📖 About Bible Explorer
Bible Explorer by Lumen Fidei
An interactive graph explorer that maps the people, places, events, and relationships of Scripture — helping you discover connections you never knew existed.
✨ Our Mission
Bible Explorer was created to make the rich tapestry of biblical narrative accessible and engaging. We believe that understanding the connections between biblical figures, the places they inhabited, and the events they witnessed brings Scripture to life in powerful new ways.
Whether you're a student, scholar, teacher, pastor, or curious reader, Bible Explorer gives you tools to explore the Bible like never before — through interactive graphs, maps, AI-powered insights, and a comprehensive library of 28 Bible translations.
🎯 Features
Interactive Graph
Visualize relationships between people, places, and events with an interactive network graph.
28 Bible Translations
Read Scripture in your preferred translation, including Catholic Deuterocanonical books.
Biblical Maps
Explore historical maps showing ancient locations pinned to real-world geography.
AI Assistant
Ask questions about biblical topics and get contextual, scripture-backed answers.
Study Tools
Save bookmarks, write notes, and follow reading plans to deepen your study.
Smart Search
Find people, places, and events instantly with intelligent search and suggestions.
📊 By the Numbers
📋 Data Sources
- BibleData by Viz.Bible — Comprehensive catalog of biblical persons with relationships (CC BY 4.0)
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) — Public domain cross-reference system
- Nave's Topical Bible — Public domain topical index
- OpenBible.info Geocoding — Biblical place coordinates (CC BY 4.0)
- Pleiades Gazetteer — Ancient location data (CC BY 3.0)
- OpenStreetMap — Map tiles (ODbL)
🛠️ Built With
Bible Explorer is an open-source project built with modern web technologies:
- Neo4j — Graph database for relationship modeling
- PostgreSQL — Canonical data store with 28 Bible translations
- vis-network — Interactive graph visualization
- Leaflet — Beautiful map rendering
- FastAPI — Auth and API backend
- Docker — Containerized deployment
Licensed under Apache 2.0. Data files are Public Domain or CC BY 4.0.
💜 Support the Project
Bible Explorer is free to use. If it has been a blessing to your study of Scripture, consider supporting development:
- 💬 Join our Discord community
- ⭐ Star the project on GitHub