Mark Czerniec: Old school

General Resources

Beliefnet — Digital Librarian: Classics & Ancient World — Internet Ancient History Sourcebook — WebChron: The Web Chronology Project — Perseus Project — Academic Info: Religion — John Adcox's Mythology and Folklore — Christopher B. Siren's Myths & Legends — Myth*ing Links — Earthlore Explorations — Encyclopedia Mythica — Faerie Lore and Literature — Legends — Interactive Ancient Mediterranean (maps) — Bullfinch's Mythology — Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts — David Wiley's Religious and Sacred Texts — The Window: Philosophy on the Web — Semiotcs for Beginners

Ancient Near East

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: The Ancient Near East — Duke Papyrus Archive — The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago — The Avalon Project: The Code of Hammurabi — Ancient Egypt: The Mythology — The Egyptian Book of the Dead — The Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian — Avesta: Zoroastrian Archives — John Romer Resource Page

The Bible

Reading the Old Testament — Resource Pages for Biblical Studies — The Biblical Studies Foundation — The WWW Bible Gateway — The Gnosis Archive — Gutenberg Bible Images — PBS Frontline: From Jesus to Christ; Apocalypse! — The Dead Sea Scrolls — The Skeptic's Annotated Bible · Karen's Biblical Archaeology Page — Biblical Archaeology Society

Ancient Greece & Rome

Academic Info: Ancient History, Classical Studies — EAWC: Greece, Rome — LacusCurtius Home Page — DIR (On Roman Emperors) — The Internet Classics Archive — The Classics Page — Brooklyn College Study Guide — Virgil.org — Ænigmates Tiberii

Roman Catholicism

New Advent — Christian Classics Ethereal Library — Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives — The Ecole Initiative: Vitæ — Marquette's Jesuit Links — Franciscan Web Page — Archdiocese of Chicago — Andrew M. Greely — Society of the Little Flower — The Vatican

Far East

Hindu Mythology — WWW VL: Zen Buddhism — Tricycle.com: Buddhism 101 — Zen@MetaLab — BuddhaNet.net — Bhagavad-Gita — Daoist Studies

Odds & Ends

Carlos Castaneda: “Tensegrity” — C. G. Jung, Analytical Psychology, and Culture — Metaphysics of Quality (ala Robert M. Pirsig) — Joe Firmage (The Quest for Truth) — Al Case's Mormon Map — The alchemy web site and virtual library — The Voynich Manuscript — The Urantia Foundation — Crank Menagerie

Calendars, etc.

Waverly Fitzgerald: School of the Seasons — Today's Calendar & Clock Page — NASA: Space Calendar (JPL) — Hypertext Book of Hours — Catholic Online Saints & Angels Calendar — Ari's Today-page — Calendars Through the Ages — FAQs about Calendars — The Liturgical Year (1500s France) — Virtual Jerusalem: The Jewish Year — Dan's List of Italian Festivals — Chambers's Book of Days

The New Jerusalem Bible is the best English translation you can buy. It comes directly from the original Hebrew and Greek. It is modern and clear – but not simplified. It is exceptionally well footnoted and cross-referenced, and it presents verse as verse, not as prose. This is a Bible for people who read.

Richard Elliott Friedman's Who Wrote the Bible? is a fascinating examination of how the first five books of the Bible were woven together from earlier texts originating in separate kingdoms, many years apart. Friedman explains what motivated the writers, and how the parts were eventually cobbled together – interleaved line by line in places.