TCP/IP FTP V2R2 Connecting to panda1.uottawa.ca 137.122.6.16, port 21 220 panda1 FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. USER (identify yourself to the host): anonymous login (user) name is anonymous >>>USER anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: here you type your e-mail address >>>PASS ******** 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Command: cd pub/religion changed to the desired directory >>>CWD pub/religion 250 CWD command successful. Command: get muslim_biblio.ps retrieve desired file >>>PORT 137,122,6,6,40,79 200 PORT command successful. >>>RETR muslim_biblio.ps 150 ASCII data connection for muslim_biblio.ps (137.122.6.6,10319) 168237 bytes)** 226 ASCII Transfer complete. 170314 bytes transferred. Transfer rate 56.21 Kbytes/sec.** Command: quit finish your session >>>QUIT 221 Goodbye. Ready; **Note that after each transfer, FTP tells you what files was transferred, how big it was, and how fast it was sent to you. The numbers down the right side are meaningless and safely ignored. If you are not sure if the file you want is in ASCII or binary or some other format, the UNIX command file will tell you what format a file is in. While in your FTP session, enter the command file filename (for example, file muslim_biblio.ps) to find out about the file in question. (This command is not always available). * FTPing Binary Files If you are retrieving a file that has the extensions .exe .Z .zip then you must use the binary mode. Type binary in your session before issuing the get command. Binary .exe files often have README files archived with them that provide retrieval and installation instructions. The extension .Z is generally reserved for UNIX compressed files. These files must be retrieved as binary files and uncompressed on a UNIX machine. It is possible to uncompress .Z files on IBM and Macintosh systems, your university's computing services should have utilities available for this (see Uncompressing Files, page 22). The extension .zip (sometime .ZIP) denotes a binary file that has been compressed using PKZIP or similar utility. These files can be software programs, wordprocessor files, hypertext programs or otherwise. After retrieving them, you will need to copy these files to your personal computer and unzip with a PKUNZIP utility. To switch back to ASCII mode, simply enter the command ascii. As it can be a royal pain in the neck to fiddle with binary and compressed files (particularly if you are not on a UNIX operating system), many text files appear on the Net in two or more formats; ASCII text, Postscript, wordprocessor, TEX and so on. This guide has attempted to indicate whenever an ASCII version is available. * Various Common FTP Commands and Their Use There is over 70 commands available on most FTP implementations, the following are the commands you will use most often. Note that not all commands will work at every FTP site. ascii ASCII is the default setting for FTP, use this command to return to ascii mode after retrieving a binary file. binary Will switch your session to binary mode. Use this command before retrieving binary programs (.exe), zipped files (.zip), or compressed files (.Z). cd directory-name Will move you into the directory indicated by directory-name. cd .. or chdirup Will move you one sub-directory up the directory chain. get file.name Will retrieve a file into your local e-mail account. hash Tells FTP to send a # to you screen for every 1K it has transmitted. This allows you to monitor the transfer, but is not often necessary, as many FTP sites will return a current byte count while the transfer is in progress. help command This will usually tell you a bit about the command in question. list or dir This lists all files in the current directory, along with there size in bytes and the date they were archived. ls Will list all files in the current directory. ls -lR Will list all files, directories and subdirectories at the FTP site. This can generate a very, very long report, so use with caution. mget *.* Will retrieve all of the files in the current directory into your e-mail account. Use this command with caution as it may result in exceeding your available account disk space. You may have to answer yes or y before each file is transmitted. prompt Tells FTP to prompt you before transferring each file when used with mget. It the FTP site is already set to prompt, then typing prompt will turn this feature off. pwd Reveals the full name of the current directory and subdirectory(s). * FTP Tips * Read the README, READ_ME, ReadMe, files - they usually contain important and helpful information. Also look out for INDEX or 00- index files - these will contain an index of the available files in the current directory, or sometimes the entire archive. * The directory pub will be the most common primary subdirectory (it is short form for public), and is a good place to start, when hunting around FTP archives. * Some systems will prompt you with the word OPEN, to this you respond with the FTP node address, for example, OPEN panda1.uottawa.ca. Sometimes you will also see the prompt USER, this requires the response anonymous. * If you want to read a file before retrieving it, you can do this only with text files that are not compressed, with the following commands: get filename.txt tt: (from VMS) get filename.txt - or get filename.txt |more (from UNIX) This should not be overused, as it ties up sites with heavy traffic and is rude to other users waiting to login. * VMS FTP directory syntax and commands are slightly different from UNIX syntax. If you see a directory name such as [FILESERV.DOC.DISK1], then use cdup or cd - to ascend the tree. If you descend only one level at a time, you may type just the name of the directory. Note that VMS uses square brackets [ ] as opposed to the UNIX backslash. Other VMS FTP Commands: cd [.doc.disk1] moves you down to [FILESERV.DOC.DISK1] cd doc moves you down to [FILESERV.DOC] cd disk1 moves you down to [FILESERV.DOC.DISK1] cd [-.disk2] moves across to [FILESERV.DOC.DISK2] cdup or cd - moves up to [FILESERV.DOC] cd disk2 goes down to [FILESERV.DOC.DISK2] cd [fileserv] takes you immediately to the root [FILESERV], from your current subdirectory * Common FTP Problems * On some non-UNIX based systems, you will have to rename the file you are retrieving, if it has a long name or unusual extensions. If the file you want to get refused to transfer, try giving it a new, shorter name. For example, get astrology-and-judaism- biblio.txt astro.txt. This will send the file to you as astro.txt. * If you misspell anonymous when starting a FTP session, you will get the reply "Login incorrect". You can start again by entering user anonymous. Please note that the Electric Mystic's Guide is not meant to tell you how to use your local mailing system. There are simply too many different systems and different sets of commands. This is why it is important for the new networker to take local courses in electronic mail and obtain e-mail manuals intended for local users. These steps will save you considerable time and frustration. Uncompressing Files File compression is the ugly side of the Net. There are many different compression programs floating around out there, but the ones you will come across in the Electric Mystic's Guide are rather straightforward (.zip .hqx .Z and .tar are the most common). The following will help you identify these extensions and give information on how to uncompress them. The best source of information on compression programs and file handling is the document, Guide to File Compression, Archiving and Test Binary Formats, (David Lemson, lemson@uiuc.edu), available as the file compression via FTP to the node ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in the /doc/pcnet/ directory. This document lists most compression programs, the programs needed to uncompress each one (for DOS, Macintosh, UNIX, VM/CMS, Amiga, VMS, Apple 2, Atari, OS/2, and Windows3 operating systems), and where these programs may be found on the Net. * Common Compression Formats and Their Uncompression Programs Note that the extensions are sometimes capitalized. .arc Uncompressed with arc602.exe (DOS), ArcMac1.3c (Mac), arc521 (UNIX), arcutil2 (VM/CMS). .exe Not a compressed file - this is a binary program that may be self extracting. .hqx Macintosh BinHexed file (treat as ASCII). Uncompressed with xbin23.zip (DOS), BinHex4.0 (Mac), mcvert (UNIX), binhex (VM/CMS). BinHexed files can be UnBinHexed with BinHex 4.0 or Stuffit. BinHex5.0 format is a MacBinary format, while BinHex 4.0 files are ASCII format. .sit Macintosh Stuffit format. Uncompressed with unsit30.zip (DOS), StuffItLite (Mac), unsit (UNIX), not available (VM/CMS). .tar UNIX program for compressing many files into one for quick transfer. Tar files are often in compressed format and look like this tar.Z (treat as binary). Uncompressed with tar.zip or tarread.arc or extar10.zip or ltarv1.zip (DOS), UnTar2.0 (Mac), on UNIX you need to use to commands: uncompress filname.tar.Z and then tar xf filename.tar (UNIX), not available (VM/CMS). .ps Not a compressed file - this is an ASCII Postscript file for printing on laser printers. .uue Uuencoded (treat as ASCII). Uncompressed with toaduu20.zip (DOS), uutool2.0.3 (Mac), uudecode (UNIX), arcutil (VM/CMS). .Z UNIX compressed file (treat as binary). Uncompressed on UNIX systems with the command uncompress filename.Z. Uncompressed with u16.zip (DOS), MacCompress3.2 (MAC). .zip PKZIP file (treat as binary). Uncompressed with pkz110eu.exe or most recent version of pkunzip.exe (DOS), UnZip1.1 (Mac), unzip50 (UNIX), arcutil2 (VM/CMS). Retrieve David Lemson's document (above) for details on where these programs may be obtained on the Net or contact your computing help centre or computer supply store. * Uncompressing and Printing UNIX Compressed (.Z) Files on Macintosh UNIX compressed (.Z) files can be uncompressed with the decompression program called MacCompress 3.2. Note that the Apple laser printer, LaserWriter Utility, can print Postscript files that have been uncompressed with MacCompress 3.2. * Retrieving and Using Graphic (Picture) Files See the following document for complete details on handling graphic files. The Internet contains thousands of pictures that can be downloaded and displayed on your computer screen. These pictures cover all subjects, and also include a number of uncovered subjects. Howard, John. alt.pictures.binaries Frequenently Asked Questions. For detailed information on how to retrieve and view graphic files such as .gif and .jpg, retrieve the documents Part1.Z Part2.Z Part3.Z via FTP to ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.2 or 137.39.1.9 or 192.48.96.2) in the /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/ directory. Also available via e-mail message by sending the commands send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1 and send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2 and send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part3 to the mail- server@pit-manager.mit.edu address. * Find Out More About FTP * For more information on how to use FTP, retrieve the files FTP PRIMER and FTP SAMPLE from the HELP-NET LISTSERV fileserver at listserv@templevm or listserv@vm.temple.edu. See also the document Lists of Internet Sites Accepting Anonymous FTP (Jon Granrose, 1991) available as the file ftp.list via FTP from the node pilot.njin.net in the /pub/ftp-list/ directory. Also available by sending the e-mail message GET FTP LIST with the subject of LISTSERV-REQUEST to odin@pilot.njin.net. For more information on how to FTP binary files, retrieve the file Getting Binaries via FTP, (Brian O'Neill, 1991), via FTP as the file binaries_ftp.txt. from the node hydra.uwo.ca in the /libsoft/ directory. __________________________________________________________________ * Selected Network Guides and Useful Information Files * __________________________________________________________________ The best source of information on how to use the Internet is the Net itself. The following is a listing of some of the more helpful information documents, Net bibliographies, user manuals and hypertext guides that are freely available on the Net. The end of this section lists guides that are available in print from publishers. Print guides are particularly useful for those not connected with an academic institution and also for Net users who are at institutions that do not provide sufficient documentation, support and training for online researching and computer mediated communication. * General Information Documents About the Net Bailey, Charles W., Jr. "Electronic Publishing on Networks: A Selective Bibliography of Recent Works." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 3, no. 2 (1992): 13-20. This bibliography presents selected paper and electronic sources concerned with network-based electronic publishing. Covers items published after 1989 and is thus useful for acquiring current informtion. Available from to listserv@uhupvm1 or listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu as the file BAILEY PRV3N2. Barron, Billy. How to Find Out Someone's E-mail Address Without Using the Telephone. (1992). Available from listserv@bitnic.educom.edu or listserv@bitnic as the file ADDRESS BARRON_B Barron, Billy. UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases. (1992). A directory of online library catalogues. Available via FTP as libraries.txt (ASCII), libraries.ps (Postscript), and libraries.wp5 (WordPerfect 5.1) from the node ftp.unt.edu in the /library/ directory. Barron, Billy. Using Wide Area Networks for Research. Available from listserv@bitnic.educom.edu or listserv@bitnic as the file WAN BARRON_B Bowers, Karen. et al. FYI on Where to Start: A Bibliography of Internetworking Information. (1990). Available via FTP as the file fyi3.txt from the node nic.ddn.mil in the /rfc/ directory. This FYI (For Your Information) RFC (Request For Comments) is a bibliography of information about TCP/IP internetworking, prepared by the User Services Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Rather technical in focus. Ciolek, T. Matthew. Internet Voyager. Social Scientist's Guidebook to AARNET: Internet Online Information Services. (1992). The file internet-voyager is available via FTP from the node sunsite.unc.edu in the /pub/docs/about-the-net/libsoft/ directory. An extensive listing of network accessible archives, online conferences, databases, serials, and research centres of value to networked social scientists. Sources of information are rated according to range, quality and "freshness". The node sunsite.unc.edu is filled with many valuable files and is well exploring, subdirectory by subdirectory. Condon, Christopher. BITNET USERHELP. (1990). Available from listserv@marist or listserv@cmuccvma as the file BITNET USERHELP. Explains what is BITNET, how to send files and use the TELL command, how to read a e-mail header and e-mail address and explains servers, lists and relays. This document is highly recommended for new BITNET users. December, John. Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication. (1992). The file internet-cmc is available via FTP from the node ftp.rpi.edu in the /pub/communications/ directory. Summarizes sources of information about the Internet and computer mediated communication. This document also contains access information for a large number of Internet guides and information files. FAQ: How to Find People's E-mail Address. This document provides information on a variety of techniques for finding e-mail addresses. Available from USENET newsgroups: comp.mail.misc -- soc.net-people -- news.newusers.questions and news.answers. Also available from mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu by sending the mail message: send usenet/comp.mail.misc/faq:_how_to_find_people_s_e- mail_addresses and available via FTP from the node pit-manager.mit.edu (18.72.1.58) in the /pub/usenet/comp.mail.misc/ directory as the file FAQ:_How_to_find_people_s_E-mail_addresses. Also see the document, How to Find Out Someone's E-mail Address Without Using the Telephone, (Billy Barron, 1992) by sending the mail message: GET ADDRESS BARRON_B to listserv@bitnic. Granrose, Jon. Lists of Internet Sites Accepting Anonymous FTP. (1991). Available as the file ftp.list via FTP from the node pilot.njin.net in the directory /pub/ftp-list/. Also available by sending the e-mail message GET FTP LIST with the subject of LISTSERV- REQUEST to odin@pilot.njin.net. Hallman, Judy. Campus-Wide Information Systems (CWIS). Available as the file cwis-l via FTP from the node ftp.oit.unc.edu in the /pub/docs/ directory. Howard, John. alt.pictures.binaries Frequenently Asked Questions. For detailed information on how to retrieve and view graphic files such as .gif and .jpg, retrieve the documents Part1.Z Part2.Z Part3.Z via FTP to ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.2 or 137.39.1.9 or 192.48.96.2) in the /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/ directory. Also available via e-mail message by sending the commands send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1 and send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2 and send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part3 to the mail- server@pit-manager.mit.edu address. Kind, Irving. Babel: A Listing of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms. Available via FTP as the file babel93a.txt from the node ftp.temple.edu in the /pub/info/help-net/ directory. Lemson, David. Guide to File Compression, Archiving and Test-Binary Formats. (1991). The file compression is available via FTP from the node ftp.cso.uiuc.edu in the /doc/pcnet/ directory. Lincoln, Barbara. WAIS Bibliography. (1991). The file bibliography.txt is available via FTP from quake.think.com in the /pub/wais/wais-discussion/ directory. Maas, Robert Elton. MaasInfo Archie. (1991). How to use the Archie service to find out where files are available on the Internet. Available via FTP as the file MaasInfo.Archie from the node aarnet.edu.au in the /pub/doc/ directory. Maas, Robert Elton. MaasInfo HowNet. (1992). Gives brief descriptions of how to get started using various network services (mostly on Internet and BITNET). Available via FTP as the file MaasInfo.HowNet from the node aarnet.edu.au in the /pub/doc/ directory. Maas, Robert Elton. MaasInfo TopIndex: The Index of Indexes. (1992). Available via FTP as the file MaasInfo.TopIndex from the node aarnet.edu.au in the /pub/doc/ directory. This is a comprehensive guide to over 50 Net indexes on a wide variety of subjects. This directory also contains a number of other Internet guides and information files. Malkin, G and Marine, A. FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly Asked New Internet User Questions. (1992). Available via FTP as the file fyi4.txt from the node nic.ddn.mil in the /rfc/ directory. Malkin, G and Reynolds, J. FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly Asked Experienced Internet User Questions. (1991). Available via FTP as the file fyi7.txt from the node nic.ddn.mil in the /rfc/ directory. O'Neill, Brian, Getting Binaries via FTP. (1991). Available via FTP as the file binaries_ftp.txt. from the node hydra.uwo.ca in the /libsoft/ directory. Parker, Elliott. Computer Networking. (1991). Available from comserv@rpiecs as COMPUNET BIBLIO. Also available as the file parker.bib via FTP from the node infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/bib/ directory. Ray, Ron. Obtaining Host and Address Information. (1990). Available from listserv@jhuvm or listserv@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu as the file HOSTINFO NOTES. Explains how to find host and e-mail address information on BITNET, Internet and UUCP. SGML Frequently Asked Questions. This document provides answers to questions that are frequently posted to the USENET newsgroup comp.text.sgml and is of use to those unfamiliar with Standard Generalized Markup Language. Available from AIBI-L, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as SGML FAQ. See also the file SGML Bibliography, by Robin Cover, Available from AIBI-L, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as SGML BIBLIO1 SGML BIBLIO2 SGML BIBLIO3 SGML BIBLIO4. Stanton, Deidre E. Using Networked Information Resources: A Bibliography. (1992). 101 pages. The file stanton.bib is available via FTP from infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/bib/ directory. Very extensive. Strangelove, Michael. Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters. (Edition 3.0, March 1993). Available via FTP from the CONTENTS Project FTP archive at the node panda1.uottawa.ca as file ejournals.txt in the /pub/religion/ directory. Also available via LISTSERV from listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as the files EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY and EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY. Strangelove, Natalie. Directory of Networked Resources for Social Work Studies. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as the file SOCWORK DIRECTRY. Yanoff, Scott. Special Internet Connections. (1992). A six page directory of special Internet archives and servers. Available as the file inet.services.txt via FTP from csd4.csd.uwm.edu in the /pub/ directory and also posted every month to the USENET newsgroup alt.bbs.internet. * Network User Guides The AARNet Resource Guide. Available as the files resource_guide_archives.txt resource_guide_compresources.txt resource_guide_directories.txt resource_guide_libraries.txt resource_guide_netmembers.txt via FTP from the node aarnet.edu.au in the /pub/resource-guide/ directory. Farley, Laine. (ed.) Library Resources on the Internet. (1991). Available as the file libcat-guide via FTP from the node dla.ucop.edu in the /pub/internet/ directory. How to search online library catalogues, with information on related library resources. Internet Resource Guide. By the NSF Network Service Center. Available as a variety of ASCII and Postscript files via FTP from the node nnsc.nsf.net in the /resource- guide/ directory. See the README file for full retrieval instuctions. The Internet Tour. Available as the file internet.tour.txt via FTP from the node nysernet.org in the /pub/guides/ directory. This document contains an extensive description of the Internet. LaQuey, Tracy with Jeanne C. Ryer. The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking. (Addison-Wesley, 1992). Available as the file The.Internet.Companion.Z (binary) via FTP from the node world.std.com in the /OBS/The.Internet.Companion/ directory. Leach, Michael R. HULINTRO: Harvard University Library Introduction to Networks. (1992) Available as the file hulintro.gde (text) via FTP from the node infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/gde/netinfo/ directory. This directory also contains many other useful guides. Also available via LISTSERV from listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu by send the command SUBSCRIBE HULINTRO Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the Art of the Internet. (1992). The files zen-1.0.dvi zen-1.0.PS zen-1.0.tar.Z and zen-1.0.txt are available via FTP from csn.org in the /pub/net/zen/ directory. This very useful introductory guide that is also available in print from Prentice Hall, Elglewood Cliffs, NJ 076326. Kochmer, Jonathan. NorthWestNet User Services Internet Resource Guide (NUSIRG). Available as a variety of Postscript files via FTP from the node ftphost.nwnet.net in the /nic/nwnet/user-guide/ directory. NYSERnet New User's Guide to Useful and Unique Resources on the Internet. Available as a variety of the files via FTP from the node nysernet.org in the /pub/guides/ directory. This directory also contains many other useful guides. SURAnet Guide to Selected Internet Resources. (1993). Available via FTP as the file infoguide.xx-xx.txt (where xx-xx is the date of latest edition) from the node ftp.sura.net in the /pub/nic/ directory. This directory also contains many other useful guides and documents. Viehland, Dennis W. A Resource Guide to Listservers, BITNET, Internet, and USENET. (1991). Available as the file listserv.gde via FTP from the node infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/gde/netinfo/ directory. Also available via LISTSERV from listserv@arizvm1 as the file LISTSERV GUIDE * System-Specific Guides Ruedenberg, Lucia. Beginners Guide to Networking on VM/CMS. Available from listserv@templevm or listserv@vm.temple.edu as the file CMS GUIDE. This guide is highly recommended for any users on the VM/CMS operating system. St. Sauver, Joe. The VAX Book. (1989). Available in Postscript and TEX format via FTP from decoy.uoregon.edu in the /pub/vaxbook/ directory. 326 pages long. The VAX Book is an example-oriented guide to using a VAX/VMS system in a networked environment. While it is tailored to the University of Oregon's VAX 8800 system, the skills it illustrates are general enough to be of interest to users at most other VAX sites, and even users at many non-VAX sites connected to the national networks. See the README file for retrieval details. Thomas, Eric. LISTSERV MEMO. Available from listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca (or any other LISTSERV) as the file LISTSERV MEMO. Intended to help non-BITNET or non-VM/SP users in sending commands to LISTSERV and LISTSERV lists. This document is highly recommended for any non-BITNET users and those not on the VM operating system. The vi Editor. Available via FTP from ftp.sura.net in the /pub/nic/network.service.guides/ directory. The vi Editor is a very brief introduction to basic commands of the UNIX vi text editor. * FYI -- The SURAnet Network Information Center * Many of the documents available in the SURAnet Network Information Center FTP archive are geared towards the new user of the Internet. SURAnet has provided several "How To" guides for network navigation tools such as Telnet, FTP, and e-mail. These guides are available via FTP to the node ftp.sura.net in the /pub/nic/network.service.guides/ directory. All suggestions for additions, comments regarding this FTP archive, or general Internet questions are welcomed and can be sent to info@sura.net. Non-UNIX Users Note: Compressed files in this archive may be uncompressed by retrieving the file without the .Z. For example: to retrieve zen-1.0.tar.Z uncompressed one would type get zen-1.0.tar. The contents of entire subdirectories may also be tarred and optionally compressed. To retrieve, for example, the /nic/ directory tarred & compressed, one would type (from within the /pub/ directory) get nic.tar.Z (Warning: this will return a file over two million bytes in size). * Print Books About the Net Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams. !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressin and Networks. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. 1990. Internet: Getting Started. Elglewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 1993. Explains how to join the Internet, the various types of Internet access, and procedures for obtaining a unique IP address and domain name. An extensive list of Internet access providers of all types is provided. Information regarding access for countries outside of the United States is included as well. Finally, the guide explains many concepts essential to the Internet, such as the Domain Name System, IP addressing, Internet protocols, and electronic mail. This is a comprehensive overview of what the Internet is and how to become a part of it. Internet: Mailing Lists. Elglewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 1993. This book lists more than 800 electronic discussion forums on subjects as varied as TCP/IP protocols, music research, the Caribbean economy, science fiction, and animal rights. Complete information about how to subscribe to each list is included. Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the Art of the Internet. Elglewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 1992. Also freely available as the files zen-1.0.dvi zen-1.0.PS zen-1.0.tar.Z and zen-1.0.txt via FTP from the node csn.org in the /pub/net/zen/ directory. Kochmer, Jonathan. The Internet Passport. A 550 page guide which can be ordered from NorthWestNet (passport@nwnet.net). Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet: User's Guide and Catalog. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. 1992. Very good, if somewhat technical, for those on UNIX systems. The publisher of The Whole Internet has established a gopher that you can reach by telnet. Once inside their gopher server, you can browse among the table of contents of books, find lists of book stores in your area that carry their books, find ordering information, and much more. Internet users can reach this online publishers catalog via Telnet to gopher.ora.com (login as gopher). Lane, Elizabeth and Summerhill, Craig. An Internet Primer for Librarians and Educators. Meckler. 1992. LaQuey, Tracey. The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison- Wesley. 1992. LaQuey, Tracey. The User's Directory of Computer Networks. Burlington, Massachusetts: Diigital Press. 1990. Malamud, Carl. Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1990. Quarterman, John. The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, Massachusetts: Digital Press. 1990. Strangelove, Michael and Diane Kovacs. Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing (arlhq@cni.org). Third Edition, March 1993. This is absolutely essential for every networked individual and institution, and is also a great gift for that special someone in your life. Tennant, Roy, John Ober, and Anne G. Lipow. Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, California: Library Solutions Institute and Press. 1990. * Print Magazines About the Net Computer-Assisted Research Forum: A Reader-friendly Bulletin for Academics and Educators in the Humanities. Todd Blayone, (ed.) cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca (Birks Building, McGill University, 3520 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, HA-2A7). Regular column about using the Internet plus a variety of software reviews. Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy. (Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880, e-mail: meckler@jvnc.net). Matrix News. (Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc, P.O. Box 14621, Austin, TX 78761, e-mail mids@tic.com). Matrix News is a newsletter about cross-network issues. Networks frequently mentioned include USENET, UUCP, FidoNet, BITNET, the Internet, and conferencing systems such as the WELL and CompuServe. Matrix News is not about any single one of them. It is about the Matrix, which is all computer networks worldwide that exchange electronic mail. selected sample issues available by anonymous FTP or gopher to tic.com. Online Access. A quarterly magazine about commercial networks and databases, with a regular column about the Internet. (920 N. Franklin Street, Suite 203, Chicago Il 60610). Research and Education Networking. (Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880, e-mail: meckler@jvnc.net). "Special Issue: Communications, Computers and Networks: How to Work, Play and Thrive in Cyberspace." Scientific American. September 1991 (415 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017). * FYI -- Order Computer Books By E-Mail * A partial listing of computer book vendors who provide e-mail book ordering is available via LISTSERV from the archive listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu as the file EMAIL BOOKS. This document will also be available as the file email.books FTP to the node borg.lib.vt.edu in the /pub/vpiej-l/ directory. The University of Nebraska maintains a Telnet accessible onilne catalog of over 1700 books, most of which have abstracts available. This database can be searched by author or title. Very soon there will be hundreds of such online catalogs on the Net. Keep your credit card by your computer! Access: telnet crcvms.un1.edu Login: info and select University Press Contact: Michael Jensen jensen@unlinfo.unl.edu * Hypertext Guides to the Net These guides are actually simple to use hypertext programs that can be loaded on your computer's hard drive (the place where you keep all your software and files) and accessed while online for instant information and directions. These programs must be downloaded as binary files and unzipped with a utility such as PKUNZIP. They are highly recommended for both beginner and intermediate networkers. Catalist Catalist is a network guide that requires MicroSoft Windows 3.0 (or higher) to run. You will need to retrieve the files cat10.exe fullcat.exe readme.txt via FTP from zebra.acs.udel.edu in the /pub/library/ directory. The creator of Catalist is Richard Duggan (duggan@brahms.udel.edu or fca02040@udelvm). A Cruise of the Internet The Merit Network, Cruise of the Internet, is a tutorial for new as well as experienced Internet users. Cruise of the Internet will introduce you to a wide variety of Internet resources and will also provide information about the tools needed to access those resources. There is a Macintosh and an IBM/DOS version of this guide. For complete information, retrieve the files merit.cruise2.mac.readme merit.cruise2.win.readme via FTP from zebra.acs.udel.edu in the /pub/library/ directory. Contact cruise2feedback@merit.edu. Hytelnet Hytelnet is a memory resident utility (IBM/DOS) that provides instant information on all Internet-accessible library catalogues, Free-Nets, Campus Wide Information Servers, Gophers, Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS), and much more. This program, written by Peter Scott, (scott@sklib.usask.ca), is highly recommended for the new and intermediate networker. It is available via FTP from the node access.usask.ca in the /pub/hytelnet/pc/ directory as the file hytelnxx.zip where xx is the number of the latest version. This program has been archived using a ZIP utility. To unarchive it, you must have a UNZIP utility. If you do not have such a utility, one can be retrieved from the same directory as above with the command, get pkunzip.exe Note: The unzipped files total over 600,000 bytes. It is possible to edit out any information that is not needed once the program is unzipped. Once you have the program on your personal computer, create a directory called HYTELNET (mkdir c:\hytelnet) and copy the program and the unzip utility to that directory. Then enter pkunzip hytelnxx (where xx is the number of the version you retrieved). This will unarchive two files, hytelnxx.zip and READNOW.!!!. Read the file READNOW.!!! for detailed insrtuctions for unarchiving. The program may now be unarchived with the command pkunzip -d hytelnxx (the -d parameter is essential to create all zipped subdirectories. To use Hytelnet, refer to the instructions included with the program. For more information on the Hytelnet program, retrieve the LISTSERV document, Using Hytelnet to Access Internet Resources (Peter Scott, 1992), by sending the command GET SCOTT PRV3N4 to listserv@uhupvm1 or listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu. * Reading Hytelnet Via Telnet While Online * There is a UNIX and VMS version of Hytelnet that is available for browsing by Telnet. This Telnet version is well worth exploring and saves the new user the trouble of FTPing, copying to a personal computer, unzipping and installing the program. Internet users can explore the online HYTELNET as follows: Telnet to access.usask.ca Login as hytelnet (lower case) If you have access to Telnet, check this out and use it to impress your friends. * List for Hytelnet Updates Peter Scott maintains a mailing list that posts updates to the HYTELNET program. To subscribe, send an e-mail request to join the list to Peter Scott (scott@sklib.usask.ca). InfoPop InfoPop is a pop-up hypertext (Terminate and Stay Resident) guide to the Internet - BITNET - CompuServe - BBS systems - and more. A swappable TSR, InfoPop occupies only 9K of RAM when inactive. TSR version offers mouse support and ability to cut and paste information to your underlying application (e.g., your comm program or Telnet). A non-TSR version is also included. Release 2.4 adds support for running the non-resident version under Microsoft Windows 3.1 -- with full mouse support. Also included with InfoPop is MakeInfo - a utility that enables you to create your own pop-up hypertext systems. InfoPop is FREEWARE from GMUtant Software. The distribution database has had a few changes made and several new telnet addresses added. InfoPop can be retrieved as the file INFPOP24.ZIP via FTP from the node gmuvax2.gmu.edu in the /library/ directory. InfoPop was created by Wally Grotophorst (wallyg%fen1.gmu.edu@gmuvax2.gmu.edu). Tour of the Internet Tour of the Internet can be retrieved as the file Internet-Tour4.0.2.sit.hqx via FTP from the node nnsc.nsf.net in the /internet-tour/ directory. See the file Internet-Tour-README for retrieval and installation instructions. The NSF Network Service Center (NNSC), a project of the Laboratories business unit of the Systems and Technologies Division, has developed a Tour of the Internet in HyperCard (TM) format for novice network users. The stack has basic information including history, sample e-mail, FTP, and Telnet sessions, and a glossary. The Tour is intended to be a fun and easy way to learn about the Internet. Tour of the Internet is a HyperCard (TM) 2 stack for Macintosh computers. In order to run this stack, you need to have HyperCard 2. HyperCard 2 requires Macintosh system 6.0.5 or higher. Tour of the Internet files have been compressed and saved as a StuffIt 1.5.1 archive, and converted to binhex format. In order to use the files, you need to reverse the process. To do this, you need the Macintosh application StuffIt 1.5.1 or StuffIt Classic. The files take up about 760k when converted to their original format. * FYI -- World Systems Archive * Located at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the purpose of this archive is to store announcements, documents, scholarly papers, course syllabi, data, book reviews, biographical and publications information relevant to those who are interested in doing research on world-systems. Files can be sent to the archive by FTPing them directly to the archive or by sending diskettes or e-mail to the coordinators (below). Access: FTP to csf.colorado.edu Directory /wsystems/ Contact: Chris Chase-Dunn and Peter Grimes, Department of Sociology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA chriscd@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu p34d3611@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu * FYI -- Network Information Services Announcements List * CERFnet has announced the establishment of a new mailing list to serve network information service providers and end users. In a nutshell, the nis@cerf.net list will be a group effort (in true Internet style) to concentrate network information services (nis) announcements onto one list for everyone's use. A few dozen individuals around the Internet will each be monitoring a specific source (such as mailing lists or newsgroups) and sending the information to CERFnet. We will serve as the moderator, forwarding pertinent submissions to the entire readership of the list, omitting duplicates. In this way, individuals can receive regular network information even if they choose not to read discussion lists. This should prove especially valuable for end users in specific disciplines who are not in the networking business, but are using the network as tool and a resource. Advantages: * volume will stay low (it won't be a discussion list) * pointers will be provided for more info and discussion * everyone doesn't have to read every mailing list to stay current What you can do: To subscribe: send mail to listserv@cerf.net with the following command in the body of message: subscribe your mailing address nis (Note the difference in format from other LISTSERV servers) * to volunteer to monitor a source: send mail to nis@cerf.net * to submit an item of interest for the list to the moderator, comments, suggestions, helpful hints, and so on, send mail to nis@cerf.net Contact: Susan Calcari CERFnet calcaris@cerf.net * A Note to Moderators, Authors and Maintainers of Networked Documents * I suggest that to facilitate networked research, listowners, FTP archive maintainers and authors inform me when a new document of relevance to Religious Studies is placed on a fileserver. This cooperation will ensure that I am able to maintain an updated directory for the research community. It is also recommended that all listowners allow for anonymous (non-list member) access to their LISTSERV filelists. Researchers should not have to become a member of a discussion group to retrieve archived documents of general interest. Networked texts should be made available via both FTP and LISTSERV, so as to ensure that all systems have access to the archived material. Whenever possible, texts that have been zipped or compressed should also be available as a straight low ASCII file. Many network users are unable to either