This page contains some websites that Steve has considered either important, interesting, or useful for the Archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman Palestine, as well as the study of Ancient Judaism. Of course, there are many more out there, so feel free to explore. Enjoy!Professional Societies
- W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Reseaarch
- American Schools of Oriental Research
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Archaeological Institute of America, North Carolina Society
- Archaeological Institute of America, Tucson Society
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Israel Exploration Society (IES)
- Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society
- Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
- Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS)
- Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)
- Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI)
- American Center of Oriental Research, Amman (ACOR)
- Association for Jewish Studies
Blogs
- Bible Places Blog
- LacusCurtius and Livias.org
- PaleoJudaica
- Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Hagahot
- Toshunka
- Ancient Mediterranean Musings
Excavations and Sites
- Abila Archaeological Project
- Apollonia-Arsuf Archaeological Project
- Ashkelon Excavations
- Athienou Archaeological Project
- Beth Shean Valley Archaeological Project, Tl Rehov
- Tel Bet Yerah Research and Excavation Project
- Cana of the Galilee
- Tel Dor Project
- Hazor Excavations Project
- Hippos (Sussita) Excvation Project
- Jerusalem Archaeological Park
- Kabri
- Megiddo Expedition
- Tell Nimrin
- Omrit Israel Archaeological Program at Macalister College
- Ramat Rahel Archaeological Project
- Tel Rehov Excavations
- Tiberias Excavations
- Restoration of Ancient Technology: Umm el-Kanatir
- The Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel
- The Zippori-Sepphoris Hebrew University Excavation Project
Primary Texts Online
Second Temple Period
Biblical
- Early Jewish Writings
- Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement. Maintained by Steve Mason, and primarily focused on Flavius Josephus. Includes Greek text and the Whiston translation.
- Book of Tobit in the New Revised Standard Version.
- Book of Judith in the New Revised Standard Version.
- Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch, in the 1913 Oxford translation, by R.H. Charles.
- Ben Sira, also known as Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach, in the New Revised Standard Version.
- 1 Maccabees in the New Revised Standard Version.
- 2 Maccabees in the New Revised Standard Version.
Classical and Near Eastern
- Jewish Publication Society Tanach includes the 1917 JPS English translation of the Hebrew Bible.
- Hebrew-English Tanakh side-by-side using the Masoretic text and the 1917 JPS translation.
- Resource pages for biblical studies includes Greek and Latin texts for the Septuagint, New Testament, and Vulgate.
Rabbinic
- The Perseus Digital Library
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook has translations of texts from all over the ancient world.
- Roman Sources on the Jews and Judaism, 1 BCE - 110 CE
Christian
- Babylonian Talmud (Epstein translation)
- Snunit. A website that includes the Hebrew text of the Tanach, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmudim, Midrash Tanhuma, and the Mishnah Torah of the Rambam.
- Responsa Project is maintained by Bar Ilan University and is a database of all rabbinic and biblical works. The free online version allows you to search, but not browse, the texts.
- Early Christian Writings has both New Testament texts as well as those of the Christian Apocrypha, Gnostic works, and the Church Fathers.
- John Chrysostom's Homilies against the Jews
Online Dictionaries
Ancient
Modern
- Tyndale Archive of Biblical Studies has online dictionaries for Biblical Hebrew, Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic, Coptic, Syriac, and Arabic.
- Comprehensive Aramic Lexicon
- Akkadian Dictionary
- Introductory Lessons in Biblical Aramaic
- Milon is a modern Hebrew-English, English-Hebrew dictionary.
- German-English, English-German Dictionary
- Word Reference has online dictionaries for English-speakers in French, Italian, and Spanish.
Other Useful Online Tools for Research and Teaching
General Archaeology
Classical Studies
- Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine is maintained by Michael Satlow and includes an extensive bibliography as well as a searchable database.
- Marriage & Divorce Papyri of the ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish World, 4th c BCE - 4th c CE is maintained by D. Instone-Brewer and includes original language texts.
- Archaeowiki
Near East Judaism
- The Roman Legions
- Jews and Late Roman Law: 315-531 CE
- Julian and the Jews: 361-363 CE
- The Roman Army Illustrated
Christianity Religion
- The Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-06)
- Second Temple Synagogues is maintained by Donald Binder and inlcudes a literary archive as well as images and other information.
- HUC's Research Guide for Rabbinic Literature includes online resources and bibliographies.
- Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah" is maintained by Eliezer Segal, and includes helpful bibliographic guides.
- The Jewish History Resource Center maintained by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with links to almost any relevant source online.
- Tzvee Zahavy's Homepage
- Jewish Studies Network
- Routledge Downloadable Maps for Judaic Studies
- Jewish History Resource Center
- Virtual Religion Index has links to loads of internet resources for the study of almost any aspect of religion you can think of.
University of Arizona
- University Homepage
- Center for Judaic Studies
- IGERT Program in Archaeological Sciences
- Religious Studies Program
- Department of Classics
- Department of Near Eastern Studies
- University Libraries
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University Homepage
- Ancient World Mapping Center
- Archaeology Program
- The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
- Department of Classics
- Department of Religious Studies
- University Libraries
Duke University
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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