Amazing Bible World History Timeline
Printable wall chart including Biblical and world events from Adam to modern times (updated from 1930 version).
Ancient Corinth
Images of Ancient Corinth, Greece.
Ancient History Sourcebook: The Ancient Near East
Excellent link connection: ancient texts, and modern analyses.
Bible History Online Images and Resource Links
Resources for study of the Bible and the ancient world. Maps, timelines, images, software, links.
Doig, Ken: Biblical Chronology
Includes article proposing a 16th-century date for the Exodus; chronology of Jesus' ministry; works of Flavius Josephus.
From Abraham to Joseph
Newly proposed historical context of the patriarchs, with chronology.
From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians
[Frontline 4-hour TV series] Archaeological, sociological, and historical survey; pictures, maps, texts.
Ioudaios-L
Scholarly e-mail discussion list about Judaism in the Greco-Roman world.
Land of Israel in the First Century C.E.
An excellent, clear map by Mahlon Smith with links to information on the places it charts.
Philologos: The Letters to the Seven Churches of A
HTML etext of book by W.M. Ramsay.
Sketches of Jewish Social Life (Edersheim)
(preliminary htm and downloadable text) (@CCEL)
St. Paul, the Traveller and the Roman Citizen
[downloadable text file] (by Sir W. Ramsey) (hosted by CCEL)
Story of Jesus and the Early Church
Chronologically arranged New Testament (Phillips translation).
The Gospels in the Second Century
William Sanday's scholarly criticism of an anonymous book "Supernatural Religion" which claimed that the Gospels were not written till late in the second century. (Project Gutenberg ASCII e-text).
The Jewish Roman World of Jesus
Features articles and pictures by Dr. James Tabor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; an interesting example of the relevance of ancient cults to understanding current events, by a partipant in the negotiations preceding the Waco Massacre.
The Social World of the New Testament
These pages are intended as a resource for serious, scholarly studies of the social world of the early Christian writings.
The Temple--Its Ministry and Services (Edersheim)
(preliminary: single htm file or downloadable text) (@CCEL)
Wace, Dictionary of Christian Biography
Page images and e-text at CCEL: covers first 6 centuries.
Xtalk: The Historical Jesus and Early Christian Or
A moderated, academic e-list for discussion of the Historical Jesus and Christian Origins.