unzip (.zip) or uncompress (.Z) files, and many sites do not have FTP capability. Archives should provide an non-profit service that will mail networked files on a diskette to users without full access. These recommendations will ensure that the Net is as user-friendly as possible. Finally, I also recommend that the following information be placed on each electronic file to facilitate citation and retrieval: LISTSERV Filename Location (LISTSERV Address) FTP Filename FTP Location (including directory) Author's Address Date of Publication (electronic or otherwise) * FYI -- Star Trek Archive * This FTP archive contains all kinds of Star Trek files, including Postscript pictures of the Enterprise, graphic files, quotes from the series, and other Star Trek trivia. This archive does not contain new material, but is a collection of other material from throughout the Net, gathered together for one-stop-ftping. See the directory /pub/TV/ for TV episode guides. Access: FTP to coe.montana.edu directory: /pub/STARTREK/ __________________________________________________________________ * Network Accessible Documents * __________________________________________________________________ * Read Me, Alice * The Net is a fast growing and dynamic environment, which makes documenting existing resources a ongoing process. All documented resources, archives, and tools were verified before being entered in this guide, but this does not mean that they will still work or be available next week or next year. If you have trouble accessing a resource, please make use of the contact address provided (if available) and, failing this, try querying help-net@templevm or help-net@vm.temple.edu. I am not always free to directly answer every query that comes to my e-mail box and therefore encourage readers to make use of available Net help forums when a problem arises. See the section Getting Help (Volume Two) for more on how to get more information about the Net. __________________________________________________________________ * 1. Anthropology * __________________________________________________________________ With the growth of multi-disciplinary studies and the social scientific study of religion, the discipline of anthropology is becoming increasingly important to the study of religion. Anthropology papers and bibliographies can be found at the following FTP archives: * ANTHAP-L Archives A fast growing collection of high quality material from the Applied Anthropology Computer Network serving members of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology. Location: vela.acs.oakland.edu Directory: /pub/anthap/ Contact: James Dow Department of Sociology and Anthropology dow@vela.acs.oakland.edu * The Electronic Buddhist Archives The Electronic Buddhist Archives are designed to act as a world-wide repository of computer files with documents and materials of relevance to practitioners as well as students and researchers of Buddhism, Taoism and other eastern religions. Location: wuarchive.wustl.edu Directory: /doc/coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist-archives/ Contact: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek, or Mr Dave Ritchie, Coombspapers Administrators, Coombs Computing Unit, RSPacS/RSSS, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia coombspapers@coombs.anu.edu.au See also the sections, Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Data Bank, and the Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive, in the Electric Mystic's Guide, Volume Two. Consult Diane Kovac's Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences for a complete listing of anthropology related online conferences (see Volume Two for retrieval information). * The ANTHRO Gopher Phone Book An experimental service for finding the names, mail addresses, and e-mail addresses of scholars and departments in the field of anthropology (including archaeology and other related fields). Access: Internet users on a UNIX machine can access by the command gopher uniwa.uwa.edu.au 70 (gopher server at the University of Western Australia). Select the UWA - Departmental Gophers entry then select Division of Arts & Architecture then select Anthropology & Archaeology (worldwide) address list and you will be presented with the listings for the ANTHRO Directory. The ANTHRO gopher phone book can be access with the command gopher toto.ycc.yale.edu 7000 (gopher service at Yale University). Select Archaeology Academics , Name-address lists, and searching. Contact: anthro-gopher@yale.edu or Dave Rindos d_rindos@fennel.wt.uwa.edu.au * The Anthropology Information Distribution System The Anthropology information distribution system is located at Yale University. It is hoped that anthropologist's and archaeologists from around the Internet will use this server as a mechanism to distribute/share information including abstracts, department information, and so on. To submit articles, just send e-mail to Tom Plunkett at tom_plunkett@yale.edu. Access: Internet users can access with the command gopher toto.ycc.yale.edu 7000 Contact: Tom Plunkett tom_plunkett@yale.edu __________________________________________________________________ * 2. Articles and Prepublication Papers * __________________________________________________________________ Perhaps the most significant feature of the global academic computer network is its emerging role as a prepublication forum. Scholars are now able to place a draft copy of a document on the fileserver of an online academic conference, such as ELENCHUS, IOUDAIOS, or RELIGION, and ask interested online colleagues to retrieve the draft document from the fileserver. This allows the writer to quickly receive comments and suggestions from colleagues in related fields around the globe. A growing number of the papers documented below have subsequently been published in journals. Networked FTP and LISTSERV fileservers also make it possible for conference papers to be made widely available prior to the actual conference. In light of the present crisis in serials pricing and with the growing inability of academic presses to publish all academic papers and manuscripts, the Net will be seen to assume the dual role of publishing house and library in the emerging "university without walls" of the next millennium. Basser, Herbert W. Let the Dead Bury their Dead: Rhetorical Features of Rabbinic and New Testament Literature. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as HBBURY ARTICLE. Basser, Herbert W. Midrashic Form in the New Testament: A Study in Jewish Rhetoric of Likes and Opposites. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as HBRHETOR ARTICLE. Baumgarten, Albert I. Rivkin and Neusner on the Pharisees. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ABPHARIS ARTICLE. Beaudoin, Thomas. Catholics, Jews, and Vatican II: A New Beginning. (1991). Available via FTP from the node ra.msstate.edu (130.18.80.10) as the file paper.VaticanII.Jews in the /pub/docs/history/papers/ directory. Bergren, Theodore A. The Latin Transmission History of 2 Esdras Corpus. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as TB2ESDRA ARTICLE. Bryson, Tim. The Hermeneutics of Religious Syncretism. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from HARVARDA, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as SYNCRETM ARTICLE. Butler, Jon. Born-Again History? A Critique of the "New Evangelical Thesis" in American Historiography. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from HARVARDA, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as EVANGEL ARTICLE. Deedat, Ahmed. What the Bible Says About Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him). (1991) Available via LISTSERV from HARVARDA, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as ISLAM ARTICLE. Donaldson, Terence L. Abraham's Gentile Offspring: Contratextuality and Conviction in Romans 4. (1992). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as TDROM_4 ARTICLE. Grabbe, Lester L. The Jews and Hellenization: Hengel and His Critics. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as LGHELLEN ARTICLE. Grimes, Ronald L. Holy Historiography and the Problems of Mapping Religions in the Southwest. (1991) Available via LISTSERV from HARVARDA, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as MAPPING ARTICLE. Hall, Robert G. Isaiah's Ascent to See the Beloved: An Ancient Jewish Source for the Ascension of Isaiah. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RHASCENT ARTICLE. Halpern, Baruch. The Baal (and the Asherah?) in Seventh Century Judah. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BHBAALS ARTICLE. Halpern, Baruch. Fallacies Intentional and Canonical: Metalogical Confusion about the Authority of Canonical Texts. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BHCANON ARTICLE. Halpern, Baruch. Jerusalem and the Linages in the 7th Century B.C.E.: Kinship and the Rise of Individual Moral Liability. (1990). Available via LISTSERV in two parts from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BHFAMILY ARTICLEA and BHFAMILY ARTICLEB, also available from IOUDAIOS as BHFAMILY ARTICLE. Jackson, Bernard S. The Prophet and the Law in Early Judaism and the New Testament. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BJLAW ARTICLE. Kraft, Robert A. Philo and the Sabbath Crisis: Alexandrian Jewish Politics and the Dating of Philo's Works. (Version 2, 1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SABBATH ARTICLE. Kraft, Robert A. Reassessing the "Recessional Problems" in the Testament of Abraham. First published in, Studies on the Testament of Abraham. G.W.E. Nickelsburg, ed., (SBL SCS 6; Scholars Press, 1976\2, pp. 121-137). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RKTABRAH ARTICLE. Kraft, Robert A. Ruth. First published in, Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies (CATSS) Volume 1: Ruth. Directed by Robert A. Kraft and Emanuel Tov. Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series 20. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986, pp. 53-68). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RKRUTH ARTICLE. Kraft, Robert A. Tiberius Julius Alexander and the Crisis in Alexandria. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as TJA-ALEX ARTICLE. Kraft, Robert A. Was There a "Messiah-Joshua" Tradition at the Turn of the Era?. (written in 1961/62, in Manchester, England). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RKMESSIA ARTICLE. Lacey, Douglas R. de. In Search of a Pharisee. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as DLPHARIS ARTICLE. Mason, Steve. Current Scholarship on the Pharisees. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SMPHARIS ARTICLE. Mason, Steve. Fire, Water, and Spirit: John the Baptist and the Tyranny of Canon. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SMJBAP ARTICLE. Mason, Steve. "Nomos" in Josephus (With Special Reference to the Pharisees and Sadducees). (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SMNOMOS ARTICLE. Mason, Steve. Paul the Chameleon? His Portrayals of Judaism for Different Audiences. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SMPAUL ARTICLE. Mason, Steve. Pharisaic Dominance before 70 C.E. and the Gospels' Hypocrisy Charge. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SMHYPOCR ARTICLE. Mason, Steve. "Philosophia" As a Group-Designation In Graeco-Roman Society, Judaism, and Early Christianity. (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SMPHILOS ARTICLE. Rabkin, Eric S. Eat and Grow Strong: The Super-Natural Power of Forbidden Fruit. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ERFRUIT ARTICLE. Sanders, Jack T. Mary Douglas. (1991). Available via LISTSERV from HARVARDA, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as DOUGLAS ARTICLE. Sawicki, Marianne. Making the Best of Jesus: IOUDAIAI and POIESIS. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MSANOINT ARTICLE. Stone, Michael. The Use of Computers in the Edition of Armenian Biblical Texts. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MSEDIT ARTICLE. Treu, Kurt. "The Significance of Greek for Jews in the Roman Empire." Translated by William Adler and Robert Kraft (1991). From Kairos 15:1973, 123-144 (Original title: "Die Bedeutung des Griecischen fur die Juden im romishchen Reich). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as KTREU ARTICLE. Unknown. Is It Possible to Reform the Orthodox Church: An Interview of Father Alexander Men. From the Nexavisimaia Gazetta, 1991. Available via LISTSERV from ORTHODOX, listserv@indycms or listserv@indycms.iupui.edu as ALEXMEN INTERVIE. Wong, C.K. Philo's Use of "Chaldaioi". (1990). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as CWCHALDN ARTICLE. Wright, Benjamin G. III. Some Methodological Considerations on the Rabbis' Knowledge of the Proverbs of Ben Sira. (1992). Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BWSIRA ARTICLE. Zeigler, Leslie. Fr. Connor on Fr. Schillebeeckx: Reflections on Catholic Theology. (Bulletin of the General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary, 85/86, 1992). Includes a bibliography of the works of Edward Schillebeeckx. Available via LISTSERV from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as BTS OCT1992. * FYI -- Thought for the Day * Subscribers to the LISTSERV list Tought for the Day will recieve an interesting and insightful e-mail message each day. These daily messages are quite brief. Subscribe by sending the command SUBSCRIBE TFTD-L your name to either of the listserv@tamvm1 or listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu addresses. There is a similar USENET newsgroup, alt.happy.birthday.to.me, which announces famous events that occured on this day in history. __________________________________________________________________ * 3. Bible Study Aids and Software Programs * __________________________________________________________________ There is a constantly increasing number of Bible study aids and software programs for biblical studies on the Net. The following is not a comprehensive listing of available programs, but is intended to give the reader an indication of the variety of available IBM, UNIX and Macintosh programs. The networker is strongly encouraged to make use of Archie when looking for Bible related texts and software. Telnet to the nearest Archie server, login as archie and type the command prog bible. This will return over ten pages of information (FTP nodes, directories and filenames) on Bible related text and program files archived throughout the Net. See Searching for Online Sacred Texts with Archie, page 89, for more information about using Archie servers. Bible Browser for UNIX. (1992). Created by Richard L. Goerwitz (goer@sophist.Uchicago.Edu). Available as the file bibleref-2.1.tar.Z via FTP from the node cs.arizona.edu in the /icon/contrib/ directory. Bible Quiz Game - 1000 questions. Available as the file bibleq.arc via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Bible Promises Macintosh Hypercard Stack. Available via FTP from the node 128.163.128.6 (f.ms.uky.edu) in the directory /pub/mac/hypercard/ as bible-promise- stack.cpt.bin Bible Retrieval System (BRS) for UNIX. Created by Chip Chapin (chip%hpda@hplabs.hp.com). Available via FTP from the node ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) in the /doc/literary/obi/Religion/Bible.Retrieval.System/ directory as a variety of files. Bible Search Tools (also for other literature). (Rather primitive). Available as the file kjv-tool.arc via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Bible Verses (RAM-Resident Pop-Up). Available as the file biblepop.arc via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Bible Words and Phrases Counts of King James Version. Available as the file kjvcount.txt via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Biblical Search and Extraction Tool. Available in three sections as the files refrkjv1.zip refrkjv2.zip refrkjv3.zip via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Fast Bible Search Program. (Rather primitive). Available as the file bible14.arc via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. God's Words for Windows. God's Word For Windows Version 1.1 is a Shareware Bible search program for Windows 3.X. Enter keywords, optionally using logical connectives (and, or, and not) and God's Word For Windows searches the Bible for verses conforming to your search parameters. Wild cards in keywords are supported. Matching verses may be viewed, then copied to the clipboard for insertion into your word processor. Perfect for Ministers, Theologians, Philosophers of religion, etc. Includes a 270 topic user extensible topical index. Currently available in King James version. Available as the file gw4win11.zip via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Genesis -- Study Aid/Reference for KJV Version. Available as the file genaidc.zip via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Hebrew Quiz. Biblical Hebrew Language Tutor. Available as the file hebquiz.zip via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/hebrew/ directory. Learn the Ten Commandments - CGA or MONO. Available as the file journey.arc via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. Online Bible (Version 6). Available as a variety of files via FTP from the node wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in the /doc/bible/ directory. This program includes the combined 1769 King James/1890 Darby Bible (with 1833 Webster update); combined 1769 King James/1947 RSV (with 1833 Webster update); Hebrew/Greek Lexicon (Thayer's Greek English Lexicon, the Brown Driver Briggs Gesinus Hebrew Aramaic English Lexicon) keyed to Strong's Numbers; topical index with over 5000 biblical topics; over 500,000 cross references, from the Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge; textual notes and cross references; 1917 Scofield Notes; Hebrew Old Testament texts (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Consonantal text form); Greek New Testament texts (classical text Greek, Stephanus 1550, Byzantine and Nestle 26). For complete information, retrieve the file README from the above FTP directory. Revelation -- Study Aid/Reference for KJV Version. Available as revaidc.zip via FTP from the node oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/bible/ directory. * FYI -- The CSO Document Archive * Exploring FTP archives is sometimes like a treasure hunt. For an interesting and helpful collection of documents on a wide variety of networking subjects, spend some time at the CSO Consulting Document Directory, located at the node ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in the /doc/ directory. For More Information About Computer Software for Religious Studies There are number of useful sources of information about the use of computers in Religious Studies available in print. A valuable, if somewhat out-of-date, reference work is John J. Hughes' Bits, Bytes and Biblical Studies: A Resource Guide for the Use of Computers in Biblical And Classical Studies (Zondervan, 1987); the magazine Bits and Bytes Review: Reviews of Computer Products and Resources for the Humanities, John J. Hughes (xb.J24@stanford or xb.J24@forsythe.stanford.edu) is the editor and publisher (623 Iowa Avenue, Whitefish, Montana 59937); the magazine, Church Bytes: The Church Computing Magazine, (Neil Houk, 562 Brightleaf Square, Number 9, 905 West Main, Durham, NC 27701), the quarterly bulletin, Computer-Assisted Research Forum: A Reader-friendly Bulletin for Academics and Educators in the Humanities, Todd Blayone is the editor (cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca), (Birks Building, McGill University, 3520 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A- 2A7); the University of Wisconsin publishes a catalog of academic software, this Wisc-Ware catalog will be mailed free of charge to you by surface mail to Wisc-Ware, 1210 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706. * Godly Graphics Archive The Godly Graphics list has an FTP archive at the node hubcap.clemson.edu of church and Bible related computer graphics and animations. A variety of images and animations can be found in the /pub/amiga/incoming/graphics/ GGG/ directory. There is a two week limit on storing files at the hubcap node, so you may have to contact the moderator (address below), who will re-upload files if needed. For more information about the Godly Graphics archive, contact Wayne Hauflerh (haufler@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov). * But Are They More Than Just Expensive Typewriters? For an example of how computers can prove valuable in the creation of critical texts, see the following article: Stone, Michael. The Use of Computers in the Edition of Armenian Biblical Texts. (1992). