| Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Into His Own | Fair, Scholarly Site to the Jewish Background of Jesus. Excellent Resource |
| Biblical Archaeology Society | Publisher of Biblical Archaeological Review magazine |
| Apocrypha Index | Texts of the various books of the Apocrypha, including Maccabees, the Additions to Esther, Ben Sirah, etc. |
| Post-Biblical Documents | Apocrypha, DSS, Septuagint & Samaritan Studies, Josephus, Philo and more |
| InscriptaFact | Database of Ancient Inscriptions and Artifacts |
| MFA Archeology | Good Basic History of Israel during 2nd Temple Times, with many good Illustrations and Maps |
| Samaritans | Resources on the Samaritans, (the שומרונים of תנ"ך and the כותים of חז"ל) |
| Jewish Roman World of Jesus | Excellent Source for Jewish Background to Jesus and the Christian Bible |
| Flavius Josephus Home Page | Source for All Things Josephus-related; Excellent Chronology of the First Revolt |
| Works of Josephus | The Complete Whiston Translation; Antiquities, Wars, Life and Against Apion |
| Parthian Empire | The Parthian Empire Homepage |
| Palestine under the Rule of the Herods | Nice timeline of Who was Ruling Where and When |
| Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land | NOVA special on the Bar Kochba caves |
| First Century Judaea | History and Illustrated pages on Major people and Places; List of Many Messianic Claimants |
| Jerusalem Archaeological Park | Lots of Info on 1st & 2nd Temple Jerusalem & Virtual Reconstruction of the בית המקדש |
| Palestine in the Time of Jesus | Good Source of Roman and Jewish Background to 1st ce. Judea |
| History of Jerusalem from 1st Temple Times until 1948 | |
| Simeon bar Kosiba Papyri | Article by Prof. Norman Golb that claims R' Yehudah ben Baba is named in a papyrus document from the 2nd ce. |
| Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit | Library of Congress Exhibit on the Scrolls |
| Destruction Of Jerusalem - Preterist | Some very good Second Temple Period source materials from a fringe Christian group that believes all the prophecies concerning Jesus were fulfilled at the Destruction of the 2nd Temple. Caveat Lector. |
| Bayit Sheni (Hebrew) | Excellent Site - Israel from the Shivat Tzion through the Seleucid Period |
| Qatzrin Pictures | Pictures from the excavation and recreation of a village in the Golan from the time of the Mishnah. Excellent source material for the realia of the times. |