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The New Testament, 4/e
Stephen Harris, California State University - Sacramento

The Two Worlds in Which Christianity Originated: Jewish and Greek

Web Links


The Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html)

Part of the Internet History Sourcebook Project edited by Paul Halsell at Fordham University. This site is an excellent place for learning about the historical development of Judaism.
Online Texts and Documents Related to Jewish History
(http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/dinur/links/texts.htm)

This webliography page is part of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. It contains dozens of links to sites surveying various aspects of Jewish history, culture, and literature.
The Perseus Project
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/)

This award-winning Web site is the current leader among sites dealing with ancient Greek culture. Here users will find ancient texts (in either English or Greek), maps, photos of sites and artifacts, and a wide variety of other resources dealing with ancient Greece.
The Ancient Greek World Index
(http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html)

A fine set of introductory pages dealing with all of the major periods in ancient Greek history.
Alexander the Great
(http://www.pothos.co.uk/index.htm)

Alexander the Great A brief introduction to Alexander the Great, whose conquests help secure the place of Greek language and culture in the Middle East.
Mithraism: The Legacy of the Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion
(http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/ Topics/... )

Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion This is a wonderful essay surveying the origins of Mithraism, its principal rituals, and its legacy in the ancient Roman world.
The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras
(http://www.well.com/user/davidu/mithras.html)

The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras This illustrated essay is adapted from David Ulansey's article "Solving the Mithraic Mysteries," in Biblical Archaeology Review 20 (1994_1995).