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MSEDIT ARTICLE. __________________________________________________________________ * 4. Bibliographies * __________________________________________________________________ Along with prepublication papers, the Net is a growing source of extensive bibliographies from various fields in Religious Studies. At their present rate of appearance on the Net, we can look forward to over one thousand archived scholarly bibliographies by the end of the decade. The CONTENTS Project is collecting theses and dissertation bibliographies from around the world and making these available via FTP and LISTSERV (see Volume Two for full details). The following is a complete listing of available bibliographies. Bennett, Renee H. List of Bookstores (Heavily Slanted Toward Religious Studies). (1992). A list of bookstores which handle new, used and out-of-print books. Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu or listserv@harvarda as BOOKSTOR DATA. Bergern, Theodore A. Modified Results of a Search on the String "Apocalyp" (from RLIN database). (1990). 578 clusters. Available in two parts from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as TBAPOCAL BIBLIO1 and TBAPOCAL BIBLIO2. Bloomquist, L. Gregory. Second Temple Precedents to Early Christian Healing Stories Bibliography Version 1.0. (1992). Available as a Nota Bene tagged file from ELENCHUS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as 2TPRECED HEALBIB. Bryson, Tim. Bibliography of Books in the Comparative and Historical Study of Religions. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as BIBLIO1 BOOKLIST. Bulley, Alan D. The Kingdom of God in the Synoptic Gospels. (1992). 180 items. Available in two parts from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ABKNGDOM BIBLIO. Ciolek, T. Matthew. Some References to Modern Zen Buddhism (1600 - present). (1992). The file modern-zen-bibl.txt is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen directory. Dion, Paul E. The Jews During the Persian Period. (1991). (Formatted with tags for IOUDAIOS by Reimer, David J.). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as PDPERS BIBLIO. The topical index to this bibliography is also available in a separate file from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as PDPERS INDEX. This bibliography and its index is also available as one complete file (sorted primarily by date, secondarily by author, from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as PDPERS MSDOSPKG. Dow, James. Bibliography of Methods for Cultural Anthropology. (1992). This bibliography is appropriate for upper level undergraduate and graduate-level courses (393 entries, 78k). The file METHBIB.TXT is available via FTP from the node vela.acs.oakland.edu in the /pub/anthap/ directory. Gardaz, Michel. Methodology and Science of Religion: A Bibliographical Introduction, (University of Ottawa, 1992) Approximately 50 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as METHOD BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca) in the /pub/religion/ directory as method.zip (WordPerfect 5.1 file) and method.txt (low ASCII text). Haase, Ingrid M. The bibliography and table of contents from the dissertation, Cult Prostitution in the Hebrew Bible? (University of Ottawa, 1991). Approximately 60 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as CULT-PRO BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as cult-pro.txt (low ASCII text). Heilingbrunner, Frank. Galatians Bibliography (1979-1989). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as GALATIAN BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as galatian.txt (low ASCII text). Howarth, Barry. A Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages. (1992). Available as the file taoism- bibliogr-txt.Z from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/taoism directory. Hughes, Frank W. Early Christian Rhetoric and 2 Thessalonians. Originally published in JSNT supplement 30, (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as FHUGHES BIBLIO. Jones, Charles E. (ed.) Bibliography on the Study of the Achaemenian Empire. From Pirradazish: Bulletin of Achaemenian Studies (Numbers 5-6: 29 January 1993). Available from listserv@emuvm1 as PERSIA BIB. Kim, Chae Young. The bibliography, table of contents and introduction from Chae Young Kim's dissertation, A Comparative Study of Psyche and Person in the Works of C.G. Jung and W.C. Smith. (University of Ottawa, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as CGJ-WCS BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as cgj-wcs.txt (low ASCII text, tagged for printing). Korp, Maureen. The bibliography, abstract and table of contents from the dissertation, Earthworks: Shamanism in the Religious Experiences of Contemporary Artists in North America. (University of Ottawa, 1991), Approximately 50 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as SHAMAN-1 BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as shaman-1.txt (low ASCII text). Kraft, Robert A. and Nickelsburg, G.W.E. (eds.,) A composite bibliography from Early Judaism and its Modern Interpreters (Atlanta/Philadelphia: Scholars/Fortress, 1986) pp. 31-116 (= "Part One: Early Judaism in Its Historical Settings"). Available in two parts from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as EARLYJUD BIBLIO. Also available as earlyjud.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Leyenhorst, Henry R. Glossolalia. (1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as GLOSSOLA BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as glossola.txt (low ASCII text). Marchand, James. A Truncated and Annotated Bibliography on Germanic Kinship, (1992). Three pages in length. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as GERMANIC BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as germanic.txt (low ASCII text). McRae, John. Chinese Buddhism: The State of the Field. (1992). A preliminary survey of studies of Chinese (mainly Ca'an) Buddhism and 185 bibliographic items. The file chinese-buddhism.txt is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. McVay, Ken. Partial Bibliography of the Holocaust. (1991). A partial bibliographic reference for those wishing to learn more about the Holocaust and the period within which it occured follows. Over 500 bibliographic items. The files holocaust.bibliography.1 and holocaust.bibliography.2 is available from the node israel.nysernet.org in the /israel/answers/ directory. Ness, Lester J. The Abstract, Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, Introduction, and Bibliography from "Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity: A Dissertation". (Miami University, Ohio, 1990). Approximately 40 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as ASTROLGY BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as astrology-and-judaism-biblio.txt (low ASCII text). Rice, Karen B. Religious Studies: Selected Reference Works at the Western Washington University Libraries. (1992), Approximately 50 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as REFERNCE BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as reference-works-biblio.txt (low ASCII text). Ruml, Mark. AmerIndian Bibliography. (University of Ottawa, 1992), Approximately 60 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as AMERIND BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as amerind.txt (low ASCII text). Samuel, Geoffrey. Bibliography on Shamanism. (1992). The 57kb file shamanism-bibliogr.txt.Z is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/shamanism/ directory. Samuel, Geoffrey. References to Civilized Shamans. (1992). References from Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies (Smithsonian Institution Press). The files tibetan-buddhism-1bibl.txt.Z - tibetan-buddhism- 1bibl.txt.Z are available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-tibetan/ directory. Strangelove, Michael. Search Results from the PSYCLIT CD-ROM on the String "Anthropology and Psychology". (1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as ANTHPSYC BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory as anthpsyc.txt (low ASCII text). Strangelove, Michael. The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Complete Directory of Networked Electronic Documents, Online Conferences, Serials, Software, and Archives Relevant to Religious Studies. Volume One and Volume Two, Edition 2.0 (University of Ottawa, 1993). Available via FTP from the node panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the directory /pub/religion/ as the files electric-mystics-guide-v1-partX.ps electric- mystics-guide-v2-partX.ps (Postscript files) and as the files electric-mystics-guide-v1.zip electric- mystics-guide-v2.zip (zipped Wordperfect 5.1 text) and as the files electric-mystics-guide-v1.txt electric- mystics-guide-v2.txt (low ASCII text). It is also available as a low ASCII text via the CONTENTS Project LISTSERV fileserver as MYSTICS V1-TXT MYSTICS V2-TXT from listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca. Strangelove, Michael. The Bibliography and Abstract from Michael Strangelove's Thesis "Patron-Client Dynamics in Flavius Josephus' VITA: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis", (University of Ottawa, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as PATRON BIBLIO. Also available as patron.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Winer, Dov. Partial Directory of Jewish Electronic Services. From the Global Jewish Electronic Services, 1992. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as JEWISH DATABASE. Also available as the file jewish.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Yousif, Ahmad. The Muslim Community in North America: A Bibliography, (University of Ottawa, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as MUSLIM BIBLIO. Also available as the files muslim_biblio.txt and muslim_biblio.ps via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Yuthok, Lama Choedak T. A Complete Catalogue of the Sakya Lam 'Bras Literature Series. (1991). This documents appears as an appendix to a thesis by Lama Choedak T. Yuthok entitled The Origin of Lam'dre Tradition in India, (Oct. 1990, South & West Asia Center, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601). The file sakya-lam-bras-bibl.txt.Z is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-tibetan/ directory. * FYI -- Quote Unquote * Need a snappy quote for that article you are working on? The Oxford Dictionary of Familiar Quotations is available for searching via Telnet. Internet users can Telnet to info.rutgers.edu select library then reference and enter a key word(s). The database will return referenced quotes containing the chosen word(s). Enter ? to get full user information. This database contains a wealth of material, including the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Ed., Oxford Thesaurus, CIA World Factbook, United States government constitution and other historical documents, the Bible, Book of Mormon, Koran and many other electronic texts. Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? T.S. Elliott, The Rock (1934) pt. 1 To err is human but to really foul things up requires a computer. Anonymous Farmers' Almanac for 1978 __________________________________________________________________ * 5. Book Notes * __________________________________________________________________ Cooke, Bernard J. God's Beloved: Jesus' Experience of the Transcendent. (Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1992). Pp. vii + 131. A book note by Adler, William. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BK-NOTES 92-06-07. Dayton, Donald W. and Robert K. Johnston (Eds). The Variety of American Evangelicalism, (University of Tennessee Press, 1991). A book note by Briggs, Carl. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as DAYTON DONALD. Also available as the file dayton.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Ferguson, Everett. Demonology of the Early Christian World. Symposium Series 12. Lewiston/Queenston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1984. Pp. 179. A book note by Adler, William. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BK-NOTES 92-06-07 Hick, John and Edmund Meltzer, ed. Three Faiths One God: A Jewish, Christian, Muslim Encounter. (Albany: SUNY Press, 1989). Pp. xiv + 240. A book note by Adler, William. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BK-NOTES 92-06-07 Martin, William. A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story, (William Morrow & Co., 1991). A book note by Briggs, Carl. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as MARTIN WILLIAM. Also available as the file martin.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Yorke, Gosnell L.O.R. The Church as the Body of Christ in the Pauline Corpus: A Reexamination, (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991). Pp. x + 156. A book note by Adler, William. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BK-NOTES 92-06-07. The Bulletin of the General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary regularly includes a large number of annotations on recent works in theology and Religious Studies. The CONTENTS Project has begun to archive issues of the BTS Bulletin, starting with issue 85/86, October 1992. This issue is available via LISTSERV from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as BTS OCT1992. __________________________________________________________________ * 6. Buddhism and Related Topics * __________________________________________________________________ Along with early Christianity and Judaism, another area that has a strong presence on the Net is the study of Asian religions. Most of the files below come from the Electronic Buddhist Archives at the Coombspaper Research Data Bank (see Volume Two for complete information). A current index is available as the file INDEX via FTP to coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/ directory. Aitken, Robert. (trans.,) Diamond Sangha Sutras (in English). (1992). The file diamond-sangha-zen- sutras.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Aitken, Robert. The Future of Zen Buddhism in the West. (1992). The file aitken-on-western-zen.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Aitken, Robert. The Second Paramita. (1992). The file aitken-on-2nd-paramita.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Aitken, Robert. Some Words About Sesshin for Newcomers to Zen Practice. (1992). The file aitken-on-sesshin- conduct.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Bolling, Thomas. Zen E-mail Directory (Z.E.D.) and Other Resources. (1992). The file zen-email-directory.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. BUDDHA-L LISTSERV Database. (1992). The file about-buddha-l- dbase.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-general/ directory. Buddhist Meditation Groups in the Pacific Northwest. (Northwest Dharma Association, 1992). The file nw-usa- buddh-medit-list.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-general/ directory. Ciolek, T. Matthew. Some References to Modern Zen Buddhish (1600 - present). (1992). The file modern-zen-bibl.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Daily Zen Buddhist Sutras (in English). (Sydney Zen Centre, 1992). The file daily-zen-sutras.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Dawson, Geoff. The Tao of Breathing. (1992). The file dawson-on-breathing.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Diamond Sangha Zen Buddhist Society. (1992). The file about- diamond-sanga.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Electronic Buddhist Archives at the Coombspaper Research Data Bank. (1992). The file about-electr-buddh- archiv.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist-archives/ directory. Files relevant to Religious Studies have been documented in the Electric Mystic's Guide (this document). Hubbard, Jamie. A List of Machine-Readable Buddhist Texts Projects. (1990). The file buddhist-etexts-info.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-general/ directory. Inventory of Sydney Zen Centre Audio Cassettes. (1987). The file szc-audiotapes-list.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Jaffe, Paul David. Abstract from the 1979 M.A. Thesis in Asian Studies, The Shobogenzo Genjokoan by Eihei Dogen, and Penetrating Inquiries into the Shobogenzo Genjokoan, A Commentary by Yasutani Hakuun. (1992). Pages xii-xiii. The file jaffe-79-thesis-abstract.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Kannon Do Zen Center. (1992). The file about-kannon-do-zen- centre.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Kennaway, Richard. A Summary List of Canonical Buddhist Texts. (1991). The file canonical-buddhist-texts.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-general/ directory. Keremidschieff, Vladimir. Zen in South America: An Interview with Augusto Alcalde, Roshi. (1992). Originally published in Moon Mind Circle (Autumn 1992). The file south-american-zen.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. McRae, John. Chinese Buddhism: The State of the Field. (1992). A preliminary survey of studies of Chinese (mainly Ca'an) Buddhism and 185 bibliographic items. The file chinese-buddhism.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Moon Mind Circle Quarterly. (1992). The file about-moon- mind-circle-jrnl.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Organizational Details of Sesshin (A Zen Meditation Retreat). (Sydney Zen Centre, 1992). The files sesshin-conduct-guidelines.txt sesshin-evening- ceremony.txt sesshin-ino-notes.txt sesshin- jikijitsu-notes.txt sesshin-jisha-notes.txt sesshin- time-structure.txt are available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Roselyn E. Stone and the Brisbane Zen Group. (1992). The file about-r-stone-roshi.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Samuel, Geoffrey. Bibliography on Shamanism. (1992). The 57kb file shamanism-bibliogr.txt.Z is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/shamanism/ directory. Samuel, Geoffrey. References to Civilized Shamans. (1992). References from Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies (Smithsonian Institution Press). The files tibetan-buddhism-1bibl.txt.Z tibetan-buddhism- 1bibl.txt.Z are available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-tibetan/ directory. Sanders, Greg. USENET Discussion/News Group, "soc.religion.eastern". (1992). The file about- soc.religion.eastern.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-general/ directory. Shakyamuni Buddhist Centre and Van Hanh Monastery. (1992). The file about-sbc.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-vietnamese/ directory. Shodoka Zen Buddhist Sutras (in English). (Sydney Zen Centre, 1992). The file zen-shodoka.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Sydney Zen Centre. (1992). The file about-sydney-zen- centre.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Tarrant, John. The Luminous Life (Teisho). (1992). Originally published in Moon Mind Circle (Autumn 1991). The file tarrant-on-bread-for-life.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Tarrant, John. Inner Truth - Tanks and Pears (Teisho). (1992). Originally published in Moon Mind Circle (Spring 1991). The file tarrant-on-luminous-life.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Tarrant, John. Inside is Like Bread of Life (Teisho). (1992). Originally published in Moon Mind Circle (Autumn 1992). The file tarrant-on-luminous-life.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. (1992). The file about- tricycle-buddh-magaz.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-general/ directory. Yuthok, Lama Choedak T. A Complete Catalogue of the Sakya Lam 'Bras Literature Series. (1991). This documents appears as an appendix to a thesis by Lama Choedak T. Yuthok entitled The Origin of Lam'dre Tradition in India, (Oct. 1990, South & West Asia Center, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601). The file sakya-lam-bras-bibl.txt.Z is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-tibetan/ directory. Zen Buddhist Meal Sutras (in English). (Sydney Zen Centre, 1992). The file meals-zen-sutras.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Zen Buddhist Precepts (in English). (Sydney Zen Centre, 1992). The file zen-precepts.