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tabletguy:
Would it be appropriate to ask if anyone knows of bilingual free electronic ones other than those listed on http://www.theophilos.sk/ ?

I'm interested in Simplified Chinese / English  (would want them to correspond when possible to aid in language learning).

Also interested in Sanskrit / English

cmpm:
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/

http://bible.crosswalk.com/

JennyB:
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/
The purpose of this web site is to set out all of the Christian writings that are believed to have been written in the first and second centuries, as well as a few selected from the early third. I have also included non-Christian documents that may have special bearing on the study of early Christianity in order to make this web site a comprehensive sourcebook. I have provided links to English translations for all of these documents. When available, the work has also been provided in the original language, usually Greek. I have also provided information and scholarly opinion regarding the background, authorship, dating, and provenance of these documents. These comments are intended to provide an introduction.

I did not want to follow the common scheme of organizing early Christian documents into the canon and apocrypha, which is simply anachronistic. Because it is the most intuitive and useful, I have ordered them based on one possible chronological scheme. My judgments concerning the authenticity and dating of the documents concerned are made in the best tradition of biblical scholarship. Nevertheless, the ordering is almost certainly wrong in some part. To provide some bearings, a range of probable dating is provided for the scheme, but this range of dating can be disputed. All dates are approximate. An alphabetical listing is also provided as an easier way to find a specific text.
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See also  Roger Pearse's pages on Tertullian and others.

Into His Own - Perspective on the World of Jesus
http://www.virtualreligion.net/iho/index.html
Into His Own is designed as a tool for the historical study of Christian scriptures. Since the works in the New Testament were composed in implicit & often explicit dialog with first century champions of Jewish tradition, the bulk of the passages included here have been excerpted from works written by Jewish authors, especially those composed after the Hebrew scriptures that can be found in any Christian "Old Testament." But there are also selections from non-Jewish sources that help bring the writings of Christian authors into a clearer cultural perspective.
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tinjaw:
This is a very fruitful thread, but it is quite Judeo-Christian slanted. If there are non-Judeo-Christians among the readers of this thread, I am interested in all the major holy books - The Koran, Tao Te Ching, etc. Again, if you are hesitant to post in this thread publicly, send me a PM. I plan on summarizing everything sent to me via PM in a post to this thread after removing any personal info. I would at least like to be able to present a list with all of the world's major religions covered.

Darwin:
(Darwin jumps up and down, trying to draw attention to himself) Yes! Me too! What tinjaw said! I'm grateful for the Judeo-Christain pointers but would also appreciate any software that covers other major holy works.

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