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Comprehensive "Jesus Tomb" Website Contains links to videos, press conferences, and news reports concerning the 2007 discovery of "The Lost Tomb Of Jesus".
Jesus:
The Complete Story This three-hour documentary utilizes the latest scientific research to introduce new facts and theories that both back up and challenge common beliefs about his life and death. Travel back to the Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth that Jesus himself would have known -- cities re-created through breathtaking computer graphic imaging and the insight gained from the latest archaeological finds, forensics and art studies. This dcoumentary also examines the main events in Jesus' life, including his birth, the nativity, the Star of Bethlehem, his crucifixion and his resurrection -- all based on the extensive research of historians, archaeologists and biblical scholars from around the world, who paint a sometimes surprising picture of the man, his motivations and his life. Beliefnet & ABC's "The Search for Jesus"
Frontline's "From Jesus To Christ"
The Seminar meets twice a year to debate technical papers that have been prepared and circulated in advance. At the close of debate on each agenda item, Fellows of the Seminar vote, using colored beads to indicate the degree of authenticity of Jesus' words or deeds. Dropping colored beads into a box has become a trademark of the Seminar. The complete results of the Jesus Seminar deliberations on the sayings of Jesus were published in 1993 as "The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus". The complete results of the Jesus Seminar deliberations on the acts of Jesus were published in 1998 as "The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus". A list of over 100 current Jesus Seminar Scholars, complete with links to biographical information, can be found on the Jesus Seminar Website. The Jewish Roman World of Jesus The website of James D. Tabor is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His website provides informative overviews of Christian origins and ancient Judaism, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, John the Baptist, Jesus, James, and Paul. The Gnostic Society Library contains a vast collection of primary documents relating to the Gnostic tradition as well as a selection of in-depth audio lectures and brief archive notes designed to orient study of the documents, their sources, and the religious tradition they represent. Christian Apocrypha & Early Christian Literature A wide range of texts that survived within the Christian tradition outside of the New Testiment canon. A
Portrait of Jesus: The Biblical Archaeology Society The Biblical
Archaeology Society was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational,
educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information
about archaeology in the Bible lands. The Biblical Archaeology Society
(BAS) educates the public about archaeology and the Bible through magazines,
books, visual materials and seminars. Organization that funds archaeological projects, historical and biblical research, lectures and symposiums, and publications. Its site includes information about the Mt. Zion Project, the Dig at Sepphoris, and the Original Bible Project, an effort to produce a new, unique translation of the complete Bible by 2001. The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity is an interdisciplinary center for basic research into the origins of Western Civilization: the ancient Near East, the classical cultures of Greece and Rome, and the emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The mandate of the Institute is to instigate advanced research directed by experts in their fields of study, in cooperation with international teams of scholars. From time to time Visiting Scholars from North America and abroad are in residence to pursue their research with leadership in research and offer graduate students valuable insights into the world of scholarship beyond the classroom. The Institute carries out its mission through publications, educational programs, conferences, exhibits, and participation in international scholarly discourse, both to advance knowledge of the cultures, religions, and texts investigated through the Projects and to enrich public understanding and appreciation. This site is dedicated to the works of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37 CE - circa 100 CE). For centuries Josephus' works were more widely read in Europe than any book other than the Bible. They are an invaluable eye-witness account to a momentous turning point in Judaism, Christianity, and Western civilization. Jesus Christ-Images, Art & Photographs While Jesus lived, no one made a record of his face. No sketch, no painting, no photograph. This website contains over 1000 images of Jesus fromaround the world by both famous and unknown artists.
Turin Shroud Center of Colorado Website of John P.Jackson, Ph.D., the leader of the 1978, thirty-person plus, high tech scientific American expedition that examined the Shroud first hand -- the Shroud of Turin Research Project, Inc., (STURP). The Turin Shroud Center of Colorado is also home to a 13-part, 6 1/2 hour series on the Shroud -- the only video series on the Holy Shroud describing, in detail, TSC's thinking on the Shroud, which is based on fifty-three years of collective research by Dr. John Jackson, Rebecca Jackson, and their research colleagues.
sindone.org is a direct initiative of the Italian branch of the Roman Catholic Church, with the purpose of illustrating and documenting in fine detail everything related to the Holy Shroud. This site is the official link to the celebrations for the Jubilee scheduled for Year 2000, and is supported locally by the Archdiocese of Turin and the Sindonology Center. Over 300 links to Shroud of Turin Websites.
Basic Facts Regarding The Dead Sea Scrolls The Library's exhibition describes the historical context of the scrolls and the Qumran community from whence they may have originated; it also relates the story of their discovery 2,000 years later. In addition, the exhibition encourages a better understanding of the challenges and complexities connected with scroll research. The Orion Center's Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography The Orion Center's bibliography, which covers items from 1995 to the present, allows users to keep up to date on scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr. Avital Pinnick has been maintaining the bibliography since Sept. 1997. The Current Bibliography is updated every Monday and contains the newest references, as they are added to their database. In the alphabetical files, under each author's name, the works are arranged chronologically, from earliest to most recent.
Ancient archaeological sites, objects, news and more. Arts and archaeology museum with vast collection. In depth background and history concerning all aspects of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum Jerusalem museum housing antiquities discovered during the British Mandate period (1920-1948). Time Magazine Jerusalem Resources Links to all kinds of things pertaining to Jerusalem: museums, cultural centers, news, weather, transporation, business, government offices, tourist guides, assorted contacts.
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The
Jesus Seminar was organized under the auspices of the Westar Institute
to renew the quest of the historical Jesus and to report the results
of its research to more than a handful of gospel specialists. At its
inception in 1985, thirty scholars took up the challenge. Eventually
more than two hundred professionally trained specialists, called Fellows,
joined the group. 
The
Shroud of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image
of a crucified man. A man that millions believe to be Jesus of Nazareth.
Is it really the cloth that wrapped his crucified body, or is it simply
a medieval forgery, a hoax perpetrated by some clever artist? Modern,
twentieth century science has completed hundreds of thousands of hours
of detailed study and intense research on the Shroud. It is, in fact,
the single most studied artifact in human history, and we know more
about it today than we ever have before. Created
and maintained by Barrie M. Schwortz, the Official Documenting Photographer
for the Shroud of Turin Research Project, Inc., (STURP),
this website keeps
visitors abreast of current research, provides them with accurate data
from the previous research, and allows them interact with the researchers
themselves.
Home
of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient manuscripts.