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. * FYI -- PC Magazine Online * Back issues of the computer magazine, PC Magazine, (published by Ziff Davis) are available via FTP to wuarchive.wustl.edu in the /mirrors/msdos/pcmag/ directory. This is a valuable archive of industry and product information and reviews. PC Magazine free- ware utilities programs are available via FTP to oak.aokland.edu in the /pubs/msdos/pcmag/ directory. See the 00-index.txt file for a listing of available documents and programs. __________________________________________________________________ * 7. Contemporary Jewry and Israel * __________________________________________________________________ There are a number of sources on the Net for information on Contemporary Jewry and Israel. The following are files from the LISTSERV online academic conference JUDAICA. A useful networked source of information on Contemporary Jewry and Israel is the document, Partial Directory of Jewish Electronic Services, by Dov Winer (Global Jewish Electronic Services, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as JEWISH DATABASE. This document is also available as jewish.txt via FTP from the node 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Bibliographic Center in Contemporary Jewry Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as BIBLCEN JS-ICJ. Bibliography in Contemporary Jewry Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as BIBLIOG JS-ICJ. Bibliography of Antisemiticism Project of SICSA Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as ANTISEM JS-ICJ. Bulletin of Judaeo-Greek Studies Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as JUDAEOGR JS-JGS. Catalogue of Genizah Fragments Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as GENIZAH JS-SLI. Codicological Database of the Hebrew Palaeography Project Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as DESCRIBE JS-HPP. For the notes to this file, see NOTESTBL JS-HPP. Contemporary Jewry Database Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as GENERAL JS-ICJ. European Judaism Journal Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as JRNLS JS-PER. Hebrew Users Group Occasional Electronic Newsletter. (1991). The only two existing issues of this electronic serial are available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as EHUG-1 JS-HUG and EHUG-2 JS-HUG. Index of References Dealing with Talmudic Literature. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as TALM-REF JS-SLI. Israel Filmography Database Project Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as FILMOGR JS-ICJ. JST Input Manuscripts in Databank Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as MSS-UPD JS-SLI. Oral History Division of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as ORALHIS JS-ICJ. Publications of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as PUBLCNS JS-ICJ. Selected Books from Pergamon Press (Abstracts). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as BOOKS JS-PER. Steven Speilberg Jewish Film Archive Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as FILMARC JS-ICJ. Studies in Contemporary Jewry Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as STUDIES JC-ICJ. Talmud Text Databank Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as TALM-MSS JS-SLI. * israel.nysernet.org FTP Archive * The single largest network-accessible archive for material related to contemporary Jewry and Israel is found at the NYSERNET FTP archive. Users can retrieve information files on the Israel economy, files about kosher cities throughout the world, interesting graphic files, Hebrew fonts and other software, the electronic text of the Tanach, archives of related online conferences, and much more. Access: FTP to israel.nysernet.org Directory /israel/ Retrieve the index file ls-lR.nysernet.Z for a complete list of directories, subdirectories and file names. * Old Frog's Almanac Holocaust and Fascism Archive * Files related to the collective events known as the Holocaust are now available from The Old Frog's Almanac via LISTSERV. To obtain a current list of available material, send the command INDEX HOLOCAUST and INDEX FASCISM to: listserv@oneb.almanac.bc.ca A second archive, fascism, has been started, and will contain material indirectly related to the Holocaust, including information regarding right wing, neo-nazi and/or racial supremacy organizations and/or individuals. The files contain USENET postings concerning individuals and organizations such as Lyndon LaRouche, Aryan Nation, Christian Identity, the Liberty Lobby, Spotlight, and so on. We make no claim to the accuracy of the information archived, and will do our best to save all related articles, regardless of viewpoint. It is entirely up to the recipient to determine the value of materials archived; Messages received regarding errors in the files will be appended to those files without editing. Note: Some of the files in this archive are quite large, and have been split into multiple parts and compressed. They will be sent to you in uuencoded format. For more information, contact Ken McVay kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca __________________________________________________________________ * 8. The CONTENTS Project Miscellaneous Files * __________________________________________________________________ A Description of the Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS, (also known as the CONTENTS Project). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as PROJECT OVERVIEW. Also available as the file contents-project-overview.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Guidelines for Reviewers. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as REVIEWER GUIDE. Also available as the file reviewer.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. An Index of Files Available From the CONTENTS Project's LISTSERV and FTP Fileservers. The LISTSERV index is available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as CONTENTS FILELIST. The FTP index is available as the file ftp-index.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Unzip Utility (Freeware) That Will Unzip Most .ZIP files. Available as unzip42.exe from CONTENTS, via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. * The CONTENTS Project This all-electronic journal announces new reviews, bibliographies, glossaries, course syllabi, dissertations and dissertation abstracts, prepublication papers and other research and pedagogical material that are archived on the CONTENTS Project LISTSERV and FTP fileservers. To subscribe to the Religious Studies Publication Journal - CONTENTS (also know as the CONTENTS Project), send the e-mail message SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca * The CONTENTS Project Full Text Review Supplement If you wish to automatically receive the full text of reviews published by the CONTENTS Project, you must subscribe to REVIEW-L. To do so, send the e-mail message SUBSCRIBE REVIEW-L your name to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Contact the project director at 441495@UOTTAWA or 441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca if you experience difficulty subscribing to CONTENTS or REVIEW-L. __________________________________________________________________ * 9. Course Outlines, Seminar Syllabi and Glossaries * __________________________________________________________________ Many professors and instructors are faced with reinventing the wheel whenever the task of designing a new course or seminar comes along. The Net offers the opportunity to archive thousands of course outlines, seminar syllabi and glossaries which teachers may retrieve and use to compare notes and efficiently construct that elusive "perfect" course. International, collective and free sharing of such pedagogical resources is ideally facilitated by the global academic computer networks. Contact the director of the CONTENTS Project (441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or 441495@uottawa) if you have pedagogical material that you would like to make freely available to your networked colleagues. Also remember that when looking for course textbooks, a quick query to an appropriate online academic conference such as RELIGION, ELENCHUS, IOUDAIOS, FEMREL-L, or any of the dozens listed in Volume Two will yield many helpful suggestions. There is a Gopher database of course materials for University of Pennsylvania Humanities (Classical and Religious Studies) courses available at ccat.sas.upenn.edu. This database is an excellent example of what we can expect to see much more of in the near future. Please note that the LISTSERV list RELIGION will only allow subscribers access to its files. Subsciption is open to all by sending the command SUBSCRIBE RELIGION your name to listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu. Carpenter, David. Syllabus from the seminar, Buddhism. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as BUDDHSM2 SYLLABUS. Carpenter, David. Syllabus from the seminar, Religious Experience. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as RELEXPER SYLLABUS. Carman, John B. Syllabus from the seminar, Comparative Religion in the College Classroom. Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as EDUCAT SYLLABUS. Cort, John. Syllabus from the seminar, Religion and Nature. (1992). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as NATURE SYLLABUS. Dalton, James S. Syllabus from the seminar, Religious Tradition: A Study of Buddhism. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as BUDDHISM SYLLABUS. Dalton, James S. Syllabus from the seminar, Religious Tradition: A Study of Tribal Religions. (1993). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as TRIBAL SYLLABUS. Hori, G. Victor Sogen. Syllabus to the seminar, Zen Buddhism. (1992). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as ZEN SYLLABUS. Kraft, Robert A. Index to Materials On Computer Relating to Paul. (1991). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RKPAUL COURSE. Kraft, Robert A. Living Religions of Near Eastern Origin: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (January 1993). Course materials, glossary and timeline chart for the study of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RKINTRO CHART - RKINTRO GLOSSARY - RKINTRO SYLL. Kraft, Robert A. Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins - Brief History, (1992). Available from ELENCHUS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as PSCO HISTORY. Patton, Kimberly. Syllabus from a coursea course on Greek religions (1993). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as GREECE SYLLABUS. Patton, Kimberly. Syllabus from a course on the veneration of sacred remains. (1993). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as RELICS SYLLABUS. Queen, Christopher. Syllabus from the seminar, Buddhism in America. (1992). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as BUDDAMER SYLLABUS. Samuel, Geoffrey. Syllabus and subject guide, Shamanism and Healing. (1992). 2470 lines long. Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as SHAMAN SYLLABUS. See also the bibliography shamanism-bibliogr.txt.Z (57Kb) from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/shamanism/ directory. Schimmel, Annemarie. Syllabus from the seminar, Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, His Influence in the East and in the West. (1992). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as RUMI SYLLABUS. Sperling, Elliot. Syllabus from the seminar, Tibetan Religions. (1993). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as TIBET SYLLABUS. Sullivan, Lawrence E. Syllabus from the seminar, Death and the Afterlife. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu or listserv@harvarda as DEATH SYLLABUS. Sullivan, Lawrence E. Syllabus from the seminar, The Modern Study of Religion: Certifying Course for the M.A. Program. (1989). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu or listserv@harvarda as INTRO SYLLABUS. Sullivan, Lawrence E. Syllabus from the seminar, What is Religion? Some Selected Arguments. (1992). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu or listserv@harvarda as RELIGION SYLLABUS. Tilley, Terrence W. Syllabus from the seminar, History of Religions. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as SYNCRETI SYLLABUS. Zohar, Noam J. Syllabus from the seminar, War - Texts and Pretexts. (University of Pennsylvania, Oriental Studies, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as WAR SYLLABUS. * FYI -- US Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) * The FEDIX database is an online information system for American colleges, universities and other research organizations. This database provides Internet users with information on federal education and research programs (including descriptions, eligibility, funding, deadlines); scholarships, fellowships and grants; available used government research equipment; new funding for specific research and education activities from the Commerce Business Daily, Federal Register, and other sources; minority assistance research and education programs; and related information. This server also includes two other databases: Minority College & University Capability Information (MOLIS); and Higher Education Opportunities for Minorities & Women (HERO). This server allows users to retrieve its information files. You will be required to register the first time you access this server, but there is no registration or access fee. Access: telnet fedix.fie.com (192.111.128.33) Login as fedix Contact: comments@fedix.fie.com __________________________________________________________________ * 10. Electronic Texts and Databases * __________________________________________________________________ The Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT) maintains a Gopher/WAIS/FTP database of public domain electronic texts, pictures and sound recordings (planned). This archive hopes to make the complete Vulgate available via a WAIS server in mid 1993. The CCAT archive is accessed by FTP at ccat.sas.upenn.edu in the /pub/???/ directory, and via Gopher at ccat.sas.upenn.edu. For more information on CCAT's archival holdings, contact Jack Abercrombie, jacka@ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Burkholder, Leslie. Electronic Texts In Philosophy. (1991). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as PHILOSFY ETEXTS. Catalogue of Electronic Text Projects. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1990). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as PROJECTS ETEXTS. CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT) on CD-ROM Information File. (1991). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CLCLT CDROM and as CLCLT CETEDOC. Dartmouth Dante Project Information File. (1989). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as DANTE DATABASE. Electronic Bibles and Biblical Studies Project Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as BIBLICAL E-TEXTS. Electronic Septuagint Studies Project Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as LXX-JUD E-TEXTS. List of Texts and Software Available from the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT). (1988). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CCAT COLLECTN. Machine Readable German Texts and Lists Available in Bonn. (1990). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as GERMAN TEXTS. Marchand, James. CD-ROM Bibliography. (1991). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CDROM PROJECTS. Short List of Texts Held in the Oxford Text Archive. (1990). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as OXARCHIV FORMATED (formatted version); see also, OXARCHIV SHRTLIST (1990) and OXARCHIV REPORT (1989). The Society of Biblical Literature Statement on Access to Ancient Written Materials. (This statement is taken from Religious Studies News, 7/1, 1992, p. 5). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SBL_AWM POLICY. Thesaurus Linguae Gracae CD-ROM Version C Authors' List. (1989). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as TLGCDROM AUTHORS. Wujastyk, D. Report on the Sanskrit Text Archive Conference. (1988). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as SANSKRIT REPORT. * For Further Information on Available Electronic Texts See Volume Two of The Electric Mystic's Guide for further information on sources of commercially available electronic texts and electronic text projects of significance to Religious Studies. * FYI -- Famous Historical Texts Online * Internet users can read the text of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, I Have a Dream, and over two dozen other famous, mainly American, historical texts. Access by Telnet to the University of Maryland, College Park's Info System. Telnet to info.umd.edu Login as info and select ReadingRoom then History. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" [Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963] __________________________________________________________________ * 11. History * __________________________________________________________________ * The Mississippi State History Archives The Mississippi State History Archives contain a number of interesting files surrounding the topic of American History. The following is a list of available subdirectories, which can be accessed via FTP to the node ra.msstate.edu in the /docs/history/ directory. ACAD announce.ftp articles bibliographies databases diaries directories documents.fr documents.ukr documents.us e-documents filelist gifs journals libraies netuse newsletters papers programs resources songs vietnam.war * Supreme Court Decisions There are two ways to access the current Supreme Court decisions archived on the University of Maryland, College Park's Info System. 1. Telnet to info.umd.edu Login as info 2. FTP to info.umd.edu Consult Diane Kovac's Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences for a complete listing of history related online conferences (see Volume Two for retrieval information). * FYI -- White House Diskettes * Nearly all of President-elect Bill Clinton's speeches are available on the Internet, and his administration is expected to be the first to use computer networks to communicate with the public. The 1992 speches are available via FTP to info.umd.edu in the directories /info/Government/US/Campaign92/Republican/Positions /info/Government/US/Campaign92/Democratic/Speeches __________________________________________________________________ * 12. IOUDAIOS Miscellaneous Files * __________________________________________________________________ The following are miscellaneous documents from the IOUDAIOS (first-century Judaism) online academic conference. Biographies of IOUDAIOS List Members. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BIOS-A-L IOUDAIOS and BIOS-M-Z IOUDAIOS. Compiled Founding Discussion. (1991). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as EARLYMAT IOUDAIOS. The Guidelines for Posting to IOUDAIOS. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as 7QASKY IOUDAIOS. The Guidelines for Contributors to IOUDAIOS REVIEW (IOUD- REV). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as IOUD-REV GUIDE. An Index of Files Available From the LISTSERV Fileserver of IOUDAIOS. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as FILELIST IOUDAIOS. An Index of Reviews Available from the LISTSERV Fileserver of the Electronic Review Serial, IOUD-REV. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as IOUD-REV FILELIST. For a complete tagged index, see IOUD-REV INDEX. Kirschbaum, David. Documentation and Source Program for UUDECODE.COM. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as UUDECODE BASIC. Mason, Steve. Manual for the List IOUDAIOS. (1991). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as IOUDAIOS E-MANUAL. Sample IOUDAIOS List Member Biography Template. (1991). