Land of Israel in the First Century C.E.
A 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/

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

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

St. Paul, the Traveller and the Roman Citizen
Biography of the apostle Paul by Sir William Ramsey.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/ramsay/paul_roman.html

Jerusalem Perspective Online
Articles about the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, and the study of the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke).
http://www.jerusalemperspective.com/

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.org/etext/10955

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.religiousstudies.uncc.edu/JDTABOR/indexb.html

The Temple—Its Ministry and Services
Christian Classics Ethereal Library offers the full text of this book by Alfred Edersheim in a variety of formats.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edersheim/temple.html

Sketches of Jewish Social Life
Christian Classics Ethereal Library offers the full text of this book by Alfred Edersheim in a variety of formats.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edersheim/sketches.html