Research Tools

New Christian Chatbot

Ask the bot a question, and get an answer based on the Bible, and on Swedenborg's theological works. This 9 May 2025 version, "Coverdale", is our fifth main release. We welcome your suggestions as we build future versions!

Swedenborg Reader App

Read and search the world's biggest online collection of Swedenborg's works, even without a web connection!

Swedenborg Concordance Online

Bible Commentary

Here's a link to our master list of Bible commentaries from New Christian Bible scholars past and present.

Advanced Neo-Latin Search

This is the latest 2024 iteration of a Latin grammar search tool for Swedenborg's works. It's designed to help people search Latin text, with the ability to find all the instances of a word form's specific grammatical usage.

NeoSearch

This is the predecessor to the current Latin grammar search tool. This version, adapted here for online use, was known as "NeoSearch".

Swedenborg Sampler

From the Swedenborg Foundation, A Swedenborg Sampler: Selections from Heaven and Hell, Divine Love and Wisdom, Divine Providence, True Christian Religion, and Secrets of Heaven, translated by George F. Dole, Lisa Hyatt Cooper, and Jonathan S. Rose

Scribe of Heaven

From the Swedenborg Foundation, Scribe of Heaven: Swedenborg's Life, Work, and Impact, edited by Jonathan S. Rose, Stuart Shotwell, and Mary Lou Bertucci

Swedenborg Explorer's Guidebook

From the Swedenborg Foundation, Swedenborg Explorer's Guidebook: A Research Manual for Inquiring New Readers, Seekers of Spiritual Ideas, and Writers of Swedenborgian Treatises, by William Ross Woofenden

Swedenborg's Garden of Theology

From the Swedenborg Foundation, Swedenborg's Garden of Theology: An Introduction to Emanuel Swedenborg's Published Theological Works, by Jonathan S. Rose

Bibliography of Swedenborg's Works

This page shows bibliographic information related to Swedenborg's works. The table shows data for the original Latin publication and for subsequent translations into other languages.

Translations by Language

This page shows 350+ translations in 21 languages - filter, search and sort to find the translation you need.

Translation Matrix

Here's a matrix showing the state of existing translations of Swedenborg's published works. We need to turn the blue cells green, and then the yellow cells green, and then the white cells green.

General Index to Swedenborg's Scripture Quotations

Glossary and Thesaurus for Swedenborg's Writings

Related Passages in Swedenborg's Works

Swedenborgian scholars have been interested in "parallel passages" in his works. Freya Fitzpatrick, compiled this list from several sources. We've pulled the data into our main database, and augmented the structure to allow for other types of relationships, e.g. contrasting, or topical.

Compendium

A Compendium of the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

Memorable Occurrences in Swedenborg's Writings

Index Verborum, Nominum et Rerum in Arcanis Coelestibus

Strong's Dictionary

You can find the explanations of Strong's numbers here.

Translation-Strong's Mapping

Collateral Literature - Archive

Browse and search our collection of general books and articles based on the works of Emanuel Swedenborg.

New Church Life - Archive

Browse and search the archive of past New Church Life issues, from 1881 until 2010.

On-Deck

Here are some translations that are still in our processing queue, in .pdf format.

Swedenborg's Works in the original Latin

These translations have been scanned and made available online, by the Bayside New Church in New York.

Van der Hooght/Schmidius Biblia Hebraica (1740)

Swedenborg's primary study Bible. This public domain book was scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.

Schmidt Bible (1696 Edition), Part 1

Schmidt Bible (1696 Edition), in Latin, Part 1 of 2 (with Swedenborg's handwritten annotations) - Swedenborg made many annotations in his copy of the 1696 Schmidius Latin Bible, probably when doing doctrinal study. This scan includes those marginal handwritten notes. More information at baysidechurch.org.

Schmidt Bible (1696 Edition), Part 2

Schmidt Bible (1696 Edition), in Latin, Part 2 of 2 (with Swedenborg's handwritten annotations) - More information at baysidechurch.org.

The Schmidius Marginalia

In this book, Swedenborg's handwritten Latin annotations in the margins of his Schmidius Bible (1696 Latin Edition) have been translated into English typescript. It includes expository material from his Bible Index. This public domain book was scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.

1697 Schmidius Bible

This Bible edition came a year later than the 1696 edition that Swedenborg used, so it's very close. It's useful for research in the books of the Bible that Swedenborg did not annotate. Sometimes he quotes or alludes to verses in those books, and it can be useful to know what Schmidt's wording is. This public domain book was scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.

Castellio Bible (scans)

The Castellio Bible in Latin, translated by Sebastian Castellio (in French, Sébastien Châteillon), was sometimes used by Swedenborg as a reference. This public domain book was scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.

Castellio Bible (photographs)

The Castellio bible on dfg-viewer.de

Tremellius Bible

The Tremellius Bible in Latin, translated by Immanuel Tremellius. In latter parts of his work The Word Explained, when Swedenborg refers to another translator, it is usually to Tremellius. This public domain book was scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.