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BIOGRAFY TEMPLATE. * The International Forum for First Century Judaism and Christian Origins (IOUDAIOS) Subscription Method: Automatic to LISTSERV: SUB IOUDAIOS your name Internet Subscription Address: listserv@vm1.yorku.ca BITNET Subscription Address: listserv@yorkvm1 Mailing Address: ioudaios@vm1.yorku.ca ioudaios@yorkvm1 IOUDAIOS (Greek for "Jew") is an electronic seminar devoted to the exploration of first-century Judaism its special interest is in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus. Coordinator: David Reimer dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca * FYI -- Recipe Archives * There is a FTP archive of recipes from the USENET newsgroup, rec.food.cooking located at gatekeeper.dec.com in the /pub/recipes/ directory. This archive is organized by title. Another FTP recipe archive from the USENET newsgroup, rec.food.cooking, is located at mthvax.cs.miami.edu in the /recipe/ directory. This archive is organized by main ingredient. See the INDEX file for a complete list. This archive also contains a compressed Postscript cookbook as the file beyond.ps.Z. For nutrition information, see the International Food and Nutrition Database server of the Pennsylvania State University. This database contains a collection of articles concerning food and nutrition, including descriptions of federal food assistance programs. Access: telnet psupen.psu.pen Login as PNOTPA and select Menu then select International Food and Nutrition Database. If you are outside of the USA, login as WORLD. This server also provides a wide range of information concerning rural life, family farm life, commodity prices and related information. __________________________________________________________________ * 13. Islamic Studies * __________________________________________________________________ There is a wide variety of resources on the Net for Islamic Studies, including a computer resource guide by Basil Hashim, a Free-Net based "Islamic School" which provides the Cleveland community and, via the Internet, the world, with the ability to access basic information about Islam, to read about the essentials of Islam, join in moderated bulletin boards and even read the entire text of the Koran, all while online. Networked researchers may also freely access the contents of the American Arab Scientific Society Software Library, retrieve the entire text of the Koran and even retrieve Macintosh sound files of Arabic recitations of selections from the Koran or listen to a call to prayer in Arabic. There is also a growing number of LISTSERV based online academic conferences for the scholarly discussion of Islamic studies. And it is all free. * Islamic Computer Resource Guide The Islamic Computer Resource Guide, by Basil Hashim (hashem@usc.edu), documents bulletin board systems, software, FTP archives, and network resources such as online academic conferences and newsgroups related to Islamic topics. All information pertaining to networked resources has been documented in the Electric Mystic's Guide. The Islamic Computer Resource Guide is available as the file islam-guide.text via FTP from the node cs.bu.edu in the /amass/ directory. * The Islamic School An Islamic subject area at the Cleveland Free-Net Community Computer System. Provides introductory information on Islam. This archive includes an online Koran and hadith. Access: Telnet to freenet-in-a.cwru.edu or freenet-in- b.cwru.edu or freenet-in-c.cwru.edu You will then be asked whether you are a registered user or a visitor. Select (2) Visitor then select (2) Explore the System. Upon being presented with the main menu prompt Your Choice ===> at the <<< Cleveland Free-Net Directory >>>, type go islam. Note that you will not see go islam or "The Islamic School" as a menu choice. You will then be presented with the following menu: 1 About the Islamic School 2 The Essentials of Islam 3 The Holy Qur'an 4 The Holy Prophet of Islam and Sunnah 5 Frequently Asked Questions 6 Questions and Answers 7 The Bulletin Board (moderated) 8 Directory Services * American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Software Library The AMASS Software Library archives software and documents for Arab communities throughout the globe. The archive is provided courtesy of the American Arab Scientific Society, Boston Chapter and supported by Boston University, Computer Sciences Department. The current librarian is Abdelsalam Heddaya (heddaya@cs.bu.edu). An index of the American Arab Scientific Society Software Library is available via FTP from the node cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the directory /amass/ as the file INDEX. For a complete description of the American Arab Scientific Society, retrieve the documents intro-arabic.ps intro-english.ps intro-english.text constitution-english.ps via FTP from the node cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Note: Please send Abdelsalam Heddaya (heddaya@cs.bu.edu) an e-mail message every time you use this software library, or if you wish to place software or documents in it. * Contents of the AMASS Software Library AMASS Newsletters. Copies of the American Arab Scientific Society newsletters in Postscript. This file include the necessary fonts for printing on any Postscript printer an can be read on a personal computer through any Postscript previewer. Available as the file nl33- arabic.ps via FTP from the node cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/newsletters/ directory. Arabic Extension to LaTeX. (1992). Handles transliteration and diacritics. Installation instructions and manual included. Also works under plain TeX. Created by Klaus Lagally (lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de). The latest version is always available via FTP from ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.1) in the directory /pub/arabtex/ as a variety of files. This system is for the IBM compatible computers. It is also available as the file arabtex.tar.Z from the node cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. See below (ArabTex TeX/LaTeX Arabic Word Processor) for more information. Calender Calculation Program (Common Lisp). (1992). Common Lisp program that calculates the Hijri, Hebrew, Gregorian and Julian calendars (does not include the Coptic calender). Includes definitions of some important events. Created by Nachum Dershowitz and Edward M. Reingold (reingold@cs.uiuc.edu). Available as the file calendrical.l via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Cresent Sighting Information. (1992). Information about crescent sighting for "1ramaDaan 1412" and information on the subject of crescent sightings. Written by Mohibullah N. Durrani. Available as the file cresent.text via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Muslim Prayer Schedules. Muslim prayer schedules in TeX format, produced by Minaret 1.3. This file has been compressed, therefore use the binary mode when FTPing). Available as the file prayer-scheds via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Prayer Timing (C Language). A prayer time calculation C language computer program that calculates prayer times given selected parameters and typesets the results in TeX. This program is based on Minaret 1.3 and can operate in batch mode. This program is in source code and must be installed through the use of a C compiler. Created by Kamal Abdali (abdali@dewey.udel.edu). Available as the file praytimer and praytimer.tar.Z. via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Also available via LISTSERV from listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuacad as MUSLIMS PRAYER-C Prayer Timing (FORTRAN Language). A prayer time calculation FORTRAN language computer program that calculates prayer times and moon sighting data given selected parameters. This program is based on Minaret 1.3. Available via LISTSERV from listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuacad as MUSLIMS PRAYER-F Prayer Timing -- Minaret 1.3. A menu-driven program to calculate prayer times for many cities in the world. New cities can be added by providing location and timing data. Shows the direction of the Qibla, and various data related to the Hijri calendar (date conversion). Produces text and TeX output of prayer schedules. Created by Kamal Abdali (abdali@dewey.udel.edu). This program runs on Macintosh Plus or later model. Available as the file minaret-13.sit.hqx via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Qalam. Qalam is an Arabic-Latin-Arabic transliteration system between Arabic script languages and the Latin script embodied in the ASCII character set. The Qalam system is designed to transliterate Arabic script languages for computer mediated communication by individuals literate in those languages. Qalam was created by Abdelsalam Heddaya with contributions from Walid Hamdy and M. Hashem Sherif. Available as the file qalam.text via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. Muslim Hymn (Takbyr). The arabic text of the hymn chanted by Muslims in the morning prayers of the two major feasts of Islam. This document is in both arabic script and in transliteration. Available as the file takbyr.ps via FTP from cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. * For more information about the AMASS, write to: American Arab Scientific Society P.O. Box 541 Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA. Or send e-mail to: M. Hashem Sherif mhs@homxa.att.com amass-request@cs.bu.edu * ArabTex TeX/LaTeX Arabic Word Processor ArabTeX is a system that extends the capabilities of TeX and LaTeX to generate the arabic writing from an ASCII transliteration for texts in several languages using the arabic script. It consists of a TeX macro package and an arabic font in several sizes, presently only available in the Naskhi style. ArabTeX will run with Plain TeX and also with LaTeX; other additions to TeX have not been tried. ArabTeX is primarily intended for generating arabic writing, but scientific transcription can also be easily generated. For other languages using the arabic script limited support is available. The latest version and an installation manual is available via FTP from the node ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.1) in the directory /pub/arabtex/ as a collection of files. * For more information, contact the author of ArabTex, Klaus Lagally Institut fuer Informatik Universitaet Stuttgart Breitwiesenstrasse 20-22 D-7000 Stuttgart 80 Germany lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de * Islam History Hypercard Stack (Macintosh) This hypercard stack by Lawrence Hartline is a simple outline of the main events in Islamic history, from the birth of Muhammad until the 2nd World War. Available as the file islamic-history.hqx via FTP to sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the directory /info-mac/card/ directory. * Other Islamic Studies Resources Islam Discussion Group (ISLAM-L). Internet Subscription Address: listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu BITNET Subscription Address: listserv@ulkyvm. See Volume Two for complete information. The Islamic Information and News Network (MUSLIMS). Internet Subscription Address: listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu. BITNET Subscription Address: listserv@asuacad or listserv@psuvm. See Volume Two for complete information. Malaysian Islamic Study Group (MISG-L). Internet Subscription Address: listserv@psuvm.psu.edu. BITNET Subscription Address: listserv@psuvm. See Volume Two for complete information. USENET Newsgroup soc.religion.islam. Archive at cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory. See Volume Two for complete information. Yousif, Ahmad. The Muslim Community in North America: A Bibliography, (University of Ottawa, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as MUSLIM BIBLIO. Also available as the files muslim_biblio.txt and muslim_biblio.ps. via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the /pub/religion/ directory. * The Electronic Koran * M.H. Shakir's translation of the Koran is available as 114 individual ASCII text chapters from the node quake.think.com (192.31.181.1) in the directory /pub/etext/koran/ (note that when there are many files to be retrieved via FTP, use the command mget *.* to retrieve all files in the current directory. Ensure that you have sufficient disk space available on your e-mail account before using the command mget to retrieve a large amount of data.) It is also available from the nodes princeton.edu snake.mcs.kent.edu mcs.kent.edu hydra.unm.edu. The Koran and a related dictionary is also available as koran-dict.Z and koran.Z from the node oes.orst.edu (128.193.124.2) in the /pub/almanac/etext/ directory. This version contains a few typographical errors which are delineated in the file on-line- quran available from the node cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory. Note that retrieving the Quran in 114 separate files is only one step in creating one's own electronic Quran for searching. Apart from the titles of each file, there are no headings (thus no real identifications) for the individual surahs (chapters). So one must intersperse the file headers with the file contents to recreate a useful consecutive text. * Macintosh Sound Files for Islamic Studies * The AMASS FTP directory /amass/sounds/ at the node cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) contains a variety of Macintosh sounds files sampled at 5.5KHz (fair quality), and encoded in ASCII using Binhex format. These files can be played back using SoundMaster or other Macintosh sound utilities. Presently available files include the Islamic call to prayer, and a recitation of the first surah of the Koran. __________________________________________________________________ * 14. Journal Indexes * __________________________________________________________________ Aboriginal History. Contents of 14 volumes, 1977-1990, in the file aborig-hist-jrnl-contents.txt.Z and the index of the same in the file aborig-hist-jrnl-index.txt.Z is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/coombswork/aboriginal-history-jrnl/ directory. Canberra Anthropology. Table of contents of recent volumes available in the file canberra-anthrop-jrnl.txt.Z and the index of the same in the file aborig-hist-jrnl- index.txt.Z is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/coombswork/anthropology/ directory. * TOCS-IN -- Tables of Contents of Interest to Classicists * TOCS-IN archives via FTP the table of contents of journals of interest to Classicists. See the file inform.toc for a complete list of journals and full retrieval instructions, available via FTP to the node epas.utoronto.ca in the /pub/tocs-in/ directory. For more information, contact: Bob Kallet-Marx rkallet@hcfmail.ucsb.edu or Philippa Matheson amphoras@epas.utoronto.ca __________________________________________________________________ * 15. Lists in Review Supplements * __________________________________________________________________ A supplement to the CONTENTS Project (see Volume Two), Lists in Review, provides an overview of many of the LISTSERV lists (online academic conferences) of relevance to Religious Studies. A team of editors surveys individual online academic conferences and records lists of subject keywords that will serve to indicate what has been discussed on any given online conference. These list summaries are compiled by the supplement editor, posted to the CONTENTS Project and archived on a LISTSERV and FTP fileserver. This collection will allow networked researchers to quickly survey what has been discussed on dozens of Religious Studies lists and then retrieve past conversations from a list's logbook. If you would like to collect topic keywords from your favourite LISTSERV list for Lists in Review, please contact the LIR editor, Michael T. Bradley, Jr. at mtb3@cunixf or mtb3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu. * Instructions for retrieval of List In Review Supplements: Lists in Review Supplements are available via LISTSERV from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as LIR 93-x where x is the number of the month covered (for example: issue LIR 93-01 documents the month of January, 1993). This supplement is also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the directory /pub/religion/ as the files lists-in-review-93-x.txt where x is the number of the month covered. __________________________________________________________________ * 16. Online E-Mail Address Compilations * __________________________________________________________________ There does not yet exist a complete e-mail directory of online Religious Studies scholars. See the section How to Find E-Mail Addresses (Volume Two), for complete information on searching for an individual's e-mail address. Also see Networked Organizations and Associations (Volume Two), for a listing of network-accessible organizations, academic associations, scholarly presses and commercial services directly relevant to Religious Studies. Bolling, Thomas. Zen E-mail Directory (Z.E.D.) and Other Resources. (1992). The file zen-email-directory.txt is available via FTP from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Jarvis, Hugh. E-Mail Directory of Anthropologists. (1992). The file e-mail-anthrop-dirctry.txt is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/soc-science-netlore/ directory. Leyenhorst, Henry R. Hypertext Directory of Online Religion Scholars (DOORS). This is a binary hypertext program that runs only on IBM compatible computers. Available as the file as doors1.zip from CONTENTS, via FTP from the node panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. See the section How to Find E-Mail Addresses (Volume Two), for complete information on locating someone on the Net. You will be surprised at who is online (Elvis, Hoffa, your old professor). * FYI -- How's the Weather? * For the frequent flyer, the ski bum, or the curious, the Weather Underground server provides Internet users with current weather information and forecasts for the entire United States and Canada. Ski conditions, weather advisories and earthquake reports are also available. The server provides the following menu choices: U.S. forecasts and climate data; Canadian forecasts; Current weather observations; Ski conditions; Long-range forecasts; Latest earthquake reports; Severe weather; Hurricane advisories; National Weather Summary; International data; and Marine forecasts and observations. Access: telnet madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 A directory of network-accessible sources of weather reports, weather maps, and meteorological data is available as the file netweather via FTP to bears.ucsb.edu in the /pub/windsurf/ directory. __________________________________________________________________ * 17. RELIGION Miscellaneous Files * __________________________________________________________________ The following are miscellaneous documents from the RELIGION online academic conference. Charter Statement of the Religion List Seminar. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as RELIGION INTRO Guide to Use of LISTSERV with Religion. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda or listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu as GUIDE RELIGION Subscription Biographies of the RELIGION List Members. (1991). Available from RELIGION, listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu or listserv@harvarda as RELIGION BIOS * Religions Discussion Group (RELIGION) Subscription Method: Automatic to Server: SUB RELIGION your name Internet Subscription Address: listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu BITNET Subscription Address: listserv@harvarda Mailing Address: religion@harvarda religion@harvarda.harvard.edu RELIGION is a LISTSERV list for the scholarly discussion of religions. It is sponsored by the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions. Unlike lists with similar names, RELIGION does not deal with matters of personal faith or theology. Rather, it's aim is to encourage discussion of the historical and comparative study and teaching of religions. Relevant approaches include history, sociology, psychology, philosophy, literary criticism, and anthropology. Relevant issues include methodology in the study and teaching of religions; comparative themes such as myth, ritual, mysticism, community, and inter-religious contact; and issues specific to particular traditions. Moderator: Tim Bryson tbry@harvarda tbry@harvarda.harvard.edu __________________________________________________________________ * 18. Reviews * __________________________________________________________________ There are three networked forums that publish electronic reviews in Religious Studies. Electronic subscriptions are free. This section lists all reviews available from IOUDAIOS Review (IOUD- REV) and The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Review Supplement (REVIEW-L) and selected reviews from Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR-L). Complete back issues of BMCR-L are available via Gopher at gopher.cic.net and FTP to orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/ directory. Reviews are also available through the CCAT Gopher at ccat.sas.upenn.edu. * IOUD-REV (IOUDAIOS Review, early Christianity and Judaism) listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca SUB IOUD-REV your name Contact: David Reimer, Wilfrid Laurier University dreimer4@mach1.wlu.edu * REVIEW-L (The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Review Supplement, all fields in Religious Studies.) listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca SUB REVIEW-L your name Contact: Michael Strangelove 441495@uottawa or 441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca * BMCR-L (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Classical Studies) listserv@cc.brynmawr.edu SUB BMCR-L your name Or Via Gopher: orion.lib.virginia.edu or gopher.cic.net Contact: James J. O'Donnell jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu See Volume Two of the Electric Mystic's Guide for complete information on these electronic serials. REVIEWS Atiya, Aziz S. (Ed.) The Coptic Encyclopedia. 