Ancient Israel & Judaea | The Ancient Hebrews | Judaism

1. Biblical Canon
2. Hellenistic Judaism (7)
3. Jewish History Glossary (27)
4. Judaism (50)
5. People in the Bible
6. Qumran (7)

Hebrew Names
The meaning and significance of Biblical and Hebrew Names

Exile of the Jews - The Babylonian Captivity or Exile
What and when was the period known as the Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile?

Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus
In Antiquities of the Jews - Book XIV, the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus explains how Herod the Great came to be king of the Jews.

Jerusalem 2nd Temple Period, from Judaism at About.com
Timeline with background information on the Second Temple Period.

Legends of the Jews, by Louis Ginzberg - Preface
E-text of Legends of the Jews - BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS Preface, by Louis Ginzberg.

Maps of the Levant
Maps showing an area of the eastern Mediterranean important in antiquity and known as the Levant.

Herod Agrippa
Section of Jona Lendering's site on the Herods includes this page on Claudius' friend. The story of the death of King Herod appears in Josephus and Acts of the Apostles. Map accompanies article.

Judaism timeline
A rich timeline of Jewish history covering events and responses to Jews throughout the ages.