Religious Studies 440 Links
- The
Search for the Historical Jesus - Information
of the evolution of the academic search for Jesus. Related further
reading articles are included at the end.
Available:
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/james_still/jesus_search.html
- The Jewish Roman World
of Jesus – Provides great information under Topics
including Hellenistic / Roman Religion and Philosophy, Archaeology and the
Dead Sea Scrolls, Christian Origins and the New Testament, and Ancient
Judaism.
Available: http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/
- Flavius Josephus
Homepage – A number of articles concerning Josehpus’ works as well as translations of many of
this texts.
Available:
http://www.members.aol.com/fljosephus/home.htm
- The Encyclopedia of new testament criticism –
This site contains an alphabetized list of descriptions of many theories
and concepts related to the new testament.
Available:
http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/
- The
Jewish Roman World of Jesus – Provides great
information under Topics including Hellenistic / Roman Religion and Philosophy,
Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Christian Origins and the New
Testament, and Ancient Judaism.
Available:
http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/
- First-Century
Judaism – A number of articles on first century judaea such as Caiaphas,
Herod the Great, Q-Source, Tacitus on the First Christians, etc.
Sections also include Roman Wars (Fall of Jerusalem, masada, bar kochba
revolt, etc) and messianic claimants.
Available:
http://www.livius.org/judaea.html
- Jewish
Virtual Library – Great pages on ancient Jewish history topics
like the administration of Juduea, the
Babylonians, the exile, Joseph’s tomb, the monarchy, etc.
Available:
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html
- The
Gospel of Thomas – A good site with a scholarly translation of
the Gospel, a variety of links associated with Thomas, including the
infancy gospel, as well as the proto-evangelium
of James and the gospel of the nativity of Mary.
Available:
http://home.epix.net/~miser17/Thomas.html
- World
Religions on the Web - A
helpful website for the study of Religion in general.
Available:
http://www.ala.org/acrl/resjune02.html