8 Volumes. (New York: Macmillan, 1991). Reviewed by Strousma, Gedaliahu Guy. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ATIYA STROUSMA Attridge, Harold W., John J. Collins, and Thomas H. Tobin, S.J. (Eds.) Of Scribes and Scrolls: Studies on the Hebrew Bible, Intertestamental Judaism, and Christian Origins presented to John Strugnell on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. College Theology Society Resources in Religion 5; (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990). Reviewed by Bergren, Theodore A. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ATTRIDGE BERGREN Baarda, T., A. Hilhorst, G.P. Luttikhuizen and A.S. van der Woude. (Eds.) Text and Testimony: Essays on New Testament and Apocryphal Literature in Honour of A.F.J. Klijn. (Kampen: Kok, 1988). Reviewed by Bergren, Theodore A. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BAARDA BERGREN Badone, Ellen. "Anthropological Perspectives on Popular Faith." Religion in History: The Word, the Idea, the Reality. Michel Despland and Gerard Vallee, editors. (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992). Reviewed by Hart, Andrew. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as BADONE HART Bargebuhr, Frederick Perez. The Paintings of the "New Catacomb" of the Via Latina and the Struggle of Christianity against Paganism. (Heidelberg: Carl Winter and Universitaetsverlag, 1991). Reviewed by Kinney, Dale. Available as 3-2-1 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Batey, Richard A. Jesus and the Forgotten City: New Light on Sepphoris and the Urban World of Jesus. Forward by Paul L. Maier, illustrated by J. Robert Teringo. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991). Reviewed by Goranson, Stephen. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BATEY GORANSON Baudy, Gerhard J. "Die Braende Roms: Ein apokalyptishches Motiv in der Anitken Historiographie". Studien zur Klassischen Philologie und ihrem Grenzgebieten 50:1991. (Hildesheim: Olms). Reviewed by Adler, William. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BAUDY ADLER Bettini, Maurizio. Anthropology and Roman Culture. Kinship, Time, Images of the Soul. Trans. J. Van Sickle. (Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991). Reviewed by Slagter, M. Available as 3-2-2 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Boccaccini, Gabriele. Middle Judaism: Jewish Thought 300 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991). Reviewed by Mason, Steve. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as BOCCACCI MASON Burke, Susan M. and Matthew H. Hill. (Eds.) From Pennsylvania to Waterloo: Pennsylvania-German Folk Culture in Transition. (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1991). Reviewed by Korp, Maureen. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as KORP BURKE Cameron, Averil. Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire: The Development of Christian Discourse. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991). Sather Classical Lectures, Volume 55. Reviewed by O'Donnell, J.J. Available as 2-7-1 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v2/ directory. Camporesi, Piero. The Fear of Hell: Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe. (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990). Reviewed by Coyle, Kevin J. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as HELL REVIEW Charlesworth, J.H. et al. Graphic Concordance to the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Tubingen/Louisville: J.C.B. Mohr/Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991). Reviewed by Davies, Philip R. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as CHARLESW DAVIES Chilton, Bruce. The Temple of Jesus: His Sacrificial Program Within a Cultural History of Sacrifice. (University Park PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992). Reviewed by Mason, Steve. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as CHILTON MASON Conzelman, Hans. Gentiles, Jews, Christians: Polemics and Apologetics in the Greco-Roman Era. Trans. M. Eugene Boring. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. German original, 1981) Reviewed by Barr, David. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as CONZELMN BARR Derfler, Steven L. The Hasmonean Revolt: Rebellion or Revolution. Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Studies Series, Volume 5. (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 1989). Reviewed by Wright, Benjamin G. III. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as DERFLER WRIGHT Fishbane, Simcha. "Is it a Crime to be Interdisciplinary? A Different Approach to the Study of Modern Jewish Law." Religion in History: The Word, the Idea, the Reality. Michel Despland and Gerard Vallee (Eds.). (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992). Reviewed by Zoar, Noam J. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as FISHBANE ZOHAR. Also available as fishbane-zohar- review.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken. Oxen, Women, or Citizens? Slaves in the System of the Mishnah. Brown Judaic Studies, V. 143. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988). Reviewed by Aaron, David. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as FLESHER AARON Fox, Michael V. The Redaction of the Books of Esther: On Reading Composite Texts. SBL Monograph Series 40 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991). Reviewed by Reimer, David J. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as FOX REIMER Garland, Robert. Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion. Translation with annotation. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992). Reviewed by Hamilton, Richard. Available as 3-6-7 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Grant, Robert M. Jesus After the Gospels: The Christ of the Second Century. The Hale Memorial Lectures (Seabury- Western Theological Seminary, 1989). (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1990). Reviewed by Robinson, Tom. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as GRANT ROBINSON Greer, Rowan. Broken Lights and Mended Lives: Theology and Common Life in the Early Church. (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1991). Reviewed by Coyle, Kevin. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as GREER COYLE Gruber, Mayer I. The Motherhood of God and Other Studies. Studies in the History of Judaism 57. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992). Reviewed by Haas, Peter J. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as GRANT ROBINSON Horst, Peter Willem van der. Ancient Jewish Epitaphs: An introductory survey of a millennium of Jewish funerary epigraphy (300 B.C.E. to 700 C. E.) Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 2. (Kampen: Kok Pharos Publishing House, 1991). Reviewed by Kraemer, Ross. Available via LISTSERV from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as VDHORST KRAEMER. Levine, Amy-Jill. (Ed.) "Women Like This": New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World. Early Judaism and Its Literature Series, Volume 1. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991). Reviewed by Porton, Gary G. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as LEVINE PORTON Lieu, Judith, John North, and Tessa Rajak. (Eds.) The Jews among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire. (London and New York: Routledge, 1992). Reviewed by Schwartz, S. Available as 3-3-9 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Loader, J.A. A Tale of Two Cities: Sodom and Gomorrah in the Old Testament, early Jewish and early Christian Traditions. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 1. (J. H. Kok, 1990). Reviewed by Brower, Gary. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as LOADER BROWER Mansfield, Bruce. Man On His Own: Interpretations of Erasmus c. 1750-1920. Erasmus Studies 11. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1992). Reviewed by Romm, James. Available as 3-6-12 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Mason, Steve. Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees: A Composition Critical Study. Studia post-Biblica, Volume 39. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991). Reviewed by Doran, Robert. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MASON DORAN McLean, Bradley H. Citations and Allusions to Jewish Scripture in Early Christianity and Jewish Writings through 180 C.E.. (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992). Reviewed by Reimer, David J. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MCLEAN REIMER McKnight, Scot. A Light Among the Gentiles: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991). Reviewed by Mason, Steve. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MCKNIGHT MASON McWilliam, Joanne. (Ed.) Augustine: From Rhetor to Theologian. (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992). Reviewed by Coyle, Kevin. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as MCWILLIA COLYE. Also available as the file augustine-from-rhetor-to-theologian- review.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. Mikalson, Jon D. Honor Thy Gods: Popular Religion in Greek Tragedy. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991). Reviewed by Gibert, John C. Available as 3-4-8 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Mynors, R.A.B. (Trans.) The Collected Works of Erasmus v. 33, Adages II.i.1 to II.vi.100. Translation with annotation. (University of Toronto Press, Toronto/Buffalo/London, 1991). Reviewed by Romm, James. Available as 3-4-11 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Mynors, R.A.B. and Alexander Dalzell (Trans.) The Collected Works of Erasmus. Volume 10, Correspondence: Letters 1356 to 1534 (1523-1524). Annotated by James M. Estes. (University of Toronto Press, Toronto/Buffalo/London, 1992). Reviewed by Pascal, Paul. Available as 3-5-12 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Nicholls, William. (Ed.) Modernity and Religion. (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1987). Reviewed by Bradley, Michael T. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as NICHOLLS BRADLEY. Also available as the file modernity-and-religion.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. Overman, Andrew. Matthew's Gospel and Formative Judaism: The Social World of the Matthean Community. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990). Reviewed by Donaldson, Terence L. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as OVERMAN DONALDSN Polin: A Journal of Polish Jewish Studies. Volume 6. (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers for the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, 1991). Reviewed by Robinson, Ira. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as POLIN ROBINSON Pardes, Ilana. Countertraditions in the Bible: A Feminist Approach. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992). Reviewed by O'Brien, Julia. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as PARDES OBRIEN Reeves, John C. Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony: Studies in the Book of Giants Traditions. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College 14 (Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992). Reviewed by Pomykala, Kenneth. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as REEVES POMYKALA Richardson, Peter and Stephen Westerholm. Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period. The Debate over "Torah" and "Nomos" in Post-Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity. Studies in Christianity and Judaism Series, Volume 4. (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1991). Reviewed by Sanders, Jack T. and Mason, Steve. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as RICHWEST SANDMAS Roberts, J.J.M. Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah: A Commentary. Old Testament Library Series. (Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1991). Reviewed by Reimer, David J. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ROBERTS REIMER Rousselle, Aline. "Body Politics in Ancient Rome". A History of Women: From Ancient Goddesses to Christian Saints. Pauline Schmitt Pantell, editor. (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992. Originally published in Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot, Histoire des Femmes I, L'Antiquite, Pion, 1990). Reviewed by Strangelove, Michael. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as ROUSSELL MSTRANGE Royse, James R. The Spurious Texts of Philo of Alexandria: A Study of Textual Transmission and Corruption with Indexes to the Major Collections of Greek Fragments. Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des Hellenistischen Judentums 22, (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991). Reviewed by Runia, David. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ROYSE RUNIA. Sievers, Joseph. The Hasmoneans and Their Supporters. From Mattathias to the Death of John Hyrcanus I. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 6. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990). Reviewed by Pietersma, Al. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SIEVERS PIETERSM Schwartz, Seth. Josephus and Judean Politics. Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, Volume 18. (Leiden: Brill, 1990). Reviewed by Mason, Steve. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SCHWARTZ MASON Shermis, Michael and Arthur E. Zannoni. Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations. (New York: Paulist Press, 1991). Reviewed by Thimmes, Pamela. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as SHERMIS THIMMES Starnes, Colin. The New Republic. A Commentary on Book I of More's Utopia Showing its Relation to Plato's Republic. (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1990). Reviewed by Scaife, Ross. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as REPUBLIC REVIEW. Also available as republic-review.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. Sterling, Gregory E. Historiography and Self-Definition: Josephus, Luke-Acts and Apologetic Historiography. (NovTSup 64; Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992). Reviewed by Mason, Steve. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as STERLING MASON Stern, David. Parables in Midrash: Narrative and Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991). Reviewed by Basser, Herbert W. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as STERN BASSER Stone, Michael E. A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve. (Early Judaism and its Literature 3; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992.) Reviewed by Levison, John. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as STONE LEVISON Talmon, Shemaryahu. (Ed.) Jewish Civilization in the Hellenistic-Roman Period. (Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1991). Reviewed by Wright, Benjamin G. III. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as TALMON WRIGHT Tomson, Peter J. Paul and the Jewish Law: Halakha in the Letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles. Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, Section 3: Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, 1. (Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990). Reviewed by Sanders, Jack. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as TOMSON JACK Wiseman, T.P. Flavius Josephus: Death of an Emperor. Translation with an introduction and commentary. Exeter Studies in History No. 30 (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1991). Reviewed by Ferrill, A. Available as 3-2-23 via FTP from orion.lib.virginia.edu in the /pub/journals/bmcr/v3/ directory. Weil, Grete. The Bride Price. (Boston: David R. Goodine, 1991). Reviewed by Lashin, Sandy B. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as BTS OCT1992 Zahavy, Tzvee. (Trans.) The Talmud of Babylonia. An American Translation: Volume XXX.A: Tractate ullin; Chapters 1-2. (Brown Judaic Studies 253. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1992.) Reviewed by Peterson, Sigrid. Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as ZAHAVY PETERSON __________________________________________________________________ * 19. Sacred and Primary Electronic Texts * __________________________________________________________________ The following is a listing of all electronic, network-accessible sacred texts and primary texts of scholarly (or religious) interest that may be freely retrieved via FTP or LISTSERV. The Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Koran (also spelled Quran) are available at many sites and in a variety of formats, such as ASCII, zipped (.zip), compressed (.Z) and archived (.arc). The following section indicates where low ASCII versions of these sacred texts may be found on selected sites. For related programs see the section Software Programs for Religious Studies (page 94). This section also provides information on networked electronic versions of primary texts that are of use to the academic community. Note that the CCAT Gopher (ccat.sas.upenn.edu) is quickly developing into a major index and database of Religious Studies primary and secondary texts. This Gopher should be consulted for current information. * The Bible (King James Version) Available as the files bible10.zip and bible10.txt from the Project Gutenberg archives via FTP from the node mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext92/ directory. Note that the available KJV bibles on the Net do not include the apocrypha. Nicene Creed. Various versions, English text (1991). Available from ORTHODOX, listserv@indycms as CREED ENGLISH1 and CREED ENGLISH2. * The Book of Mormon Available as the files mormon13.txt and mormon13.zip from the Project Gutenberg archives via FTP from the node mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext91/ directory. * Other Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) Materials: Doctrine and Covenants. Available as the file d-and-c.zip via FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/mormon/ directory. Pearl of Great Price. Available as pofgp.zip via FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/mormon/ directory. * The Koran (Quran) M.H. Shakir's translation of the Koran is available as 114 individual ASCII text chapters from the node quake.think.com (192.31.181.1) in the /pub/etext/koran/ directory (note that when there are many files to be retrieved via FTP, use the command mget *.