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• About Jewish Women's History - A growing collection of net links, highlighting useful historical resources on Jewish women from ancient times to more recent.
• American Colonial Jewish Experience - A series of lectures about Jewish people during colonial times 1654-1840.
• Bible Chronology - From Creation through the sacking of Jerusalem in AD 70.
• Bibliography: Erasmus & Renaissance Humanism - Extensive bibliography compiled by Fr. William Harmless, S.J., Spring Hill College.
• Brigham Young University: Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts - Plans to archive and publish photographic and digital editions. Organizational information and specific projects.
• Christian History Institute - Features daily articles, quotations, chronologies, and reviews.
• Church History: Links - (by Dan Petty at Florida College).
• Flavius Josephus - Jewish Historian - Personal site with his biography, works, and extracts with commentary. Includes additional articles about Josephus, Judaism, and Jewish history and practices.
• Glencairn Museum - Educates visitors about the history of religion, using art and artifacts from a variety of world cultures and time periods.
• The Hebrews; Age of the Patriarchs - Historical and geographical background of the Patriarchs.
• Heritage Films - The Eastern European Connection - Site contains historical essays on all the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
• Holocaust Related Web Sites - This page from A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers over 150 Holocaust-related Web links that may be used in the classroom.
• History of Religions - Print journal. Subscription information and table of contents only.
• Humanism (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture) - Renaissance humanists (Christian) and Catholicism. From the Library of Congress, US.
• Important Dates in the History of Religion - Chronology from BC to 1965 of persons and events.
• IVP Concise Dictionary of Religion - E-text of first edition; sales of printed second edition.
• Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers Before European Renaissance, 700-1500 C.E. - Historical review of the Muslim contribution to humanity and Islamic Civilization. Gives biographies of scientists and describes their contributions and influence on European thought and discoveries.
• Rutgers University: Religious Studies Sites - Major link collection.
• Truth about the Inquisition - History of the Spanish Inquisition, highlighting Catholic responsibility.
• The Wesleys (John, Charles, Susanna) and Their Times - Loads of material, primary and secondary sources.
• The Works of Flavius Josephus - Complete works of Jewish Historian. Translated by William Whiston.