About The Bible Database Project
The Bible Database Project is an ever-growing, cross-referenced database of the people, places and events of the Bible — mapped, dated, and graded by the strength of the evidence behind each claim.
What you'll find
Every person is set in context: who they were, when and where they lived, the family they belonged to, the journeys they travelled, and the books and passages of scripture in which they appear. Wherever we can, we say not just what is claimed about a person but how we know it — colour-coded from the words of scripture itself, through the physical evidence of archaeology and the testimony of ancient writers, to the considered view of modern scholarship.
How it's built
- Evidence, graded. Each claim is tagged by its source — scripture, archaeology, ancient writers, or scholarship — so you can see the difference between a verse, an inscription, and an informed opinion.
- Cross-referenced. People, places, books and journeys all link to one another, so you can follow a family line, trace a journey on the map, or see everyone who appears in a given book.
- Illustrated. Major figures carry an original illustration created for this project, alongside a gallery of public-domain art where it exists.
- Honest about limits. Where a figure is not attested outside scripture, we say so plainly rather than dress it up.
Always growing
The database is added to continually — more people, more evidence, more places on the map, and more illustrations over time. If you spot something we've got wrong, or want to suggest an addition, please get in touch.