Welcome to the International Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Online Books page. This section of the SBL web site has been designed to provide free online PDF files for a variety of SBL publications to scholars and students who would not otherwise have access to this scholarship. Persons who are identified through our technology as being from a country with a GDP per capita substantially lower than the average GDP per capita of the USA and the European Union will be able to see links below to PDF files.  In addition, special rates for the Journal of Biblical Literature are available to institutions in these countries. 

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