* to retrieve all files in the current directory. Ensure that you have sufficient disk space available on your e-mail account before using the command mget to retrieve a large amount of data.) It is also available from the nodes princeton.edu snake.mcs.kent.edu mcs.kent.edu hydra.unm.edu. The Koran and a related dictionary is also available as koran-dict.Z and koran.Z from the node oes.orst.edu (128.193.124.2) in the /pub/almanac/etext/ directory. This version contains a few typographical errors which are delineated in the file on-line- quran available from the node cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory. Note that retrieving the Quran in 114 separate files is only one step in creating one's own electronic Quran for searching. Apart from the titles of each file, there are no headings (thus no real identifications) for the individual surahs (chapters). So one must intersperse the file headers with the file contents to recreate a useful consecutive text. A short file of various quotes from the Koran is also available via LISTSERV from listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuacad as PAKISTAN AL_QURAN. * Other Islamic Studies Materials: American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Software Library at cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. USENET Newsgroup soc.religion.islam Archive at cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory. See the section Islamic Studies (page 69) for more details and resources. * The Tanach The Hebrew text of the Tanach is available via FTP from the node wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in the /wuarchive/mirrors3/archive.umich.edu/msdos/foreign_lang/hebrew/ directory as three files: tanach1.zip The Torah tanach2.zip The Prophets tanach3.zip The Writings From the same directory is also available these related files: heb-disp.zip - An MSDOS utility program for displaying Hebrew letters on the monitor screen of a personal computer. reveal.zip - An MSDOS utility program that counts occurrences of letters in the Tanach. * The Kama Sutra The text of the Love Teachings of Kama Sutra, translated by Indra Sinha, is available as the file kama-sutra.Z from the Almanac archives via FTP from the node 128.193.124.2 (oes.orst.edu) in the /pub/almanac/etext/ directory. * Vedic Texts A collection of Vedic texts is available via FTP to blackbox.hacc.washington.edu in the /pub/indic/ directory as the files: bddhcrtm.zip Contains the TEI encoded text of the buddhacarita prepared by Peter Schreiner retranscribed in the CS/CSX encoding. brhatsam.zip Contains the transcription of Varhahamira's Brhatsamhita made available by Michio Yano and Mizue Sugita (based on the A.V. Tripathi Sarasvati Bhavan Granthamala edition) converted to Classical Sanskrit extended 8-bit encoding (CS/CSX). panini.zip Panini has the file sutrapat.csx, with the asthadhyayi in the Classical Sanskrit extended character set. saundary.zip Contains the Peter Schreiner transcription of Norman Brown's edition of Shankara's Saundarylahari (converted to CSX encoding). See the UPDATES file for complete information on these files. Note that they are still in the process of error correction. These files are also available via LISTSERV, send the command INDEX INDOLOGY to listserv@liverpool.ac.uk for a complete list of available documents. * John Trevisa Corpus Transcriptions of works (translations from Latin) of John Trevisa (Defensio Curatorum, De Regimine Principum, Polychronicon, The Gospel of Nicodemus) are available via FTP to blackbox.hacc.washington.edu in the /pub/text/trevisa/ directory as the files: gospel.arc The Gospel of Nicodemus regimine.arc De Regimine Principum defensio.arc Defensio Curatorum polychro.arc Polychronicon Work on these texts is in progress, thus there are no notes at this point regarding the thoroughness of proofreading and so forth. See the README and fowler.his files for complete details on the state of these texts. * FYI -- Special Internet Connections * A six page directory of special Internet archives and servers, written by Scott Yanoff, is available as the file inet.services.txt via FTP from csd4.csd.uwm.edu in the /pub/ directory. * Searching for Online Sacred Texts with Archie The sacred texts listed above are available via FTP through many different hosts around the world. If the above locations are difficult to reach from your location you can find alternative locations by using an Archie server. Telnet to the nearest Archie server and login as archie. To conduct a search type prog keyword where keyword is the name of the desired text. Some appropriate keywords are bible, koran, quran, mormon, and tanach. If your site does not allow for Telnet sessions it is possible to search Archie by sending e-mail messages to the nearest server. Information on how to use Archie can be obtained by sending the command HELP as an e-mail message to archie@archie.mcgill.ca (or archie@any.node.below). Other helpful documents are What is Archie? (Richard Hintz, 1991), available via FTP as the file archie_guide.txt from the node hydra.uwo.ca in the directory /libsoft/ and the document Internet Archie Server Listing Service: A Reference Manual, (R.P.C. Rodgers, 1991), available via FTP as the file archieuser.gde from the node infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/soft/archie/ directory. There is also available Peter Deutsch's document, Archie - An Electronic Directory Service for the Internet, which can be retrieved as the file whatis.archie via FTP from the node ftp.sura.net in the /pub/nic/archie/docs/ directory. For detailed user instructions, see also the file archie.man.txt in the same directory. Archie will provide user information if you type the command help. It is possible to have your Telnet session search results mailed to you by typing the command mail your@address which causes the output of the last command to be mailed to the specified address or comma-separated list of addresses (replace your@address with your e-mail address. All the various Internet addressing styles are understood. BITNET sites should use the convention user@sitename.bitnet). If you use the command set mailto your@address before conducting any searches with the prog command, then the output of any search will be mailed to you upon entering the command mail. This is very useful if you intend to conduct a number of searches in one session. Archie Locations World Wide: archie.unl.edu (129.93.1.14) University of Nebraska in Lincoln archie.sura.net (128.167.254.179) USA server archie.ans.net (147.224.1.2) ANS archie server (USA) archie.rutgers.edu (128.6.18.15) Rutgers U., Piscataway, NJ server archie.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3) Canadian server, original Archie archie.au (139.130.4.6) Australian server archie.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) European server in Finland archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.11.3) United Kingdom server archie.cs.huji.ac.il (132.65.6.15) Israel server archie.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.19.24) Far East server archie.wide.ad.jp (133.4.3.6) Japanese server archie.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.19.24) Taiwanese server * Reading Texts Online * The Bible, Koran and Book of Mormon can be read online via Telnet to the University of Maryland's Info Database. Telnet to info.umd.edu and login as info. Select Reading Room and then select Religion. It is possible to FTP the texts from this system but, due to the systems design, it is not altogether as easy as FTPing them from the above sites. The Koran, King James Version of the Bible and the Book of Mormon are also available for reading online from the Cleveland Free-Net. Telnet to freenet-in- a.cwru.edu or freenet-in-b.cwru.edu or freenet-in-c.cwru.edu and login as (2) Visitor, select (11) Library and then select (3) Electronic Bookshelf. These texts can also be read online via the CCAT Gopher at ccat.sas.upenn.edu. * For More Information on Electronic Sacred Texts The following information files will help you locate electronic texts that are not available on the Net. Note that most of these texts are not free. Catalogue of Electronic Text Projects. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1990). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as PROJECTS ETEXTS. CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT) on CD-ROM Information File. (1991). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CLCLT CDROM and as CLCLT CETEDOC. Electronic Bibles and Biblical Studies Project Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as BIBLICAL E-TEXTS. Electronic Septuagint Studies Project Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as LXX-JUD E-TEXTS. List of Texts and Software Available from the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT). (1988). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CCAT COLLECTN. A current listing is available via Gopher to ccat.sas.upenn.edu. __________________________________________________________________ * 20. Software/Hardware Reviews and Information Files * __________________________________________________________________ Birnbaum, David J. Issues in Developing International Standards for Encoding Non-Latin Alphabets. (1989). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as NONLATIN ALFABETS Burnam, Paul. A TLG Workstation for Recessionary Times. (TLG Newsletter, May, 1992). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as TLG-PB ARTICLE CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT) on CD-ROM Information File. (1992). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CLCLT CETEDOC Discussions of Multi-Lingual Word Processing. From the online academic conferences, HUMANIST and IOUDAIOS. Compiled by Reimer, David J. (Fall, 1991). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MULTLING WORDPROC Even-Zohar, Itamar. Report on Notabene 3.0 Version 2. (1988). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as NOTEBENE REPORT2, see also NOTABENE LISTT Hahne, Harry. Library Master Program Information. (1992). Available from LIBMASTR, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as PROGRAM INFO Hughes, John J. Analytical Outline for "Bits, Bytes and Biblical Studies: A Resource Guide for the Use of Computers in Biblical and Classical Studies" (Zondervan: 1987). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as BITBYTES OUTLINE Hurd, John C. The Greek Tutor - Program Description. (1987). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as GKTUTOR SPEC Kraft, Robert A. Brief Review of American Bible Society CD-ROM, experimental release (1991); "ABS Reference Bible" with Innotech "Findit" software accessing. American Bible Society, 1865 Broadway, NY NY 10023. Three pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as ABS-CD REVIEW. Also available as the file abs-cd.txt via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the /pub/religion/ directory. Proposed Unicode Standard Information File. (1991). Available from JUDAICA, listserv@taunivm as UNICODE JS-UTC Rockwell, Geoff. Information on Greek Fonts (for MAC). (1989). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as GREEK MACFONTS Young, Charles. Computer Display and Printing of Classical Greek. (1988). A list of computer packages that claim to support the printing and the display on screen of classical Greek. Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as GREEK SOFTWARE * FYI -- The World Wide Web * The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative that intends to provide universal access to Internet documents. Documents and databases are cross-referenced by hypertext-like links. It is well worth your time to explore this emerging system. The WoldWideWeb will eventually provide a master index to major Internet douments and archives. The following are some of the subject areas currently covered; Aeronautics; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Bio Sciences; Computing; Geography; Law; Libraries; Lists of online catalogues; Literature; Humanities; Mathematics; Meteorology; Music; Physics; Politics; Reference; Religion; and Social Sciences. The WorldWideWeb allows for searching by keyword, subject and system (WAIS, FTP, Gopher, Telnet and so on). Access: telnet info.cern.ch (or 128.141.201.74) Swiss telnet eies2.njit.edu (or 128.235.1.43) USA - New Jersey telnet vms.huji.ac.il (or 1228.139.4.3) Israel telnet info.funet.fi (or 128.214.6.100) Finland Login: www Contact: www-request@info.cern.ch __________________________________________________________________ * 21. Software Programs for Religious Studies * __________________________________________________________________ There are countless thousands of programs freely available over the networks that are of use to those in Religious Studies. While it would be an almost impossible task to document every existing program, it is nonetheless possible to indicate where the more valuable archives exits and how to search these archives for Religious Studies related software. Most software archives follow a standard pattern with directories entitled msdos, macintosh, and unix. When in a FTP archive, start by finding the appropriate directory for your operating system. Subdirectories to watch out for are usually titled bible, books, hebrew, islam, israel, and religion. Remember to type binary before FTPing a .zip or .exe file. * Primary Software Archives The following are two FTP archives that contain thousands of general software programs and some Religious Studies related software. FTP Address Directories israel.nysernet.org /israel/ Retrieve the file Index.israel.Z for a complete listing. For more information, see the section The Israel Project at Nysernet (Electric Mystic's Guide, Volume Two). oak.oakland.edu /pub/bible/ /pub/msdos/hebrew/ /pub/msdos/mormon/ /pub/msdos/notabene/ For more information, see the section The Oak Software Repository (Electric Mystic's Guide, Volume Two). Other major software archives are located at: ftp.uu.net archive.umich.edu Be careful when retrieving indexes from these archives. Sometimes a master index of all files can exceed five million bytes in size. Always check the README files for helpful information. UNIX users can use the command get filename |more to read the contents of an ASCII text file, such as an index or a readme file. This command does not actually retrieve the file to your account, so you do not have to be concerned with file size when using it. * Graphic Files from Israel * The following is an index of graphic files available from the node israel.nysernet.org in the /israel/graphics/ directory. f15i.jpg Overhead shot of 4 F-15 Israeli fighter jets flying over Massada. geom2.gif Geometric design of Star of David. geom3.gif Geometric design of Star of David. jewgra.zip Printshop clipart (MSDOS). kotel1.gif People praying at the Kotel (Western Wall). meno3.gif Ray-traced image of a week's menorah. mezuzah1.gif Ray-traced doorway with Mezuzah. rebbe.gif Picture of Rabbi Schnerson, Lubovitch rebbe.jpg Picture of Rabbi Schnerson, Lubovitch sabbath1.gif Monochrome version of sabbath2.gif sabbath2.gif Ray-traced scene of Sabbath table with candlesticks, wine, Kiddush cup, and Challa. sabbathn.gif Hand-drawn scene, house, twilight, Shabbat candles visible through window. sfat.gif Small digitized picture of a street in Sfat during a heavy fog. stars3.gif Collection of images of Magen Davids torah1.gif Monochrome version of torah2.gif torah2.gif Ray-traced image of a Torah Scroll, opened to the Sh'ma. wintca2a.gif Chanukkah card. For very detailed information on how to retrieve and view graphic files such as .gif and .jpg, retrieve the documents Part1.Z Part2.Z Part3.Z via FTP to ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.2 or 137.39.1.9 or 192.48.96.2) in the /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/ directory. Also available via e-mail message by sending the commands send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1 and send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2 and send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part3 to the mail-server@pit- manager.mit.edu address. * Vatican Library Exhibit at the Library of Congress * See the section Vatican Library Exhibit at the Library of Congress (Volume Two) for complete details of an FTP archive of exhibit images. This archive demonstrates the potential of the Net as a multi-media scholarly repository. __________________________________________________________________ * 22. Theses and Dissertations * __________________________________________________________________ At this point in time, there exists only one complete thesis and one dissertation in Religious Studies on the Net. More Masters and Doctoral theses are forthcoming in 1993. The CONTENTS Project (see Electric Mystic's Guide, Volume Two) will archive on its FTP fileserver complete theses, dissertations, or just their abstracts, table of contents and bibliographies. Interested authors should contact the CONTENTS Project director at 441495@uottawa or 441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca for more information. The CONTENTS Project FTP archive is made possible through the support of the Religious Studies Departments of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University as well as through the financial support of the American Academy of Religion. Ness, Lester J. Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity. (Doctoral Dissertation, Department of History, Miami University, 1990). Available from the CONTENTS Project, as the files astrology-and-judaism-dissertation.txt astrology-and-judaism-biblio.txt via FTP from the node 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca) in the /pub/religion/ directory. Also available via LISTSERV as from listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as the files: ASTROLOGY DISS-1 ASTROLOGY DISS-4 ASTROLOGY DISS-2 ASTROLOGY DISS-5 ASTROLOGY DISS-3 ASTROLOGY BIBLIO Strangelove, Michael. Patron-Client Dynamics in Flavius Josephus' VITA: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis. (M.A. Thesis, University of Ottawa, 1992). Available from the CONTENTS Project, via FTP from the node 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca) in the directory /pub/religion/ as josephus.zip (Wordperfect 5.1 text) and as the Postscript files (compressed or uncompressed): strangelove-thesis-biblio.ps strangelove-thesis-part1.ps.Z strangelove-thesis-part1.p sstrangelove-thesis-part2.ps.Z strangelove-thesis-part2.ps strangelove-thesis-part2.ps.Z strangelove-thesis-part3.ps strangelove-thesis-part4.ps.Z strangelove-thesis-part4.ps strangelove-thesis-part5.ps.Z strangelove-thesis-part5.ps __________________________________________________________________ * 23. Theses and Dissertations -- Abstracts * __________________________________________________________________ Abstracts of Anthropology PH.D. Dissertations Since June 1989. (Department of Anthropology, The Australian National University, 1992). The file phd-these- anthropology.txt.Z is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/coombswork/anthropology/ directory. Abstracts of Linguistics PH.D. Dissertations. (Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, Updated 1992). The file phd-theses-linguist.txt.Z is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/coombswork/linguistics/ directory. Abstracts of Political and Social Change PH.D. Dissertations (1979-1990). (Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University). The file phd-theses- polit-social.txt is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/coombswork/political-and-social-change/ directory See also the files polit-social-change- papers.txt and phd-students-polit-social.txt in the same directory. Bregman, Marc. Abstract from, The Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: Studies in the Evolution of the Versions. (Doctoral Dissertation, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1991). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MBTANHUM DISS_ABS Caldwell, B. Abstract from the 1992 Ph.D. Dissertation, Marriage in Sri Lanka. The file marriage-in-sri-lanka.txt is available via FTP to coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/coombswork/demography/ directory. Jaffe, Paul David. Abstract from the 1979 M.A. Thesis in Asian Studies, The Shobogenzo Genjokoan by Eihei Dogen, and Penetrating Inquiries into the Shobogenzo Genjokoan, A Commentary by Yasutani Hakuun. (1992). Pages xii-xiii. The file jaffe-79-thesis-abstract.txt is available from the node coombs.anu.edu.au in the /coombspapers/otherwork/electronic-buddhist- archives/buddhism-zen/ directory. Ness, Lester J. The Abstract, Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, Introduction, and Bibliography from "Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity: A Dissertation". (Miami University, Ohio, 1990). Approximately 40 pages. Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as ASTROLGY BIBLIO. Also available via FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the directory /pub/religion/ as astrology-and-judaism-biblio.txt (low ASCII text). Strangelove, Michael. Abstract from the M.A. Thesis, Patron-Client Dynamics in Flavius Josephus' VITA: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis. (University of Ottawa, 1992). Available from IOUDAIOS, listserv@yorkvm1 or listserv@vm1.yorku.ca as MSPATRON DISS_ABS __________________________________________________________________ END OF VOLUME ONE __________________________________________________________________ VOLUME TWO WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SPRING 1993