Data Attribution

Every source used in OpenLumin — named, licensed, and transparent.

OpenLumin retrieves evidence from real scholarly sources. We do not generate theology. Every insight in every lesson traces to one of the sources listed below. All sources are public domain, openly licensed, or used with permission.

SourceCoverageLicense
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)Full textPublic Domain (CC0)
Matthew Henry CommentaryFull textPublic Domain
John Gill CommentaryFull textPublic Domain
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown CommentaryFull textPublic Domain
Adam Clarke CommentaryFull textPublic Domain
Easton's Bible Dictionary3,964 termsPublic Domain
Michael Heiser / ANE Scholarship65 entriesOriginal summaries
Ancient Near East Context106 entriesOriginal summaries
Theographic Bible Data3,067 people · 450 events · 1,274 placesCC-BY-SA 4.0
BibleAquifer ACAI6,644 entries (people, places, key terms, deities, groups, flora, fauna, realia)CC-BY-SA 4.0
Cross-References (OpenBible.info)Full coverageCC-BY 4.0
Original Languages (Interlinear)Hebrew & GreekCC-BY 4.0
bible.helloao.org APIMultiple translationsMIT
Denomination Documents (AG)139 docsPermitted use

Citation System

Every claim in every lesson is labeled with one of two badges:

verified

Traced to a specific scholar, a specific published work, and a date from the evidence dossier above.

training-assisted

The AI helped synthesize this insight. A published source is cited so you can verify it yourself.

License Notes

Public Domain — Works published before 1900 with authors deceased 100+ years. No restrictions.

CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. Commercial use allowed. Attribution required (provided on this page). ShareAlike applies to raw data redistribution, not SaaS output.

CC-BY 4.0 — Creative Commons Attribution. Commercial use allowed. Attribution required.

MIT — No copyright restrictions whatsoever including for commercial uses.

Original summaries — Written by OpenLumin based on published scholarship. Ideas are not copyrightable; these are original expressions.