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.
   http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/

Amazing Bible World History Timeline  
   Printable wall chart including Biblical and world events from Adam to modern times (updated from 1930 version).
   http://agards.com/bible-study

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.
   http://religion.rutgers.edu/iho/map.html

Ioudaios-L  
   Scholarly e-mail discussion list about Judaism in the Greco-Roman world.
   http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioudaios/

Ancient History Sourcebook: The Ancient Near East and Egypt  
   Excellent link connection: ancient texts, and modern analyses.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook1.html

From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians  
   [Frontline 4-hour TV series] Archaeological, sociological, and historical survey; pictures, maps, texts.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/

Bible History Online Images and Resource Links  
   Resources for study of the Bible and the ancient world. Maps, timelines, images, software, links.
   http://www.bible-history.com/

The Temple--Its Ministry and Services (Edersheim)  
   (preliminary: single htm file or downloadable text) (@CCEL)
   http://ccel.org/e/edersheim/temple/

Sketches of Jewish Social Life (Edersheim)  
   (preliminary htm and downloadable text) (@CCEL)
   http://ccel.org/e/edersheim/sketches/

Story of Jesus and the Early Church  
   Chronologically arranged New Testament (Phillips translation).
   http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CHJBPhillips.htm

St. Paul, the Traveller and the Roman Citizen  
   [downloadable text file] (by Sir W. Ramsey) (hosted by CCEL)
   http://ccel.org/r/ramsay/paul_roman/paul_roman.txt

Wace, Dictionary of Christian Biography  
   Page images and e-text at CCEL: covers first 6 centuries.
   http://www.ccel.org/w/wace/biodict/htm/i.htm

Philologos: The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia  
   HTML etext of book by W.M. Ramsay.
   http://philologos.org/__eb-lttsc/default.htm

Ancient Corinth  
   Images of Ancient Corinth, Greece.
   http://www.abu.nb.ca/courses/Pauline/images/Corinth1.htm

From Abraham to Joseph  
   Newly proposed historical context of the patriarchs, with chronology.
   http://www.genesispatriarchs.dk/

Xtalk: The Historical Jesus and Early Christian Origins  
   A moderated, academic e-list for discussion of the Historical Jesus and Christian Origins.
   http://ntgateway.com/xtalk/

Doig, Ken: Biblical Chronology  
   Includes article proposing a 16th-century date for the Exodus; chronology of Jesus' ministry; works of Flavius Josephus.
   http://doig.net/Biblical_Archaeology.htm

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.
   http://www.torreys.org/bible/biblia03.html

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).
   http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/10955