About Ad Fontes
The great books of the Western tradition — the Greek and Latin classics in clean English translations alongside the originals, the Church Fathers, and the English Renaissance. Free forever.
The library holds 501 works by 101 authors (15742k words), in six collections: Greek Literature, Latin Literature, Jewish Writers, Church Authors, Bible Translations, and English Literature.
Research tools
- Word Concordance — search a word in the Torah and the Prophets across five versions in parallel.
- LXX & Vulgate Reader — the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the Masoretic Text, with tap-a-word dictionaries for Greek and Latin.
- Lexicon — Greek, Latin, and Hebrew words, with occurrences linked from every entry.
- Masora — Masora-style notes on rare and unique forms, verse by verse, with full occurrence lists.
- Vulgate Notes — translator's notes on Jerome's Vulgate, verse by verse.
- Legends of the Jews — Louis Ginzberg's collection, narrative and notes.
- Hexapla — Field's Hexapla reader, being re-flowed and translated page by page.
- New in Scholarship — research guides, new reviews, and new source digitizations.
Sources and trust
Every work page names its source: the edition or translation it was taken from, with a link where the source gives one. The full list of sources cited across the library is on the source bibliography page.
Each work page also carries a Status and License line. Status is “fragment” only where the work's own title says it is a fragment; otherwise it reads “not stated.” License is “Public domain” only where the work's own source label says so; otherwise it reads “not stated.” “Not stated” means the source data does not say — nothing is guessed, and no work is described as a critical edition unless its source warrants it.
Incomplete texts are labelled as such on their pages — for example, works available in the original language only, or chapters with no surviving text. Where verse or chapter numbering differs between versions, each version is labelled with its own reference and nothing is silently renumbered.
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